Penobscot County’s 23% increase budget advances without cuts

Ashland residents support police but still want lower taxes

Residents will vote at 7 p.m. Thursday on whether they want to continue funding the police.

John Bapst boys soccer claims 4th Class B North title in 5 years with win over Oceanside

With Wednesday night’s win, the Crusaders avenged a 2-1 overtime loss to Oceanside last fall.

Billionaire Leon Black sues U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia for defamation over Epstein comments

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Leon Black on Wednesday filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Rep. Robert Garcia for public comments the Democratic congressman made tying him to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The court filing comes less than two months after the House approved a resolution holding Black in contempt of Congress for defying […]

3 executions scheduled for the same day in Indiana, Florida and Alabama

An Indiana man who admitted killing two children in a house fire was set to be executed in the first of three lethal injections scheduled for Thursday in the U.S. Florida and Alabama were also set to carry out executions, which would mark the second time this year that three people would be put to […]

Authorities are trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee inmate evaded capture for 10 days

Authorities on Wednesday were still trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee prisoner convicted of murder evaded capture for more than a week before being tracked down hundreds of miles away in Missouri. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was apprehended Tuesday near Kansas City, […]