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Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:25:53 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - When 15-year-old Nichole Cable left home May 12, she told her family she was heading out to see someone she'd met on Facebook.

3 indicted in Maine on meth lab charges

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:35:13 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - Three northern Maine residents have been indicted on charges of making the highly addictive drug methamphetamine.

Maine university tuition rates to be set

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:37:36 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - University of Maine System trustees are voting on a measure to freeze tuition rates for the upcoming school year at 2012 levels for in-state undergraduates.

Search for missing Maine teen focuses on pickup

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:50:23 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - Maine law enforcement officials are continuing to follow up on tips as they try to find a 15-year-old Glenburn girl last seen a week ago.

Bangor man admits to embezzling civic groups

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:25:19 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - The former treasurer of the Bangor-Breakfast Kiwanis Club and Greater Bangor 4th of July Corp. has pleaded guilty to stealing about $140,000 from the organizations over several years.

Bangor officer saves despondent man

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:58:23 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - A Bangor police officer is being credited with saving the life of a despondent man threatening to jump off a bridge.

Bangor woman ruled competent to stand trial

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:48:34 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - A Bangor woman charged with using pliers, a box cutter and a plastic baseball bat to kill her husband during a jealous rage has been ruled competent to stand trial.

Old Town man gets 3 years in prison

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:57:04 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - An Old Town man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in robberies last year in Veazie and Milford.

Maine police say death of Bangor woman a homicide

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:46:37 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - A Maine police department says the death of a 49-year-old Bangor woman has been ruled a homicide and a man who lived at the same address has been charged with killing her in what is being described as a case of domestic violence.

Bangor, Maine, Raceway opens for season

Sat, 04 May 2013 09:37:10 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - The 130th season of racing at Bangor Raceway begins on horse racing's biggest day - the running of the Kentucky Derby.

2 Maine residents sentenced on drug charges

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:46:06 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - An Augusta man and an Albion woman have been sent to federal prison for their roles in a drug ring that brought cocaine and oxycodone from New York to central Maine.

Bangor police use of stun gun justified

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:13:04 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - The Maine attorney general's office has ruled that Bangor police were justified when they used a stun gun to subdue a man under the influence of drugs.

Pittston man pleads guilty to pension fraud

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:35:34 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - A Pittston man has pleaded guilty to theft of more than $83,000 in federal pension funds by continuing to receive retirement payments even after he returned to work.

Maine man gets 18 months for assault on infant

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:01:45 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - A Carmel man authorities say beat his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter in the parking lot of a Bangor hospital has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Bangor, Maine, bomb squad destroys grenade

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:29:36 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - The police bomb squad in Bangor, Maine, has recovered and destroyed a grenade that was found behind an auto parts store.

William Cohen to enter Maine Sports Hall of Fame

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:33:15 -0400

PORTLAND, Maine - Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen will be among 10 people inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame next month.