Ambulances rush 11 of the injured away and the two in critical condition were flown to Oklahoma City hospitals.
December 2011
SNAPSHOT: Not there anymore
Excavators demolish the old Kennebec Journal building on Saturday morning at the corner of Western Avenue and Senator Way in Augusta. Bangor Savings Bank will be an anchor tenant at 274 Western Ave., the former home of the Kennebec Journal. The MaineToday Media Inc. newspaper vacated the 50-year-old building last March and moved its front-office […]
KENNEBEC JOURNAL FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR: Coach Emery helps Black Bears reach new heights
READFIELD — Joe Emery acknowledged he had plenty of learning to do after his first season as Maranacook Community High School football coach in the fall 2009.
KENNEBEC JOURNAL FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Emery makes an constant impact for Maranacook
READFIELD — Some players, mostly skill position players, put up hard-to-fathom statistics week in and week out. Others make their presence felt on defense, or even special teams.
Officials identify storage unit body
LEWISTON (AP) — Human remains discovered in October inside a freezer in a storage unit were those of a former girlfriend of the man who rented it nearly 20 years ago, law enforcement officials said Friday.
State treasurer, Popham neighbors at odds
Nary a day goes by that those of us on State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin’s media email list don’t log on and find one, two, maybe even three news releases keeping us abreast of the latest not-so-quiet act of heroism by the state’s chief financial officer.
Cain suspends campaign, maintains denials
ATLANTA — A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.
New route sought for park
MILLINOCKET — As a public debate over a northern Maine national park becomes politicized and drifts toward personalities, a former Maine Senate president is calling for a broader look at the future uses of the region.
Revelers get inventive at winter celebration
FARMINGTON — Ethan Collins sat in the open trunk of his family’s minivan, wrapped in a blanket and wearing fluffy reindeer earmuffs while waiting for a parade to start Saturday morning in Farmington.
Dale McCormick bio
Born in New York City, McCormick is the daughter of Scottish immigrants who lived in the city for generations until her mother moved the family to Iowa when McCormick was 7.