AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow state workers to store concealed weapons in their locked vehicles while they are at work gained initial approval Monday from the Maine House.

NORRIDGEWOCK — Town officials don’t want to remove a woman from the board of selectmen who has been elected to serve. But they also don’t want her to serve if she legally is not able to.

LAMOINE — Maine state police said Monday it’s going to take additional time for detectives to figure out who pulled the trigger during a weekend confrontation outside a house that left one man dead and three others injured.

AUGUSTA — It’s a stalemate in the duel over who will fill the district attorney’s post in Kennebec and Somerset counties until an election can be held.

VASSALBORO — A local boy is accused of setting a camper ablaze during the wee hours Friday morning and then reporting the fire at a neighbor’s home.

MONMOUTH — A Wayne man escaped serious injury Sunday when his car’s roof was flattened after crashing into a tree off Wilson Pond Road.

SMITHFIELD — Town roads will be getting considerable attention this year after residents approved $870,000 for road work at Saturday night’s annual Town Meeting.

JAY — Police on Monday credited tips from community members with helping them arrest the two men accused of trying to break into a Farmington mobile home last month.