AUGUSTA — Five Occupy Augusta supporters charged with disobeying police orders to leave the Blaine House will be tried together April 25 and 26 in front of one jury.

AUGUSTA — A Fairfield man pleaded guilty Friday to stabbing a man in the back during a melee in Winslow last October that left several people with knife wounds.

AUGUSTA — An 81-year-old city woman remembered as an avid walker and generous volunteer has died after she was struck — while walking on a sidewalk — by an out-of-control car last week.

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage signed a new pension forfeiture law Friday, saying Maine now has a stronger deterrent against corruption by public officials.

PORTLAND — The former head of the Maine Turnpike Authority was sentenced Friday to 3 years in prison for misusing as much as $230,000 in agency funds, concluding what prosecutors have called one of the most egregious cases of public corruption in the state’s history.