LAWN CARE: Seven members of the American Legion Post 153 baseball team spent a sunny day giving back to the American Legion. They spent the day mowing, raking, bagging and cutting up small firewood for veteran Emmitt Stuart. The team wanted to show their appreciation for participating in the American Legion 2012 baseball season. They called […]
August 2012
Ark. police: Man shot in squad car called girlfriend
Earlier this week, an autopsy report ruled that the death of Chavis Carter, 21. was a suicide.
BOOKS: Bruce Wagner’s wickedly funny “Dead Stars” digs into reality of celebrity life
It starts with Telma, a plucky adolescent who’s not only the youngest breast-cancer survivor ever, but quite possibly the most ambitious. She is unceasingly cheerful, a supportive force on the ward, a favorite of her doctors and nurses, and writes “kancer” with a “k” as a way of taking away its power. She has taken her cancer fame as far as it can go, performing at celebrity fundraisers with the likes of Michael Douglas and Beyonce, but she wants more
Experts question Spanier’s ‘I didn’t know’ defense
In a network TV appearance and a magazine interview, former Penn State president portrayed himself as the innocent victim of a witch hunt.
Waterville, Clinton, Oakland police logs, Aug. 22 and 23
Fireworks, criminal mischief, shoplifting
Portrait mystery: NH statehouse image may not be former governor
A state senator says the image doesn’t even look like Henry Keyes, who served from 1917 to 1918.
First lady to visit Wis. Sikh families
Michelle Obama is scheduled to meet privately with families of those wounded and killed by a white supremacist earlier this month.
Looking into the heart of the GOP candidate
Even on the campaign trail Romney remains his father’s son, but he’s learned from Dad’s political past.
Blind man mugged at Lewiston gas station
Police say the 31-year-old victim was robbed of pain medication, a cellphone, a health insurance card and about $200 in cash.