Authorities say Katrina Mitchell was passed out on a couch when the family’s Rottweiler fatally mauled her 7-month-old daughter.
February 2013
Maine man sentenced on federal gun charges
Wardens arrested convicted felon Paul Brackett for carrying a loaded handgun and having two rifles with ammunition in his vehicle.
Auburn man arrested after police pursuit
Officers eventually caught up to 27-year-old Kenneth Dunn after he crashed into a stone wall.
Small tsunami hits Solomon islands, killing at least 4
Four villages on Santa Cruz were hit by the waves, with two facing severe damage. The tsunami followed a magnitude-8.0 earthquake.
2 Great Lakes hit lowest water level on record
The low water has caused heavy economic losses by forcing cargo ships to carry lighter loads, leaving boat docks high and dry, and damaging fish-spawning areas.
Maine work force committee visits UMaine, Bangor
The 15-member bipartisan committee is tasked with developing legislation to strengthen Maine’s work force and help small businesses thrive.
Analysis: LePage’s speech geared for 2014 re-election bid
The Republican governor rehashes his successful talking points of the 2010 campaign.
Local students recognized
PORTLAND — Ciara Davis, daughter of Charles and Sherry Ann Davis of Augusta, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at the University of New England.
Gunmen rape six tourists at bungalow in Acapulco
It was unclear whether the group of 12 Spaniards who fell prey to the attack had been targeted because of their nationality.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Cosgrove to stay at Maine 3 more years
First the coach, then the players. Jack Cosgrove, entering his third decade as head football coach at the University of Maine, signed a three-year contract Tuesday that should keep him at his alma mater through June of 2016. The announcement came one day before National Signing Day, when Cosgrove’s newest recruits can sign letters of […]