Jessica Ebbighausen was hired as a part-time police officer in Vermont in May.
2023
Wilton man pleads guilty to trafficking heroin in December 2021 in Wilton
Shawn D. Lord, 40, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic infraction by Wilton police. Lord had warrants for his arrest.
Sailor who died at Pearl Harbor laid to rest in Maine decades later
Ensign Stanley W. Allen received a funeral with full military honors at Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta.
Unwillingness to pay running backs proof NFL is a pass-first league
Running backs are being left behind as teams refuse to give them lucrative long-term deals.
Mike Arsenault Jr. shoots 4-under 68 for one-shot lead in first round of New England Am
The Val Halla golfer rode a hot start to the early lead, while Massachusetts’ Thomas Harrison is a shot back and Caleb Manuel is tied for third.
Hallowell standoff ends when man takes his own life
Police from Hallowell, the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, Capitol Police and the Maine State Police responded Tuesday to an armed standoff on Water Street; it ended when the man took his own life.
Maine in the ‘homestretch’ of sports betting launch
The announcement that the rules are being reviewed by the Office of the Maine Attorney General is expected to accelerate licensing and other final preparations for a fall launch.
Texas trooper’s accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on U.S.-Mexico border unleashes criticism
Trooper Nicholas Wingate says he and another officer were ordered to ‘push the people back’ into the river and deny them drinking water.
House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
A 2019 study suggests planting trees to suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could be one of the most effective ways to fight climate change, but environmental scientists call it a distraction from cutting emissions from fossil fuels.
Rare fossil may show mammal attacking larger dinosaur, possibly for dinner
A newly described fossil shows a badgerlike creature chomping down on a small, beaked dinosaur, their skeletons intertwined.