Marcel LaGrange has entered an insanity plea in the slayings of Brittney Cockrell and Michael Hayter and has asked to be tried by a judge instead of a jury of his peers.
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Posted inBoston Celtics, Sports
Four takeways from Celtics’ loss to Bulls
Boston struggled from 3-point range and the game turned in the fourth when emotions ran hot.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Sidney woman charged with murder
Police say the body of a 14-year-old was discovered outside a Sidney home, after a woman reported in Androscoggin County that an incident had taken place at her home.
Posted inCommunity
Christmas dinner offered Dec. 24 in Augusta
The community lunch is free and open to the public.
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine Republicans take aim at public advocate nominee
GOP lawmakers say they will use Heather Sanborn’s confirmation hearing to promote their agenda to limit offshore wind and incentives for solar developers.
Posted inMaine
U.S. Senate approves Collins’ bill to fund urban parks, trails
The funding, contained in a bill co-sponsored by the senior senator, will help create and expand outdoor recreational opportunities in underserved urban communities.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
All 4 members of Maine’s congressional delegation back government funding bill
Maine’s House members noted that the final deal dropped a controversial suspension of the national debt ceiling, which had been backed by President-elect Donald Trump.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Winter Week 2
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports writers nominate high school athletes from the prior week’s games.
Readers vote for their top choice and the winner will be announced in the newspapers the following Saturday all season long!
Posted inHealth
Closure of Maine’s rural birthing centers is part of national ‘crisis’
Women living in rural Maine communities are driving long distances to deliver their babies and struggling to access other care, mirroring a trend that’s expected to get worse.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Biden’s ‘kids for cash’ clemency is offensive to victims, and to justice
The commutation of the prison sentence of former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan by President Joe Biden is a disgraceful act that dishonors the children and families victimized by the judge and his accomplice, Mark Ciavarella, during the notorious “kids for cash” scandal two decades ago. It is a particularly bitter irony that the scandal […]