Kashawn McLaughlin, 26, of Queens, New York, was indicted in January 2016 on charges of aggravated trafficking in cocaine base and aggravated unlawful trafficking in heroin but has pleaded not guilty to both.
Betty Adams
Betty Adams is a general assignment reporter who’s lived in Augusta for the past 35 years and been working for the Kennebec Journal for more than two decades. She covers the courts plus the towns of Belgrade, Fayette and Readfield.
As adjunct instructor Elizabeth Adams, she teaches writing courses, including journalism, at the University of Maine at Augusta.
In her spare time, when she’s not playing with the grandchildren, bicycling on the rail trail, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, she likes to travel both in the United States and abroad via cruise ship and occasionally on the back of a motorcycle.
She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and earned a master’s of journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Windsor woman pleads guilty to stealing thousands from Circle K store
Kellie Sutter-Arbour was assistant manager and processing false returns, according to the prosecutor.
Sex offense in Vienna nets man 15-year prison term
Patrick Logan Patterson, 26, pleaded guilty Monday at the Capital Judicial Center to gross sexual assault that occurred June 1, 2011-Nov. 30, 2012.
Kennebec sheriff’s race between two experienced officers
Democrat Ryan Reardon faces independent Ken Mason for the top policing job in Kennebec County.
Belgrade crosswalk raises red flag for residents
The estimated $2.7 million effort to rebuild 0.46 miles of Main Street where it runs through the village includes five crosswalks.
2 arrested in central Maine on federal drug charges
Demetrius Snow, a New Yorker, and Brandon Lancaster, of Norridgewock, were arrested in separate cases this week.
State reverses course, bans Belgrade Lakes village road work in July, August 2018
The decision came after residents and property owners expressed opposition to reconstruction work being performed during the tourist-critical summer months.
Belgrade residents, business owners air complaints about Main Street work
Locals say they’re ‘blindsided’ by plans to continue road work through July and August in 2018.
Bangor man charged with assaulting three people in Augusta
A judge on Wednesday set bail at $25,000 for Terrence Townes, 48, after an alleged assault on Water Street.
Augusta woman sentenced to prison for drug trafficking
Amy L. Perkins sold heroin to an undercover agent, according to the prosecutor.