Brock Hamilton, 26, of Farmingdale, was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release, theft and criminal trespass, and Tonia Sirois, 30, of Augusta, was issued summonses charging her with theft and criminal trespass, related to theft of copper from a Manchester barn Tuesday.

AUGUSTA — Franklin Simmons’ final meeting with President Abraham Lincoln was to schedule an appointment for the Maine artist to do the president’s portrait. The next day Lincoln was dead. Simmons is the focus of next week’s installment of the “Maine Voices from the Civil War” lecture series at the Maine State Museum,

The National Sheriffs’ Association recently honored three Kennebec County deputies for their bravery and meritorious service.

A fire damaged a Route 41 home in Readfield Wednesday, displacing two people and their pets.

The extensive damage caused by a fire that destroyed a mobile home on Back Street in Monmouth Monday will make it difficult for investigators to determine what led to the blaze.

Police officers from Newtown, Conn., told hundreds of rapt emergency responders gathered Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center that the lessons from the Sandy Hook school shootings are many.