Today’s addicts are a consequence of years of access to prescription painkillers, an expert explains.

Jon Tanguay says he’s grateful he and his son were able to escape Thursday’s house fire on South Street.

Police hope for tips from the public after providing a portion of a 911 call and specifics about the truck that ran Timothy Davison off the road in January.

Witnesses told police that a man had shown a gun and demanded money from a bank teller, then run off with cash on Wednesday.

The building is being renovated into apartments and commercial space, and workers were repairing a roof when the incident happened this morning.

Autopsies will be performed on the bodies of Robert and Della Keach.

Police say he fired a .410 shotgun through the window and injured a woman inside.

A woman whose car was crushed between a gasoline tanker truck and a pickup in South Portland escapes serious injury.

Two bomb-sniffing dogs find no evidence of explosives in the York County Courthouse on Monday morning after a threat is phoned in.