Police say Robert J. Locke managed to work his handcuffed hands to his front while sitting in the back of a police cruiser and smash out a window Thursday after they responded to his home on neighbors’ complaints that he was shooting a gun, honking his car horn and yelling at them.
Maine
Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine unemployment rate holds steady in April
The preliminary rate for last month is 3.1%, down slightly from March, the Maine Department of Labor reports.
Week In Photos: May 10-17, 2024
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Reporting Aside: Sword play for fun and exercise at Waterville park
The Light Club, whose members fence with fake swords, meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Maine is playing ‘catch-up’ to prepare for health impacts of climate change
That’s the message the Maine Climate Council hears during the first of 3 scientific briefings geared toward updating the state’s climate action plan by the end of the year.
Electric vehicles, heat pumps driving up electricity demand in Maine
The need to power EVs and heat pumps is expected to increase significantly in Maine in the coming decade, according to New England’s grid operator.
Maine supreme court upholds manslaughter sentence for woman who abandoned baby at birth
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the 6-year sentence given to Lee Ann Daigle, who left her infant daughter in a gravel pit after giving birth in 1985.
‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
Members of Robert Card’s family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
Navy secretary and Sen. King discuss Navy’s future and Bath Iron Works’ role, during hearing
Sen. Angus King questioned U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro about the Navy’s future, the threat of hypersonic missiles and hinted at Bath Iron Works’ role in the future of naval security during a Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday afternoon. King asked Del Toro about the status of DDGX, the next generation of Navy destroyers […]
Regulators approve changes to Maine mining laws
The new rules could pave the way for a small-scale lithium-ore mining operation in the western Maine town of Newry.