Maine

A person was shot inside the popular Maine Mall Wednesday, and the suspected shooter is being sought by police, officials said. South Portland police urged the public to avoid the area of the mall as they searched for the suspect. The person who was shot was rushed to Maine Medical Center; their condition wasn’t immediately…

Police are investigating after human remains were found in a bog in Lewiston, Maine, on Saturday afternoon. The human remains were found in the Garcelon Bog at the end of Russell Street, according to state police. Someone who lives in the area came across the remains and contacted authorities. The state police Major Crimes Unit…

A 20-year-old man is dead and his 20-year-old passenger is seriously injured after the SUV they were in went off the roadway and struck a fence and tree overnight in New Gloucester, Maine. New Gloucester Fire Rescue says they were called to 97 Dougherty Road around 12:12 a.m. Saturday for a crash with reported entrapment…

A Maine police lieutenant was critically injured in a crash Monday, according to authorities. The Buckfield Fire Department said in a social media post around 4:45 p.m. Monday that the Turner Fire Department responded to two major crashes in different areas of Turner Center Road. Traffic was reportedly seriously delayed or even at a standstill…

A man died after being pulled from a burning home in Biddeford, Maine, Monday afternoon, officials say. The fire was reported about 3:03 p.m. at a home on Alfred Street at the intersection of Ray Street, according to Biddeford firefighters, who saw flames pouring from an apartment over a two-car garage. A 71-year-old man was…

A Sidney, Maine woman accused of killing a 14-year-old boy was ordered by a judge to undergo psychological evaluation during her first court appearance, according to News Center Maine. 39-year-old Megan McDonald was charged with murder after a teenager was found outside her home on December 20. The teen’s identity has not been released. The…

A vigil was held Saturday for a northern Maine teen who has been missing just shy of three months, and whose disappearance has attracted international media attention. Stefanie Damron, 14, of New Sweden, Maine, was reported missing by her family on Sept. 24, a day after the then-13-year-old was last seen walking out of her…

A home in eastern Maine was destroyed by a fire that started with a propane gas explosion on Thursday morning. The Maine Fire Marshals Office said it was called to an address on Milford Road in Grand Lake Stream around 10:30 a.m. Thursday for a single-family home that had been destroyed by fire. They said…