• Maine March 2, 2024 10:49 pm

    Court documents detail alleged abuse leading up to Maine child's death

    The parents and grandmother of a 10-year-old who died in Bangor, Maine, last month appeared before a judge Friday on charges in connection to the boy’s death, according to News Center Maine. Braxtyn Smith’s father, 33-year-old Joshua Smith, his mother, 35-year-old Jem Bean, and grandmother, 56-year-old Mistie Latourette, were all arrested last week and charged with depraved indifference murder....

  • UNITED AIRLINES March 1, 2024 3:24 pm

    Transatlantic flight diverts to Bangor, Maine, over 2 disruptive passengers

    The incident took place on United Flight 883, which was headed from Heathrow Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport.

  • Maine February 29, 2024 8:03 am

    Parents, grandmother charged in death of 10-year-old in Maine

    The parents and grandmother of a 10-year-old who died in Bangor, Maine, earlier this month have been charged in connection with the child’s death, according to News Center Maine. The 10-year-old was brought to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries on the morning of Feb. 18 and died later that night. The hospital notified the Maine Department of Health and…

  • Maine February 19, 2024 10:41 pm

    Police investigate after child dies at hospital in Bangor, Maine

    A child’s death at a hospital has prompted a police investigation, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The outlet reported that the child arrived with life-threatening injuries Sunday morning at a hospital in Bangor. Police said the hospital took measures to save the child, who died from their injuries Sunday night. Authorities added there was no threat to...

  • Maine November 4, 2023 9:58 pm

    Maine man arrested after starting fire inside Bangor Walmart

    A man who allegedly started a fire inside a Walmart store in Bangor, Maine, on Friday has been arrested, police announced. Lucas Landry, of Smyrna, was taken into custody at his home on Saturday and transported to the Penobscot County Jail, according to a release from Maine’s Department of Public Safety. The 44-year-old, who was on probation for burglary,...

  • Bangor June 29, 2023 9:59 am

    10 vehicles involved in crash on I-95 in Bangor, Maine

    Nearly a dozen vehicles were involved in a crash on Thursday morning along Interstate 95 in Bangor, Maine, according to state troopers. Maine State Police said it was on scene of the 10-vehicle crash at around 9:30 a.m., which it reported at mile marker 183 on the northbound side of the interstate. State troopers were urging drivers to avoid exit…

  • Bangor March 9, 2023 7:55 am

    Murder Sentence in Maine Tossed Over Judge's Sentencing ‘Conundrum'

    The Maine supreme court overturned a murder sentence because a judge spoke about whether the defendant’s decision to go to trial reflected on whether he held remorse. Superior Court Justice William Anderson’s comments about his sentencing “conundrum” represented a snag because defendants are not supposed to be punished for exercising their constitutional right to a trial, the supreme court...

  • school safety January 20, 2023 10:26 am

    This City Is 1st in New England to Adopt Badge-Based Emergency Response System

    School staff in Bangor, Maine, now have a way to lock down their classrooms hanging around their necks. The city is the first in New England, and the Northeast, to implement a lanyard-based emergency alert system, school officials say, one that lets teachers, staff and substitutes send out notifications about things like fights or medical problems and, in a more…

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