An agency leader said some of the top earners could be trying to earn a higher pension, which is generally calculated by taking the average of their highest 3 years of pay.

A Maine man was killed in an explosion Friday while using a propane torch to thaw a frozen water tank on a commercial truck, according to Maine State Police. Kerry Holmes, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene of the explosion in Molunkus, a township in Aroostook County in northern Maine, State Police said in a statement.

A state trooper was justified when he shot and killed a Maine man armed with a BB gun in Hiram, according to Attorney General Aaron Frey.

GARDINER, Maine (WGME) -- A Maine man is dead after a crash on I-95 in Sidney. Maine State Police say a Nissan pickup truck driven by 69-year-old Philip Marson of Gardiner went off the road and crashed into some trees in the median on I-95 southbound around 7 a.m.

Agency leaders say the costs are 'inevitable' as staffing issues and demands on the agency force troopers to work long hours, with some accruing 6 figures in OT in addition to their regular pay.

Maine State Police troopers responded to the crash at Exit 7 southbound just before 5:45 p.m. where one tractor trailer had rolled over and was blocking both lanes of the highway, according to a news release from Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss.

Maine State Police paid out record overtime in 2024, as new data shows officers took home more than $10 million just in overtime last year. In 2023, that number was over $8 million dollars. State troopers had the largest chunk of overtime last year,

The crash involving two tractor trailers caused traffic delays and led to hospitalization of one of the drivers.

MAINE, USA — Slippery travel conditions caused several slide offs and crashes on the Maine Turnpike and Interstate 295 Saturday morning.

Speed appears to be a factor in a deadly crash that killed a 69-year-old man on Interstate 95 in Maine on Thursday morning, state police said.

A retired police officer who lives in Sanford has been selected as the next chair of the Maine Republican Party. Jim Deyermond spent 37 years in the Massachusetts State Police and moved to Maine upon his retirement,

More than a month after a Virginia man was found shot to death in Maine, the man wanted in the killing was arrested in California. Maine State Police said 34-year-old William “Nate” Robinson of Austinville,