RUMFORD — A local man was found in his home early Wednesday morning with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, hours after police say he crashed his truck into a nearby home, set it on fire and ...

Chief Tony Milligan said police were called to a reported active shooter incident on State Route 232 in Rumford Corner ...

Connor Young, 12, and his mother, Dorcas Young, 42, were safely located in Dallas after the boy was the subject of an AMBER Alert.

Oftentimes the University-wide alerts students receive through the UMaine text alert system are informative but of no immediate concern. Two prior notifications regarded a UMaine emergency ...

Progress has been made, with more to do, as institutions work to remove obstacles that on Oct. 25 and the following days led ...

A state commission created in the wake of last winter's severe storms is finalizing its first report on how Maine can prepare for and recover from extreme weather events made more frequent and more ...

The Commission on Infrastructure Rebuilding and Resilience wants access to the federal Integrated Public Alert and Warning ...

If you live alone or are afraid of becoming sick with no one around to help, an emergency alert system may be what you need. These devices have a special button that you wear and can press in the ...

Fire officials said hot ash from an abandoned campfire is likely what sparked a massive brush fire that started in Berlin on ...