Wildfires rage across Maine on Monday

Whipped by high winds and dry conditions, brush fires break out in more than a dozen locations, including Biddeford, Casco, Limerick and Camden.

Cities and towns shift to virtual meetings to carry out public’s business

Videoconferencing has become the new normal as Maine municipalities adjust to doing necessary business in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Maine businesses learn to work through pandemic

Coronavirus compels shops and service providers to change platforms, procedures and even products.

Biddeford man found guilty of hate crimes in 2 racially motivated attacks

Maurice Diggins faces as much as 10 years in prison for each of 3 hate crimes, in the first federal prosecution in Maine since the government adopted a new hate crime law in 2009.

Citing then-Gov. LePage’s racist remark, hate crimes defendant said he expected acquittal

Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the trial of Maurice Diggins, who is charged in racially motivated attacks on two black men in Biddeford.

Federal hate crime trial opens with victim recounting assault in Biddeford

“I probably would have lost my life that night,” Daimon McCollum says of the night in 2018 when he fled men accused of attacking him and breaking his jaw.

Biddeford man’s hate crimes trial postponed a third time

Maurice Diggins is accused of assaulting two black men in 2018. His nephew, Dusty Leo, has pleaded guilty to charges in the case, which stems from assaults in Portland and Biddeford.

Biddeford man’s hate crimes trial to begin Thursday after delays

Maurice Diggins is accused of assaulting two black men in 2018. His nephew, Dusty Leo, has pleaded guilty to charges in the case that stems from assaults in Portland and Biddeford.

Biddeford man charged with hate crimes set to stand trial in federal court

Maurice Diggins is accused of attacking black men and breaking their jaws outside a Portland bar and at a Biddeford gas station in April 2018. His nephew, Dusty Leo of Biddeford, pleaded guilty in the assaults.

Maine Catholic youth raise over $15,000 during ‘Souper’ Bowl of Caring