The Maine Department of Corrections has ordered the jail to stop new intakes, return boarded inmates to their original facilities and create a plan to address its shortcomings.

After failing inspection, the Maine Department of Corrections ordered the jail to stop accepting inmates from around the state and return those it currently boards.

A Lewiston man and a 17-year-old were arrested Tuesday in a state and local drug trafficking investigation, with the juvenile also facing charges in connection with an ongoing gunfire case.

The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is seeking to identify a man in connection with counterfeit $100 bills being passed ...

The March 16 fire that leveled the residence at 69 Pleasant Street in Lubec was preceded the same night by a violent knife attack inside that residence.

Russell Edwards Marshall, 71, was being confined in the jail's medical dorm due to his medical conditions, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said.