Firefighters responded to a fire at the Ramada Inn on Riverside Street in Portland. The fire was reported at about 6:30 a.m., according to officials. The fire was contained to one room of the hotel, and a person in the room escaped safely, fire officials said.

Officers are investigating a crash Monday evening involving a school bus and a pickup truck, according to Portland Police. The driver was the only person on the school bus and was not injured, according to police. The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries. The accident happened on West Commercial Street. The cause of the crash is under investigation, but police don't expect any charges to be filed.

A man was arrested after a standoff in Rockland Sunday. Police received reports of a man being disorderly at the Trade Winds Inn around 7 a.m. Police said the suspect, Timothy St. Thomas, 61, of Bangor, swung a walking stick at officers and threatened bodily harm.

One person is recovering while hundreds are without power after a crash in Kennebunkport early this morning. Police say a driver hit a telephone pole near Whitten Hill and Guinea Rd. Avoid the area as CMP crews work to repair the pole right now.

Police have identified the man killed in a snowmobile accident Friday. Authorities say a Sangerville man died Friday after a snowmobile crash in Corinna. They say Jeffrey Willey Jr., 44, was travelling south along the rail-bed snowmobile trail when he struck a tree and was nearing the end of a 300-mile ride when the incident occurred.

A man from Waterville is accused of giving a deadly dose of fentanyl to a man who died in his home. Sean Rancourt, 33, was held on $100,000 bail. He was arrested Tuesday.

A car rear-ended a school bus in Buxton on Thursday morning, police said. The crash was reported on River Road. No other information was released.

Crews on scene of building fire in Dixfield on Old Staples Hill Rd, no word on injuries

A 6-year old was sent to the hospital after a crash in Garland. It happened on Dover Road at around 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office said both drivers were uninjured, but the child was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

Several people called 911 Monday night after they heard shots fired in South Portland. Police say a home, a storage shed, and vehicle were damaged from the shots fired which was in the area of Pearl and Elm Street. Police say no one was hurt. They arrived at the scene around 9:30 p.m.

Fire officials say an early morning blaze has destroyed a Maine boat shop

Maine police say alcohol is a likely factor in the death of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found in an Orono snowbank. The body of Alexie Adams, of Orono, was found by a passer-by Saturday morning

Police are investigating after a young woman was found dead in Orono Saturday morning. Police said they found Alexie Adams, 19, of Orono in a snow bank along Colburn Drive just before 11 a.m.

Lewiston: Firefighters douse early morning fire on Park Street

Crews battled a fire on Western Avenue in South Paris early Thursday morning. The fire broke out at 41 Western Ave.

Westbrook police have arrested three men after several commercial burglaries. Police arrested Austin Swanson-Monge, 20, of Gorham; Jeffrey Cochran, 20, of Westbrook; and Demonte Loureiro, 18, of Westbrook. Swanson-Monge was arrested on charges of burglary and violation of conditions of release

An older driver was found dead in his car after a crash in South Portland, according to fire officials. The crash was reported just before 12:30 p.m. at 1329 Broadway.

A Fairfield man was taken into custody Tuesday evening after a standoff that lasted several hours. Fairfield police were called to a home on West Street just before noon for a domestic violence incident

Police are trying to identify two masked men who entered a Waterville home. They say the pair broke into a home on Carey Lane at 7 a.m. Saturday. Police say they were armed with a knife and hammer.

Police said a man was arrested for threatening another individual with a gun at a store in Portland Sunday. Police said Kevin Gray, 22, of Portland, was in possession of a firearm when he entered the Paris Farmers Union on Warren Avenue around 1:40 p.m.

A Bangor man has admitted to possessing child pornography, ahead of his trial was set to begin next week, officials said. David Jack, 42, pleaded guilty Friday to several charges, officials said. His trial was scheduled to begin on Monday.

A man was taken into custody after what authorities are calling a domestic violence incident Thursday night. The incident closed Route 2.

Crews responded to a fire in Portland Thursday night. It happened at a home located on Maine Avenue. Fire officials said the fire, which started in the basement, caused a lot of smoke but minimal damage.

A baby born after his mother was killed in a car accident this week in Skowhegan has died. Skowhegan Police Chief David Bucknam said Gage Strout died Thursday morning at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

Police were looking for a man Thursday who robbed the Subway restaurant on Brighton Avenue. The incident happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday at the store located at 952 Brighton Ave.

The Maine Democratic Party has filed an ethics complaint accusing the state's Republican Party of working hand-in-hand to spread bogus claims through a secretive website masquerading as a news organization.

Two vehicles and two buildings were involved in a bad accident on Route 202 in Alfred

A pregnant woman on her way to a local hospital to be medically induced to give birth was killed Monday morning when her vehicle slid on black ice and crashed off U.S. Route 2 in Skowhegan. Baby was delivered by emergency Caesarean section at Redington-Fairview General Hospital following the crash. Bucknam said the baby was in critical condition about noon Monday and was later transferred to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where hospital officials would not provide any information about the baby

A woman was found dead inside her burning home in Surry overnight, according to the Fire Marshal's Office. Crews were called to Morgan Bay Road around 11 p.m. Sunday.

Maine State Police arrested two New York City men Saturday on the Maine Turnpike on drug charges. Agents said a trooper stopped a car on the Turnpike for a vehicle inspection violation