Mill Mall Shooting (Ellsworth) – Police in Ellsworth are calling a shooting that left one person dead a suicide. Ellsworth police, the Sheriff’s Department and State Police rushed to the scene behind the Mill Mall after reports of gunshots shortly after 11 o’clock yesterday morning. The area is within view of the Ellsworth […]
Hancock Fatal (Hancock) – A horrific series of vehicle crashes in Hancock yesterday left a 54-year-old Ellsworth man dead. State Public Safety Department spokeswoman Shannon Moss reports to Star 97.7 that Kevin Minnie was driving west on Route 1 at a high rate of speed when he hit another vehicle. His car kept going […]
Appleton Fatal (Appleton) – A 28-year old Minnesota motorcyclist is dead after crashing his bike in the Knox County Town of Appleton earlier this week. Deputies say James Limmer of Dundee Minnesota drifted off the Searsmont Road and slammed into a stand of trees. First responders found his body at the scene of the […]
Glenburn Shooting (Glenburn) – A man considered armed and dangerous is on the loose this morning after a shooting in Glenburn yesterday afternoon. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 43-year old Brendon Harvey of Glenburn. The shooting left one person critically injured and another with minor injuries. Deputies shut down McCarty Road […]
Lawmaker Injured (Sedgwick) – A State Representative from Deer Isle is recovering from a broken vertebra after a car crash in Sedgwick last week. Democrat Holly Eaton underwent surgery at a Bangor hospital then was airlifted to a Portland hospital after she suffered a pulmonary embolism during physical therapy. Bar Harbor Story reports Eaton […]
Katahdin Fatalities (Baxter State Park) – The father and daughter from New York who died while climbing Mt. Katahdin last weekend faced extreme weather conditions. Searchers found Tim and Esther Keiderling’s bodies this week below the summit of Maine’s tallest mountain. Other hikers in the area say the weather included snow, ice, rain and […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Mt. Katahdin Search Ends in Tragedy (Baxter SP) The search for a second hiker missing on Mt. Katahdin ended in tragedy yesterday when the Maine Warden Service confirmed search teams had found the body of 28 yo Esther Keiderling. Rescuers discovered her body about 1 p.m. in a wooded area between two known […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Search Continues for Pair Missing on Mount Katahdin (Baxter SP) A tragic update on a pair of hikers who went missing Sunday at Baxter State Park while attempting to summit Mt. Katahdin. A Maine Warden Service K9 search team located the body of 58 yo Tim Keiderling on the tableland about 2:45 Tuesday […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Bar Harbor Hoax Call (Bar Harbor) The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking information regarding a search and rescue hoax call they say began at 11 p.m. Sunday night and continued through 12:30 a.m. Monday. The calls indicated a mariner in distress, repeatedly using the word “mayday”, but at the same time claiming to […]
Crime/Public Safety/Drugs Aroostook Man Found Safe Following All Night Search (Merrill) Authorities were able to locate a missing Aroostook County man following an all-night search Friday. The Maine Warden Service reports to Star 97.7, 71 yo Bryce Clark had gone for an evening drive when his truck became stuck on an old woods road. Clark […]
