Kandee Weyland Collind will be sentenced for stabbing Scott Weyland in 2017.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray covers the outdoors and tourism at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails, arts and culture. Outside of work, you can find her kayaking on the ocean and exploring Maine's many coastal islands with her husband.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Student charged in crash that killed a Wilton man near Bug Light Park in 2018
William Blanchard of Gorham, now 19, was driving the car that crashed near the entrance to the South Portland park, killing Patrick Donaghue, 20, of Wilton.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Federal judge allows ‘gag rule’ on abortion referrals to take effect in Maine
Maine Family Planning and other abortion providers are challenging the rule in court.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Fight over state funding for religious schools heads to federal appeals court
Judge D. Brock Hornby rules that Maine education money cannot pay tuition to religious schools in communities without state-funded schools of their own, but acknowledges an inevitable appeal.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Truck driver’s appeal asks: Is taking blood constitutional in fatal OUI cases?
Maine’s highest court wrestles with warrantless blood draws as a driver convicted in a double-fatal crash claims unreasonable search and seizure.
Posted inMaine, News
Attorneys argue over Maine ban on public funding of religious schools
The lawsuit questions why districts can pay tuition to outside public and private schools, but are barred from paying public funding to religious schools.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Maine congressional delegation says Iran situation fraught with danger
While the 4 members generally gave President Trump credit for halting a planned retaliatory airstrike, Sen. Angus King worries that the president could be boxed in by hawkish advisers.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Jury finds John Williams guilty of murder
John D. Williams was charged with murder in the death of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy last year, but his attorneys argued he was too impaired by his drug use to intend or know he would kill Cpl. Eugene Cole.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Closing arguments postponed 1 day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state’s reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Uncategorized
Closing arguments pushed back a day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state’s reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.