BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Someone with a gun opened fire inside a rural Kentucky high school Tuesday morning, killing one person and injuring nine others. Police said a suspect was apprehended and there is no reason to suspect anyone else in the first fatal school shooting of 2018. Nearly 100 students ran out of Marshall […]
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Man walks away from ultralight plane crash in Benton
BENTON (AP) — State police in Maine say a man suffered minor injuries when an ultralight plane he was piloting crashed about 25 miles north of Augusta. Police say 75-year-old Bill Fuller of Clinton was taken to a hospital on Tuesday for treatment of cuts and bruises. They say Fuller’s plane crashed in Benton and […]
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30,000 pounds of lobster survive Interstate 95 crash
BENTON — Maine state police say a tractor-trailer hauling 30,000 pounds of live lobster overturned in a crash on I-95 in Benton. Troopers say the driver, Horst Puff of Greenfield, Nova Scotia, told them he swerved early Wednesday to avoid striking a car that had spun out in front of him. The truck ended up […]
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Police: Man who killed self in Benton school lot had sexually assaulted girl
WATERVILLE — A local man who took his own life in the parking lot of Benton Elementary School on Wednesday had apparently sexually assaulted a teenage girl earlier in the day, according to Waterville police. Anthony Harding, 41, sexually assaulted the girl at a storage shed that he had rented out, Waterville Police Chief Joseph […]
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Bethel woman to guide Benton skier in Paralympics in Sochi
BETHEL — Leading a vision-impaired skier down an Alpine race course at top speed is not for everyone. But Diane Barras of Bethel has mastered it, and thanks to good teamwork with skier Lindsay Ball, the two are headed to Sochi, Russia, later this month to compete in the Paralympics. “I know when to push […]
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Oakland, Benton plan alternative trick-or-treat events
OAKLAND — Citing safety concerns, at least two central Maine towns are considering alternatives to traditional trick-or-treating on Halloween. In Benton, children and their parents can attend a “Trick or Trunk” event on Thursday evening in the parking lot of the town’s elementary school. Instead of going door to door, kids can go car to […]
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Searchers find missing Benton man alive
UPDATE: BENTON — An elderly Benton man who had been missing since Wednesday was found alive on Friday morning, according to officials. Arthur Wakeman, 86, of Benton, who had left his home at some point between 2 and 6 p.m. Wednesday, was found alive Friday, according to Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesman Doug […]
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Benton man pleads guilty to Christmas robbery
OAKLAND (AP) — A Benton man has pleaded guilty to breaking into an elderly couple’s Oakland home while they were sleeping and stealing Christmas gifts intended for family. Prosecutors said 26-year-old Brandon Rimes is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 26 in connection with the Dec. 6 break in at the home of 88-year-old Charlotte Lovejoy […]