Franklin County News

Gov. Paul LePage's office and legislative leaders are cooperating to re-examine the state's network of county jails.

A flood warning for the Kennebec River at Skowhegan has been issued by the National Weather Service, in effect from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning.

Franklin County residents will have a chance to express their opinions to the state Board of Corrections in June at a public hearing about the county jail's pending status upgrade.

Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to accept the resignation of Sheriff's Detective Tom White of Jay.

A Franklin County grand jury indicted four people Tuesday on charges related to the drug death of Marilyn Rider, 52, of Farmington on Nov.

A Madison man was arrested Monday at Somerset County Jail in Madison on a charge of felony robbery in connection with an armed robbery at Tranten's Too at about 8 p.m. June 18, 2012.

An investigation into the cause of a fire that destroyed a wind turbine at New England's largest wind farm is expected to wrap up within a month.

The Franklin County budget panel will hold a public hearing on a proposed $5.5 million budget for 2013-14 at 5 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Superior Courtroom at the county courthouse.

But that's exactly what some are suggesting Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine Department of Education do after our new A-F grade system was announced last week.

A safe believed to have been stolen was recovered in an outlet of Crowell Pond on May 3 with its bottom smashed open, Trooper Mathew Casavant of the Maine State Police said.

An Industry man sought by police last week was found at a home in New Sharon on Saturday and arrested on felony charges of aggravated assault and burglary and a charge of violation of condition of release.

A 23-year-old Chesterville woman who reported her child missing Saturday night was arrested on a charge of assault after allegedly hitting a responding policeman.

Police were headed to New Hampshire on Friday to continue investigating the theft of some older-style jewelry from a residence on Route 2. Police had put out an alert to other law enforcement agencies about a theft reported Thursday, with a description of a vehicle that had New Hampshire plates.

Franklin County Deputy Sheriff Scott Nichols Jr. places a ribbon around the neck of one of the more than 120 athletes at Thursday's annual Area Spring Games for Special Olympics Maine at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay.

Saturday, July 27th marks the celebration of the 33rd Annual Rangeley Logging Festival & Parade.

The consolidation plan - in which the state would take over control of the jails - was pitched as a way to ease overcrowding and relieve local costs, but jails are more crowded than ever and costs are rising.

A Franklin County deputy is investigating a report of shots fired at a camp on Sweets Pond Lane sometime since October.

A fire on Jan. 23, 2013, destroyed this turbine -- one of 44 at TransCanada's Kibby Mountain wind farm in northern Franklin County.