Oxford County News

The following were booked at the Oxford County Jail. a Jason M. Place, 33, 8 Lords Lane, Paris, charged with driving under the influence and speeding; 8:50 p.m. July 2 on Main Street, Oxford, by Sgt.

Rescue crews worked well into Monday night to transport an injured hiker off Notch Trail in western Oxford County after her emergency beacon alerted game wardens she needed help.

The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for two counties in western Maine.

Emergency crews in Oxford County were busy Saturday afternoon and into the night dealing with washed-out roads.

BRUNSWICK a ' Ryan Jackson singled and scored on a bases-loaded walk to lift Andy Valley to a 2-1 victory over Brunswick in a Zone 3 Legion baseball game.

More than 2 inches of rain that fell Thursday night into Friday, coupled with an emergency dispatcher's call sending firefighters to Canton Dam, sparked fears the dam had breached.

A 25-year-old Cornish man was ordered to serve three years in prison Thursday, several months after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl.

A Norway couple pleaded guilty in Oxford County Superior Court this week to committing a series of burglaries in the Oxford Hills last fall.

A judge will determine how long a 23-year-old man should spend in jail for robbing a Big Apple store and stealing from a home, both in Mexico.

A Franklin County man was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in jail after admitting earlier this month that he ransacked his ex-girlfriend's Norway apartment and killed her two kittens.

Aside from a scattering of sobs, there was silence in Oxford County Superior Court as the jury delivered its verdict in the double murder case against a Sumner man.

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Concern over an apparent delay in the town's request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the owner of the damaged Opera House is unfounded, Oxford County Superior Court Clerk Donna Howe said recently.

The judge in the double murder trial of Duane Christopher Waterman ruled Friday that the defense cannot introduce a witness it believes is an alternate suspect, because the argument is based on "rank speculation." Justice Roland Cole made the ruling in Oxford County Superior Court after hearings to determine whether four witnesses could invoke ...

The defense began calling witnesses Thursday in the double murder trial of Duane Christopher Waterman, focusing on an accident last spring involving a truck owned by one of the victims.

One day after a judge granted her immunity in the matter, the wife of a 33-year-old Sumner man took the stand as a state witness.

Jurors toured a crime scene Monday as part of the double murder trial of a man from Sumner.

Testimony is slated to get under way in the double-murder trial of a 33-year-old Sumner man accused of killing two other men in a dispute over unpaid debts and illegal drugs.

The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: Linwood L. Hanson, 45, of Mexico, May 26, Lewiston District Court warrant for terrorizing, $500 unsecured bail, Mexico Police Department.

Voters at the annual town meeting Wednesday will be asked to approve a municipal budget of $3.2 million for fiscal year 2009-10. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Crescent Park School gymnasium.