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The Army Inspector General will conduct an investigation into the events leading up to the Oct. 25 shooting, Maine’s congressional delegation announced.

A group of Lewiston shootings survivors and family members of victims met with the four members of the Maine congressional delegation Thursday to share stories and demand an independent investigation.

The families called for independent investigations into missed warning signs and how to prevent another shooting from happening.

If filed, the claims would be at least the fifth time in recent years that shooting victims have used the courts to hold the federal government accountable.

The third-year student was run over by a delivery truck on the college campus last year.

“The Prospering Soul: Part 1,” from Christian Faith Publishing author Benjamin Gideon, is a thought-provoking study of how to grow in faith and discover...

AUBURN — A worker at a Lewiston funeral home where a dozen rotting corpses were found piled in an unrefrigerated basement testified Thursday that he pleaded “many times” with the owner of the business to take action. Michael Bickford said in Androscoggin County Superior Court that he even resorted to knocking on the door of […]

AUBURN — A worker at a Lewiston funeral home where a dozen rotting corpses were found piled in an unrefrigerated basement testified Thursday that he pleaded “many times” with the owner of the business to take action. Michael Bickford said in Androscoggin County Superior Court that he even resorted to knocking on the door of […]

Another View: Criminal trials should come first Civil trials are important, but when jail time is at stake, the priority is clear. By Timothy E. ZerilloSpecial to the Telegram Share Attorney Benjamin Gideon recently wrote (Maine Voices, April 30) that civil jury trials must be given equal footing with criminal trials because both are guaranteed by the Maine Constitution. It is true that civil jury trials are crucial to ensure justice. Criminal trials must receive priority, however. Consider t...

Maine Voices: To delay resuming civil trials is to delay justice The people of Maine have a right to expect their state court system to fulfill its constitutional obligations. By Benjamin GideonSpecial to the Press Herald Share In October 2015, a woman underwent a routine neurosurgical procedure. Following the surgery, she developed bleeding around her spine. The hospital did not remove the blood in time, and the bleeding permanently damaged her spinal cord, causing paraplegia. She and her hu...