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ESPN conned into airing high school football game featuring ‘questionable’ team

By Tribune Content Agency on Aug 31, 2021 06:06 pm
Ohio's Bishop Sycamore was thrashed by Florida's IMG Academy in a 58-0 blowout, before its existence as an actual school came into question.
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Aroostook County man missing since Tuesday morning

By Leela Stockley on Aug 31, 2021 06:00 pm
A Merrill man has been reported missing after he was last seen on Monday in Oakfield. Officials say he last spoke to family members on Tuesday morning.
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Pandemic recession, anticipated inflation stresses Medicare and Social Security funds

By The Associated Press on Aug 31, 2021 05:04 pm
Social Security and Medicare, the government's two biggest benefit programs, remain under intense financial pressure with the retirement of millions of baby boomers and a devastating pandemic putting increased pressures on the two programs' finances.
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Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths

By Tribune Content Agency on Aug 31, 2021 05:00 pm
On Aug. 10, Florida switched its methodology and began to tally new deaths by the date the person died.
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Driver injured after vehicle strikes lawn tractor and rolls down embankment

By Jessica Potila on Aug 31, 2021 04:48 pm
FRENCHVILLE, Maine — A Madawaska woman was transported to the hospital for treatment of serious injuries following a single-vehicle rollover crash in Frenchville.
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Mike Richards is out as producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’

By The Associated Press on Aug 31, 2021 04:27 pm
"Jeopardy!" fans called him unsuitable for the venerated show, and there were reports of dissatisfaction by staffers.
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President Biden defends handling of US’s Afghan withdrawal

By The Associated Press on Aug 31, 2021 04:20 pm
President Joe Biden is defending his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the frantic final evacuation from Kabul airport.
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Mainers will have new opportunities to hunt and fish at 6 public lands

By Pete Warner on Aug 31, 2021 04:12 pm
The changes in Maine are among additional or expanded hunting and fishing opportunities on 2.1 million new federal acres.
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WATCH: President Biden to address nation on end of Afghanistan war

By The Associated Press on Aug 31, 2021 03:11 pm
President Joe Biden plans to address the nation Tuesday about the way forward after 20 years of U.S. war.
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COVID cases force MCI to cancel season-opening football game

By Ernie Clark on Aug 31, 2021 02:34 pm
Friday night’s Class C season opener between Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield and Leavitt Area High School of Turner Center will not be played due to COVID-19 cases and close contacts within the MCI football team.
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