Emergency Blood Shortage: Red Cross Supply Lowest Since 2015

The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage and must collect 10,000 additional blood products each week over the next month for the blood supply to recover and meet hospital and patient needs. Donors of all blood types – especially type O – donors are urged to make an appointment to give now …

Free Community Health Needs Assessment Forums

The public is invited to participate in two community meetings to help identify local health needs and priorities. The free Zoom forums are a collaborative effort among area health care organizations: MaineGeneral Health, Northern Light Inland Hospital, Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital and Redington-Fairview General Hospital, as well as the Maine Center for Disease Control …

Shooting on Center Street in Auburn

According to the Sun/Journal, a police officer was involved in a shooting this morning, Sept. 27, on Center Street in Auburn, near the FedEx store. More info will be released as it becomes available. Reports indicate that an individual was shot about 10 a.m. This story will be updated as we confirm details. https://t.co/JdGYwDWPg5 — …

74th Annual Tony Awards: See the full list of winners

The 74th annual Tony Awards were held on Sunday night in New York’s Winter Garden Theatre. Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr. hosted the live event, which aired on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. Moulin Rouge, A Christmas Carol and The Inheritance were the big winners of the evening.  Moulin Rouge was named Best Musical, …

Mom and 2-year-old son fall to their deaths at Petco Park prior to San Diego Padres game

A mother and her 2-year-old son fell to their deaths at Petco Park before the San Diego Padres’ home game against the Atlanta Braves. The San Diego police department said that shortly before 4 p.m. PT Saturday, police said they were notified that two people had fallen from the third-level concourse level, equivalent of six …

The manhunt for Brian Laundrie continues as the family of his fiancé Gabby Petito gather in New York for her funeral service

Family and friends gathered to mourn at the funeral of Gabby Petito in New York on Sunday, as a manhunt for her fiancé Brian Laundrie continues. In North Port, Fla., where Petito lived with Laundrie and his parents, mourners set up a memorial across from City Hall, leaving balloons, teddy bears and signs in her …

Take your first look at Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in the trailer for ‘Spencer’

Production company Neon released the official trailer for “Spencer,” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana. Directed by Pablo Larraín, the film is an imagining of a weekend Princess Diana spent with the royal family over the Christmas holiday in 1991 at Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, during which Diana supposedly decides to leave Prince …

Deputy Gross Crash Update

From the Maine State Police on yesterday’s tragedy: On Thursday, September 23, 2021 at approximately 4:30 a.m. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross was called to the scene of a crash on Rt. 3 in Trenton near the Ellsworth town line. The driver of the crashed vehicle fled the scene prior to Deputy Gross’ arrival. …

Game Warden and Warden K9 Locate Missing 80-year-old Oxford Man

Warden K9 Luna and Game Warden Michael Latti rescued a missing 80-year-old man in Oxford last night, Sept. 23. Thomas Cushman, 80, of Oxford had left his residence in the morning to survey his property lines. Later in the afternoon, Cushman, who has early onset dementia, had not returned and the family called 911. Oxford …

2 dead, 13 hurt in shooting at Kroger grocery store near Memphis, Tennessee

Authorities confirmed that at least two people were killed and 13 others were injured in a shooting at a Kroger grocery store in Collierville, Tennessee, about 30 miles east of Memphis. According to Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane, the suspected shooter is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and that there were “very serious” …