Travis McMichael takes stand, testifies Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled weapon

Travis McMichael returned to the witness stand on Thursday, and under cross-examination from the prosecutor repeated that Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled a weapon on him during the five minutes he, his father and their neighbor chased Arbery before the 35-year-old McMichael fatally shot him.  Travis McMichael, his 65-year-old father, Gregory McMichael, …

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are back as Neo and Trinity in the new poster for ‘The Matrix Resurrections’

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are back as Neo and Trinity in a new poster for the upcoming film The Matrix Resurrections. Co-stars include Jada Pinkett-Smith reprising her role as Niobe, Priyanka Chopra, Christina Ricci, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick, Brian J. Smith, Telma Hopkins, Eréndira Ibarra, Max Riemelt and Toby Onwumere. In the poster released …

Take a look at the new teaser and first-look photos from ‘Ozark’ Season 4

Netflix shared a teaser and first-look photos for Season 4 of Ozark. The teaser features moments from the show in reverse, as Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) reflects on the “snowball effect” of ones actions.  He says in the trailer: “Human beings make decisions, they commit acts and that makes things happen. It creates a snowball effect — …

COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Now Available to All Eligible Maine Adults

Governor Janet Mills has announced that, effective immediately, all Maine adults age 18 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, regardless of underlying medical condition. Latest on COVID-19 in Central Maine From Maine.gov: Expanding booster eligibility will protect the health of Maine people, limit transmission of the deadly Delta variant, and preserve …

Georgetown Man Arrested in Connection with Illegal Marijuana Operation

William Plummer, 40, of Georgetown has been charged with unlawful trafficking after the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office received reports about an illegal marijuana grow at 12 Plum Lane. The illegal marijuana has an estimated street value of approximately $2,000 per pound for the processed product. A Maine man was charged with trafficking after police allegedly …

House votes to censure Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar for violent tweets

The U.S. House on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar for tweeting an animated video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being killed. The chamber voted 223-207 in favor of the resolution, with two Republicans — Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. — siding with Democrats. A censure is the most serious action the …

Jacob Chansley, ‘QAnon shaman’, sentenced to 41 months in Capitol riot

Jacob Chansley, the self-styled “QAnon shaman” who became one of the faces of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, has been sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison for his role in the riot. At a hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Chansley to …

Take a look at the new trailer for Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Spider-Man faces multiple villains who have arrived from different universes in the latest trailer for Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.  In the trailer (seen here), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) explains to Spider-Man (Tom Holland) that visitors from other universes are arriving due to him botching a spell that would have made Peter Parker’s …

Focus Features shares a teaser for the upcoming film ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’

Focus Features shared a teaser trailer for the upcoming new film Downton Abbey: A New Era, featuring Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham. The preview shows Violet (Smith) share with her family that she once had a romance with a man before her son Robert (Hugh Bonneville) was born. Violet has …

Requirements for Augusta Winter Sports Athletes

Student athletes in Augusta participating in upcoming winter sports will be required to wear a mask and to participate in pooled testing for COVID-19. Latest on COVID-19 in Central Maine The Augusta School Board last week approved the new proposal. Augusta winter sports athletes required to mask and participate in pooled testing https://t.co/fm26JQ4uiX — WMTW …