Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and towns of Manchester and Windsor, writing feature stories and covering breaking news, local people and events, and local politics. He has worked at the Kennebec Journal since 1995, having previously worked at the Camden Herald. He was born and raised in Winthrop and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in political science. He is married and has a dog and cat. A lifelong Mainer, he enjoys skiing, hiking, canoeing, camping, and cooking out but spends most of his “off” time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
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PublishedMay 10, 2022
Pittston felon caught with meth and guns pleads guilty to trafficking
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents arranged to buy drugs from another man whom they pulled over in a car driven by Tyrel Cox in 2020.
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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Sheriff’s deputy killed last year among Maine officers honored at Augusta memorial
Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross was investigating a crash when he was struck and killed by a vehicle in Trenton on Sept. 23, 2021, and he is now among the names on the memorial.
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
Man who fled child rape trial in Massachusetts arrested in Farmingdale
Police: Stephen Corbin Jr., 38, of Methuen, Massachusetts, cut off a GPS monitoring bracelet and headed to Maine.
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PublishedMay 4, 2022
Waterville man pleads guilty to murdering mother of his children
Nicholas P. Lovejoy admitted to the murder of Melissa Sousa in Waterville in 2019. His sentence will be capped at 45 years.
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PublishedMay 3, 2022
FBI: Photos show Jefferson man inside Capitol on Jan. 6
Joshua Colgan told FBI agents he went to the Capitol Building following President Donald Trump’s speech, but said he didn’t enter.
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PublishedMay 2, 2022
Augusta City Council gives police approval to sell some guns in evidence locker, destroy those used in crimes
Augusta Police Department to sell 62 guns and destroy 57 it has acquired over the years.
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PublishedMay 2, 2022
Oakland woman pleads not guilty in drug-induced death of her toddler son
Ashley Malloy’s 14-month-old, Karson, died in November 2021 from complications due to the combined effects of fentanyl and tramadol, officials said.
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PublishedApril 26, 2022
Knife-wielding Augusta man shot by officer at federal building should be detained until trial, authorities argue
Derik Broox Wight, who remains hospitalized a week after the incident, is charged with assaulting a federal officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta.
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PublishedApril 21, 2022
Suspect who was shot, arrested at Muskie Federal Building identified as Augusta man
Derik Broox Wight, 41, is charged with assaulting federal officer.
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PublishedApril 20, 2022
FBI: Guard shoots man armed with knife at Muskie Federal Building in Augusta
Officials say man with knife assaulted a guard at the building and was then shot and taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta.
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