Dropping Dimes

Sports Editor Lee Horton's award-winning columns.

Bannon gets 4 months behind bars for defying insurrection subpoena

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Trump, has been sentenced to serve four months behind bars

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Police investigate death in connection with Wednesday night shooting in Lewiston

Police surrounded a building on Oxford Street after witnesses said they heard shots fired Wednesday night.

UK’s Truss quits after turmoil obliterated her authority

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party obliterated her authority.

Marijuana coming to some Circle K gas stations next year

Under the agreement, Green Thumb Industries Inc., one of the largest U.S. cannabis producers, will lease space from Circle K locations.

Putin declares martial law in illegally annexed Ukraine regions

He also suggests restrictive measures across Russia, such as a tougher crackdown on dissent.

Two drivers killed when van collides with car in Waterboro

A Westbrook man and a North Waterboro woman died at the scene Tuesday morning, while 2 passengers were treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

For Biden and Trump, 2022 is 2020 sequel — and 2024 preview?

This year’s midterm elections are playing out as a strange continuation of the last presidential race — and a potential preview of the next one.

Stolen gun recovered Sunday during Portland arrest

The incident comes as police have reported seeing an increase in armed individuals.