University of Maine at Farmington senior center Milani Hicks battles underneath the hoop during practice session at Dearborn Gymnasium in Farmington. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — When a basketball bounces off a rim, Milani Hicks has already left the ground to snatch another rebound in midair. The University of Maine at Farmington 6-foot-3 senior center […]
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Katrina evacuee Hicks takes the long road to DI basketball
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, Sacramento State guard Kevin Hicks, right, drives against UC Davis guard Delveion Jackson during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Sacramento, Calif. Hicks broke down in his first trip back to the 9th Ward of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina uprooted his family. […]
River Views: ELHS Class of 1903 exhibited humor, creativity
This is the month of graduations. Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters and other relatives are sitting through speeches by graduates and assorted officials, who range from truly inspired to excruciatingly boring. I have had the pleasure of writing news stories for many commencement activities in the Twin Cities. In each of them, I heard […]
Maine prosecutors get guilty verdicts without bodies in murder trials
HOULTON — When Assistant Attorney General Andrew Benson entered the courtroom in November to begin prosecuting George Jaime Sr. for murder, he believed he had a solid case, even though he had a big obstacle to surmount. While Benson contended that Jaime had stabbed and beat to death his live-in girlfriend, Starlette Vining, in a […]