Emily Demers, Portland/Deering junior forward: Demers is an outstanding shooter with quick hands and a knack for scoring. The North Yarmouth Academy transfer led the Bulldogs with 62 points (39 goals, 23 assists), helping them improve from a 1-17 season and reach the South final for the first time in … …

Alex Robert, Lewiston junior forward: The KVAC Class A and Telegram's Player of the Year led the powerhouse squad in scoring. Robert totaled 45 points (17 goals, 28 assists), including a goal in the Blue Devils' 2-1 state final win over Biddeford for their third straight title. Donato Tocci, Portland/Deering … …

The Iranian government is set to permanently block the messaging app Telegram over national security concerns and replace it with its own version of the app. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, announced the ban during a radio … Read More

An Iranian news site is reporting that the country will block the Telegram messenger service for reasons of national security. The Saturday report by Mashreghnews.ir quoted the head of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, Alaeddin Boroujerdi as saying the decision was … Read More

GOLDEN RULE: Chippewa Falls High School student Joe Jasper and McDonell High School student John Lyberg were recently honored as “Golden Rule Students” by the Chippewa Falls Kiwanis Club. In honor of their recognition, the club donated $50 to the charities of the students' choice. Jasper … Read More

Iran is likely to ban the popular messaging application Telegram by the end of the current Iranian month (April 20), the Iranian Parliament's news agency, ICANA, quoted prominent MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi as saying on March 31. Boroujerdi said the decision to ban Telegram and “replace it with a … Read More

In March 2018, Telegram Group Inc., a popular encrypted instant messaging app, raised US$ 850 million from 94 investors. In February, the British Virgin Islands-registered firm raised US$ 850 million. This brings the total amount raise to US$ 1.7 billion, so far the largest initial coin (ICO) offering in … Read …

While there has been increasing clampdown on ICO ads on different platforms in the world to reduce the potentials of ICO, messaging app Telegram has revealed it has successfully generated $1.7bn according to a public document it shared with its community. This is a big boom for Telegram, … Read More

I was in the process of leaving the U.S. Air Force and needed a job, so I walked into the Rocky Mount Telegram and asked the editor, Vernon Sechriest, if he knew of any jobs in town. Vernon told me that he had a reporter who was leaving, and that …

A Dallas lawyer will pay for the return of a grave marker for a Martian named Ned, stolen from a cemetery in Aurora, about an hour's drive northwest of Dallas. Civil trial attorney Stratton Horres is offering a $1,000 reward for the gravestone's return, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Read …