MAINE PRESS ASSOCIATION BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST
The 2018 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Awards were announced Oct. 20 at Sunday River. Here are the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel’s award-winning stories, columns and photography.
1st Place Winners
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Jeremy Clement, of Fairfield, allegedly kicked a door in and shot his ex-girlfriend during an altercation Wednesday night in an Oak Street home, according to police.
2nd Place Winners
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'I want people to realize he did do this to her,' says Honey Rourke, who believes Albert P. Cochran killed her mother, Pauline Rourke, in 1976.
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Maine is not doing enough to help people with mental illness.
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via CentralMaine.com
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via CentralMaine.com
3rd Place Winners
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Left with two children and expecting a third, Mindy Saint Martin issues plea for husband under deportation order since drug conviction 10 years ago.
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The district's superintendent, who was criticized for his handling of the oversight, says the problems have been resolved.
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Authorities had cordoned off part of the road in a standoff with a man who reportedly fired six or seven gunshots inside a building and had refused to leave.
