Other newspapers honored included: The News Herald, Owenton; Spencer Magnet; Citizen Voice & Times, Irvine; Providence Journal-Enterprise; Jessamine Journal; Lebanon Enterprise; The Sentinel-Echo, London; Georgetown News-Graphic; The Winchester Sun; The Commonwealth Journal, Somerset; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; The Daily News, Bowling Green; The Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro; The Kentucky Post, Covington; Kentucky Monthly, Frankfort, and the Florence Recorder.

The complete list of winners included:

Weekly Class 1 (circulation up to 3,000)

Gallatin County News - First Place: General Excellence, Column, Sports Feature, Investigative Story or Series, Sports Picture Essay; Second Place: Headline, General News Picture, Spot News Picture, Sports Picture, Third Place: Editorial, Spot News Story, Spot News Picture, Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay.

Owenton News-Herald - First Place: Editorial, General News Story, News Picture Essay, Sports Picture; Second Place: General Excellence, Editorial, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, News Picture Essay, Feature Picture Essay; Third Place: Column, Sports Feature, Business/ Agribusiness Story; Honorable Mention: General News Story, On-Going/ Extended News Story, Feature Picture, Sports Picture.

Spencer Magnet - First Place: Spot News Story, Enterprise or Analytical Story, General News Picture; Second Place: Column, Sports Column, Feature Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Third Place: General Excellence; Honorable Mention: Column, Spot News Picture.

Hickman Courier - First Place: Spot News Package, Feature Picture Essay; Second Place: General News Story, Spot News Package; Third Place: Feature Story, Enterprise or Analytical Story; Certificate of Merit: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Honorable Mention: Feature Picture.

Fulton Leader - First Place: Feature Story, Business/ Agribusiness Story; Second Place: Feature Story, Sports Story, Business/ Agribusiness Story; Third Place: Sports Column, Spot News Package; Honorable Mention: On-Going/Extended Coverage Story, Spot News Picture, Sports Picture.

Martin County Sun - First Place: On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Headline; Third Place: General News Picture.

Bourbon County Citizen - First Place: Sports Column, Sports Story; Second Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story; Honorable Mention: Column.

Berea Citizen - First Place; Spot News Picture; Second Place: Sports Feature; Third Place: General News Story, Headline, Sports Picture.

Trimble Banner - Second Place: Spot News Story; Third Place: On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story.

Edmonton Herald News - First Place: Feature Picture; Second Place: Investigative Story or Series.

Beattyville Enterprise - Third Place: Sports Story.

Weekly Class 2 (circulation from 3,001 to 4,700)

Laurel News-Journal - First Place: General Excellence; Feature Story, Sports Story, Enterprise or Analytical Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Spot News Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Second Place: Feature Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture; Third Place: Feature Story, Sports Feature, Feature Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Enterprise or Analytical Story.

Citizen Voice & Times, Irvine - First Place: Spot News Story, Sports Feature, Spot News Package, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, News Picture Essay, Feature Picture Essay; Second Place: General Excellence, Headline; Third Place: Editorial, Sports Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Sports Story.

McLean County News - First Place: Business/ Agribusiness Story; Second Place: Spot News Package, General News Story; Honorable Mention: Feature Picture, Headline.

Providence Journal-Enterprise - First Place: Investigative Story or Series, Headline, General News Picture; Second Place: Column, Spot News Picture; Third Place: General Excellence, Column, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Investigative Story or Series.

Big Sandy News, Louisa - First Place: Editorial, Sports Column; Second Place: Sports Story; Third Place: On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, General News Picture; Honorable Mention: Feature Picture.

Campbell County Recorder- Second Place: Editorial, Enterprise or Analytical Story; Third Place: General News Story, Sports Story, Spot News Picture, News Picture Essay, Feature Picture; Honorable Mention: Feature Story, Enterprise or Analytical Story.

Larue County Herald News - First Place: Column; Second Place: General News Picture, News Picture Essay; Third Place: Headline; Honorable Mention: Column, Sports Story.

Henry County Local - First Place: General News Story; Second Place: Investigative Story or Series, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Feature Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Editorial.

Springfield Sun -Third Place: Business/ Agribusiness Story; Honorable Mention: Sports Feature.

Carrollton News Democrat - Second Place: Spot News Story, Sports Feature; Third Place: Spot News Story.

Crittenden Press - Second Place: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Honorable Mention: General News Story.

Flemingsburg Gazette - First Place: Feature Picture, Sports Picture.

Thompkinsville News - Honorable Mention: General News Story.

Weekly Class 3 (circulation 4,701 and above)

Anderson News - First Place: General Excellence, Feature Story, Sports Feature, Headline, Spot News Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture Essay; Second Place: General News Story, Feature Story; Third Place: Sports Column, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Headline; Honorable Mention: Column, Sports Picture.

Jessamine Journal - First Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story, News Picture Essay; Second Place: General Excellence, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture Essay; Third Place: Spot News Story, Column, Feature Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Editorial.

Lebanon Enterprise - First Place: General News Picture, Feature Picture; Second Place: Editorial, News Picture Essay, Feature Picture; Third Place: General Excellence,

Sports Feature, Investigative Story or Series; Honorable Mention: Editorial, Business/ Agribusiness Story.

Union County Advocate - First Place: Investigative Story or Series, Sports Picture; Second Place: Spot News Package, Spot News Picture; Third Place: News Picture Essay.

Corbin News-Journal - First Place: Sports Column; Second Place: Sports Story, Sports Feature, Headline, General News Picture; Third Place: General News Story, General News Picture.

Cynthiana Democrat - First Place: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Second Place: Investigative Story or Series, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story; Third Place: Sports Picture Essay.

Pulaski News-Journal - First Place: Business/ Agribusiness Story; Third Place: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Honorable Mention: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations.

Casey County News - First Place: Sports Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story; Second Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story; Third Place: Spot News Picture; Honorable Mention:Investigative Story or Series.

Benton Tribune-Courier- Second Place: Sports Picture; Third Place: Editorial, Sports Story; Honorable Mention: Sports Story, Sports Feature.

Boone County Recorder - First Place: General News Story, Column; Third Place: Feature Story.

Oldham Era - Third Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story, Feature Picture; Honorable Mention: Sports Feature.

Harrodsburg Herald - First Place: Editorial, Spot News Package; Second Place: Spot News Story.

Cadiz Record - First Place: Spot News Story; Honorable Mention: Spot News Picture.

Barbourville Mountain Advocate - Third Place: Spot News Package, Sports Picture.

Woodford Sun - Second Place: Column; Honorable Mention: Column.

Butler County Banner - Second Place: Sports Column.

Mt. Sterling Advocate - Third Place: On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story.

Ohio County Times News - Honorable Mention: Sports Picture.

Grant County News - Honorable Mention: Spot News Story.

Hazard Herald - Second Place: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations.

Multi-Weekly (published two to three times per week)

 Appalachian News-Express, Pikeville - First Place: General Excellence, Feature Story, Sports Column, Sports Feature, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Investigative Story or Series, Spot News Package; Second Place: Editorial, Spot News Story, General News Story, Sports Column, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, General News Picture, Feature Picture, Sports Picture; Third Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story, Investigative Story or Series, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Sports Picture; Honorable Mention: Editorial, Feature Story, Sports Column, Headline, General News Picture.

Floyd County Times - First Place: Editorial, Column; Second Place: Sports Column, Spot News Package, Headline; Third Place: General News Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustration; Honorable Mention: Editorial.

Sentinel-Echo, London - First Place: Best Spot News Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, News Picture Essay; Second Place: General Excellence, Sports Feature, Enterprise or Analytical Story, News Picture Essay; Third Place: Spot News Story, Feature Story, Column, Spot News Package, General News Picture, Spot News Picture; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story, General News Story, News Picture Essay.

Georgetown News-Graphic - First Place: General News Story, Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay; Second Place: Feature Story, Column, Feature Picture Essay; Third Place: General Excellence, Editorial, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Headline; Honorable Mention: Sports Column, Sports Feature, Headline.

The Kentucky Standard, Bardstown - First Place: Business/ Agribusiness Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Second Place: Business/ Agribusiness Story; Third Place: Sports Feature, Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Feature Story, General News Picture.

News Democrat and Leader, Russellville - Second Place: Investigative Story or Series; Third Place: Sports Column, News Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story.

Paintsville Herald - First Place: Headline, Spot News Picture; Second Place: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Honorable Mention: Spot News Picture.

Central Kentucky News-Journal, Campbellsville - First Place: General News Picture; Second Place: Spot News Picture; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story.

Princeton Times-Leader - First Place: Sports Picture; Honorable Mention: Sports Picture.

Shelbyville Sentinel-News - Honorable Mention: Investigative Story or Series. Morehead News: Honorable Mention: Spot News Picture.

Daily Class 1 (circulation up to 10,000)

The State Journal, Frankfort - First Place: General Excellence, Sports Feature, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Business/ Agribusiness Story, General News Picture, News Picture Essay; Second Place: Column, Business/ Agribusiness Story, News Picture Essay; Third Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story, Spot News Package, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Honorable Mention: Sports Feature, On-Going/ Extended coverage Story, News Picture Essay, Sports Picture.

The Winchester Sun - First Place: Feature Story, Sports Story, Investigative Story or Series, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Headline, Spot News Picture; Second Place: General Excellence, Enterprise or Analytical Story; Third Place: Spot News Story, General News Story, Feature Story; Honorable Mention: Enterprise or Analytical Story, Investigative Story or Series, Feature Picture.

The Commonwealth Journal, Somerset - First Place: Column, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, Editorial; Second Place: Sports column, Sports Feature, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Third Place: General Excellence, Investigative Story or Series, Sports Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: General News Story, Sports Column, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations.

Harlan Daily Enterprise - First Place: Sports Picture; Second Place: Spot News Package; Third Place: Sports Column, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story; Honorable Mention: General News Story, Column, Headline, Feature Picture.

Richmond Register - First Place: Spot News Package, Feature Picture Essay; Second Place: Editorial, Feature Story; Honorable Mention: Feature Story.

Middlesboro Daily News: Second Place: Headline; Third Place: Editorial, General News Picture; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story, Column, Business/ Agribusiness Story.

Madisonville Messenger - First Place: Sports Picture Essay; Second Place: Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture Essay; Third Place: Column, Sports Story, Sports Feature, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Spot News Picture, Sports Picture; Honorable Mention: Sports Column, Investigative Story or Series, Business/ Agribusiness Story.

Maysville Ledger - First Place: Spot News Story, Sports Column; Second Place: General News Story, Sports Story, Investigative Story or Series, General News Picture; Third Place: Headline; Honorable Mention: Editorial, Sports Story.

Corbin Times-Tribune - First Place: General News Story; Second Place: Spot News Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Spot News Picture; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story, News Picture Essay, Spot News Package, Editorial.

Murray Ledger & Times - Third Place: News Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, Sports Feature.

Glasgow Daily Times - Second Place: Sports Picture; Third Place: Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay.

Daily Class 2 (circulation from 10,001 to 25,000)

Henderson Gleaner - First Place: General Excellence, Feature Story, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Spot News Package, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, News Picture Essay, Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Second Place: Column, Sports Story, Investigative Story or Series, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Spot news Package, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, News Picture Essay; Third Place: Investigative Story or Series, Headline, Spot News Picture, Feature Picture, Sports Picture; Honorable Mention: Feature Story, Column, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, Sports Picture, Sports Picture Essay.

Elizabethtown News-Enterprise - First Place: Column, Sports Column, Sports Story, Investigative Story or Series, Headline, General News Picture; Second Place: General Excellence, Sports Picture Essay, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Headline; Third Place: General News Story, Sports Story, Enterprise or Analytical Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, News Picture Essay, Editorial; Honorable Mention: Enterprise or Analytical Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, News Picture Essay.

Bowling Green Daily News - First Place: Spot News Story, General News Story, Sports Feature, Spot News Picture; Second Place: General News Story, Feature Story, Spot News Picture, Feature Picture, Sports Picture; Third Place: General Excellence, Spot News Story, Sports Feature, General News Picture; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story, Sports Story, Spot News Package, Sports Picture Essay.

Ashland Daily Independent - First Place: General News Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Spot News Picture; Second Place: Investigative Story or Series, Business/ Agribusiness Story; Third Place: Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture; Honorable Mention: General News Story, Feature Story, Sports Story, Investigative Story or Series, News Picture Essay.

Danville Advocate-Messenger - First Place: Editorial; Second Place: Editorial, Sports Column, Sports Feature, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Feature Picture Essay; Third Place: Feature Story, Sports Column, Spot News Package, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, Sports Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story, Sports Feature, Investigative Story or Series, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story.

Kentucky New Era - Second Place: Spot News Story, General News Picture; Third Place: Column, Feature Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Column, News Picture Essay.

Daily Class 3 (circulation over 25,000)

Lexington Herald Leader - First Place: General Excellence, Feature Story, Sports Column, Sports Story, Sports Feature, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Investigative Story or Series, Spot News Package, Business or Agribusiness Story, Headline, General News Picture, Spot News Picture, Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Second Place: Editorial, Sports Story, Sports Feature, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Spot News Package, Headline, Used of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, General News Picture, Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture; Third Place: Editorial, Sports story, Enterprise or Analytical Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Headline, Use of

Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, General News Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story, Enterprise or Analytical Story, Business/Agribusiness Story.

Owensboro Messenger - First Place: Spot News Story, General News Story; Second Place: General Excellence, Column, Sports Column, Investigative Story or Series, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Business/ Agribusiness Story, Spot News Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Third Place: General News Story, Sports Column, Sports Picture Essay; Honorable Mention: Sports Feature, Enterprise or Analytical Story, General News Picture.

Kentucky Post - First Place: On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Second Place: Spot News Story, General News Story, Feature Story; Third Place: General Excellence, Spot News Story, Feature Story, Column, Investigative Story or Series, Spot News Package, Feature Picture; Honorable Mention: Spot News Story, Column, Sports Feature, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Business/ Agribusiness Story.

Kentucky Enquirer - Second Place: Spot News Story; Third Place: Sports Feature, Spot News Picture; Honorable Mention: On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story.

Paducah Sun - First Place: Editorial, Column; Third Place: Business/ Agribusiness Story.

Associate Member Newspapers

College Heights Herald - First Place: General Excellence, Spot News Story, Sports Column, Investigative Story or Series, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Spot News Package, General News Picture, Spot News Picture, News Picture Essay, Feature Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Second Place: Editorial, Spot News Story, General News Story, Investigative Story or Series, Business/ Agribusiness Story, General News Picture, Spot News Picture, News Picture Essay, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture, Sports Picture Essay; Third Place: General News Story, Column, Sports Column, Enterprise or Analytical Story, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story, Spot News Picture, Feature Picture Essay, Sports Picture; Honorable Mention: Sports Feature, Feature Picture.

Kentucky Monthly - First Place: Feature Story, Column, Sports Story, Business/ Agribusiness Story; Second Place: General Excellence, Feature Story, Sports Column, Sports Feature; Third Place: Feature Story, Sports Story, Feature Picture, Sports Picture Essay.

Florence Recorder - First Place: Editorial, Headline; Second Place: Column, On-Going/ Extended Coverage Story; Third Place: General Excellence, Editorial; Honorable Mention: General News Story, Feature Story.

Kentucky Kernel - First Place: General News Story, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Second Place: Feature Picture; Honorable Mention: Business/ Agribusiness Story, Headline.

Kenton Community Recorder - First Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story; Third Place: General News Picture, Investigative Story or Series; Honorable Mention: Feature Picture.

Fort Campbell Courier - Third Place: Business/ Agribusiness Story, Headline, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations, News Picture Essay.

Erlanger Record - First Place: Sports Feature; Second Place: Enterprise or Analytical Story, Headline; Honorable Mention: Business/ Agribusiness Story, Headline.

Community Recorder - Second Place: Sports Story; Third Place: Spot News Story.

Murray State News - Second Place: Spot News Package, Use of Graphics/ Photo Illustrations; Third Place: Spot News Package.

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