JMC alumni won awards in all four of the divisions of the 2017 Kentucky Press Association annual newspaper competition.
In the weekly I competition, Melony Shemberger won second and third place for Best Enterprise Story, writing for the Todd County Standard.
In the weekly II contest, Daryl Tabor of the Crittenden Press won first place for Best Column and for Best Ongoing Story. He took third place for Best Graphic.
In the weekly III contest, Stevie Lowery of the Lebanon Enterprise won first place for Best General News Story, Best Feature, Best Column, Best Ongoing Story, Best Feature Picture and Best Sports Section.
She also won third place in Best Enterprise Story, second place for Best Editorial, second place for Best Front Page and third place for Best Sports Story.
In the multi-weekly category, staffers of the Mayfield Messenger won several awards. Shelley Byrne won first place for Best News Story, Best Enterprise Story and Best Headline.
Eric Walker and Tom Berry took third place for Best Sports Column and Walker finished third in the Best Sports Story competition.
The Murray Ledger & Times won several honors in the Daily I competition. John Wright took third for Best Breaking News, first and second for Best Breaking News Picture, first and second for Best General News Picture, second and third for Best Feature Picture and second place for Best Sports Picture.
In the same division, Chris Jung of the Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville) took second place for Best Sports Column, for Best Sports Special Section and Best Headline.
In the Daily III category, Ed Marlowe of the Paducah Sun won third place in best Breaking News Coverage.
In the Associate Newspaper division ,Michelle Vowell of the Ft. Campbell Courier won first and second place for Best Sports Story, first for Best Sports Feature, first for Best Picture Essay, first and second for Best Special Section, first and second for Best Sports Section and first place for Best Front Page.
The awards banquet took place Jan. 26 in Lexington.
