Sun-Telegraph wins 6 AP awards

The Sidney Sun-Telegraph received six awards for writing and photography in the 2014 APME Great Plains competition, held by the Associated Press.

In the division for small dailies former sports writer Stephen McKay won third place awards for his action sports photo titled “Bull riding” and his personal column “Wrestling and wearing pink for a cause”. Former editor and publisher Dave Faries won a second place award for his spot sports photo titled “Leyton emerges on top”. News reporter Caitlin Sievers won third place awards for her general news photo titled “City, county throwing stones” and her enterprise story “Lawyers increasingly scarce”. Sievers also won a first place award for her personal column titled “North and south”.