The Daily News won numerous awards at the 2007 Kentucky Press Association Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers contest.

First-place honors earned by the Daily News included:

• Best newspaper Web site
  www.bgdailynews.com
• Sportswriter Rob Herbst
  best sports story
• Photo editor Joe Imel
  best spot news picture
• Photographer David W. Smith
  best feature picture
• Photographer David W. Smith
  best sports picture essay
• Copy editor Natasha Allen
  best lifestyle page

Second-place honors for the Daily News went to:

• Writer Burton Speakman
  best ongoing/extended coverage
  (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
• Photographer Joshua McCoy
  best feature picture

Daily News third-place awards were:

• Writer Jim Gaines
  best enterprise or analytical story
• Sportswriter Norm Haney
  best headline
• Photographer Lara Cooper
  best general news picture
• Photo editor Joe Imel
  best picture essay
• Photographer Miranda Pederson
  best sports picture
• Assistant Managing Editor Andy Dennis
  Best front page

The Daily News was named Division II newspaper of the year at the Kentucky News Photographers Association’s annual Photographer of the Year contest.

Photo editor Joe Imel won first place in the news picture category, third place for sports picture story, and honorable mention in sports action.

Photographer David W. Smith won first place in the picture package category.

Photographer Hunter Wilson won third place in the sports action category.

Wilson and Imel also won second and third place, respectively, in the team multimedia category.

— Complete results from the contests can be found at www.knpa.org and www.kypress.com.