Layout and Design, for efforts by the News Desk and News Art. The Mark Twain award honored the newspaper's 1997 contributions of news, sports and feature stories and photographs to The Associated Press, the world's oldest and largest news-gathering organization. The sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here. APME is comprised of editors from Louisiana and Mississippi whose newspapers are AP members. Judging was by the APME association in Idaho.
Newspapers compete in categories based on their circulation.
The American Press competed in Division II with such similar-sized newspapers as the Daily Advertiser of Lafayette and the Alexandria Daily Town Talk. The Story of the Year Award is given to the best overall entry selected from all first-place winners in all writing categories, regardless of circulation. Editor Jim Beam, State Editor Linda Young and Chief Artist Donna Price attended the APME ceremony in Vicksburg. They accepted the awards on behalf of Publisher Thomas B. Shearman III and the newspaper's Editorial Department. Tree Service Trucks Unfurn.