The Sedalia Democrat received five first-place awards, including two for its coverage of the May 25, 2011, tornado, and 11 awards in total in the Missouri Press Association’s 2012 Better Newspaper Contest.
The awards, for work completed in 2011, were given out Saturday during MPA’s annual convention in Columbia.
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