The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle won seven awards at Sunday’s Associated Press Media Editors awards ceremony, including two first-place finishes for Mahoning County courthouse and crime reporter Ed Runyan.

The newspapers compete in Division II against newspapers such as The Lima News, Sandusky Register, The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria and Lorain) and Springfield News-Sun.

“We are very proud of the work our newsroom does in telling the stories of our communities. The awards earned while being judged among our peers confirm the quality of their work,” newspaper General Manager Ted Snyder said.

Runyan won first place in the Best News Photo category for a photo titled “Aftermath,” which depicted a man with a bloody face sitting outside the Realty Tower, which had just exploded on May 28,

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