Democrat-Gazette wins general excellence award in Arkansas Press Association contest (opens in new tab)

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette took home the award for General Excellence among the state's larger newspapers for the second year in a row, among eight other first-place citations at the Arkansas Press Association's 2025 Better Newspaper Editorial Awards. Among the newspaper's first-place award recipients was Thomas Metthe, who won in the single sports action photo category for this shot taken when Arkansas faced Arkansas State at War Memorial Stadium.