The Nashville Ledger, which was named the best overall newspaper in its category in 2022, won first-place awards for Best Sports Writing and Investigative Reporting last week at the annual Tennessee Press Association awards banquet.

The Knoxville Ledger, the Nashville Ledger’s sister publication, was named Tennessee’s best newspaper for its size.

Contributing to the Best Sports Writing win were Terry McCormick, Tom Wood and Nicki Pendleton Wood. Winning entries in the Investigative Reporting category were penned by Wood, Catherine Mayhew, Kathy Carlson and Sara Davis.

The Knoxville Ledger won individual honors in four categories (Best Business Coverage, Editorials, Local Features and Headline Writing), and finished second in three more (Best Sports Writing, Make-Up and Appearance, Best News Reporting).

Contributing to the Best Business Coverage award were Nancy Henderson, Tom Wood and Joe Morris.

Writers responsible for Local Features were Rhiannon Potkey, Joe Morris and Henderson.

Columnist Joe Rogers won the prestigious Meeman Award for Editorials for “Freedom’s great until it doesn’t suit your agenda,” “Nothing lifts the sale of a book like banning it” and “Southerners are conditioned to believe ‘Big Lie’”)

Lyle Graves won in the Headline Writing category.

Another sister publication, the Hamilton County Herald, won top awards for Best Business Coverage (David Laprad and Henderson) and Headline Writing (Graves).