The Hoover Solar obtained 30 awards on the 2022 Alabama Press Affiliation annual awards dinner on the Perdido Seaside Resort in Orange Seaside Saturday night time, together with first place within the Normal Excellence Award and the Promoting Sweepstakes Award within the free distribution division.

These are the highest two awards given out by the Alabama Press Affiliation every year for newspapers. The awards had been for work revealed in 2021.

The Hoover Solar’s sister papers within the Starnes Media household of newspapers — The Homewood Star, Village Residing, Cahaba Solar, 280 Residing, Iron Metropolis Ink and Vestavia Voice — took residence 30 extra awards, for a complete of 60 awards for Starnes Media this yr.

All the Starnes Media newspapers compete within the Alabama Press Affiliation’s Division E, which incorporates papers distributed without cost. The Redstone Rocket, a newspaper in Huntsville, received second place within the Normal Excellence class, whereas The Birmingham Occasions received third place. The Redstone Rocket additionally received second place within the Promoting Sweepstakes class.

The Alabama Press Affiliation has 4 different divisions which are divided primarily based on their variety of paid subscribers.

Different first-place winners within the Normal Excellence class had been The Anniston Star, The Outlook (in Alexander Metropolis), Shelby County Reporter and Opelika Observer. Different Promoting Sweepstakes winners had been The Outlook, Shelby County Reporter and The Wetumpka Herald.

Right here’s an entire record of awards received by Starnes Media this yr by paper:

Hoover Solar:

First place:

1. Normal Excellence
2. Promoting Sweepstakes
3. FOI-First Modification Award –Hoover Recreation Middle membership hit onerous by COVID-19 (By Jon Anderson)
4. Newspaper web site
5. Life-style/household pages
6. Use of images in editorial content material (Erin Nelson)
7. Format and design (Melanie Viering, Kristin Williams and Ted Perry)
8. Enterprise story or column – Builders search to relocate almost 2,000 homesites to Alabama 150 (By Jon Anderson)
9. Function picture – After I Maintain You (By Erin Nelson)
10. Spot information picture – Greystone twister protection (By Erin Nelson)
11. Sports activities picture – Jags volleyball win state title (By Erin Nelson)
12. Headline – Smiths hope to be spark in Bluff Park with The Electrical (By Jon Anderson)
13. Area of interest publication – Below the Lights: Excessive College Soccer Information (By Kyle Parmley, Melanie Viering & workers)
14. Promoting marketing campaign – Breanna Sexton (By Emily VanderMey)
15. In-paper promotion of newspaper – Share Your Story
16. Area of interest publication promoting – Below the Lights: Excessive College Soccer Information
17. One-time promoting particular part – Girls in Enterprise
18. Common scheduled promoting particular part – Actual Property
19. Signature web page: Below the Lights: Excessive College Soccer Journal (By Melanie Viering)
20. Single advert half-page and below coloration – HomeRN (By Emily VanderMey and Ted Perry)
21. Use of humor in promoting – One Man & A Toolbox (By Emily VanderMey)

Second place:

1. Manufacturing and printing
2. Public service – 2021: What to Count on (By Jon Anderson)
3. Information characteristic story protection – The Fixer Higher: County Manger, former Mayor Tony Petelos (By Jon Anderson)
4. Native Sports activities column – Shifting state softball event an enormous success (By Kyle Parmley)
5. Particular part – Actual Property Information (By Marshall Malone and Melanie Viering)
6. Single advert over half web page coloration – Valley Financial institution (By Ted Perry)

Third place

1. Public service – Brock’s Hole debate: Historical past buffs increase considerations over new parkway (By Jon Anderson)
2. On-line breaking information protection – Hoover dad and mom plead with faculty board to cease masks mandate (By Jon Anderson)
3. Unique/artistic promoting thought – Vulcan Termite (By Emily VanderMey)

The Homewood Star

First place:

1. Public service – Information Hero (By Ingrid Schnader)
2. Native Financial Protection (By Ingrid Schnader and Erin Nelson)
3. Sports activities characteristic – John Carroll Catholic Excessive begins wrestling cheerleader squad, invitations cheerleaders to grow to be wrestlers (By Ingrid Schnader)
4. Inventive use of multimedia – Homewood centenarian dishes recommendation on how you can reside longer (By Ingrid Schnader)

Second place:

1. Sports activities protection (Kyle Parmley)
2. Native information protection

Third place:

1. Information characteristic story protection – Proposed townhome improvement revives a well-known battle for Rosedale residents (By Ingrid Schnader)

Village Residing

First place:

1. Sports activities protection (Kyle Parmley)

Second place:

1. In-depth information protection – Taking the ultimate step (By Jesse Chambers)
2. Enterprise story or column – Crestline Bagel marks 25 years (By Jesse Chambers)
3. Function story protection – Within the eye of God (By Neal Embry)

Third place:

1. Enterprise story or column – Constructing a model (By Jesse Chambers)
2. Sports activities picture – Spartans triumph (By Erin Nelson)

Vestavia Voice

First place:

1. Native schooling protection (By Neal Embry and Erin Nelson)
2. Native information protection (By Neal Embry and Erin Nelson)

Second place:

1. Spot information picture – Vestavia flooding (By Erin Nelson)

Cahaba Solar

First place:

1. Human curiosity column – Understanding a spot like Mississippi (By Gary Lloyd)
2. Sports activities single occasion story – Hewitt-Trussville wins the Class 7A state softball championship (By Kyle Parmley)

Second place:

1. Trussville welcomes residence service member from Afghanistan (By Gary Lloyd)
2. Sports activities characteristic story – Payne leaving her mark on Girl Huskies report ebook (By Kyle Parmley)
3. Sports activities picture – Casting shadows (By Erin Nelson)

Iron Metropolis Ink

First place:

1. Information characteristic story protection – We’re No. 2 (By Jesse Chambers)

Third place

1. In-depth information protection – Election 2021 (By Jesse Chambers, Eric Taunton and Eric Velasco)
2. Function story protection – Champions for change (By Neal Embry)
3. Information picture – Woodfin wins re-election (By Erin Nelson)

280 Residing

First place:

1. On-line breaking information protection – Within the storm’s path (By Leah Ingram Eagle and Erin Nelson)

Second place:

1. Function picture – Candy Rewards (By Erin Nelson)
2. Picture essay – Snapshots (Erin Nelson and Kristin Williams)
3. A pastime with candy rewards (By Leah Ingram Eagle and Erin Nelson)

Third place:

1. Picture essay – Within the storm’s path (Erin Nelson and Melanie Viering)