INDIANAPOLIS — The Times-Post earned several awards at the Hoosier State Press Association Foundation’s Better Newspaper Contest Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Nest Event Center in Indianapolis.

The paper earned 11 awards in the non-daily division for publications with a circulation of less than 2,500.

The Times-Post also earned its division’s General Excellence award, which is determined by the total number of first-, second- and third-place awards in all contest categories.

The awards received were:

First Place

Sports Section — Staff

Short Feature Story — Scott Slade, community editor

Multiple-Picture Group — Tom Russo and Lauri Mohr, photographers

Second Place

Website — Staff

Feature Section or Page(s) — Staff

Special Section (June Jamboree) — Staff

Newspaper Design — Staff

Editorial Writer — Erik Deckers, columnist

General Commentary — Judi Turpen, reporter/columnist

Third Place

General News Photo — Tom Russo

Short Feature Story — Steve Heath, reporter