Forward Kentucky wins two press awards

Forward Kentucky won two awards at the 2025 Kentucky Press Association awards banquet held on Friday, January 24th in Lexington.

Competing with smaller daily newspapers across the state, Ivonne Rovira won a 2nd Place award for Editorial Writing. Her winning articles were:

The 10 Dimmest Bulbs in Congress

And Number One is NOT who you think.

Forward KentuckyIvonne Rovira

Welcome to Gilead

Are you worried about the U.S. turning into the fictional country of Gilead? Then you’d better start working to stop it – because Gilead is already here.

Forward KentuckyIvonne Rovira

You pearl-clutchers weren’t paying attention

You say you’re shocked – Shocked! – to learn that Trump plans on wreaking vengeance if re-elected. Where were you for the past 8 years?

Forward KentuckyIvonne Rovira

Here is Ivonne with her award:

And, in something of a surprise, Forward Kentucky won for Best Website across all the small dailies in the state. For winning 1st place, Bruce Maples received an engraved mint julep cup, which you can see in the image above.

This is the second year in a row that Forward Kentucky has won awards at the KPA convention.

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