Tribune-Review staffers captured seven 2009 Keystone Press Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association — two first-place, two second-place and three honorable mention awards. Staff members at other Trib Total Media publications collected 24 prizes. Of those, the Leader Times of Kittanning won two first-place awards and a second. Trib reporter Betsy Hiel won the Personality Profile category for her story on Pittsburgh native Nicole Shuman, an Army Apache attack helicopter pilot, in a story titled, “Awestruck Pittsburgh Girl Grows Into Apache Warrior.” Trib photographer Justin Merriman won for top Photo Story for his pictures of American troops in Afghanistan in a story titled, “One Village at a Time.” Trib Total Media winners, by category, in the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association’s Keystone Press Awards: Tribune-Review Editorial, Honorable Mention: Bob Pellegrino, “Legal Services — Cut’em off,” “Saturday Essay — Malignant Delay,” “Cola Consternation — Spare Us the Drivel” Sports Event Coverage, Honorable Mention: Staff, “Triple Triumph” Sports/Outdoor Column, Honorable Mention: Joe Starkey, Sports columns News Feature Story, Second Place: Robin Acton, “Nuclear Settlement Money” Online Journalistic Innovation, Second Place: Staff, “Transplanting Too Soon” Personality Profile, First Place, Betsy Hiel: “Awestruck Pittsburgh Girl Grows Into Apache Warrior” Photo Story, First Place, Justin Merriman: “One Village at a Time” Feature Story, Second Place: Rex Rutkoski, Valley News Dispatch, “Heartfelt Decision” Spot News, First Place: Tom Mitchell, Leader Times, “Chase Ends in Suicide” Sports/Outdoor Column, Second Place: Josh Yohe, McKeesport Daily News, “From the Briefcase” Personality Profile, First Place: Renatta Signorini, Leader Times, “The Egg Man” Personality Profile, Second Place: Mark Hofmann, Daily Courier, “Cannoli Consumer” News Photo, First Place, Jim Ference: The Valley Independent, “Photographer Changes Roles” Feature Photo, Second Place: Brian Henry, Leader Times, “A Day to Remember” Ongoing news coverage, First Place (tie with Philadelphia Business Journal): Kristie Linden, Plum Advance Leader, “Owners of Old School Building Given Final Warning” Special projects, Second Place (tie with Philadelphia Business Journal): Staff, Pine Creek Journal, “Football 2008: Special Forces” Sports event coverage, Honorable Mention: Bill Hartlep, Murrysville Star, “Panther Payday” Feature beat reporting, First Place: Zandy Dudiak, The Times-Express, “Mr. Smith Comes to Monroeville” Headline writing, Second Place, Dave McElhinny, Pine Creek Journal Ongoing news coverage, First Place: Daveen Rae Kurutz, McKnight Journal, North Hills graduation project News feature story, Second Place: Heidi Dezayas and Tom McGee, Penn-Trafford Star, “Even Pumped Up Fuel Budgets are Lagging” News feature story, Honorable Mention: Brad Pedersen, Penn-Trafford Star, “As Gas Tax Revenue Drops, Officials Seek …” Sports beat reporting, Second Place: Bill Hartlep, Penn-Trafford Star, girls soccer Feature photo, First Place: Kristina Serafini, Sewickley Herald Editorials, Second Place: Vince Townley, Coraopolis-Moon Record Sports story, First Place: Bill West, The Signal Item, “Athletes Endure Pain, Put Off Surgery” News beat reporting, First Place: Daveen Rae Kurutz, McKnight Journal, education beat News beat reporting, Second Place: Stephanie Hacke, South Hills Record, Woodland Hills School District beat Feature beat reporting, First Place: Tawnya Panizzi, The Herald, religion beat Sports beat reporting, First Place: Bill West, The Signal Item, Keystone Oaks football Photo story, Second Place: Jan Pakler, The Herald, “On the Hunt” Email Newsletters TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox.