Judy Clark has written local news copy since the 1980s. In 2025, for the first time, she takes the honor of Best Local News Writer, having read such news copy for the last time this past December. Much of the news you read from Volume One is courtesy of McKenna Scherer; she pens her way to second place. New prose in this category comes via Zach Brunner, working with Flurry Sports in the area; he takes the bronze. —Luc Anthony