Ashland Times-Gazette, Times-Gazette.com capture eight AP awards Staff report Ashland Times-Gazette Ashland Times-Gazette staff members and Times-Gazette.com captured three first-place awards and five other awards for news, sports and column writing, reporting and photography in the annual Ohio Associated Press Media Editors' contest. Award placements were announced Tuesday. The Times-Gazette competed in Division II against other newspapers with a daily circulation between 8,000 and 11,999. The awards were for work published in 2020. Photographer Tom Puskar and sports writer Chris Snow led the staff with two awards each. Puskar claimed first place for Best Sports Photo for an entry a judge called "Great work" titled, "Off the Fingertips." He also won third place in that category for "Playing in the Rain."