The Richland Chronicle staff attended the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) annual convention March 23-25 in Fort Worth and brought home five awards and seven honorable mentions. TIPA members include student media from two and four-year schools in Texas. The association holds an annual convention, inviting students from across the state to attend seminars and learn from some veterans in the journalism industry.

Here are some of the year’s biggest stories in words and pictures from here, there and everywhere, courtesy of the staff at the Chronicle.