Photo by RR Best
Pictured are UIS Chancellor Susan Koch, Kathy Best, and UI President Timothy Killeen.

•March 28, 2018•

Editor’s Note: Kathy Best is a Sullivan High School alumna and daughter of the late Robert E. and Marion Best, founders of Best Newspapers, and brother of News Progress and The Fish Wrap publisher Robert R. Best.

Kathy Best was honored Feb. 23 at the University of Illinois Springfield Alumni Gala with the university’s 2017 Alumni Achievement Award.

Best earned her master’s degree from UIS in public affairs reporting in 1990.

The award recognized “outstanding success and national or international distinction in one’s business, profession or life’s work.’’ It was presented by UIS Chancellor Susan Koch and U of I President Timothy Killeen.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.