Harrisburg to publish a special tornado recovery edition Sunday

Harrisburg residents can look for a special newsstand edition of The Daily Register tomorrow (Sunday) devoted entirely to the tornado recovery effort.

Normally, the Register is a Monday-Friday publication but staff felt it was important not to go the whole weekend without reporting on the recovery effort from the storm. The special effort was organized by Southern Illinois group advertising manager Doris Wilson and regional senior editor Terry Geese.

Unfortunately, we were unable to make arrangements to home deliver the newspaper on Sunday; home delivery customers can pick up a copy of the newsstand edition free at the newspaper's offices this week.

The newspaper received attention for its considerable coverage of the storm this week from the Web site for the American Copy Editors Society. Visual journalist Charles Apple analyzed the newspaper's coverage at length and called it "pretty amazing work. Especially for a newspaper this size."

Sister newspaper The Daily Republican in Marion received corporate recognition for its tornado-themed coverage on Friday for the company's "Front Page of the Day" from parent company GateHouse Media. Editor Bill Swinford and team have received the honor numerous times in the last 90 days.