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Awards
Local/State
2010 - Peter Lisagor Award for Deadline Reporting: Robert Maday Escape
-- Filas served as one of a team of reporters who covered the escape of Robert Maday from Cook County. (Link not available.)
-- Filas served as one of three reporters who covered the shooting of two McHenry County Sheriff Deputies in Island Lake. (Click for link to Lisagor story.)
-- Filas served as lead reporter covering the death of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz in Fox Lake. (Click link for Lisagor story)
-- Filas served as secondary reporter and lead researcher for this story regarding the death of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz in Fox Lake. (Click for link to Lisagor story.)
-- Filas served as one of many reporters who covered flooding on the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes that resulted in a Lisagor Award win. (Click for link to Lisagor story.)
National
-- Filas served as secondary reporter and lead researcher for this story regarding the death of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz in Fox Lake. (Click for link to Inland Press Award story.)