Feature - 1st place - Jordyn Wood snuggles with Buffy, the last of his grandfather Don Butts' 18 hospitalized labradors to be released from the Masterson Veterinary Clinic, as they get ready for the car ride home. "It's been hard on grandpa," said Jordyn. 18 of Butts' labradors were poisoned with ethylene glycol, commonly known as antifreeze, and had to be rushed to Masterson Veterinary Clinic once Don realized something was wrong after his dogs began to have seizures. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Benjamin Stephenson of Columbus plays in the puddles left in the fountains at Bicentennial Park on Easter Sunday. (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
SFeature - 3rd place - Seventh grader Seth Peacock takes a peek through the curtains while his bandmates Henry Morris and Paul Martinez-Watkins make final preparations before performing during a rehearsal for the upcoming Dominion Middle School talent show. (Ryan M.L. Young / ThisWeek Community News)
General News - 1st place - Volunteer Rick Perez of Westerville puts the finishing touches on a reserved parking space for Principal Jeni Quesenberry as sisters Karina and Sofia Pantoja, of Polaris, watch at Parkmoor Elementary School in Columbus. Parkmoor was one of the locations picked by Vineyard Columbus to get a spring makeover as part of the church's Serve Columbus initiative. Vineyard, along with volunteers from Keep Columbus Beautiful, the Columbus Shelter Board and local residents partnered for the day of service event. (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Pastor Tim Heintzelman, of the Faith Covenant Church in Westerville, leads a prayer while anointing the house during the Fort Jackson Dedication - a ceremony acknowledging the house purchased by Greg and Tricia Allenby which will become a Christian half-way house. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - A group of 54 kids from South High School as well as some middle-schoolers are heading to New York City as part of a Harmony Project initiative. The kids will perform, sight-see and have their horizons broadened. Many have never been out of Columbus. Grace Winters, 12, claps as the group finished up practice at South High School. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Breeder Don Butts of Mount Perry holds the collar of his 8-year-old labrador Storm that died from the effects of poisoning as he stands in the dogs kennel. 18 of Butts' labradors were poisoned with ethylene glycol, commonly known as antifreeze, and had to be rushed to Masterson Veterinary Clinic once Don realized something was wrong after his dogs began to have seizures. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - After 45 years with Toledo Public Schools, including 22 as the City League athletic commissioner, Ed Scrutchins will be leaving his post. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Chris Turner of Turner's Barber Shop & Shaving Parlor poses for a photo in his shop on North High Street in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - April 1st place Sports FeatureErik Schelkun/Elsestar ImagesAn official tries to rid a Canadian goose from the court that interrupted the #1 singles match between VCU and St. Louis during the finals of the A10 Womens Tennis Championship at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in West Chester. The goose stood its ground and the match was moved to another court at the complex. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - A participant in the Dayton Flyers Youth football clinic gets tripped up running through the pads. Hundreds of kids from across the region came out to the clinic prior to the start of the Dayton Flyers football spring scrimmage. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) celebrates after Blue Jackets left wing Nick Foligno (71) scored the game winning goal in overtime against Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 4 of the first-round in Stanley Cup playoffs at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HM - Columbus Crew forward Jairo Arrieta (19) celebrates his goal during the first half of the MLS soccer match between the Columbus Crew and the New York Red Bulls at Columbus Crew Stadium. (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HM - The Columbus Blue Jackets take the ice before Game 6 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoffs between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - A truck driver is pulled out of cab by Columbus fire fighters as it dangles on the edge of the state route 315 north-bound bridge over Sullivant Avenue on the West Side of Columbus. The north-bound lanes of 315 had to be closed as emergency responders worked to save the driver of a crashed semi trailer. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd place - Family members console each other next to the bullet riddled car that a 22-year-old male driver was shot in. The male was shot on Pumphouse Road and drove to Alta Road after he was shot. The Clark County Sheriff's department is investigating the shooting. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place - A member of the Springfield Police Division tries to calm down a visibly upset man as he tries to rush into a crime scene at the intersection of South Lowry and Grand Avenues where another man was fatally shot. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - Megan Uzzel of Ashland University vaults herself over the bar during the women's pole vault event at the All Ohio Championships at Gettler Stadium on the campus of University of Cincinnati. Uzzel finished in 9th place with a cleared height of 3.37 meters. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 2nd place - Haley Bradley of Louisville reacts as she approaches the finish line in first place as the anchor of the 4x800 relay. The hurdle crew had already begun to set up for the next event as the relay concluded prompting the PA announcer to announce that there was one more runner on the track. The boys and girls ran a combined 4x800 event for the duel meet at Minerva. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Sports - 3rd place - Columbus Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky (17) takes a shot on Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) during the 3rd period in game two in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HM - Columbus Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark (1) leaps to make a stop on a corner kick during the first half of their match against the New York Red Bulls at Columbus Crew Stadium. (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st place - Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Nick Foligno (71) celebrates his game winning goal in overtime against Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 4 of the first-round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Cooper, one of the Deedses’ biological children, has needed time to adjust to having foster kids come and go in his life. Seeing them go was always difficult for him because he would get attached. He and Makala, one of his adopted sisters, enjoy caring for the chickens and plan to take part in 4-H this year. (Jessica Phelps / The (Newark) Advocate)
Story - 3rd place - The Columbus Blue Jackets take the ice before Game 6 of the first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The Penguins defeated the Blue Jackets 4 - 3 to win the series 4 - 2. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)