Feature - 1st place - A fisherman takes advantage of the warm weather and sunshine at Old Reid Park while a field fire rages across the lake. The fire was a controlled burn by National Trail Parks and Recreation who were burning the tall grass in the Kirby Preserve. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Feature - 2nd place - A runner makes his way across a walking path near the Alum Creek Dam in Westerville. Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News
Feature - 3rd place - Colton Hartman, of Lewis Center, dons a plague doctor outfit while reminding drivers along U.S. Route 23 to wash their hands amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Lewis Center. Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News
Feature - HM - A lone pedestrian crosses a nearly empty Howard Street in Akron. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Feature - HM - Musician Brenda Boulton (right) plays a mini window concert for residents at Life Care Center of Medina. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
General News - 1st place - Protesters wave flags and signs in the reflection of the window at Zoup! on High Street outside of the Ohio Statehouse while Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton give update on the status of the Coronavirus and the state's response on April 20. A crowd of over 300 protesters gathered outside the statehouse. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
General News - 2nd place - People whose lives were touched by the late Rev. Kent Jarvis drive by to pay their respects and share kind words with his family during a drive-thru style visitation at Akron First Assembly of God. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
General News - 3rd place - Tene Ba, a seventh-grade student at Winton Woods Middle School, reviews his English lessons in Forest Park, Ohio. Tene was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent five years in Mauritania where he learned French as his first language. An English Language Learner, Ba faces barriers trying to keep up with daily assignments. Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer
General News - HM - From left: Haddasha Revely-Curtin, 12, Christy Revely-Curtin, 13, Zionnah Revely-Curtin, 7, and Rose Curtin, spot a neighborhood on Columbia Street in Newport Ky. Haddasha has been struggling to read on her own since schools closed due to the new coronavirus pandemic. "Like, I’m just afraid that the coronavirus is going to get all over the street in Covington and Cincinnati, and I don’t know what to do.” Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer
General News - HM - Newlyweds Andy and Rachel Tomcsik, both 49, dance their first dance as Judge Todd McKenney plays the Anniversary Waltz on the accordion after presiding over their wedding at the Lake Anna Gazebo in Barberton. The couple were seventh grade sweethearts that reconnected and fell in love. Mike Cardew / Akron Beacon Journal
General News - HM - The Reverend John Pollock, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, presides over the Good Friday service in the parking lot of the church. Parishioners lined their cars up and stayed inside them with their window open to hear Pollock's sermon. The church will have a similar service on Easter Sunday. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Portrait - 1st place - Orlando King, a Cincinnati Metro bus driver and essential worker sits for a portrait in his bus at Metro's Queensgate garage in Cincinnati. Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer
Portrait - 2nd place - Scott High School senior D'Jeana Roddy, who was released from the ICU last week after battling COVID-19 for nearly three weeks, at her home in Toledo. Grateful for her recovery, she came home to the devastating news that her mother, Danita Roddy, was hospitalized with the virus as well but did not survive. D'Jeana has pledged to carry on in her mother's legacy and care for her younger sister Dajuandolyn Ramey, 14. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Portrait - 3rd place - Army veteran Damon Wright, 48, who served in Desert Storm, gets a high five from his dog, Bandit, a 3-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, at the VA Medical Center Golf Course near his apartment in Chillicothe. Wright was paired with the dog from Veteran Companion Animal Services. Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch
Portrait - HM - Sandy Sherman of Akron wears a protective mask as she strolls through downtown on her way to the store, April 2 in Akron. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Portrait - HM - Eastmoor Academy track star Ira Graham IV poses for a photo at Eastmoor Academy High School Stadium in Columbus. Graham lost his spring track season due to the coronavirus. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
Sports Feature - 1st place - Westerville Central track athlete DJ Johnson, 17, exercises to keep in shape during the spring sports postponement period due to the COVID-19 coronavirus at Hoover Reservoir Park in Westerville. Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Dublin Coffman baseball coach Tim Saunders works around the team batting cage at Dublin Coffman High School. The Ohio High School Athletic Association cancelled spring sports after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that schools would remain closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the coronavirus COVID-19. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Seats along the first baseline at Canal Park remain empty as the Akron RubberDucks elected to have a virtual Opening Day due to the coronavirus pandemic in Akron. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Sports Feature - HM - Gabriel Huth (left) and his father, Jerry Huth, both of Toledo, throw a baseball outside Fifth Third Field in Toledo on what would have been the opening day for the Mud Hens had COVID-19 not postponed the start of the Minor League Baseball season. "We were at the first opening game downtown, and then I don't think we've missed one since," Jerry said. Kurt Steiss / The Blade
Spot News - 1st place - Tielissa Sowell looks over her aunt's apartment on East John Street after it was destroyed by fire overnight. Several units in the Springwood Apartment complex were damaged or destroy by the fire. There were no injuries. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Spot News - 2nd place - Crystal Bronk walks past two of the trees that came crashing down onto the house that she rents during a tornado in Medina. Bronk said within seconds after the sirens started ringing she heard what sounded like one loud bang and immediately had her family rush to the basement. When she finally came out she saw that five trees had fallen on and around her home. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Spot News - 3rd place - Springfield firefighters are reflected in the roof of an overturned car as they wait for a tow truck following a three car accident at the intersection of Columbia Street and Plum Street. The driver of the flipped car was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The drivers of the two other vehicles were not injured. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Spot News - HM - The Clark County Coroner's Office investigates a fatal fire in the 500 block of Chestnut Street in Springfield. One person was killed and four people were transported to Springfield Regional with non-life threatening injuries. The fire was called in at 7 am by a Clark County Sheriff's deputy on his way to work. At least one dog was also killed in the blaze. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Story - 1st place - Peggy Goetz, a nurse at Mercy Health, prays for health care workers to stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic during a "park and pray" from a parking lot that faces Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Story - 2nd place - Michael Dudderar wears a protective mask with Bible verse Isaiah 43:1 written on it during a drive-in Easter service at the Church on Strayer in Maumee. Isaiah 43:1 reads in part "do not fear." Services could not be held indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Story - 3rd place - Members of Patriot Wave stand guard during an "Open Ohio Now Rally" at the State House in Columbus. Several hundred people participated in a rally demanding Governor Mike DeWine reopen Ohio amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Story - HM - Daniella Weddle records Father David Schalk during a Spanish service for his parishioners in an empty Christ the King Catholic Church in Columbus The church would have around 75 parishioners at Friday evenings services. Kyle Robertson / Kyle Robertson
