Feature - 1st placeWith her cousins cheering her on, Brooke Hamann of Hilliard bursts her bubble during the contest sponsored by Big League Chew and Kroger at the Ohio State Fair. Hamann finished in 4th place in the over 12-year-old division. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd placeA construction worker installs metal trim outside the Beth El Congregation synagogue at Shaw Jewish Community Center in Akron. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - 3rd placeCarol Deyo gets a good licking from a three legged deer she calls Trooper while its barn mate Patch dines at Deyo's small farm in Mt Vernon. The former vet tech has nursed the two deer back to health along with four raccoons. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants to euthanize the animals and charge Deyo with a misdemeanor charge of possessing wild animals. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
General News - 1st placeEric Thomas, (left) 14, and Davonte Johnson, 13, in Judge Kim A. Browne's Franklin County Juvenile Court are to serve at least three years for their role in a murder. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd placeTyler Pickup of Bolivar blows on his frog in attempt to make it jump during the 44th annual Fairfield Boys Club’s frog-jumping contest at the Fairfield Community Center. (Daniel Kubus / Ohio Univesity )
General News - 3rd placeAndrea Easley patient care coordinator with American Health Network visits with Steven Borders of Obetz . Andrea works with doctors , nurses and other health care professionals to help create a managed care plan for Steven's health . (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st placeLentil Salad at Crest Gastropub in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd placeSpaghetti with fresh sauce. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Illustration - 3rd placeChicken cacciatore at Luce Nuovo restaurant in Powell. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st placeAmy Barnhart, who lives at Oakwood Village, turns 105 years old on August 29th. She works on picture puzzles every day and prefers taking walks to watching TV. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Portrait - 2nd placeKarla Kranyik, 39, and her daughter Bradlie Kranyik, 17, found out in late July that they have until Sept. 1 to move from the Hillview Mobile Village on the south side of Lancaster. The mobile home park is being closed by owner Mark Anthony for EPA violations. Bradlie is a junior at Berne Union, and her mother doesn't want to move her away from the school. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeBeechcroft High School senior, linebacker and running back Adonis Davis is a four-year starter and was a first-team All-Metro choice last year. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeLake High School fans toss power into the air as another high school football season gets underway against Green in Hartville. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeBig Time Pro Wrestling entertained fairgoers at the Champaign County Fair. The event's most passionate supporter is Dorothy "Grandma" Brown, 96, who stands ringside to support her favorite wrestlers with cheers and threaten cheaters with a leather belt. Brown's referee's shirt is covered in autographs and she collects hugs from many of the athletes going to and from the ring. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeFans react as one fan catches a Clippers foul ball in the bottom of the third inning at Huntington Park in Columbus. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch )
Spot News - 1st placeMandel Daniels sits in the back of a car after being arrested by the United States Marshal Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force on charges of aggravated burglary and assault after being taken into custody in Canton. Stark County Sheriff's deputy C.J. Stantz looks in the front window at him after handcuffing him after the fugitive took off running when Marshals arrived. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Spot News - 2nd placeMembers of the Springfield Township Fire Division battle a fully engulfed car fire on SR 4 near the Old Mill Road bridge that completely closed the southbound lanes of the the highway while the car was extenguished. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd placeA 31-year-old woman received serious burns in a fire at her King Roadhome. Winona, Damascus and North Georgetown firefighters battled the trailer fire which was engulfed by flames. The fire’s cause remains unknown. The injured woman was flown to a Cleveland hospital for treatment of burns and a possible broken leg. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports - 1st placeColumbus Crew forward Jairo Arrieta (25) fights for a ball with New York Red Bulls defender Jamison Olave (4) in the 2nd half during their MLS game at Crew Stadium in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd placeSt.Vincent - St. Mary's Lexi Mathern (left) and Walsh Jesuit's Christina Trickett vie for a header. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd placeCole Below, (103) runs over Nathan Mathews in their 12 Intermediate class moto during the Buckeye PreRace at the USA BMX Buckeye Nationals at Toledo Speedway. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Story - 1st placeReynoldsburg's Jordan Aekins (7) pumps up his teammates in the locker room at New Albany High School before their first football game of the season. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeLighting rips across the sky where serial rapist Michael Bass assaulted one of his victims in the hallway of this apartment building in 1993. After sitting on evidence room shelves for years, DNA evidence from decades-old rape cases is finally being tested at state labs, yielding matches that flag potential serial rapists and give investigators a second chance at solving cold cases. With a 20-year statute of limitations quickly running out for rapes that happened in 1993, the race to find the predators is on. The following pictures are where rapes happened in 1993. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Story - 3rd placeDick Schwartz, 77, enjoys a plunge in the lake at The Mens Camp at the YMCA Camp Wilson in Bellefontaine which has been tradition since 1919. Schwartz has been a camper for 43 years. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
