Feature - 1st place - Teiniya Taroxler flexes her muscles as she watches her father Tijuan (center) work out at Ottawa Park in Toledo with Shawn Howze. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Zander Peterson, 10 months, had a crib with a view during his first fishing trip with Zach and Tiffanee Peterson. They were fishing in the Scioto River at Griggs Reservoir. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Anya DuVivier, from New York City and studying law at Capital University, reacts as she poses for a photo with a sea lion named Kim at the Ohio State Fair. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - Worthington Kilbourne students, staff and families held a candlelight vigil for Courtney Fisher, a 2015 graduate who was killed in a crash, as well as four members of the water polo team who were severely hurt in that crash at Worthington Kilbourne High School. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Terrance Trent reacts on the witness stand while being questioned by his attorney, Steve Dehnart, about the moment he realized he was responsible for the accident that killed two people at the intersection of Broad and High.. Judge David C. Young is at left. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Brooke Egbert of Auglaize County tears up while showing the Grand Champion Market Beef during the 2016 Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions. The market beef was sold for $45,000. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Casimer Orlowski, 93, started building Jeeps in 1941, and survived Iwo Jima as a Marine Corp soldier, driving the very same Jeeps he built for World War II. Mr. Orlowski attended the UAW Local 12 kickoff / tailgate event for the Toledo Jeep Fest at the union hall. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Jen Auteri's son Evan Palmer of Circleville was a 21-year-old with a passion for music, and a drummer in a local band, when he was struck by a car and killed in Dec. 2014. His gravestone reflects his passion for music. His family decided to honor Evan by using extra money donated for his funeral to help needy kids in the area pay for instruments or band camp or other music-related expenses. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Dr. Emily Hansen is the new forensic pathologist at the Franklin County Coroner's Office in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports Feature - 1st place - Cincinnati Reds center fielder Scott Schebler (43) leaps on home plate after hitting a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds won 7-5. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SSports Feature - 2nd place - Cincinnati Reds center fielder Scott Schebler (far left) is dunked by Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey (34) and center fielder Billy Hamilton (6) after hitting a three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds won 7-5. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Players from FC Cincinnati celebrate after a goal by Omar Cummings in the 51st minute of play against The Charleston Battery. FC Cincinnaiti and Charleston played to a draw in front of 19,000 fans at Nippert Stadium. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Spot News - 1st place - Two women react at the scene of a shooting at the Franklin Manor apartment complex on Tracy Circle. Police Sgt. David Sicilian, supervisor of the first-shift homicide squad, said that a man in his 50s who lived in the same apartment will be charged in death of a younger man who died at Mount Carmel West Hospital. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
ASpot News - 2nd place - A crime scene investigator takes photographs where the body of a man shot by police remains at the scene of a police involved shooting near the intersection of East 5th and Main Streets in downtown Cincinnati . The area around downtown's Government Square was blocked off to traffic as investigators examined the scene. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 3rd place - Columbus firefighters battle a four-alarm fire at a recycling center on the South Side. Fire officials are advising nearby residents to stay indoors and avoid breathing in the smoke. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
aSports - 1st place - Ohio Aviators Sebastian Kalm (7) tries to tackle Denver Stampede Pedrie Wannenberg (8) during the final regular season game of the inaugural season of the Professional Rugby Organization in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place - Brandon Bye of Western Michigan, and Michael Frasca of Dayton battle for the ball during the second half of play at Baujan Field in Dayton. The visiting Broncos of Western Michigan defeated The Flyers of Dayton 2-0. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
SSports - 3rd place - Sara Errani, of Italy, serves a shot during the first-round match against CoCo Vandeweghe, of the United States, at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SPStory - 1st place - A competitor heads back to shore after warming up in the water before starting the Ironman 70.3 Ohio triathlon at Delaware State Park in Delaware. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
Story - 2nd place - Kyle Larson celebrates with his Target Chevrolet team after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Rides and concessions are reflected in a puddle at the Ohio State Fair. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
