Feature - 1st place - Chris Martin shoves a 500 pound tire and rim onto the modified class tractor of Bret Berg as they change wheels during the 51st National Tractor Pulling Championships at the Wood County Fairgrounds in Bowling Green. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Pelotonia riders South bound on High St. pass the Statehouse in Columbus. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Garret Talbot, 15, relaxes and puts his feet up, on his resting cows, as he plays on his phone at the Champaign County Fair. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HM - Diego Villafranca wore his police uniform while checking out a Stark County Sheriff Department motorcycle during National Night Out in the parking lot of Target in Massillon. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Feature - HM - Back in Black, an AC/DC tribute band, played as part of the RiversEdge Concert Series in Hamilton. (Greg Lynch / Hamilton Journal-News)
General News - 1st place - One of the Greenon High School football coaches touches Connor Williams' casket as the coaches walk off the field after speaking during a joint funeral for student athletes Connor and David Waag at school's football stadium. The two were killed in a car accident. (Bill Lackey/Staff / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd place - A young student at Horace Mann Elemantary seems amazed as the clouds break up revealing the solar eclipse. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 3rd place - Jesica Ladd of Toledo, reflected in Emily Dean's sunglasses, eats ribs during the Rib Off in Maumee. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - HM - Friends and family of Connor Williams and David Waag say their goodbyes during a joint funeral service for the Greenon High School students at the Greenon football stadium. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - HM - Martin Maraldo (left) and Nathan Curtis ride their bikes in front of St. Stephen Church during the annual Birmingham Festival in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - New Northland football coach Brian Staats poses for a photo before practice at Northland High School in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Smoked on High Barbecue Co. owner Max McGarity will open his first restaurant on South High Street in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Roger Kline, 74, of Yellowbud sits in the shade of his gourd canopy at his farm. Roger sells pumpkins, gourds and some produce from his farm stand in the fall, in the meantime he likes to sit under the canopy on hot summer days and enjoy the cool breeze the canopy provides. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HM - Sadie has been riding along with her owner, Jeffrey Soiu, since 2009 when Soiu and his wife, Linda got her as a rescue dog. Sadie is a therapy dog who makes nursing home and hospice visits. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HM - John Brumley, of Fairfield, wants to help others get introduced to skateboarding by starting a charity called Keep Kids Skating. (Greg Lynch / Hamilton Journal-News)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Nine year-old, Kaela Heffner of Snellville, GA huddles up to keep warm prior to the start of her wave at the USA Triathlon Junior National Championship at Voice of America Park in West Chester. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Perry's Ryan Leininger lines up his putt on the fourth hole during a match with Canton McKinley at The Legends of Massillon. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - The top three relay teams from the 2017 Junior Elite National championships celebrate their podium spots by spraying sparkling grape juice. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - HM - Utility player Bangally Kamara poses for a picture with his decorative mouthguard during Kenmore-Garfield practice at Kenmore Stadium in Akron. (Leah Klafczynski / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - HM - Toledo's favorite son Jamie Farr waves to the crowd as he is introduced before the Toledo Mud Hens play the Louisville Bats at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. Farr, who played the beloved character Max Klinger on the TV series M*A*S*H, donated the jersey he wore on the show to the Mud Hens before the game. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place - Firefighters from two departments responded to a blaze at 62 Main St., Salineville with the old building found engulfed in flames. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 2nd place - Toledo firefighters work to extricate a victim following a fatal accident in the 1300 block of West Sylvania at Overland Parkway in West Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - Lisa and Dustin Jordan embrace at the scene of a fatal crash on Ross-Millville Road involving two cars, with a third car also being side-swiped. A woman was killed at the scene and another person was transported by ambulance to an area hospital. (Greg Lynch / Hamilton Journal-News)
Sports - 1st place - Dallas Cowboys' Keith Smith (41) looses his helmet while blocking for Rod Smith (45) who picked up extra yardage during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Sports - 2nd place - Jonathan Mcalister of Argyle, TX blurs through the run section of the USA Triathlon Junior Elite National Championship race at Voice of America Park in West Chester. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 3rd place - Toledo Mud Hens' Omar Infante (49) makes a diving stop to help turn a double play against the Buffalo Bisons at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
SSports - HM - Cincinnati Bengals cornerback William Jackson (22) is called for pass interference as Bengals wide receiver Cody Core (16) goes up for a reception during training camp practice at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
MTStory - 1st place - A photograph of Brandon Reyes sits outside his family's home as riders head up North Pearl Street during Pelotonia 2017 in Granville. Reyes died in 2008 at 16-years-old after battling a brain tumor. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Bailee Amstutz of Union County sets up the Grand Champion Market Lamb during the Ohio State Fair 50th Sale of Champions. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
NEStory - 3rd placeRF - Chase Fulmer, 15, of Gahanna, adjusts his headset as he takes a tour of the cockpit of the KC-135 refueling tanker plane at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Lockbourne. Fulmer, who has autism, was sworn in as an honorary pilot for the day by the 121st Air Refueling Wing. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Story - HM - Names of a rider's honorees are written on her legs at the Pelotonia finish line in New Albany. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
MT Story - HM - Kelly Weber leads protestors in chants to remember Heather Heyer who was killed at a counter protest in Charlottesville Va. Hundreds marched downtown to the Ohio Statehouse from Goodale Park. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
