Feature - 1st place Hayden King, 14, and his dairy cow play games on his cell phone to pass the time in one of the barns at the Champaign County Fair. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 2nd place Lt. Kevin Childs, with Truro Township Fire Department, helps Joseph Finnerty II, 5, of Reynoldsburg, spray some targets at a firefighter game during the fourth annual National Night Out event, hosted by the Reynoldsburg Division of Police. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - 3rd place Ashley Reed, 7, of Blacklick, and Lou Salbati, of Reynoldsburg, cross paths walking around the fourth annual National Night Out event, hosted by the Reynoldsburg Division of Police. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - HM A boy climbing on monkey bars casts his shadow on the old mulch that will be replaced at the Veteran's Park playground thanks to a grant received by the National Trail Parks and Recreation District. The grant will pay for fresh fall protection at six Springfield playgrounds. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 1st place Nuniq, Neva, and Amelia Gray, the only polar bear cubs born at a North American zoological facility in 2016, are scheduled to move from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Females Amelia Gray and her half-sister, Neva, will both move to The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Neva dives into the water at Polar Frontier at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on August 30. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place Kourtney Hochstetler, the wife of Joshua R. Hochstetler, is embraced by Donna Hochstetler, Joshua's aunt, during a Memorial Checkpoint Presentation at the Massillon Recreation Center. The event honored the memory of Joshua R. Hochstetler, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2017. Kourtney survived the accident and received a standing ovation after her emotional address to the group. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
General News - 3rd place Wagma Nargis Khan hugs her brother Hekmatullah Khan inside the baggage claim at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus. Wagma and her family are refugees from Afghanistan and will be living with her brother in Hiliard. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place Commuter Wade Johnston of Mt. Washington, poses with his bike near the intersection of Michigan and Observatory in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati. Johnston splits his daily commute from Mt. Washington to Madisonville between the Metro bus and his bicycle. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Portrait - 2nd place Pasquale DiTerlizzi repairs a shoe at Pasquale and Sons Shoe Repair in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place Caden Jones, of Allen County, enters the ring with his Grand Champion Market Beef during the Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions. Jones sold his steer for $41,500. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st place Columbus Crew defender Gaston Sauro (22) and Houston Dynamo forward Mauro Manotas (9) collide after leaping for a ball during the first half of the MLS match at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place Shawnee's Luke Myers breaks up a pass meant for Greenon's Luke Downing during their season opener at Shawnee. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 3rd place Louisville's Emma Patterson took a drink of water before pouring the rest on her face during the East Canton Invitational Cross Country Meet. Patterson finished third. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Sports Feature - 1st place Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon (28) wipes his eyes as heavy rain falls during Cincinnati Bengals training camp practice at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 2nd place Ray Lewis (right), and and his former Ravens teammate Jonathan Ogden, recreate Lewis' pregame dance during Lewis' speech at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival Enshrinement in Canton. Ogden was enshrined in 2013. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Sports Feature - 3rd place Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14} looks to the scoreboard after a stalled drive in the second quarter of a preseason game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st place Members of the Springfield Fire Division treat a woman who was ejected from the SUV in the background as it flipped and ran into a house. Another woman was trapped in the car and had to be cut free. Both women had non-life threatening injuries. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place Several Springfield Police Officers keep a car from rolling over until the Springfield Fire Division can secure the vehicle after it flipped over and ran into a house on Balsam Drive. One woman was trapped inside and another was ejected from the vehicle. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place Emergency personnel work on the scene of a multi-vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer on I-280 near Walbridge Road in Lake Township. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Story - 1st place In many ways, Jacob Measley is your typical 9-year-old. He’s getting ready to start fourth grade. He’s tried his hand at baseball, gymnastics, theater, and dance. He’s also the textbook middle child, always seeking attention and the spotlight. But these typical characteristics also come together to make Jacob something uniquely atypical — Miss Mae Hem, a drag queen who performs in shows around Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place Dick Capuano, 69, picks "Fourth of July" tomatoes on August 9, from his plot of land where he grows more than 1,500 plants. For more than one hundred years, fruit and/or vegetable plants have been growing behind Dick Capuano's vegetable stand that he sets up nearly everyday on Trabue Road in an area called San Margherita. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place President Donald Trump smiles to supporters as he takes the podium during the Ohio Republican Party State Dinner at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)