Feature - 1st placeLindsay Williams of the Bubble Sharks creates bubbles for children including Jamar Taylor, 9, of Toledo (left) during the TMA Block Party in Toledo. The Bubble Sharks are performance artists who dress in shark costumes and play with giant bubbles at community events, like Art Loops at the TMA Block Party. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd placeLaquan Joyner, with Porky Chicks BBQ, works the grill during day two of the Northwest Ohio Rib Off at the Lucas County Fairgrounds in Maumee. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd placeJake "The Snake" Burchell, owner of Frog Town Exotics, with his jungle carpet python, Cleveland, at the Market on the Green during the Art Loop. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st placeMount Vernon Emergency Services Unit member Aaron Collins leaps over a pit of water during the Tactical Combat Obstacle Challenge at Ariel-Foundation Park. (Joshua Morrison / Mount Vernon News)
General News - 2nd placeJim Ankoviak puts his hand over his heart during the procession of Army Private First Class Brandon Kreischer along Airport Highway in Swanton, Ohio. Kreischer was killed in action in Afghanistan. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 3rd placeEdison Stawowy, 13, of Fremont can't hold on during a pig scramble as part of the Sandusky County Fair in Fremont. Winners have the option of keeping the pig or taking twenty five dollars. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st placePastor Mary Carmen Padilla recently arrived from Mexico to head Camino de Vida, which is a bilingual outreach ministry in Fremont, serving permanent community residents and seasonal migrant workers at Hayes Memorial United Methodist Church in Fremont. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd placeKatie Roddy, an Olentangy Berlin High School junior who sings in the Columbus Children’s Choir, recently won a scholarship, which pays for her upcoming choir season. Her essay described how learning to read music helped her cope with her dyslexia which was causing her schoolwork to suffer. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeTony Galiffo designed the first Hell Is Real scarf and poses in front of the Hell Is Real billboard on I-71 in Mount Sterling. The Columbus Crew will take on Cincinnati FC in the first "Hell is Real" game later this month. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeColumbus Clippers grounds crew manager of field operations Cory Merriman pulls the tarp over the field as a brief rain shower passes by prior to the a game against the Pawtucket Red Sox at Huntington Park in Columbus. The game started 45 minutes late as a result. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeOne of the UDF walkout kids waits for instructions prior to the start of the FC Cincinnati vs Vancouver Whitecaps matchup at Nippert Stadium. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 3rd placePerry's Carter Huff breaks through their banner prior to their game at Central Catholic. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Spot News - 1st placeA Moorefield Township firefighter drags his firehose into position as he prepares to attack a fully involved house fire along Thomaston Trail. The owners of the home were not home at the time of the blaze. The structure was a total loss. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd placeA semi-trailer truck, transporting packing material for feminine products, crashed into a corn field along Ohio 29 in Celina. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeA Moorefield Township firefighter rushes into position to attack a fully engulfed house fire soon after arriving on the scene on Thomaston Trail Thursday. The homeowners were not home at the time of the blaze. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - HMTwo stolen cars were found by Celina Fire divers off Grand Lake’s west bank and Celina Police Chief Tom Wale is warning locals to take steps to prevent theft. The vehicles found had both been reported missing in Celina, Wale told the newspaper. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports - 1st placeWhitmer's Jared Banks (21) gets swarmed by Start defenders during a drive during a game at Start High School in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - 2nd placeColumbus Crew SC forward Gyasi Zardes (11) tries to get a ball past FC Cincinnati goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton (22) during the first half of the MLS soccer match at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeMcKinley's Lameir Garrett stiff-arms Warren Harding's Marcus Wilkins during the first quarter of their game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Story - 1st placeDayton resident Donna Johnson (front) whose nephew Thomas McNichols was killed in the shooting, receives a hug from Caleb White, also from Dayton during a vigil at Levitt Pavilion Dayton. The afternoon vigil was held after mass shooting that took place down the street in the Oregon District overnight. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Story - 2nd placeA rider turns onto High Street during the 11th Pelotonia in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeColumbus Crew SC forward Gyasi Zardes (11) celebrates his first goal by punching the corner flag against FC Cincinnati during the first half of their MLS game at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
