Feature - 1st place - From left Tatum Weakly, 16, of Monroe escalates a water gun fight with a bucket of water along with her friends Elizabeth Gomez, 15, of Huron and Ethan Layton, 16, of Dundee at the Monroe County Fair in Monroe, Michigan. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Toledo resident Lakes Hendricks, from middle left, waits for Keith Carswell to make his move while Jade Woodley, 16, and Tony Rome, 8, watch the chess match during a National Night Out event aimed to build stronger relationships between the community and fire and police departments at Frederick Douglass Center in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Kody Pond takes a nap between his two dairy calves at the Champaign County Fair in Urbana. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HM - Mike Haringa, of Pickerington, ducks an incoming tomato as he launches one of his own during the Tomato Wars events at the Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival at Huber Park. Haringa's team, the Tomatonators, won the competition for the second year in a row. All proceeds from the event are to be donated to the Mid-Ohio Market at HEART. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
General News - 1st place - Jennifer Ullery-Smith, principal at Warder Park-Wayne Elementary School, gets a hug from a returning student on the first day of school. Smith tried to make the return to school special as students arrived she would cheer and toss glitter and tinsel on them. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd place - Karen Taylor (center) the mother of Amber L. Sherrell, reacts to the sentence imposed upon Cekoyia M. Riechers (foreground) for charges related to the dumping of the body of Sherrell. Riechers will serve 3 years in the Ohio Department of Corrections for the dumping of Sherell after she died of an overdose in Richers’ home. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - 3rd place - Camden Minor, 10, blows bubbles on the back of a Jeep during the Pride Parade along Adams Street in downtown Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Hanna Isabella Arreaza Rodríguez, 5, came to the United States with her parents seeking asylum from Venezuela. She starts school next week. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Frances Wentz, 5, holds a tomato in his mouth in the garden at Faith Evangelical Church in Swanton, Ohio. (Lizzie Heintz / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Golfers warm up during the Garaway Pirate Invitational Golf Tournament, Friday, Aug. 5 at Black Gold Golf Course in Sugarcreek. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Cleveland Browns running back D’Ernest Johnson plants a kiss on his daughter’s cheek after the team’s football training camp in Berea. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Olentangy's Kimmy Archer reacts to her tee shot during an OCC Buckeye tournament at Westchester Golf Course in Canal Winchester. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Spot News - 1st place - Debby Bair is embraced by New Philadelphia Police Officer Wendy Jones after Debbie's car caught fire and was extinguished in the parking lot of the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center in New Philadelphia. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 2nd place - Jim Wiles talks about considering rebuilding his home where he has lived since 1949 when he was 9 years old, after narrowly escaping a fire which began in the kitchen, Aug. 31 in Dover Township. His wife, Kathy, sustained some burns to her lower right leg, and a cat may not have escaped. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 1st place - Dayton's Ella Raimondi and Kent State's Kelsey Salopek get tangled up going after the ball during the 1st half of action at Baujan Field. Dayton defeated Kent State 1-0. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 2nd place - Olentangy Berlin's Harrison Brewster takes a shot from Olentangy Orange's Ayden Hanna as he crosses the goal line for a touchdown at Olentangy Berlin High School in Delaware. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports - 3rd place - New York City midfielder Nicolás Acevedo (26) collides with Columbus Crew midfielder Darlington Nagbe (6) during the first half of a match at Lower.com Field. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st place - Julianna Stratton, 18, of Dearborn, Michigan, rides her quarter horse “Jettin2Vegas” at the Monroe County Fair in Monroe, Michigan. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Swimmers begin their race during the 2022 Sylvania Triathlon and Duathlon at Olander Park on Sunday August 7, 2022. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Bill Czinski, bottom left, of Tecumseh, Mich., looks inside of a Boeing B-29 Superfortess during the Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour Friday, August 19, 2022, at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport in Swanton. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
