Feature - 1st place - Marlowe Hickman (center) dances at the start of a pre-ballet class for 3-year-olds along with Dara Ferdelman (left) and Lindyn Izzy at Jeffrey Mansion in Bexley. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
aFeature - 2nd place - Meg Barstow, 5, tastes a handful of snow while sledding with her parents at Evening Street School in Worthington, where she will attend kindergarten in the fall. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
AFeature - 3rd place - On cross country skis (from left) Elizabeth Towne pulls her son Fritz Towne, 2, while Dixie the beagle mix pulls Elizabeth's wife Caroline Towne along Calumet Street in Clintonville after several inches of snow and ice fell overnight. Elizabeth, a teacher at Indianola K-8, didn't have to work today as class was cancelled. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - Pam Wallace, of Tremont City, is reflected in the sideview mirror of her car as she takes pictures of the Community Hospital demolition. Wallace was just one of several people who stopped by to watch as the origianal section of the Springfield landmark is demolished. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd place - Jamie Dickman, wife of firefighter James Dickman, along with with his parents Linda and Greg Dickman, are overcome with emotion as he fails to answer roll call during a graduation ceremony for the Toledo Fire Department at the University of Toledo's Doermann Theatre. Mr. Dickman died in the line of duty in January as was set to graduate with his firefighter class on Friday. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Abdinajib Hassan, 7, of Columbus, tries to sound out a word while his reading partner, AEP vice president of corporate communications Dale Heydlauff, attempts to pantomime a clue for him as they read about about the National Basketball Association at the Columbus Metropolitan Library Hilltop Branch. The Hilltop library hosted a kick off event celebrating new reading initiatives designed to support Ohio's "Third Grade Reading Guarantee". (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - George Stefanidis owner of Red Brick Tap and Grill on East Gates Street in Merion Village. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Lancelot C.A. Thompson reflects about becoming the first African American faculty hired by the University of Toledo, where he taught and served as an administrator for 55 years, while sitting at the Toledo Club. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Keely Lovern, Kassandra Mestemaker, Abby Storie, and Sydney King of the Granville 200 yard melody relay team. The team won the state championship last year and are hoping to repeat. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Sylvania Northview's Kendall McCoy (40) leaps into her teammates after the Wildcats defeated Sylvania Southview in overtime of their basketball game at Sylvania Northview High School. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - (From left) Doreen Wright, 83, and Vonnie Spring, 90, battle it out during a friendly game of chair volleyball. The group meets twice a week, on Monday and Thursday at the Dodge Community Center. Today's game had 8 players with Vonnie, being the most senior and Doreen coming in second in age. They like to have 12 on a team. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Walnut Ridge's Jihad Lake (15) can't even look at the runner-up trophy after losing to Brookhaven in overtime during the 2014 Columbus City League Boys Championship game at East High School in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - A resident is consoled by a friend after a car lost control and ran through her house, completely knocking off the corner of the structure in the 500 block of North Bechtle Avenue in Springfield. There were no injuries to the residents but the driver of the car was transported to the hospital. The house suffered major structural damage. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - A Conneaut Assistant fire chief looks out a window while battling a house fire at 971 Furnace Road in Conneaut. (William A. West / )
Spot News - 3rd place - A 46 year-old Massillon woman is arrested after a message parlor called, "A Touch of Class" was raided in Jackson Township. She was one of two women arrested on prostitution charges. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Sports - 1st place - Dayton's Vee Sanford battles for a rebound against Nemanja Mikic of George Washington. Dayton defeated GW 75-65 at UD Arena. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 2nd place - Columbus Blue Jackets left wing R.J. Umberger (18) is upended by Florida Panthers goalie Tim Thomas (34) after taking a shot on goal during the first period of their NHL game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Miami guard Geovonie McKnight and Ohio guard Stevie Taylor dive for a loose ball in the Bobcats defeat the Miami RedHawks at The Convo in Athens, Ohio. (Daniel Kubus / Ohio University )
Story - 1st place - The body of Bill Standley secured to his 1967 Harley Davidson rests inside a plexiglass box during his funeral service in Mechanicsburg. Standley and his sons designed a brace that hooked into the bike and led up his back to surround his rib cage. Five years ago, Standley went before the Champaign County Board of Health, which told him he'd have to come up with a special vault and drain all the fluids out of the bike before he could be buried with it. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Customers for the 70th Annual Danville Lions Raccoon Dinner line up outside St. Lukes Community Center in Danville. The dinner a community tradition helps with local charities. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Amanda Morrow and Joe Skully laugh as they dance during the Special Needs Valentines Day Dance at the Westerville Recreation Center. This is just one of many activities offered through the Access to Recreation Program (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Community News)
