Feature - 1st place - With winter finally rearing its frigid head, members of the Crestview Marching Brigade bid it all farewell leaving for its first-ever trip to Disney World in Orlando. The Rebels will perform and enjoy the sun and warmth of Disney World. Alyssa Kordecki fends off the snow as she loads a sousaphone onto the bus. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Feature - 2nd place - OSU sophomore mechanical engineering major Mick Mougey, right, from Hudson, takes a group photo of his colleagues at the Kappa Sigma house on Lane Ave and Indianola. Mick said they were celebrating the nice day. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Kelsey Scherer an OSU student from Toledo and her boyfriend Dexter Lee who was visiting from Toledo watch the sunset on a pier underneath the Rich St. bridge in Columbus. Kelsey had been here earlier in the month and brought her boyfriend by to see the sunset from there. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
AGeneral News - 1st place - Father David Schalk delivers the Pope's homily about mercy during the Ash Wednesday service at Christ the King Church in Columbus . (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Voters cast their ballots at the Concord ward 2 polling place at Broken Ground School in Concord, N.H. (Meg Vogel / Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - 3rd place - Debbi Holland, 56, of Grove City, who had a double mastectomy without reconstruction during a battle with breast cancer, was fitted for a custom breast prothesis by Rachel Brown, CFm, at the Over My Head Boutique in the Bing Cancer Center. New technology takes multiple scans of the individual patient and is custom-made to fit the contours of the body. These protheses are lighter in weight, cooler and more comfortable to wear. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
aPortrait - 1st place - Amanda Brodess shows off a recent painting at the Creative Foundations studio in Delaware. Creative Foundations teaches and sells art from individuals with developmental disabilities. Creative Foundations was founded to provide support to individuals with developmental disabilities. They provide services to individuals in Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Knox and Union counties. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
aPortrait - 2nd place - Limelight profile on rock band Clay Otter, band members from left, Dylan Schiff, Elijah Jones, Thane Leshner and Dave Holiday. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
aPortrait - 3rd place - Debbie (left) and Jerry Russell hold hands while talking about how they were injured in the machete attack at Nazareth Mediterranean Cuisine from the hospital beds at Grant Medical Center in Columbus. The couple spent Valentines Day in the hospital after both having to have multiple surgeries to save their hands. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Toledo's Jaelan Sanford (13) reacts as the clock runs out against Central Michigan who defeated the Rockets 76-74. (Katie Rausch / The (Toledo) Blade)
sSports Feature - 2nd place - Eastmoor Academy's (from left) Jala Belcher, Mahogany Merritt, Amani Burke, and Darryl Daniels celebrate their fourth Central District championship after their defeat of Hebron Lakewood. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Brandon Saad of the Coumbus Blue Jackets reacts after scoring a third period goal to take the lead in against the Florida Panthers at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The Blue Jackets won the game 4-3 in an overtime shootout. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HM - Slade German, 13, waits with Crooksville players Tanner German, brother; Daulton Finck and Sloan Mumford for the junior varsity game to end during a recent home game against Tri-Valley. Slade, who was born with Down syndrome, has served as the team's regular ball boy for 2 years. (Shane Flanigan / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Spot News - 1st place - Albert Bricker of Salem was airlifted from the accident scene by STAT MedEvac to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Youngstown following a collision with his minivan and a semi tractor-trailer on State Route 9 at Mountz Road. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 2nd place - A firefighter pulls a hose into a wall of smoke while fighting a mobile home fire at 3575 Washington St. in Chatfield, Ohio. (Jason J. Molyet / The (Mansfield) News Journal)
Spot News - 3rd place - Columbus Police on the scene of the restaurant attack at 5239 N Hamilton on February 11. Columbus police have shot and killed a man after they say he went into a Mediterranean restaurant and attacked several patrons with a machete. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - HM - East Palestine firefighters Josh Sorell and Willard Leake hose down hot spots during a trailer fire. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports - 1st place - Matt Taylor of Ashland and Carson Speelman of Madison tangle during the OCC Wrestling Tournament at Ashland High School. (Jason J. Molyet / The (Mansfield) News Journal)
Sports - 2nd place - Dylan Isaacs of Kettering, grimaces as he comes up out of the freezing water in his kayak at the white water feature along Buck Creek. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
sSports - 3rd place - Dublin Coffman's Griffin Grady dunks despite tight defense provided by Olentany Patriot's Anthony Little (left) in first half action at Olentangy Liberty High School. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st place - Gov. John Kasich speaks to supporters and volunteers the night before the New Hampshire primary outside Robie's Country Store in Hooksett, N.H. (Meg Vogel / Cincinnati Enquirer)
spStory - 2nd place - Lisa and Jim Knox look over a memory book of their son, Thomas, in his bedroom in their house in Westerville. They lost Thomas, a freshmen hockey player for St. Charles, in his sleep of apparent heart failure on December 13, 2015. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Four-year-old Diontae Smith of Port Clinton has stage four glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer with a low survival rate and generally considered incurable. Ten months ago, he had brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor after it was detected on a MRI with contrast. (Molly Corfman / The News-Messenger)
