Feature - 1st place - Ryan Gongaware, of Bowling Green (left) and Osi Okoro, of Toledo, practice their skateboarding tricks at Madison Avenue and St. Clair Street in downtown Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - A man walks in the evening light towards Summit Street in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Caitlin Borke shovels the snow on Scottwood Avenue in the Old West End in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Dog walkers make their way down a snowy trail as seen through a window in the Manor House of Wildwood Preserve Metropark. (Amy E. Voigt / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Newly married couple Theresa Tokles and James Putman react a scene from the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp at the Spaghetti Warehouse in downtown Toledo. (Amy E. Voigt / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Parker Lump, 3, and 1-year-old Avery Lump of Hilliard, wait for their friends to arrive in the lobby of the Franklin Park Conservatory. The children were accompanied by their mother, Caity Lump, who was looking for indoor activities to entertain her children while it's cold and snowy outside. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - ProMedica trades its usual green lighting for red to raise awareness of heart disease for American Heart Month on its downtown buildings in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - HM - Anything covered with snow, like this classic car on the South Side of Columbus, will stay that way for a while. Extreme cold temperatures and at least a little more snow are expected in central Ohio this weekend. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Visionary Rita Fuller-Yates poses for a photo in front of one of the 8x8 cubes at Easton Town Center in Columbus. Each 8x8 cube appears each week for a total of 4 cubes throughout the month of February. Each cube was designed by local women artists building a story to honor the contributions Black women have made throughout Columbus' enriched history. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Bartender Shea Bainbridge makes a drink at Two Truths bar in Columbus. The bar has been busier since the statewide curfew was pushed back to 11 p.m., and will likely be moved back again if COVID cases continue to go down. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Serrin Joy Scrutchings records music in a private studio in Barberton. Scrutchings, a 2019 graduate of Firestone High School, recently returned home from her American Idol audition in San Diego. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Tommy Zula carves out a turn in some deep snow at MoMBA mountain bike area in Dayton. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez (7) rides an electric scooter around the warning track on his way out of the ballpark after the fourth inning of amCactus League Spring training game against the Cleveland Indians at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Arizona. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - A pair of Tallmadge fans watch as the Blue Devils take on the Barberton Magics during the second half of a basketball game in Tallmadge. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - HM - Hoover's Emily Walker celebrates after a charging foul called against Hoban during the first half of a Division I district final in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - HM - Teammates cheer as Hoban's Karli Anker holds up a section of the net after the Knights defeated the North Canton Hoover Lady Vikes, 65-45, in a Division I district championship game in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 1st place - Toledo firefighters fight two house fires on Norwood Avenue in Toledo. The fire started in 643 Norwood and spread to 645 Norwood. It is unknown what caused the fire, but no one was injured. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - Toledo firefighters fight two house fires on Norwood Avenue in Toledo. The fire started in 643 Norwood and spread to 645 Norwood. It is unknown what caused the fire, but no one was injured. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - Nave Dowe, 19, (left)l and Taeyonna Webb, 19, both of the East Side, describe the events that led them to find a missing 4-month-old baby safe inside an SUV that was stolen from the Northeast Side. The two women received an Amber Alert on their phones and recognized the vehicle while on their way to visit a family member. (Barbara J. Perenic / Barbara J. Perenic)
Spot News - HM - Custodian Tom Kulewicz (left) and maintenance manger Rob Van Zile clear snow from the sidewalk outside of St. Mary Church in German Village after another 2 to 4 inches of snow plus a layer of ice fell on Columbus overnight. (Barbara J. Perenic / Barbara J. Perenic)
Sports - 1st place - Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins (90) makes a diving save of a Nashville Predators center Mikael Granlund (64) shot during the second period of their game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place - Dayton's Calen Gizelbach races in the snow on the way to his 1st place finish at the Wright State Invitational held at Fairborn Community Park in Fairborn. Gizelbach winning time for the 8000 meter race was 24:57. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 3rd place - Dayton's Mariah Perez saves the ball from going out of bounds during the 1st half of action against VCU. Dayton defeated VCU 67-62 at UD Arena in Dayton. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Story - 1st place - James Sowders, 49, of Owensville, drives a snow plow for the City of Loveland Public Works. Sowders has worked for the city for 16 years, “I started working at 7:30 this morning, normally I’d be off at 4:00 p.m.,” said Sowders. “Tonight, I’ll be here until midnight before I clock out and another driver takes me place for the rest of the night.” (Joe Timmerman / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Story - 2nd place - Andrew Thompson of Oregon catches a blue gill while ice fishing at East Harbor State Park in Marblehead. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
- Beechcroft's head coach Humphrey Simmons celebrates after his team beat Walnut Ridge in the Columbus City League Championship game at East High School. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
