Feature - 1st place “As We Are,” created by Columbus College of Art & Design professor Matthew Mohr, attracts attention at The Greater Columbus Convention Center. The 14-foot metal sculpture is covered with 850,000 LED lights. A built-in photo booth at its back, featuring 32 digital cameras, captures the image of a subject’s head from many angles simultaneously. The resulting image is superimposed on the blank canvas of the giant “head.” (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place Felicia Jackson grills outdoors for the first time at her daughters Teresa Jackson's Columbus home while grandson Kahleel Jackson watches from the porch . (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place Josh Snead of Columbus descends the climbing wall after fixing the ropes for his fiancee Adalyn Davenport who is a novice to climbing at the climbing wall at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place Columbus Police Honor Guard Sgt. Jim Morrow watches as the caskets of Westerville Police officers Joering and Morelli arrive at St. Paul Catholic Church for the funeral services in Westerville. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place Grady Leighty, 5, shields his candle as his mother, Michelle, helps, during a community vigil for fallen Westerville Police officers Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli at First Responders Park in Westerville. The officers were killed following an ambush as they responded to a domestic violence call. Grady's dad is a police officer with the Westerville Police Department. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place Karen Via of Springfield represents the OEA during a rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The Rally, called "A Working People's Day of Action" was organized by SEIU members to unite working people to speak out two days before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Janus vs. AFSCME case. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place Sarah Spence leads government affairs for the Ohio Environment Council. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place John Montgomery, 71, drives blood donations to hospitals and from donation centers for the Red Cross. Both he and his late wife received blood donations, and he says it's his way of returning the favor. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place Trout, an African black-footed penguin from the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, walks down the main aisle of the Ohio Theatre where the production of "Aida" will take place. At left is Opera Columbus artistic director Peggy Kriha Dye and at right is violinist Joanna Frankel. Opera Columbus will join with the Columbus Zoo, Columbus Symphony, Columbus Symphony Chorus, and a host of international guest vocalists to present a concert version of the grand opera, Verdi's Aida. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place Ohio State senior Zhesi Li celebrates after winning the 50-yard freestyle beside Wisconsin's Marissa Berg during the Big Ten Swimming & Diving Championships at the McCorkle Aquatic Center on Ohio State's campus. Li's time of 21.28 set a pool and Big Ten meet record. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd place Ellet coach Mark Fisher and the bench erupt after Ellet's Storm Chevy gets an And-1 in the fourth quarter against Buchtel at Firestone High School in Akron. (Leah Klafczynski/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com) (Leah Klafczynski / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place Bowling Alley owner Wayne Webb, L, shakes hands with Tom Smallwood, winner of the 2018 PBA Barbasol Players Championship following the final rounds of the competition at Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl in Columbus. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place A note written in pencil and left above the toilet paper dispenser on a junior high girls restroom wall simply read “1:00 Boom.” It was enough to send the junior and senior high students and faculty out into the bitter cold for 20 minutes before St. George Church opened up the social hall to give shelter to the students while the school was checked for any sign of a bomb. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 2nd place Two Westerville police officers were shot and killed Feb. 10 just before 1 p.m. in the 300 block of Crosswind Drive in Westerville. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd place Two Westerville police officers were shot and killed February 10, just before 1 p.m. in the 300 block of Crosswind Drive in Westerville. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st place Lisbon’s Branson Brownfield hangs from the rim after missing a dunk on Mineral Ridge’s Duren Jordanek. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports - 2nd place Ohio State'd Jae'Sean Tate (1) passes the ball during the first half of a game against Illinois at Value City Arena in Columbus. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place Columbus Blue Jackets center Pierre-Luc Dubois (18) is knocked into the San Jose goal as Sharks center Tomas Hertl (48) and goaltender Martin Jones (31) watch the puck in the first period of their game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st place Linda Morelli cries as she is presented with the flag from Westerville Police Chief Joseph Morbitzer following the funeral service for Westerville police officers Eric Joering and her husband Anthony Morelli at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic church in Westerville. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place Sebastian Guerrero Sr., father of Sebastian Guerrero III, reacts as balloons are released in his son's birthday and memory at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place Head managers Deshaun Cole (left) and Brandon Jackson tape markings similar to a basketball court so the team can walk through plays at the hotel prior to the game in Muncie, Ind. The arena was unavailable due to another Ball State team needing it, so the team had to make do in the ballroom at the hotel. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)