Feature - 1st place - Mary Myers of South Creek Clydesdales gives rides during a President's Day celebration at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont. Visitors got free admission, took self-guided tours of the museum, and participated in crafts. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Conway, a lab, sniffs a microphone during a press conference to promote The Ability Center’s need of volunteers for their puppy program at the Main Library in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Avalyn Bihary (left) and Liz O'Neal share a laugh after hitting a bump and loosing their sled while going down a hill at Conneaut Haskins Park in Bowling Green. (J.D. Pooley / Sentinel-Tribune )
Feature - HM - Nora Michalak, 4, cries after dropping her Minnie Mouse toy at the top of the hill while sledding with her dad Pete at Ottawa Park in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Kyle Williamson straightens the cross that he and his father, Jack, were hanging on the front of the St. Paris First Church of God along US 36. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 1st place - Ballyshannon Middle School social studies teacher Kevin Dailey (center) reacts in shock as his students celebrate his $25,000 Milken Award at Ballyshannon Middle School in Union, Ky. Milken Educator Awards inspire and uplift with the unique stories of educators making a profound difference for students, colleagues and communities. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - 2nd place - From left: Camara Hunt, 11, Julian Gittens, 11, and Xavier Ezell, 8, cry during a vigil for their sister, 10-year-old Damia Ezell, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Nathan Ford holds onto his written statement to the victims as he is sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping three Akron women by Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Alison McCarty in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - HM - Jamie Squibb walks Rooney, a bernedoodle, along Maplewood Avenue in Sylvania. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - HM - Jonathan Redinger holds Mishka, a golden retriever, in the water during her hydrotherapy session for her hip dysplasia at PetMassage Aquatics in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Imam Ibrahim Abdulrahim at the Toledo Correctional Institute in Toledo has served as a chaplain for Ohio state prisons for three decades. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Nadia Kasvin, the founder of a local resettlement agency called US Together, originally came from Ukraine as a refugee. She is advocating for the U.S. government to come up with a contingency plan to quickly bring approved refugees to the U.S. in the face of a potentially escalating crisis in the Ukraine. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Jazz musician Lou Marini Jr.poses with his saxophone, in Bowling Green. Marini is most known for playing his saxophone in the Blues Brothers movies and on “Saturday Night Live.” He has also been part of the James Taylor touring band for 20 years. He has worked with Blood, Sweat and Tears, Eric Clapton, Doc Severinsen, the Band, Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars, Frank Zappa and the Woody Herman Orchestra. (J.D. Pooley / Sentinel-Tribune )
Portrait - HM - Olentangy Berlin senior guard Kaleb Harrell is shown with examples of his artwork at Olentangy Berlin High School in Delaware. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Toledo’s John Albert celebrates his goal during an ECHL hockey game between the Toledo Walleye and Wichita Thunder at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Cincinnati Bearcats guard Jeremiah Davenport (24) suffers an injury in the second half of a game against the Houston Cougars at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - From left: Zach Caruthers, Tucker Davis and Andrew Dodson cheer on Caleb Burnem while he shotguns a Sprite prior to the Meigs Marauders basketball game with the Wellston Golden Rockets, in Pomeroy. Wellston went on to win 70-54. (Joseph Scheller / WOUB Public Media)
Sports Feature - HM - The Trimble Lady Cats douse Joe Richards, their head coach, in water after winning the Div IV district championship game 62-47 against the South Webster Lady Jeeps, in Piketon. (Joseph Scheller / WOUB Public Media)
Spot News - 1st place - New Philadelphia Fire Department personnel work to extinguish a vehicle fire on SR 250, near the Schoenbrunn exit. According to firefighters on scene, the driver attempted to exit the highway while the vehicle was on fire but put it in the ditch. Pictured is the mother of the driver of the vehicle, who had rushed to the scene to check on her daughter. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 2nd place - Firefighters work the scene of a two-alarm residential structure fire where a fatality was confirmed in the 1300 block of Lakeview Road NW in New Philadelphia. According to a first responder on scene, ‘smoke was too thick to rescue both residents in the home. Fire crews from New Philadelphia, Dover, and Uhrichsville responded. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 3rd place - The Springfield Fire Division responded to a fully engulfed detached garage fire at 1661 Summit Street. The Fire Division was able to limit any damage to the house, which was just a few feet away, but the garage and it's contents, including a car, was destroyed. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner (38) scores a goal past New Jersey Devils goaltender Nico Daws (50) during the second period at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place - Lexi Edwards competes on the uneven bars as the Ohio State University women's gymnastics team held a dual meet with Rutgers at the Covelli Center in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Elmwood’s Aubrey Johnson (left) and Lake’s Brigid Enright fall to the ground as they battle for possession of the ball during a game at Lake High School in Millbury. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Hoban’s Parker Smith emerges from the water as he competes in the backstroke leg of the 200 IM event during the Division II district swimming and diving championships, in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - HM - Cincinnati Bearcats center Hayden Koval (25) and South Florida Bulls forward Jake Boggs (5) compete for a loose ball in the first half of a game at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Story - 1st place - Shiel Malik, 86, takes the Oath of Citizenship during a naturalization ceremony at Notre Dame Academy in Toledo. Malik is originally from India. Twenty two people from 14 countries are sworn in as U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony presided over by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary who welcomed them in each of their native languages. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Jazz singer Ramona Collins performs at the Ella P. Stewart Academy in Toledo. The event was sponsored by the Buffalo Soldiers. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
