AFeature - 1st place - Lexie Stevenson plays a game of fetch with her 2-year-old Shepard mix Shadow at the Kellogg Park dog field in Anderson Township. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Feature - 2nd place - Leaves appear to fall on the hood of a Corvette Stingray at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - A maintenance worker spreads salt along the sidewalk in from of COSI as snow fell on Columbus on January 12. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HM - A torch bearer waits to perform at The Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival presented by Christ Church Cathedral on East Fourth Street in Cincinnati. (Meg Vogel / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Feature - HM - Mike Rochester was dressed as Magneto this weekend at the Hyatt Regency Columbus / Greater Columbus Convention Center Ohayocon 2016. Rochester is jumping into the air for photographers (not pictured) because Mike has not mastered how to levitate like Magneto in Marvel Comic's X-Men (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
AGeneral News - 1st place - Zekeriya Tiba whose parents moved to Columbus from Syria, grabs items out of his backpack at Daniel Wright Elementary. The school has 220 English learners in its 770-student population. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
AGeneral News - 2nd place - Mayor Andy Ginther talks to folks getting their hair cut at Dreamers Barber Shop in the South Linden neighborhood of Columbus. The new mayor says he will make it a priority to focus on the blight and problems plaguing that neighborhood. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Mia Taylor, (left) first cousin to victim Erveena Hammons, is comforted by Chris Rudin (right) at the site of a growing memorial to the slain Hammonds and her daughters Anaesia Green (10), and Breya Hammonds (7) who were murdered at their Continent Village apartment by Wendell L. Callahan, an ex-boyfriend who had been released early from federal prison in 2014. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
AGeneral News - HM - Cincinnati Art Museum’s Chief Conservator and paintings conservator Serena Urry cleans Zaragoza’s 600-year-old Retablo of St. Peter in a public gallery at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Eden Park. (Kareen Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - HM - Steve Leverone, of Sycamore, prays to end abortion in front of Planned Parenthood. (Meg Vogel / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Portrait - 1st place - Robert E. Richardson, vice president and regional manager of Laborers' International Union of North America poses for a portrait in his office. (Meg Vogel / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SPortrait - 2nd place - Jan. 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1966 NBA All-Star Game hosted at the Cincinnati Gardens, when former Cincinnati Royals Adrian Smith guard was named most valuable player and took home a 1966 Ford Galaxie. Smith, pictured at his home in Anderson Township, Ohio, finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and three assists in just 26 minutes of play. (Kareen Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Portrait - 3rd place - Ted Lazar recently retired from South Zanesville Fire Department after 60 years of service. (Chris Crook / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Portrait - HM - Artist Mandi Caskey is painting a mural on the wall of the Observation Deck of the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower Mandi started the 28 foot long 6 foot high mural in December and expects to complete it in five months. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports Feature - 1st place - Dublin Coffman senior Jason Boateng practices in the school's auxiliary gym. Boateng, who is deaf, relies on a cochlear implant to help him hear, although the crowd noise at games can render the implant useless at times. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports Feature - 2nd place - Cincinnati Bengals outside linebacker Vontaze Burfict (55) argues in the face of head coach Marvin Lewis after a penalty in the third quarter of the AFC wild-card playoff game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. The Steelers defeated the Bengals, 18-16, on a field goal drive in the final minutes of the game. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
sSports Feature - 3rd place - Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Josh Anderson (34) scores to tie the game up at 3-3 against Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) during the 3rd period of their NHL game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
05Sports Feature - HM - An altercation breaks out involving Ohio University forward Treg Setty (right with tattoo) and Bowling Green guard JD Tisdale (bottom left with tattoo) at the BGSU bench during the second half of play at the Convocation Center in Athens. Tisdale and Setty received technical fouls along with two other Bobcats. (Isaac Hale / Ohio University)
SSports Feature - HM - Moeller forward Sam McCracken celebrates after a Riley Voss dunk in the third quarter against the Elder Panthers at Moeller High School in Montgomery. Moeller defeated Elder 56-48. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st place - Dogs know more than most people think. Bruiser knew something was wrong recently when his owner's home on Cunningham Road in Salem Township caught fire and firefighters and trucks rushed to the scene. But Bruiser kept calm. Keeping his favorite toy close by also probably helped. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 2nd place - A firefighters takes a breather after battling a house fire in Franklinton. The fire in the duplex was fatal for two occupants.It also displaced several neighbors due to heavy smoke conditions from the older home. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd place - Ismael Gonzalez, of Findlay is arrested on a felony warrant after leading police on a high speed chase across three counties, ending with parts flying off the car and a crash into a ditch at the corner of County Roads 153 and 106 in Lindsey. (Molly Corfman / The (Fremont) News-Messenger)
SSports - 1st place - Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert (85) eyes a tipped ball as Pittsburgh Steelers free safety Mike Mitchell (23) is unable to make the interception in the fourth quarter of the AFC wild-card game at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. The Steelers defeated the Bengals 18-16. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 2nd place - Defiance wrestler Grunden Gage (left) escapes from Rhett Peterson of Oak Harbor during their 145 pound final at the Perrysburg Invitational Tournament. Gage won the match 5-1. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Sports - 3rd place - Toledo's Scott Czarnowczan (22) levels Brampton's Dalton Thrower (6) in retaliation after Thrower delivered a hard hit to Walleye Shane Bershbach (10) mid-ice during the first period of their ECHL hockey match up at the Huntington Center. (Katie Rausch / The (Toledo) Blade)
SSports - HM - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron (5) fumbles the ball in the second quarter of the AFC wild-card game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SSports - HM - Moeller guard Trey McBride throws down a drunk in the fourth quarter of their game against the Elder Panthers at Moeller High School in Montgomery. Moeller defeated Elder 56-48. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Story - 1st place - Enjoying a Halloween party are from left: Sr. Mary Mara Bennett, Sr. Mary Jamesetta Krafty, Sr. Mary Bryan Gabel, and Sr. Mary Sartor, at the Provincial Center. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Ohio Governor John Kasich talks to his friend and advisor, Bruce Berke, before a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire. Berke helped Gov. Kasich set up his town halls throughout the state. (Meg Vogel / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Story - 3rd place - After near-strangulation in a high-chair accident in 1997, then-ten-month-old Matthew McConnell was left severely disabled with damage to an estimated ninety percent of his brain. Defying the odds, he recently celebrated his 20th birthday although he needs 24/7 care. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HM - Tobias Lee, 66, wears a Flint hat while picking up a case of bottled water at the Hasselbring Park Senior Community Center in Flint, Michigan. The city of 99,000 people is facing an ongoing water crisis after high levels of lead were detected in drinking water across the city. (Katie Rausch / The (Toledo) Blade)
