MTFeature - 1st place - Girls in the African Children's Choir wait in a hallway outside the sanctuary before performing at Karl Road Baptist Church in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Catarina Carrau, 3, tries to follow her mother, Silvia, during a Mom and Me ballerina class taught by Tina Ferreira at Training Grounds in Dublin. Catarina has a speech delay and both Sivia and Tina work with Catarina while practicing her ballerina skills. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Second grader Bismah Gill laughs as she shaves the head of Frank Elementary School Principal Chad Warnimont in Perrysburg. Students earned the semester incentive of shaving his head by earning Jacket Way tickets for being respectful, responsible and ready. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Feature - HM - A pedestrian walks along Fountain Avenue as the Holiday lights on the Key Bank building are reflected in the water standing on the City Hall Plaza. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 1st place - Charles J. Greene (left) rubs his eyes after being found guilty of murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping. At right is defense attorney Frederick Benton. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - With Dr. Martin Luther King as an inspiration, Mackenzie Lewis of Columbus hopes to make a difference in the world. She was the keynote speaker at a celebration of King at during the 32nd Annual Commemorative Celebration at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Whitmer High School students mourn during a vigil at the school, for classmate Joshua Sorrell, who died after falling down an elevator shaft inside a vacant building. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
LFPortrait - 1st place - The McGhee sextuplets, clockwise from bottom, Issac, Josiah, Rozonno Jr., Olivia, Madison and Elijah, all 6-years-old, pose for a portrait at their home in Pataskala, Ohio. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Moustafa "Moose" Eltataway stands in front of his family home in Sylvania Township. The home was vandalized sometime between 8:15 pm and 8:30pm he said. "I feel sorry for the person who did it," he said. "Not because I'd do anything to them, which I wouldn't, but because of the hate they must have in their heart." (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
APortrait - 3rd place - Brian Washington, 36, pictured at his home produces art inspired by the Civil Rights movement. Washington, who suffers from an undisclosed autoimmune disease, is often unable to stand to paint. The purpose of his art is to "educate and inspire progress on social issues that are unfortunately recurrent," he said. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Nervous Buckeye fans watch apprehensively near the end of the team's game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Value City Arena in Columbus. Northwestern won the game 74-72. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports Feature - 2nd place - Ben-Gals cheerleader Lauren Dye flips her hair on the sideline in the fourth quarter of the team's game against the Baltimore Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SSports Feature - 3rd place - Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Cam Atkinson (13) hits pucks onto the ice for warm-ups prior to the team's game against the Ottawa Senators at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HM - Clemson Tigers defensive back K'Von Wallace (12) makes a snow angel in the confetti during the First Bowl post-game celebration after the Tigers 31-0 win over Ohio State. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
SPSports Feature - HM - Columbus Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky (17) celebrates after scoring late in the first period against the Carolina Hurricanes at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - The driver of a semi tractor-trailer sits on the ground looking at his truck after he lost control and rolled it on the exit ramp from eastbound I-70 to southbound I-675. The driver was not injured in the crash. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - A bystander comforts an emotionally distraught woman, who was described as a family friend, outside of Ang's Asian Cuisine in Jackson Township where an investigation was underway to located a missing girl, Ashley Zhao. Her body was found inside. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
ASpot News - 3rd place - Connor Lefevers, 17, of Columbus, at right, screams in pain after being pepper sprayed by Columbus Police as protestors block traffic on High Street just south of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The protest started peacefully at the Statehouse, but police stepped in when protestors moved onto High Street and began to block traffic. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
ASports - 1st place - Xavier Musketeers guard Edmond Sumner (4) is upended on his way to the basket in the second half of the 84th annual Crosstown Shootout game against the Cincinnati Bearcats at UC's Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. The Bearcats overcame a 44-36 halftime deficit to win 86-78. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SSports - 2nd place - Baltimore Ravens strong safety Eric Weddle (32) nearly intercepts a pass in the end zone intended for Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Brandon LaFell. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SPSports - 3rd place - Columbus Blue Jackets center Lukas Sedlak (45) watches as his shot flies past Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) during the second period at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
MTStory - 1st place - Gerogia Jabbeh Duncan Perry touches the hearse carrying the casket of her mother, Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh-Perry, a former Head of State of the Republic of Liberia, during her state funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Adam Slough of Waterviile competes in the Fat Bikes Division during an 8 mile time trial race at Providence Metro Park in Grand Rapids, Ohio. This was the first of two races in the Winter Quest series sponsored by Cycle Werks and Toledo Metroparks. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
AStory - 3rd place - A medic helps a man who was pepper sprayed by Columbus Police after anti-Trump protesters blocked High Street just south of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 30. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
