Feature - 1st placeCindy Sauppe (left) smiles at her granddaughter Audrey Korczynski, during the last service at Bethany Lutheran Church. (Amy E. Voigt/The Blade)
Feature - 2nd placeNatalya Watts, Alexus Watts and Mishelle Hawes scream as they sled together on the hill at Reid Park. (Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 3rd placeOne of the over 50 cats that were rescued from a Monroe County hoarding case sits in a window at Paws and Whiskers. (Amy E. Voigt/The Blade)
Feature - HMDon Dunphy, 65, of Columbus sets out to do some kite boarding at Alum Creek Lake. High winds and high temperatures made for favorable conditions for kite boarding. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st placeMembers of the North College Hill Police Department embrace following the procession for Colerain Township Police Officer Dale Woods. Woods served in the North College Hill Police Department before Colerain. Woods, 46, died after being hit by a pickup truck while working at the scene of a crash. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - 2nd placeVolunteer Benny Friedman of Cincinnati attracts attention as he leaves a resource bag at an Oakwood Ave. home. Friedman was taking part in a service event to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's vision. (Fred Squillante/The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeCommunity members gather and pray during a vigil for Colerain Police Officer Dale Woods at the community center in Colerain. Woods was struck by a vehicle while responding to a separate car crash and remains in critical condition. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - HMVirginia Dean (center) yells during the annual New Year's Day polar plunge in Waterville. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Portrait - 1st placeAn illegal immigrant who remains anonymous to the public and the governmental agency ICE inside the sanctuary at the North Congregational United Church of Christ . The church members have nicknamed her Angelica for they feel that she is their angel. There are now three congregations in Columbus housing immigrants. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeCorey Rinella of the Dayton Flyers track and field team shows off her hurdling form during a recent photo shoot to promote the Flyers' upcoming indoor season. (Erik Schelkun/Elsestar Images)
Portrait - 3rd placeVan Savage, 59, rides the TARTA Bus Route 2 to work on the last Sunday service. (Amy E. Voigt//The Blade)
Sports - 1st placeRogers' Zia Cooke (1) chases a loose ball against Bowsher's Aiyanna String (21) during a game in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Sports - 2nd placeWalleye's Charlie O'Connor (left) dives for the puck against Kalamazoo's Tanner Sorenson during the first period of an ECHL hockey game at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Sports - 3rd placeCincinnati Bearcats forward Eliel Nsoseme (right) and Tulane center Buay Koka (13) struggle for a rebound in the first half of game at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - HMDayton's Jalen Crutcher swoops to the hoop between two Richmond defenders. Dayton defeated Richmond 72-48 at UD Arena. (Erik Schelkun/Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 1st placeRyze Owens lays on a bumper while taking a break during a practice scrimmage against the Sylvania Maple Leafs at the Slater Family Ice Arena in Bowling Green. The Black Swamp Ice Frogs is a hockey team that is part of a league for kids with special needs. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeOhio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. hugs head coach Urban Meyer before heading to the locker room after arriving for the 105th Rose Bowl game between Ohio State and the Washington Huskies. Urban Meyer retired as head coach following the game. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeOhio State's Malik Heinselman enters the arena to take on Michigan's Drew Mattin during a 125 match at Value City Arena in Columbus. Mattin won a 12-6 decision over Heinselman. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HMXavier Musketeers guard Paul Scruggs (1) celebrates with forward Ryan Welage (32) after scoring a 3-point basket in the second half against Seton Hall at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati. Seton Hall won 80-70. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st placeThe family living at 5134 It's It Road, Lot 33, watches as Montezuma, Celina and Coldwater firefighters battle a blaze at their mobile home. According to officials the cause of the fire is undetermined and the home appears to be a total loss. {(Daniel Melograna/The Daily Standard)
Spot News - 2nd placeA figurine of a snowman is surrounded by smoldering ashes at the scene of a fatal fire at a mobile home in the 300 block of North State Street in New Lexington that claimed the lives of a 7-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd placeA member of the Springfield Fire Division climbs to the second floor of a burning house at 325 W. Liberty St. The body a 67-year-old man was found on the second floor of the house. (Bill Lackey//Springfield News-Sun)
Story - 1st placeGovernor Mike DeWine tries to shake hands as his wife, Fran hugs a guest before the swearing in ceremony at the Statehouse rotunda on January 14, 2019. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeMason Huntley, 13, prepares with his dad and coach Letelle Huntley before his bout during "The Toledo Throwdown" boxing competition hosted at the Japan Karate Academy in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
Story - 3rd placeAn attendee of the 34th Martin Luther King Breakfast at the Columbus Convention Center pauses in front of Martin Luther King's face that was on the "As We Are" interactive sculpture as the moon sets over Columbus. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
