Feature - 1st place - Kristopher Belle harvests fresh lettuce in the TAC Industries hydroponic garden. The lettuce grown in the hydroponic greenhouse will be used in TAC Industries' future salad restaurant, called Fresh Abilities, which will be located in the COhatch market. Fresh Abilities will be supplied and staffed by TAC employees with disabilities. (Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 2nd place - Friends Alex Zaferopolos and Alex Carson, dressed as Plague Doctors, kill time in the hallway of the Columbus Convention Center while waiting to attend the Ohayocon three-day anime convention at the Columbus Convention Center. The couple called the convention a fun experience. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Ohio Wesleyan junior Fatima Iqbal, of Pakistan, waits for participants to cycle through to her station as she portrays former U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden in a speed-dating-style event on campus that allows participants to meet each candidate and learn about their platforms. The event is one of several leading up to OWU's Democratic Mock Presidential Convention. (Shane Flanigan/ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - HM - Mark Keele takes a break from his trail run at Rocky Fork Metro Park in New Albany to swing on the playground. The 31-year-old software engineer just moved to Grandview Heights from Bozeman, Mont. for a new job. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - The Levi Agriman feed mill in Fredericktown located in Knox County is reflected in the store windows of Aunt Ruth's Attic across the street, a thrift shop that was closed for the day.The mill and farm store located on Main St. is closing after 41 years. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Lee Brooker of Kent protests the the rising tensions between the United States and Iran on the corner of Franklin and Main streets in Kent. (Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 3rd place - Carl Splacker (left) a Trump supporter, Rebecca Welch (center) with IBEW Local 236 out of Albany, NY, and Josh Abernathy with IBEW Local 8 face off during a protest outside of The Huntington Center in Toledo against the presence and the policies of President Trump and Vice-President Pence. (Amy E. Voigt/The Blade)
General News - HM - Monessa Dotter has some help from her grandson Jerimiah Lowe, 2, as she cleans up fall leaves at her Hilltop home along S. Eureka Ave. where she has lived for 5 years. Monessa says the home behind despite its nice exterior has been abandoned for some time and believes there are now animals in the house.The city has announced a new a new plan for the neighborhood called Envision Hilltop. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - HM - Megan Richardson shops for deals at the North Canton Goodwill. (Aaron Self/The Canton Repository)
Portrait - 1st place - Mandy Henning, Powell branch manager, and Luke Powers, Orange Branch adult services specialist, will be teaching guests how to survive eating spicy food during one of the eight, short seminars for the Delaware County District Library Orange Branch's "How-To Festival" in Lewis Center. Each seminar will show attendees how to do different things. (Shane Flanigan/ThisWeek Community News)
Portrait - 2nd place - A woman sits in her living room in her apartment in Toledo. She is one of four unnamed victims in a federal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Toledo landlord Anthony Hubbard. The suit alleges Mr. Hubbard violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing several female tenants. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Chrissy Antenucci stands for a portrait in the dining room, where she hosts pop-up dinners at The Wheel in Cincinnati's Oakley neighborhood. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 1st place - St. John's Jesuit players huddle up before playing a game against St. Francis de Sales in Toledo. SJJ defeated St. Francis, 60-45. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins (90) jumps into the arms of left wing Nick Foligno (71) after beating Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in their NHL game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Breslin Walker of CVCAs (left) blindly throws an elbow striking his opponent Nolan Neves of Graham as a referee attempts to break up the fight in the middle of the 220 pound championship match during the Grizzly Invitational wrestling tournament at Wadsworth High School. Walker was disqualified from the tournament after the incident. (Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - HM - Fort Wayne goalie Patrick Munson sprays water from his bottle after getting a drink at a timeout during an ECHL hockey game against the Toledo Walleye at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - The Dayton Flyer bench reacts after a basket late in the second half of a close game against George Mason. The Dayton Flyers defeated Mason 59-55 at UD Arena in Dayton. (Erik Schelkun/Elsestar Images)
Spot News - 1st place - Kevin Voss looks over the charred remains of his Mad River Township home after it was destroyed by a deliberately set fire. (Bill Lackey/Springfield New-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - Ravin Pinkelton (center) cries after arranging candles in the shape of a heart as police investigate a vacant house on East Fifth Street as part of the search for Harley Dilly in Port Clinton. The body of 14-year-old Harley Dilly was found stuck in the chimney of the unoccupied house. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - Firefighters work to put out a blaze at a building that once belonged to the Toledo Pressed Steel Corp. on Phillips Avenue in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - University of Akron forward Camron Reece eyes down a shot made by Akron guard Tyler Cheese during the first half of a game against the Buffalo Bulls at James A. Rhodes Arena in Akron. (Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 2nd place - Ohio State's Luke Pletcher flips over Arizona State's Navonte Demison during a 141lb match at the Covelli Center at Ohio State University. Pletcher who is ranked 1st beat Demison TF, 19-4. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Ohio State forward Kyle Young (25) posts up Minnesota guard Tre' Williams (1) during the second half of their game at Value City Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HM - From left: Cincinnati’s Trevon Scott (13) and Chris Vogt (33), Tulsa’s George Christopoulos (13), and Cincinnati’s Mika Adams-Woods (3) and Keith Williams (2) compete for a loose ball during the first half of a game at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - HM - Buffalo Sabres defenseman Brandon Montour (62) reaches for the puck infinite Detroit Red Wings center Luke Glendening (41) in the second period at Little Caesars Arena. (Rick Osentoski/Freelance)
Story - 1st place - Chris and Stephanie Stone work in the 11 by 14 kitchen at Stone Family Restaurant in Cheviot. The couple is retiring and the neighborhood restaurant will close after first opening in 1962. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Story - 2nd place - Eric Lorenzen, with Neighborhood Properties/Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Outreach, digitally logs one of the homeless people they talked to along Summit Street during the Toledo/Lucas County Homelessness Board's point-in-time count of the local homeless population in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Erynn Groll of Oregon poses for pictures after the Lourdes University College of Nursing White Coat Ceremony for new Nursing Students at Lourdes University in Sylvania. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
