Feature - 1st place - Snow falls at the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge overlooking the Ohio River into Cincinnati from Covington, Ky. About two inches of snow accumulated across the Cincinnati area. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Feature - 2nd place - A young girl is silhouetted in the evening sun as she skips along the roadway in Snyder Park to catch up to her father. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 3rd place - A group of friends play basketball at a park along Woodward Avenue as the sunsets. The basketball court was painted by at risk students in Project Jericho last year. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HM - Metroparks Toledo conducts a kayaking experience at the University of Toledo Student Recreation Center's indoor pool in Toledo. Participants learned basic skills and played a few games during the one-hour program. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Gianna Nussbaum, 8,(left) and her parents Brandi and Eric Nussbaum spread their arms in praise while visiting the mural of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Mario Acevedo Torero and BGSU students (2014) on Broadway St.. The family usually celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day by attending services or special events but due to coronavirus restrictions events were either held online or canceled. (Amy E. Voigt / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Dressed in a black veil, Maya Brown (left) of Westerville listens to organizer and Ohio University student Marijé Rivers, 18, speak during a Last Stand Rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The peaceful demonstration called for action from Ohio's elected representatives to legislate for accountability and transparency from law enforcement. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Laura Dachenbach prays during a candlelight prayer service at King Avenue Church in Columbus. On the eve of Inauguration Day, a small gathering prayed for the peaceful transition of power and the healing of a divided nation. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Jim Szakovits, General Manager of Ottawa Hills Memorial Park, places a grave pillow on a veteran’s grave at the Toledo State Hospital Cemetery. Mr. Szakovits brought 6 blankets, 5 pillows, and 4 wreaths to be placed on the graves of former patients of the Toledo State Hospital that are unclaimed by family members. The donation is to raise awareness for the Toledo State Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Project. There are about 2,000 people buried in the Toledo State Hospital Cemeteries. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Amara Rivers holds up her fist in front of the President William McKinley statue at the Ohio Statehouse to protest police brutality. Amara's sister, Marije Rivers, 18, a student at Ohio University, helped organize the event, dubbed the Last Stand Rally. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Owner-operator Michael Solomon poses outside of his day care center, Building Block Development, in the South Fairmount neighborhood of Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Portrait - 3rd place - Kristen Schlotman, executive director of Film Cincinnati, sits in her Race Street office in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. Schlotman helped bring feature film productions like "Ides of March", "Killing of a Sacred Deer" and "Carol" to Cincinnati in the past decade. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Cleveland Browns cornerback M.J. Stewart (36) celebrates with teammates after picking off Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during a wild-card playoff football game in Pittsburgh. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Coaches and players with the DeSales girls basketball team stand before the American flag during the playing of the national anthem before a game against Thomas Worthington at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Dublin Scioto wrestling head coach Adam Huddle calls out to Tarone Jackson as he competes against Delaware Hayes' Chase Radabaugh in their 113-pound match at Delaware Hayes High School. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Spot News - 1st place - Police block off a section of Madison Road for a flipped truck, which struck the under side of the railroad bridge in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati. The low-hanging railroad bridge is known to the neighborhood as "The Can Opener" for its reputation of tearing the top off of semi trucks passing underneath. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 2nd place - CSX and and Duke Energy crews respond to a seven-car train derailment on a rail bridge over Gest Street in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 3rd place - Firefighters from several departments in eastern Clark County responded to a house fire in the 2800 block of Newlove Road. The residents were not home at the time of the fire. There were no injuries in fire. The two story home, reportedly over 100-years-old, suffered extensive damage. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - Bedford High School swimmer Alexa Fuleky competes in the in 100 backstroke at the Francis Family YMCA in Temperance, Michigan. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports - 2nd place - Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Oliver Bjorkstrand (28) shot is blocked by Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) in the third period during their NHL game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Alabama running back Najee Harris (22) dives into the end zone over Ohio State safety Josh Proctor (41) on his way to scoring a 26-yard touchdown during the second quarter of the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st place - Ohio State fans cheer as the team enters the Mercedes-Benz Superdome before taking on Clemson Tigers during the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Family of slain Toledo Police Officer Brandon Stalker say their goodbyes before he is taken to the coroners office in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
