Feature - 1st placeWoodcrest Elementary is the only Columbus City School building that has a "year round" academic calendar, taking just a month off in the summer and a few extended breaks throughout the year. Fourth grader Nycheffe Phillips sits with her head in her hands after her teacher, Sonja DeGenova, told her not to speak without raising her hand first. (Fred Squillante/The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd placeIt was hot and the pigs were not cooperating as Kinley Neff, 6, found out as she participated in the junior showmanship competition in the Swine Arena at the Clark County Fair. (Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 3rd placeIsaiah Nelson, 7, back right, watches as Laquan Smith, 11, makes a play while they compete in a game of chess during the Chillin' and Grillin' with the Chief community event at Ottawa Park in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
Feature - HMMaggie Slagell, 14, plays with her brother's calf in one of the cattle barns at the Clark County Fair. (Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HMChildren play in a mountain of bubbles during National Trail Parks and Recreation's Foam Frenzy at Smith Park in New Carlisle. (Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 1st placeDrug Court Program graduate Ruben Rangel hugs his daughter Savannah Rangel, 11, after the Lucas County Adult Drug Court program graduation in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
General News - 2nd placeMajor Phillippe Brule of the 180th Fighter Wing reads a story to Arabella Flores, 5, (left) of Toledo and Braylon Gose, 4, (center) of Bowling Green at ProMedica Toledo Children's Hospital. Gose is being treated for cancer. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
General News - 3rd placeSadie Yost, carrying a large can of tomatoes, is trying to find a spot on the cart outside Interchurch Social Services in Mount Vernon. New Life Church of the Nazarene held its Vacation Bible Adventure in which the 160 children participating were challenged to help those in need in the community by bringing in donations. (Joshua Morrison/Mount Vernon News)
Portrait - 1st placeChris Jones holds poses for a portrait at Soul City Boxing Gym in Toledo. Jones is a Toledo boxer who recently won his second junior Olympics championship and hopes to fight in the 2020 Olympics. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd placeMichael Hughes lives in Bexley and owns chickens the past seven years. Currently he owns three chickens and lets them run around his backyard while at work. Hughes and one of his chickens pose for a photo while on his lunch break. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeIsabel Cutwright, 7, of Toledo, uses a sparkler ahead of fireworks during an early Independence Day celebration at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
Portrait - HMPisce McCoy "BarbHer" poses for photo at Kutthroat Barber Shop in Columbus. McCoy has been a barber in Columbus for the last four years. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeCincinnati Reds relief pitcher Amir Garrett (50) throws punches as he is held back by a number of Pittsburgh Pirates players as a bench clearing brawl breaks out in the ninth inning of a game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnat. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeFC Cincinnati's Rashawn Dally celebrates scoring his first goal of the season against the Houston Dynamo. FC Cincinnati defeated the Dynamo 3-2 at Nipper Stadium in Cincinnati. (Erik Schelkun/Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeMaxwell Moldovan reacts after winning on the first playoff hole during the final round of the Stark County Amateur Golf Championship at Skyland Pines in Canton. (Scott Heckel/The Canton Repository)
Sports Feature - HMCleveland Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. makes his way onto the practice field for first day of Browns training camp in Berea. (Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - HMFormer Westerville Central football player Benny Snell, who was just drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers does pushups with kids after a drill during his football camp at Westerville Central High School. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - HMFirefighters respond to a barn fire in Salem Township west of Mendon. Firefighters from Mendon, Spencerville, Rockford and Celina fire departments responded. The home owners were not at home and the barn was a total loss. (Daniel Melograna/The Daily Standard)
Spot News - HMKnox County Sheriff’s Office deputy Dan Selby looks at a car surrounded by flood waters on Ohio 3/US 36 south of Mount Liberty. The driver was lead to safety by the Mount Vernon Fire Department. Officials closed the road for several hours. (Joshua Morrison/Mount Vernon News)
Sports - 1st placeAltoona Curve outfielder Chris Sharpe (10) crashes into the left field wall as he fails to catch a fly ball hit by RubberDucks batter Alex Call during the third inning of a game at Canal Park in Akron. (Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 2nd placeFC Cincinnati's Fanendo Adi attempts a shot on goal while trying to hold off New England Revolution defender Antonio Mlinar during the 2nd half of action at Nippert Stadiium in Cincinnati. (Erik Schelkun/Elsestar Images)
Sports - 3rd placeFort Recovery’s Riley Post (3) loses the ball as he attempts to tag Minster’s Trent Roetgerman (19) out at home plate in the third inning of the ACME District semifinals at the Wally Post Athletic Complex in St. Henry. (Daniel Melograna/The Daily Standard)
Sports - HMSunlight illuminates one of the eyes of Durham's Aaron Slegers (38) as he pitches during an International League game between the Toledo Mud Hens and Durham Bulls at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
Story - 1st placeDe'Angelo Elston-Gambrell, 7, cries during a vigil for his dad Derjuan "PeeWee" Elston-Gambrell in Toledo. Derjuan was shot and killed on July 4 on the 2000 block of Elliott Avenue. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Story - 2nd placeMichael Doody sings the national anthem to kick off the start of the 26th annual Doo Dah Parade in the Short North July 4. The parade began in 1983 as a small, disorganized march down the sidewalks. The annual parade spoofs all things local as well as the nation. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeJaden Jefferson edits his news show, Jaden Reports NOW/Eyewitness News, at his home in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
