Feature - 1st place - Jenny Schefft sticks her hand in the sensory water wall at the new Doneghy Inclusive Garden at the Toledo Botanical Garden. The new garden is a wheelchair accessible and has ADA compliant seating within a pergola, a sensory water wall, and plantings with olfactory and touch sensory components. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - William Tuttle grimaces as his calf head-butts him as he sets it up for the judging at the Clark County Fair. William was not injured. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 3rd place - Osten McDaniel, of Powell, rides around the edge of Adventure Park's skate pool in Powell. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - HM - Joan Eyerman, Century Village chairman, cleans the floors inside the Orders School House in Grove City. Century Village was forced to close because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, but members continue upkeep on the attraction in hopes to reopen. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - HM - Steven Stuart of Toledo walks on LaGrange Street while wearing a mask. Mr. Stuart says he is wearing a mask to comply with the mask mandate passed by city council amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - A man is silhouetted against the wall of a white tent, illuminated by the sun, as he gets a COVID-19 test at the Clark County Combined Health District's free COVID testing clinic at Hayward Middle School. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd place - Officer Anthony Dia's cousin Moustafa Rahal (left) hugs his girlfriend Molly Haskin during a candle-light vigil for Toledo Police Officer Anthony Dia in the Kroger parking lot in Bedford Township, Michigan. Moustafa arrived to the vigil wearing the bullet proof vest Officer Anthony Dia gave him after he finished part of his training to become a police officer. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - A Black Lives Matter supporters (right) and a protesters argue during the BLM rally in St. Paris. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - HM - From left: Juliana Hunt, Jacqueline Hunt and Mae Loveri kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of Black people killed by police during ATU strike for Black Lives and workplace justice on South Detroit Avenue in Toledo. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Locals and members across the country rallied for Black lives, and kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of Black people killed by police. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Parker Hamilton of Teays Valley High School is one of the winners in the 2020 Dispatch Scholar-Athlete program. Parker kicks a soccer ball at Teays Valley High School in Ashville.. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Dwayne Shephard watches vehicles that don't obey the "Move Over Law" on U.S. Route 30 in Perry Township. The Ohio State Highway Patrol and state police in five other states are participating in a focus on education and enforcement of the "Move Over Law." (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Portrait - 3rd place - Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin poses for a photo at City Hall in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - St. Vincent-St. Mary fans remain socially distant in the stands baseball game against the Archbishop Hoban Knights at Canal Park in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - St. Vincent-St. Mary shortstop Andrew Morse celebrates after tagging out Hoban baserunner Daniel Henry to end the eighth inning of a game at Canal Park in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Jodi Ewart Shadoff (left) and Ashleigh Buhai walk down the first fairway during the opening round of the LPGA Drive On Championship at Inverness Club in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place - Kids watch as Toledo Fire & Rescue battle a fire from a large stack of plastic pallets on Angola Road in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder walks out of U.S. District Court as community protesters yell at him after charges that he participated in a racketeering conspiracy in Columbus. Householder and four colleagues were arrested by federal officials today as part of a bribery investigation involving the state’s $1 billion nuclear plant bailout and Householder’s maneuverings to secure support to lead the legislative chamber. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd place - Jayme Dia comforts her son Younes, 8, while visiting a memorial for her husband Toledo Police Officer Anthony Dia, 26, who was shot and killed in the line of duty earlier that morning. The memorial was set up in the Home Depot parking lot on Alexis Road where Officer Dia was killed. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Kyler Bourne, Celina Class of 2019, clears 13’ in the pole vault as he competes in the Back on the Track Open Meet at Celina Varsity Track. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports - 2nd place - Celina’s Blayne Aller (7) dives to apply the tag on Coldwater’s Adam Hrycko (11) in the third inning at Montgomery Field in Celina. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports - 3rd place - Alliance left fielder Christian Hall gets under a fly ball hit by Walsh's Bobby Perebzak during the second inning of a game at Canal Park in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 1st place - A Toledo Police Officer cries as officers carry slain Toledo police Officer Anthony Dia into Savage Arena at The University of Toledo. Toledo Police Officer Dia was killed in the line of duty in the early morning of July 4th. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Jayme Dia, wife of Officer Anthony Dia, and her son Youces, 8, react as Officer Anthony Dia’s final radio call is played during his funeral at Savage Arena in Toledo. The last thing he said over the radio was, ‘Tell my family I love them.’” (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Riley DaRe, 13, moves her horse Raven into the stall during the Union County Fair in Marysville. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
