Feature - 1st place - Heater Cochenash along with daughter Jaylynn Cochenash and dog Jamas call it day as a rain and thunderstorm approaches after playing at the spray fountains at Ballantrae Park in Dublin. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - A nude bicyclist makes his way over the Broad Street bridge, coming into downtown for the fifth annual World Naked Bike Ride in Columbus. The event is meant to raise awareness of dangers bicyclists face amongst vehicles, as well as promote positive body-image and an independence from oil. (Jenna Watson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Showing a lot of trust in his sisters , Anthony Waddle gets buried up to his neck while playing at Alum Creek State Park with his sisters Cameron Malfe, and Halie Waddle. Recent rains made the sand perfect for the burial task at hand. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HM - Elizabeth Baz, laughs as she get "nose tickles" from a black throated monitor owned by Peter Rushton (right) of P.T. Reptiles. Rushton did a hands-on presentation for visitors at the Karl Road Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, which offered children the chance to hold snakes, lizards and turtles. A few lucky kids even had a tarantula put on their heads. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
General News - 1st place - Roger St. Cyr walks along the wall of American flags setting fire to them with a crutch during the 26th Flag Day flag retirement ceremony at the American Legion Post 286 in New Carlisle. During this year's ceremony, more than 5,000 worn out and faded flags were destroyed. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd place - As seen from Bryan Regan's plane, the AeroShell Aerobatic Team does a loop over Vandalia during a practice run and media ride in advance of the annual Dayton Air Show. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Cody Mitchell of Hanoverton tries to drive a 1965 Dodge Custom 880 owned by Mike Huzicko of Struthers out of the mud at Centennial Park in Salem at the Salem Super Cruise. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
General News - HM - A single protestor is outnumbered by an oncoming group of the parade's motorcyclists during the annual Stonewall Columbus Pride Parade. (Jenna Watson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st place - Illustration for story on summer grilling cookbooks. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd place - Summer drinks by the pitcher. Fruit drinks are the newest trend in the summer drink category. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Coyote Peterson an OSU graduate holds up a snapping turtle that he caught at Blendon Woods Metro Park in Columbus. Coyote films action adventure shows for the Discovery Channel many which feature his passion for snapping turtles. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Sitting in her Bexley home Holocaust survivor Sofiya Karpovich, recounts an incident that happened when she was 4 years old. Her mother tried to cover Sofiya's eyes so she couldn't see a German soldier toss a baby into the air and another German soldier shooting the airborne baby. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Norman F. Johnson, director of Triplehorn Insect Collection with a Brazilian Scarab. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Gahanna Lincoln pitcher Cole Gobson wears his teammates' ballcaps as the Lions try to rally from a three-run deficit during the last inning of Gahanna's Division I state semifinal game against North Royalton at Huntington Park in Columbus. Gahanna's rally fell short and they lost to North Royalton, 3-0. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Jackson players celebrate their 5-1 victory over North Royalton in the Division I state championship baseball game in Columbus. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Dublin Coffman's Bryan Yoshino reacts to a missed shot during his match against Massillon Jackson's Joey Thomas in round one of the state tennis tournament at Ohio State. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - HM - Kelly Dillow (left) reacts with Jenna Lilley after Dillow's double drove in Lilley and two other Vikings in the fifth inning of their Division I state semifinal softball game at Firestone Stadium in Akron. Hoover came from behind to win 5-3. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Spot News - 1st place - Rescue personnel search the flooded Big Walnut Creek at the Creekside development in Gahanna after a 911 call around 4 p.m. from a woman driving by on the Rt. 62 bridge said she saw two boys around 12-years-old trying to get out of the water. The search was called off after about two hours of searching led to no leads and there were no reports of missing boys. The Creekside area was completely under water after recent downpours have greatly increased the size of the Big Walnut Creek. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd place - Ryan O'Neil, of a nearby street in Upper Arlington, rides his bike down flooded Brandywine Drive after heavy rains. Heavy afternoon downpours caused flooding in pockets of Upper Arlington and Northwest Columbus. Roads around the intersections of Bethel and Kenny roads and Olentangy River and Henderson roads were closed due to high water among others. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd place - Columbus Police officer searches around Beatty Community Recreation after a shooting call came in to police shortly after 9:30 p.m. at Beatty Park Recreation Center. At least three people have gone to hospitals after the shooting. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st place - Big Walnut's Leah Shaw misses a line drive during the Eagles' Division I regional softball semifinal against Gahanna Lincoln at Buckeye Field in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports - 2nd place - Upper Arlington's Danny Logan (19) gets caught between Hudson's Reid Robinson (18) and Matt Rightnour (1) in the first quarter of the Division I lacrosse state semi-final game at Denison University's Piper Stadium. The Upper Arlington Golden Bears defeated the Hudson Explorers 14 - 10. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Upper Arlington defeated Dublin Jerome in the Division I state lacrosse championship at Olentangy Liberty High School in Powell. Dublin Jerome's Ryan Protchko and Upper Arlington's Carter Braet in action. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st place - Cre’Ana Bell strode confidently across the stage in sparkly, silver stilettos to accept her high school diploma from Polly Fox Academy.The short, celebratory walk was really a victory lap - a culmination of the last few years that brought joy with the birth of her son Cedyn, now 2, and sudden loss after her sister’s murder. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Toledo Crush player Tamar Fennell (1) beats Baltimore Charm player Jessica Johnson (10) for a touchdown on the first play of the game at the Huntington Center. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Two Mifflin Township firefighters are silhouetted against the flames as the department burned the first of ten homes on S. Hamilton Road in Gahanna for training purposes and to make way for a new shopping plaza. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
