Feature - 1st place - Eight-year-old Stefanee Stacey hits the water after coming off the slide during the Packin’ the Park event in Lisbon. The event featured performances by local bands, food stands, arts and craft vendors, children’s games and swimming. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Feature - 2nd place - Jamaica, a six-year-old sheep dog, seems to enjoy riding around Urbana with its head sticking out the sunroof as her owner, Lance Iman, drives the car. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 3rd place - Ashlyn Wightman, 7, of Gibsonburg runs in the Golden Bear Color Run competing in her first run. (Molly Corfman / The News-Messenger)
General News - 1st place - American Legion Post 286 in New Carlisle held their annual Flag Day flag retirement ceremony. The American Legion retired over 9,000 flags this year by burning them. More than 200 spectators watched as the flags went up in flames. The smoke from the fire could be seen for miles away. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd place - Teens console each other during a service for Brianna Yarger, who lost her life in a car crash. Destany Taylor, far right, survived the crash. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
General News - 3rd place - Tenley Johnson, who has spinal muscular atrophy, celebrated her second birthday at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. She received presents including a "Frozen" themed jewelry box from Child Life Specialist Madison Arendt, right. Her mother Lacretia Johnson is at left. Called a "miracle baby," doctors are crediting experimental therapies for allowing Tenley to reach this milestone. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st place - Seasonal allergies have many people sneezing this time of year. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
AIllustration - 2nd place - The bouillabaisse with saffron broth, shrimp, halibut, mussels, grilled toast and rouille at Abigail Street restaurant on Vine Street in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
AIllustration - 3rd place - The buffalo mozzarella salad with arugula, roasted red pepper, fennel and tart cherry balsamic at Enoteca Emilia in O'Bryonville. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
APortrait - 1st place - Christina Marie Sieve-Weinel at her home in Alexandria, lost her 18-year-old four years ago. He was using heroin and got an IV blood infection, sepsis, died from complications. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Portrait - 2nd place - Artist Yasue Sakaoka with her installation "Children's Play Space" created out of cardboard that allows children to interact with the art. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Matt Cunningham of Rustic BrewFarm near Marysville with his crop of barley and a beer made with his crop by a local brewery. Matt is turning part of his farm into crops for the local craft beer making industry. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports Feature - 1st place - FC Cincinnati celebrates the tying goal by defender Harrison Delbridge (4) in the second half of the USL soccer match between FC Cincinnati and Toronto FC at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. Cincinnati came back from a 1-0 deficit at the half for a 2-1 win. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SPSports Feature - 2nd place - Columbus School for Girls's Eleanor Smith celebrates after winning the 4x400-meter relay at the OHSAA Division II track and field state championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. Columbus School for Girls won the event with a time of 3 minutes - 54.28 seconds. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
SSports Feature - 3rd place - Pickerington north celebrates the 2-1 win against La Salle in the OHSAA Division I state championship game at Huntington Park in Columbus. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st place - People run for their lives after a shooting outside the Jack Casino following the Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade in Cleveland. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Spot News - 2nd place - People react at the scene of a fatal shooting in the 4100 block of Larry Place, a cul-de-sac south of E. Livingston Avenue. Columbus Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd place - People react at the scene of a fatal shooting in the 4100 block of Larry Place, a cul-de-sac south of E. Livingston Avenue. Columbus Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide. (Barbara J. Perenic / Barbara J. Perenic)
SPSports - 1st place - June - First Place SportsJoshua A. Bickel/ThisWeek NewspapersRunners in the 1,600-meter run are reflected in a puddle of water during the OHSAA Division I track and field state championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports - 2nd place - A rider tackles a jump over a pair of fallen trees during the 2016 AOA/BikeFettish Mayhem Enduro mountain bike race at the Wilds mountain bike trails in Cumberland. The race featured five timed sections over a 13 mile race. (Chris Crook / Zanesville Times Recorder)
SPSports - 3rd place - Dublin Coffman's Abby Steiner (center) falls toward the finish line as she races with Warren G. Harding's Justice Richardson (right) and Hamilton Township's McKenzie Long (left) during the 100-meter dash final at the OHSAA Division I track and field state championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. Though she tripped and fell, Steiner won the event with a time of 11.87 seconds, beating Richardson by 0.02 seconds. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
aStory - 1st place - Cleveland Cavalier fans wait to watch the NBA Championship parade on a light post on East 9th Street in downtown Cleveland. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
sStory - 2nd place - Transplant donor (kidney) and recipient (heart) Marcus Bozeman was photographed in his home on Weber Road. Nearly at the three-year-mark of receiving his donated heart, Marcus is pursing a degree, volunteers at the hospital, works part-time and counsels other heart patients while taking daily steps to maintain his health. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
PA Story - 3rd place - Whitney Bray introduced Hillary Clinton at the Arts & Auto Technology Building at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center during a campaign stop in Columbus to outline her economic policy for the country. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
