Feature - 1st place Darius Mitchell (seated background) of Akron smiles as he watches his children Tashayla Mitchell, 7, Darshay, 4, and Darius, 3, check out a catfish held by Jeromy Applegate, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Applegate helps stock Alder Pond with 149 catfish in Akron. (Karen Schiely / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - 2nd place Artist Chris Maher, of Lambertville, Mich., makes bubbles near his booth during the Crosby Festival of the Arts Preview Party at the Toledo Botanical Garden. He says he does this when he gets time between people checking out his art. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place Alisha Brake and her sister Isabella Brake do cartwheels at the Promenade Park splash pad in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - HM1 Kristina Lockwood holds her 1-1/2 year old daughter Elise as SingStark! performs classic Beatles tunes at the Canton Brewing Company Speakeasy. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Feature - HM2 Yoga instructor Gayle Prebis of The BARN Wellness Cooperative in Hinckley gets a kiss from her Golden Retriever Tonka during a dog yoga class at Bark in the Park Night at the Akron RubberDucks game at Canal Park in Akron. (Leah Klafczynski / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 1st place Tracy Carter Anderson mourns the loss of her daughter, Ebony Carter, 37, who was killed by gunfire, during a vigil at the intersection of Hawley Street and Pinewood Avenue in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place Connie Miller sits with "Ruby" to help her relax in her new home at The New Beginnings Kennel, a National Pyrenees Recue Center in Springfield. "Ruby" was one of 89 dogs rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm by an US skier during the recent Winter Olympics. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 3rd place Brimfield Elementary throws a celebration for being a 2018 Hall of Fame School. Elizabeth Sevier turns to her mother Brittney Rutherford in tears after saying goodbye for the summer to her kindergarten teacher Terri Gempel. (Lisa Scalfaro / Record-Courier)
Illustration - 1st place Jamaican escovitch snapper served at Pots & Pans in Akron. (Leah Klafczynski / Akron Beacon Journal)
Illustration - 2nd place Octopus, served hot, featuring chickpea, currants pine puts, salsa verde and smoked tomato at Woodhouse Kitchen and Bar in Mason. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Illustration - 3rd place Stauf's Coffee Roaster's in Grandview waffle and latte. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place Rob Schorr is the inventor of the SyVu Universal Smartphone Adapter which allows users to attach a smartphone to microscopes, telescopes and binoculars so they can take photos and videos. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place Retta Tegegne of Bezalel Construction worked on the roof of a covered bridge in Upper Sandusky. Tegegne is from Ethiopia and started Bezalel Construction in 2009. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place Toledo Mud Hens usher Jeff Schimming makes quacking noises with a Mud hens whistle during a baseball game against the Louisville Bats at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - HM Victoria Goss, founder and president of the Last Chance Corral, stands in the barn that experienced significant storm damage on her property during a storm earlier that week in Athens. Goss founded the Last Chance Corral in 1982, the 501(c)3 charity is devoted to helping foals, horses and ponies recovery from neglect and abuse. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st place Tommy Clayton (11) of DeSales gets his helmet ripped off in the 3rd period during the Division II state lacrosse final against Ottawa Hills at Selby Stadium in Delaware. DeSales won 13-5. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place Akron Firestone's Kevon Louis tumbles over the second to last hurdle alongside Ashland's Hudson McDaniel during the Division I, 110 meter hurdles at the OHSAA State Track and Field Tournament at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. (Leah Klafczynski / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd place West Branch’s Delaney Rito is tagged out by Jonathan Alder’s Emily Walker while trying to steal second in the OHSAA state softball semifinals at Firestone Stadium in Akron. West branch went on to beat Alder 5-4 and advance to the state finals. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports Feature - 1st place Tyler Albers of DeSales lands in the arms of his classmates while other teammates run toward their fans after his team won the OHSAA Division II boys lacrosse state final between against Ottawa Hills at Selby Stadium in Delaware. DeSales won 13-5. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd place Highland's Seth Jogan (25) tries to coax into his hand a juvenile mourning dove that was hanging around the dugout during a Division I state semi-final game against Olentangy Liberty at Huntington Park in Columbus. Liberty won the game 13-2 in 5 innings. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place Toledo firefighter DeAndre Ware, who is also an undefeated professional boxer with a record of 12-0, reflects during a workout at Glass City Boxing in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place After he fell off an inner tube into the Licking River near Straddens Bridge Road family and friends of James Krofft (from left) Dallas Powelson, Andrew Anderson, and Adam Smith search for the 22-year-old Newark man under the Pleasant Valley Road bridge several miles down river in Nashport, Ohio on June 25. Krofft's body was found by ODNR searchers the following day. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd place The driver of a Jeep is comforted by a friend after she lost control on South Bird Road and struck a house. The driver was not injured but a man, sleeping in the front bedroom of the house, was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place Firefighters from the Akron Fire Department are hosed down as a precaution after being in contact with a chemical at the scene of a fire in one of the buildings at the Bridgestone Americas Technical Center in Akron. None of the firefighters were injured. (Karen Schiely / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 1st place Kathryn Smyers (right) prays with Laura Landolt (center) and Madlynn Chandler, 11, on the Pleasant Valley Road bridge. Smyers' son, James Krofft, fell off an inner tube into the Licking River near Straddens Bridge Road. Family and friends searched for the 22-year-old Newark man for several miles down river toward Nashport, Ohio. Krofft's body was found by ODNR searchers the following day. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place Kaleb Murdock cheers as he sits on the shoulders of Mick Conley while they march down Broad Street during the Stonewall Columbus Pride Parade and Festival. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place Bryson DeChambeau wins the 2018 Memorial Tournament on the second playoff hole at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HM The hands and face of Florence Borders, 4, of Bexley, show colorful signs of strawberry picking and eating while she playfully puts her empty quart container on her head while visiting Doran's Farm Market in New Albany. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
