Feature - 1st placeAt right Makayla Jackson, 6, jumps inside a bounce house during Party in the Parking Lot Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at the Birmingham Branch Library in Toledo, Ohio. Adaliyah McClain's, 6, feet are in the air in front. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Feature - 2nd placeAayca Mizer, 9, and her sister Reese Mizer, 6, (right) find a quiet spot to read across from the Hillard Branch Library. They were at the library with their grandmother Virginia Wittkugle and are enrolled in the summer reading program and had been at the library getting new books. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeHeem Summeria (left) plays with his children Anicasio Summeria, 6, (right) and Nida Summeria, 4, in a Kiddie pool on Buffalo Street in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Feature - HMVinnie Devera flips as he performs in Johnny Rockett's Cycle Circus Live! at the Maria Stein Country Fest. (Daniel Melograna/The Daily Standard)
Feature - HMOliver Johnston plays under an umbrella of water at the Sprayground at Snyder Park. (Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HMKeeth Brown, 3, (left) and David Johnson, 5, yell as they spin in circles on the swings at Close Park in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
General News - 1st placeGrand Lake Mariners' Donnie Stone help clean up debris from the Memorial Day tornado at 1215 Fairground Road in Celina. (Daniel Melograna/The Daily Standard)
General News - 2nd placeBarber Paul Locke in the center watches customer Grady Harris get his haircut from Bob Dillard while he says goodbye to fellow barber Richard Blue who works down the street after he stopped by to wish them a happy retirement. The Dillard-Locke Barber shop is closing after 61 years in Columbus. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeThousands of American flags are burned during the annual Flag Day flag retirement ceremony at American Legion Post 286 in New Carlisle. (Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun)
General News - HMColumbus Police Chief Tom Quinlan, Mindy Hall, Michael Cole and Celeste LaCour-Belyn hold hands during a prayer offered by Pastor Michael Young from City of Grace Church at Westgate Park in honor of Wear Orange Weekend. The rally brings awareness to gun violence though out the Columbus community. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - HMJulie LaMarre (center) christens the new Tug Ohio while flanked by Joe Starck, Jr., who is president of the Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard (left) and her husband, Paul LaMarre III, a member of the museum's directing board and director of the Port of Monroe (right) during the dedication and christening ceremony of the old Tug Ohio and new Tug Ohio at the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/The Blade)
General News - HMPiper Sigloch, 7, waves two rainbow flags before the start of Pride worship service at Maple Grove United Methodist Church in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st placeChocolate Torte at M at Miranova which will re-open after a three-week remodeling process. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd placeThe Shrimp and Grits appetizer with an 8th Street Frosé at Libby's Southern Comfort in Covington, Ky. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Illustration - 3rd placeSkuna Bay Salmon at M at Miranova which will re-open after a three-week remodeling process. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st placeAiden from Columbus watches his first Pride Parade from a wall along High Street during the 2019 Stonewall Columbus Pride Parade in Columbus. Aiden was at Pride with his father and sister but was comfortable at Pride without his mask. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeLauren Schroeder poses in studio at The Daily Standard on May 23. The Celina teen is working to launch a career in singing and acting. (Daniel Melograna/The Daily Standard)
Portrait - 3rd placeScott Schaaf, art director, walks through the galleries in the OtherWorld immersive art installation in Columbus. (Amy E. Voigt/The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st placeThomas Worthington's Justin Braun reacts as finishes in first place in the Div I, 400-meter dash during the OHSAA state track and field tournament at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. (Shane Flanigan/ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeColumbus Crew SC defender Alex Crognale (21) yells at referee Guido Gonzales Jr. after David Accam was taken down in the final seconds of the game and no call was made against Atlanta United at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeToledo Mud Hens DH Danny Woodrow sits in the dugout during a game against the Indianapolis Indians at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Sports Feature - HMCentral Catholic’s Christian Turner reacts after scoring during the second inning of their Div III state semifinal game against Ridgewood at Canal Park in Akron. (Scott Heckel/The Canton Repository)
Sports Feature - HMMembers of the Olentangy Stix U10 baseball team (from left) Brayden Mead, Ty Walburn, Dax Middleton, Jacob Howman and Jake Luling, attempt to share an umbrella with mixed success as they make their way down to the dugout prior to the Columbus Clippers home game against the Toledo Mudhens at Huntington Park in Columbus. The start of the game was delayed due to rain. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeDlois Mabe (left) and Melody Mabe, 3, sit in the grass and watch as Toledo Fire & Rescue respond to house fire on Magnolia Street in Toledo. The house was abandoned and no one was injured. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd placeToledo Fire & Rescue look at the sunset while responding to a house fire on Magnolia Street in Toledo. The house was abandoned and no one was injured. (Rebecca Benson/The Blade)
Spot News - HMCaleb Agner uses a flashlight to navigate the dark halls to get to his apartment on the 9th floor of the LaSalle Building in Toledo. The building lost power when construction crews hit an underground cable. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Spot News - HMA man surveys part of a barn that was damaged by a tornado on State Route 65 near Westhope in Henry County, Ohio. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Sports - 1st placeToledo Mud Hens’ Mikie Mahtook with a broken bat single against the Indianapolis Indians during the second inning of a game June 8, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade)
Sports - 2nd placeColumbus Crew SC forward Patrick Mullins (32) pulls the shirt of Atlanta United defender Miles Robinson (12) on a header during the first half during an U.S. Open Cup game at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus.(Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeToledo Mud Hens' Willi Castro slides safely into third base against the Durham Bulls in the bottom of the fourth inning at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Amy E. Voigt/The Blade)
Sports - HMLA Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimovic attempts an acrobatic shot on goal against FC Cincinnati. LA Galaxy defeated FC Cincinnati 2-0 at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati.(Erik Schelkun/Elsestar Images)
Story - 1st placeNicole Vorisek, 7, carefully walks across the slack line over the swimming pond during Rising Appalachian Warriors Camp at Solid Ground Farm in Millfield, Ohio. RAW Camp helps to teach life skills and to give kids a hands-on understanding of nature. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeVolunteer Cris Ferrante, of Gahanna, slips a corsage on the wrist of Willow Brook resident Phyllis Thompson, 80, during a "senior prom" at Willow Brook Christian Village in Delaware. Several volunteers attended to dance and sing with residents and Flowerama provided corsages for the "Enchantment Under the Sea" themed event.(Shane Flanigan/ThisWeek Community News)
Story - 3rd placeMore than half-million attendees descending on Downtown and the Short North for the annual Stonewall Columbus Pride parade. The parade has grown to one of the largest in the Midwest. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HMTim Connaghan teaches Bob Roumeliote (left) to say yeah to get a more natural smile at the School4Santa during the photo sessions that might happen at a corporate event.(Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch)
