Feature - 1st place - Angie Kern (left) and her granddaughters Jane Hull, 1, and Lillian Pate, 8, sit outside of Dairy Queen in Bowling Green. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Elsie Knous, 2, gets a face full of water as she and her cousin, Elly Dillinger, 3, play in the splash pad in the Bryson Park District along Lake Shore Drive in Celina. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Feature - 3rd place - Abraham Lincoln went for a ride, or at least a bronze statue of him did, as sculptor Mike Major transported his latest creation from his studio in Urbana to the Dayton Veterans Administration Campus. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HM - Perrysburg Police Chief Patrick Jones gives a fist bump to Austin Kuhlman, 4, while sitting on his dad Cory's shoulders during the Perrysburg Black Lives Matter protest. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Ahei'Ah Greer, 11 and her brother Malachi, 9, hold out their arms before hugging while helping set up tables sell different items during the unofficial Old West End Festival in the Old West End in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Black Lives Matters protestors Darius Smith lies in the middle of the street at the intersection of Sylvania Avenue and Jackman Road in Toledo with his dog to protest the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Robert Harris is lifted out of his wheelchair to take a symbolic knee as protesters rally during an event organized by Neighborhoods United at Washington Park in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. Demonstrators took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer knelt on his neck, ignoring Floyd's pleas that he could not breathe. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - 3rd place - Massillon police officer Miguel Riccio reacts while carrying the ashes of his K-9 Inca during a remembrance for the police dog at Duncan Plaza in Massillon. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
General News - HM - Activists flood High Street during a march against police brutality in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - HM - A protester is tackled by police after he threw a bottle at them as protesters and police clash during the protests in Dayton following the George Floyd murder. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Illustration - 1st place - Woman hold test tube to to illustrate Covid-19 testing. (Rick Osentoski / Freelance)
Illustration - 2nd place - A baseball sits in the baseball helmet rack in the dugout at Dublin Coffman High School. Ohio High School Athletic Association cancelled spring sports after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that schools would remain closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the coronavirus COVID-19. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 3rd place - Hummus bowl with Falafel at Zaytoon Mediterranean Grill in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Lydia Rogers of Akron sheds a tear as she protests against police brutality in front of Harold K. Stubbs Justice Center. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 2nd place - Abraham Millender of Akron covers his face with a U.S. flag as he looks up at the Harold K. Stubbs Justice Center during a protest against police brutality in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 3rd place - Reynoldsburg senior sprinter Doniven Jackson hoped to advance to the Division I state meet for the third consecutive season before spring sports were canceled in response to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Lake's Emily Lippe (23) is welcomed home after her home run during the fourth inning of the Federal League All-Star Softball Game at Willig Field. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Cars go by an empty grandstand during the Herr's Potato Chips 200 ARCA race at the Toledo Speedway. Spectators were not allowed at this race due to coronavirus concerns. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Columbus South's Trevell Adams practices his three point shot at Driving Park Community Center Center during the the summer on August 20, 2019. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - Cincinnati police subdue Kaleb Moore, 24, by projectile stun gun after a four-hour standoff Freeman Avenue in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati. Police were first alerted of Moore, who has history of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia at about 5 p.m. and he was Tased at least once before he was taken into custody. Moore was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center for evaluation. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 2nd place - Daquane Stephens shouts "black lives matter" as he is hauled away on a stretcher after being hit by a motorist while protesting at the intersection of South Arlington and Johnston in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 3rd place - Cincinnati police investigate a homicide at Back and Hamer streets in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. The call originally came in for a person shot and a large disorderly crowd near Back and Hamer streets. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 1st place - Celina’s Karissa Frederick (3) attempts to avoid the tag out by Parkway’s Gracyn Temple (6) in the fourth inning at Westview Park in Celina. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports - 2nd place - Tucker Connelly jumps over a barrel at Highland Park Skate Park in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 3rd place - St. Henry’s Isaac Wendel (22) tags Celina’s Caden Highley out at second base in the 1st inning at the Wally Post Athletic Complex in St. Henry. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Story - 1st place - Last year Trevell Adams lead South High School to the Division II state championship game for the first time since 1965. The run to the championship game propelled Trevell to start receiving interest from Division 1 and Division 2 colleges. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Bedford School Board member Todd Bruning has been criticized for social media posts that have been described to be anti-Muslim, anti-LGBTQ, misogynistic, and racist, and on Friday a group of demonstrators who have been affiliated with the Black Lives Matter in Toledo movement following the death of George Floyd brought their efforts north of the Ohio-Michigan state line. Demonstrators marched nearly one mile to the intersection of Secor and Summerfield, where they were confronted by supporters of Mr. Bruning, outside of his business, (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Protesters lay down in the intersection of North Main Street and East Tallmadge Avenue in honor of George Floyd during a march against police brutality in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - HM - Friends and family of Na’Kia Crawford gather in West North Street for a candlelight vigil at the spot where she was shot and killed, June 15 in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - HM - Toledo Police Chief George Kral listens to Mariah Coleman during a protest on South Reynolds Road in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
