Feature - 1st place - Ben Tolford of Oldtown East rides his skateboard at the corner Capital and Lazelle St. downtown. The service coordinator at the YMCA downtown has been skating for 13 years. (Jeff Hinckley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Tents are ready for vendors to set up in at the opening of Columbus Commons. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Two women embrace at the conclusion of rally outside the Ohio Statehouse on May 5. The rally was hosted by Stand Up For Ohio, a coalition of labor, student, faith-based, and progressive groups. They protested Ohio Governor John Kasich's budget for Ohio and also Senate Bill 5 which limits collective bargaining for public employees. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HM - Backlit by a seldom seen sun, Madison Tibbals creates a long soap bubble while playing at Highbanks Metro Park with her mother Halli and little sister Hayden, 3. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - John Lawhorn, of Roxabell, takes a break from rebuilding the flooded interior of his house, to hold his daughter Grace. A levee broke on a branch of Little Creek flooding his property. (Jeff Hinckley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Brian Sturgill (left) fixes a bike for his son Brandon at their west side home in Columbus. Brian is part of a new demographic of single parents raising children. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Warren County Sheriff Larry L. SIms kisses the casket of fallen Warren County Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Dulle inside Christ's Church at Mason for his funeral in Mason. (Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - HM - Staff photo by Marshall Gorby (Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - HM - Grace Wood, 81, looks for her great-granddaughter's artwork at Edgewood Elementary's Fine Arts Night. (Eric George / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Portrait - 1st place - Ruth Sazo, owner of Viva Mexico in North Royalton is silhouetted in the bar area of the restaurant. (Kyle Lanzer / Sun Newspapers)
Portrait - 2nd place - (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Mark Buchwalder (left) and his daughter, Diane Buchwalder, show off their colorful leggings at the Ohio Statehouse before the start of the 50th Tour of the Scioto River Valley. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - A resident at the Beaver Valley Resort near Springfield reacts to flooding outside his trailer. (Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - (Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place - Todd Allen of Orient pushes his grandfather, Richard Frazier's truck away from the house a little more that he crashed into at 1702 Frank Rd. in Columbus. Todd was not in the truck at the time but came from Orient to give his grandfather a ride home. Richard said his brakes gave out causing the crash . No one one was home at the time of the crash. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - HM - Neighbors hug after being rescued by members of the Springfield Twp. Fire Division from their homes along South Charleston Pike after flood waters surrounded their house following a heavy thunderstorm. (Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - South Range coaches Donee Feren and Frank Yanek had quite a surprise for the Raider softball team after it defeated Ursuline 10-1 in the Div. III district final at Dickey Field in Lisbon. (Patricia Shaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports - 2nd place - Bexley catcher Liz Williams waits for the ball as Desales Kelsey Seeds slides into home to put the Stallions up 6-0 in the sixth inning of their tournament game at Desales. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports - 3rd place - Salem outfielder Keaton O'Brien makes a diving catch attempt during a 3-1 win over Crestview. (Patricia Shaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports - HM - Salem's Scott Lodge wins the 300-meter hurdles the hard way with a tumble as East Palestine's Mike Salyers finishes second at the Columbiana County Track and Field Meet at Salem's Reilly Stadium. (Patricia Shaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Story - 1st place - Safe Streets East outreach worker Corey Peterkin (left) talks to a client at the corner of N. Belnord Avenue and Orleans Street in Baltimore, MD. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Kathleen Notestine copies bible phrases while sitting in her room. She lives with a roommate and they get help from workers with Absolute Care. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Cayden Christopher and Cillian along with mom Brittany make posters to welcome home her their dad Corey from Afghanistan at their Pickerington home. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HM - (Neal C. Lauron / The Columbus Dispatch)
