Feature - 1st place - Caitlin Federer rehearses with other Central Ohio Youth Ballet dancers for the spring performance, “Bravo 2015!” at Dennison University's Ace Morgan Theater. (Jessica Phelps / Newark Advocate)
Feature - 2nd place - Byron Mann, standing, hammers in one of the 708 white cross into the ground with help from Mike Shipkowski during set up for The Field of Heroes in Westerville. Each white cross represents (1 for every 10) fallen American troops in the modern wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This photo was taken through an American flag. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Future prima ballerinas get ready for their performance "Dancing in the Street" presented by the Eagle Dance Center at Bucyrus Elementary School. (Mitchell Pe Masilun / The (Mansfield) News Journal)
General News - 1st place - Olivia Elliott (right) of Columbia, Maryland holds onto her great-grandfather Marion C Gray of Groveport and also a Combat Medic Tec III 29th Division 116th Infantry Regiment Company A during the grand opening dedication of the new wing of the Motts Military Museum in Groveport. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Prophet Johnson, 13, (right) covers his face as he exits a Licking County Juvenile courtroom. Johnson was ordered to be held in the Multi-County Juvenile Detention Facility in Lancaster after being charged with one count of complicity to aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony equivalency account, and aggravated riot, a fourth-degree felony at a house party in Utica. (Jessica Phelps / Newark Advocate)
AGeneral News - 3rd place - World War II Army veteran of the 102 Infantry Division, Noel Brotherton, 92, and his wife Pat Brotherton, 88, of Sharonville take a moment to read names on the Veteran Tribute Wall at the new "Treasures of Our Military Past" exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center. The military exhibit features pieces of military history dating back to the Revolutionary War. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - HM - Charlotte Rhea, of the East Side, gently maneuvers her hat out of a the car as she arrives during the 15th annual Les Chapeaux dans le Jardin, or "Hat Day," at Franklin Park Conservatory. Rhea called her hat "color explosion" and said it made her think of Mardi Gras. The annual spring fundraiser at the Conservatory brings together a few hundred guests in all sorts of hats imaginable to raise more than 3.3 million dollars over 15 years for the Conservatory's education programs. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Sebastian Longstreth dances in his play pen in his South Zanesville. The three year old has overcome a host of medical difficulties, including a decreasing dependance on his breathing tubes. (Chris Crook / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Portrait - 2nd place - Don Gfell, with his light bulb collection. Don runs the Sights and Sounds of Edison shop. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Daniel George of Forest, Ohio stands next to his broken stove in his yard after a power surge in 2014 fried almost all of his appliances in his home. George lost more than $4,500 worth of appliances and AEP refused to pay for the damage, so he filed a complaint with the state. The state said AEP is not liable for malfunctioning AEP equipment. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HM - John Fairchild, 83, and his wife Beverly, 81, of Shelby pose for a photograph on their 1960s Cushman Silver Eagle scooters in front of their camper during the 20th annual Mid-Ohio Classic Scooters Show and Swap Meet at Pastime Park in Plain City. The couple has been riding Cushman's since 1965 and they have been coming to the swap meet every year for a number of years. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Westerville Central junior Jeremiah Clarke (3) leaps onto the dog pile as the Warhawks celebrate their victory over Olentangy Liberty in the Division I regional championship at Dublin Coffman High School. The Westerville Central Warhawks defeated the Olentangy Liberty Patriots 9 - 6 to move on to the Division I state finals. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Carrollton's Quinton Huggett (left) and Cole Lovett (right) help injured teammate Austin Keefer off the track after the 4x800 relay at the Division II Regional Track and Field Tournament at Muskingum University in New Concord. (Shane Flanigan / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Toledo Mud Hens pitcher Melvin Mercedes lifts teammate Josh Wilson (6) into the air after Wilson delivered the game-winning RBI as the Hens beat the Gwinnett Braves 5-4 in 12 innings at Fifth Third Field. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Robin Day, Kathy Hammel and Staci Hearth, of Bedford, Ind., embrace after competing in the Flying Pig 5K. "We ran in honor of our friend and trainer, Ken Barnes, who passed away suddenly a few weeks ago. We've all been training together for awhile now," said Hammel. (Amanda Rossmann / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st place - A sobbing Lavon Logan (third from left) is consoled by family members after Columbus Police removed her brother's body during the investigation of the fatal shooting at 368 N. Roosevelt Ave. on the East Side near Bexley. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd place - Members of the Springfield Fire Division and the Clark County building inspectors office look over the structure at Opportunities Gardens Apartments after the driver of a Lincoln Towncar drove into the building. There were no injuries in the crash but one of the apartments was heavily damaged. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place - Brian Hurst, a Milan Township fireman, is surrounded in flames as a car fire flares up due to a gas leak on Mason Road in Huron. Amber Kryger, of Milan, and her four children escaped from the vehicle before it caught fire following an accident. (Angela Wilhelm / Sandusky Register)
SSports - 1st place - Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips (4) leaps to save a wild pick-off throw down to second base as San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford (35) slides in safely on a steal during the second inning at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SSports - 2nd place - Lakota junior Melissa Jacobson (10) remains on the ground after being put out at second base by Mason second baseman Olivia Hopkins (6) during the bottom of the seventh inning of their Div I district championship game at Northmont High School in Clayton. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 3rd place - Olentangy Liberty first baseman Kaylin Lee (11) can't make the catch at first as Gahanna's Lauren Woodward (35) arrives safely in the first inning during a Division I regional softball game at Buckeye Field. This throwing error was one of at least 4 errors by Liberty in the 16-1 loss that ended by the mercy rule after 5 innings. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st place - Bill Kirkendall and Dick Jefferies relax outside their Airstreams at the Richland County Fairgrounds. About 100 Airstreams, a brand of luxury recreational vehicles, will have their annual weeklong meeting and rally at the Fairgrounds. (Mitchell Pe Masilun / The (Mansfield) News Journal)
Story - 2nd place - Mayya Jewett, 5, throws up confetti as she waits for the start of the Family Fun Walk during the 2015 Komen Race for the Cure in downtown Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch )
Story - 3rd place - Ennio Emmanuel waits to retake the stage during a performance at Clay High School in Oregon. The foreign language department at the school hosted the singer who promotes the importance of learning a second language. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
