Feature - 1st place - Dover Police Officer Jason Doughty works with Argo, a Salem Police Department dog, during training sessions, in Dover. The two were among many select officer invited to participate in live training sessions hosted by Canton Police Officer Chris Heslop, of the Police K-9 Association. (Andrew Dolph - The Times Reporter)
Feature - 2nd place - The annual tradition of soon-to-be graduates taking photos under the Ohio Stadium rotunda in their regalia continues as hospitality management major Medina Nurahmed of Asmara, Eritrea poses for friend Yabesera Tadesse. (Adam Cairns - The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Tour participants operate a Pennsylvania Lines 106 Hand Car during one of two Blue Flag tours open to the public at the Age of Steam Roundhouse and Museum in Sugarcreek. (Andrew Dolph - The Times Reporter)
General News - 1st place - Maumee resident Wendy Waisner, from left, laughs as her husband Denton Waisner, a newly graduated member of Fire Class 295, makes faces to the amusement of their daughter Amelia Waisner, age 10 months, following a graduation ceremony on Friday, May 20, 2022 at Bowsher High School in Toledo. (Isaac Rithcey - The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Olatunji Muyideen Yusuff, originally from Nigeria, kisses his son Wareez, 4, after becoming a US citizen during a Naturalization Ceremony Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the Civic Center Mall in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth - The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Mitch Kaiser along with wife Cambra Kaiser and son Eijah, 4, head to their car in the pouring rain after voting Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Old Orchard Elementary School in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth - The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Kurt Krahnke plays the upright bass during the Salvation Army Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at The Venues. (Jeremy Wadsworth - The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Rich Dubler, who is retiring from Otsego schools as their music teacher and band conductor poses for a portrait in his classroom Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Tontogany, Ohio. Dubler has been the band director at Otsego Local Schools for 20 years. (J.D. Pooley - Sentinel-Tribune )
Portrait - 3rd place - Golf pro Gerry Hammond at The Golf Depot in Gahanna. (Barbara J. Perenic - The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Springfield head coach Rob Gwozdz and his granddaughter Hallee Hall, 4, are doused with water after the Blue Devils defeated Anthony Wayne, 5-4, during an OHSAA Division I regional semifinal softball game at Gibsonburg High School in Gibsonburg. (Jeremy Wadsworth - The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Oak Harbor players celebrate their victory as a Lexington player reacts after the Division II regional final game at New Riegel High School. Oak Harbor won 5-4. (Kurt Steiss - The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Clay’s dugout cheers for their teammates during a Three Rivers Athletic Conference game against St. Francis at St. Francis de Sales’ High School in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson - The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Strongsville Aidan Cunningham (left) celebrates at second base as Wadsworth’s Skyler Kries hangs his head during the seventh inning of a Division I district championship game at Strongsville High School. (Jeff Lange - Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 1st place - A couple kisses as they watch Toledo firefighters battle a house fire on the corner of Prescott Street and Horton Street in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson - The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - A member of the State Highway Patrol stands by as a family member grieves at the scene of a fatal two car accident on Urbana Road north of Ohio 334. (Bill Lackey - Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place - The driver of a pickup truck, at left in grey shirt, which rolled approximately 30 yards into a cornfield, stands with family members on Ridge Rd. NE near University Dr., in Goshen Township. No specific cause of the crash was reported by the Ohio State Patrol Trooper on scene conducting the investigation. (Andrew Dolph - The Times Reporter)
Sports - 1st place - Perrysburg’s Laura Valette falls over the last hurdle while competing in the 300 meter hurdles during the Northern Lakes League track and field championships at Napoleon High School in Napoleon. (Isaac Ritchey - The Blade)
Sports - 2nd place - Macaira Fox (left) of Tuslaw tries to make a sliding catch of a ball hit by Reagan Irons of South Range during their Div III regional semifinal game at Ravenna. Lillian Bucher covers her head on the play. (Scott Heckel - The Canton Repository)
Sports - 3rd place - New Philadelphia’s Charlie Gibbs is tagged out at home by West Lafayette catcher, Evan Tice in the bottom of the fourth inning during the Div II sectional final game at Tuscora Park (Andrew Dolph - The Times Reporter)
Sports - HM - Westerville North's Brock Wright has his hat fall over his face as he makes an errant throw to first base against Canal Winchester at Westerville North High School. (Shane Flanigan - ThisWeek Community News)
Story - 1st place - Jeremiah Hughes (left) and Gloria Cowell say goodbye to their daughter during the funeral for 7-month-old Desire Hughes at Warren AME Church in Toledo. Desire was killed in a drive-by shooting while in the car with her Dad last week. (Rebecca Benson - The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Twenty people take the oath of citizenship during a Naturalization Ceremony at the Civic Center Mall in Toledo.Olatunji Muyideen Yusuff, originally from Nigeria, kisses his son Wareez, 4, after becoming a US citizen during a Naturalization Ceremony at the Civic Center Mall in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth - The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Kathy Kujda chants on the corner of Secor and Central Avenue during the Mother's Day March for Choice in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson - The Blade)
