Feature - 1st placeKids crowd the aquarium glass to catch a glimpse of a scuba diving Santa Claus at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium during the Wildlights member preview night. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd placeMorris Finney Jr. wipes away tears as he listens to "God Bless America" at Beachwood Cemetery at 11am, November 11th, 2012. Finney, 89, served in the Army and fought in New Guinea, the Phiippines and Japan during WWII. His uncle, he says, served in Europe while Finney was in the Pacific. His uncle was shot and killed off the Bay of Biscay. (Lynn Ischay / The Plain Dealer)
Feature - 3rd placeA Thanksgiving turkey weighs in at over 21 pounds at Brunty Farms in Bath Township. Jeff and Mel Brunty spent all day weighing and sorting their 700 pasture-raised turkeys, preparing to process them in time for Thanksgiving, then Christmas. They sorted the large fowl by weight, the smaller will be left to gain weight for Christmas. (Lynn Ischay / The Plain Dealer)
Feature - HMA Roseate Spoonbill bird cleans its feet inside The RainForest at the Cleveland MetroParks Zoo. The Spoonbill is from the rain forest of the amazon basin. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - 1st placeMayor Michael B. Coleman (center right) speaks to guests of the Hilton Columbus Downtown, attending a reception to celebrate the opening of the hotel after switching on the power to the special lighting of the skybridge after it's official opening which links the hotel and the Greater Columbus Convention Center. (Thomas Levinson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd placeSherrod Brown and family members celebrate the senator reclaiming his seat during the Ohio Democratic Party's election night festivities at the Hilton Columbus Downtown hotel. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeRodina Elasbali (left) reacts to the sting of a flu shot administered by Jim Black, a LPN with the Columbus Public Health Department. Rodina , a second grader at Noble Academy, was one of 9 students to get vaccinated. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - HMWaiting in line to vote makes for a fussy baby; Jill Crist gave son Redmund, 9 months, keys to play with while casting her ballot at Blackburn Recreation Center.. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st placeJosh Harden and his mobile vintage clothing shop at rest in its storage space on the east side of Columbus. Harden usually does business setting up at night at Gallery Hop and other public venues. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeWilkins "The Hispanic Hurricane" Santiago poses in the ring at Freddie's Gym in Lorain, Ohio. (Sam Greene / The Morning Journal)
Portrait - 3rd placeLuther Henson leans on his 1964 Chevy Impala Super Sport as he poses for a photograph in the driveway of his North Side Columbus home. This Impala and a 1969 Chevy Chevelle Super Sport were stolen from his garage as well as other items that counted together were worth hundreds of thousands. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HMShelly McNulty, of Poplar Creek Pastured Poultry near Baltimore, holds one of her heritage turkeys a Bourbon Red. Her entire lot of turkeys sold for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeAs Moeller celebrates in the background, Pickerington North senior Jake Butt (1) reacts after a missed run to the end zone cost them the game in the fourth quarter of the OHSAA Division I state semifinal football game at Dayton Welcome Stadium. The Archbishop Moeller Fighting Crusaders defeated the Pickerington North Panthers 26 - 21 to move on to the state championship game. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeDublin Jerome team reaction after letting in the winning Pickerington North goal in a second overtime. (Tim Revell / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeLoraine Merchant (left), 70, gets a spare during a game of Wii Bowling at the Dodge Community Center. Loraine, Doreen Wright, (center), 81, and Frances Points, 91, were practicing for the 2012 Fall Wii Bowling Scotch Doubles League tournament. Last year the center placed 3rd in the city. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeFamily members react after arriving to the scene of a shooting at Seventh and Spring Ave NE in Canton. Craig D. Avery, 27, was pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center after a dice game lead to the fatal shooting. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Spot News - 2nd placeTamera Swoveland-Raye (left) comforts Johnny McLeod, who had just learned of his friends death outside the home (background) of Jeffrey Stutts Sr. who was shot and killed at the residence on 17th Street in Canton. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Spot News - 3rd placeA student looks out the window of a Canton City School bus which struck a parked car at the corner of 10th Street and Ross NE in Canton. School children were onboard the bus at the time although no on was injured. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Sports - 1st placeOhio State center Ashley Adams (33) blocks the shot of Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Skylar Diggins (4) during the 1st half of the Carrier Classic on the Yorktown Carrier in Charleston, S.C. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd placeJohnstown's Hayden Bullard gets upended while running back a kick-off during their regional championship game against St. Clairsville at Zanesville High School. (Chris Parker / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports - 3rd placeOhio State defensive back Christian Bryant (2) breaks up a pass intended for Michigan wide receiver Jeremy Gallon (10) in the fourth quarter at Ohio Stadium. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Sports - HMDarren Chang, 13, of the Carmel Juniors table tennis team, sets up for a serve against Brian Fowler, of Michigan, during the last day of the three-day Butterfly Thanksgiving Team Championships at the Columbus Convention Center. (Thomas Levinson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st placeLike other coal-fired power plants, the Cardinal plant on the Ohio River draws water to cool steam after it is used to turn the turbines. The steam then condenses back to water in Brilliant, Ohio. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placePresident Barack Obama greets the crowd of 15,500 at Nationwide Arena. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeJustin holds the deer down as his father Jim begins the process of field dressing the animal, cutting out the vital organs to prevent the meat from being tainted during a youth only deer hunt at Dillon State Park in Nashport. (Thomas Levinson / The Columbus Dispatch)
