Feature - 1st placeThe Boonshoft Museum of Discovery's Andy Bergeron cleans a stuffed polar bear as he and other employees work to get the museum's new branch ready to open in the old Elder Beerman location at the Upper Valley Mall in Springfield. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 2nd placeJack, a 6 year old Dalmatian, likes to go for long walks in the park with Tony Quach from Pickerington. They were in Blacklick Woods Metro Park where they walk 10 miles every day, five days a week. Tony said that Jack is waiting for him at the foot of the stairs, ready to go for a walk, every morning, (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeDaniel Canfield runs the trails at the Blendon Woods Metropolitan Park in Columbus. Canfield, who attends the Tree of Life Christian School, just finished his cross country season and was training for the other races he hopes to compete in this year. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place Jim Walter, president of the Great Eastern Theatre company, speaks about the storm damage to the Sundance Kid Drive-In in Oregon. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
General News - 2nd placeRobert Caulley listens as his sister Pattie Deblo makes a statement during a hearing before Judge Charles A. Schneider in Franklin County Common Pleas Court in Columbus. Caulley accepted a plea bargain and confessed to murdering his parents nearly 17 years ago. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeMembers of the 121st Columbus police recruit class drop out of formation to to do push ups and leg lifts after the flag was not lowered properly at the end of the a training day at the Columbus Police Academy. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st placeKaren Buchwald Wright, president of Ariel Corp. at what will be Ariel-Foundation Park, made possible by her $1.75 million gift. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeGahanna-Lincoln senior Javon Bess poses for a photograph during basketball practice at Gahanna-Lincoln High School. Recently signed with Michigan State, Bess led Gahanna to a 22-6 record and a regional final as a junior last season as well as averaging 18.5 points and 7.5 rebounds. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeRobert Boyte, of Westerville, poses for a photograph in the studio with his Electrolux vacuum from the 1940s. Purchased by his uncle during World War II for more than $70, Boyte has been using the Electrolux every week for 18 years and his mother before him since 1947. He said he's only ever had to replace the power cord. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeOhio running back Beau Blankenship listens to music in the locker room prior to the game against Kent State at Peden Stadium in Athens. (Daniel Kubus / Ohio University)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeDublin Jerome's Carly Davis receives some words of encouragement from coach Ken Schuster following the Division I state cross country meet at National Trail Raceway. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeWayne Warrior Chad Swanson celebrates his touchdown in the first half of their Division 1 regional semi-final football game game at Upper Arlington High School. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeKim Anderson, wife of murder victim Elliott "Pacman" Dowdell (left) receives a hug from Dowdell's niece Jasmin Axson at the murder scene on 3418 Hiawatha Avenue in Ashtabula. (William A. West / )
Spot News - 2nd placeThe sun rises behind a unoccupied model home on Berryvile Road in the Shenandoah Commons that was blown off it's foundation during a Halloween night storm. No one was injured. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd placeKLG Ambulance personnel remove sheriff's Deputy Willie Coleman from his cruiser. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports - 1st placeOhio State quarterback Braxton Miller (5) flips into the end zone for a touchdown as he is hit by Indiana linebacker Forisse Hardin (4) in the second quarter during a game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd placeOhio State running back Carlos Hyde (34) is tackled by Purdue safety Taylor Richards (4) and defensive back Frankie Williams (24) during a game at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeMichael Gilbert (left) of Bishop Watterson and Luke Kasson (23) of Revere compete for a ball during the OHSAA Division II state soccer championship game at Columbus Crew Stadium. Revere won the game 2-0. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st placeRenter Elizabeth Hall shows off the upstairs bedroom with bedbugs to Columbus Code officers Danielle Weber at 154 Midland Ave. in Columbus during an inspection. Renter Elizabeth Hall called Columbus code enforcement to report problems with the house. Code officers showed up 3 weeks later. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeAfter countless and expensive fertility treatments Annie Johnston and her husband Joby were still not parents. That is when Annie's sister Chrissy volunteered to be a surrogate mother. While implanting eggs in Chrissy it was decided that Annie try once again as well. Suddenly, Annie and Joby were expecting quads. Annie Johnston undergoes an ultrasound at Riverside Hospital's Women's Health Center while her husband Joby and sister Chrissy Knott watch the results on a wall monitor. Both sisters are expecting twins and Annie is the biological mother for them all. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Story - 3rd placeMelvin begins to gather up the few possessions that were not put into storage while living in motels. He and Patricia had decided to move to Newark after spending a year in Columbus, but when their new housing in Newark fell through they were left homeless. (Jessica Phelps / Newark Advocate)
