NEFeature - 1st place - Saundra Chapman, of Galloway, dressed as the Cowardly Lion, greets Elliott Kubu of Ashville during the annual Boo on Broadway Halloween event on the Promenade in Grove City. Twenty-four local businesses and civic organizations reserved tables to hand out candy, treats and other items to trick-or-treaters. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - 2nd place - An Ohio State student walks by the The Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the Ohio State University campus. The late afternoon sun brightened up the fall foliage on campus. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - "Devo" a 15 year old Whippet, dons his winter coat during a long walk along Adena Brook with Andy Hoppe, and "Thornley" a 4 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback in Whetstone Park in Columbus. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - Jessica Mitchell, 16, with Hershey, a nearly 5-year-old German shepherd mix in Swanton. Hershey was spooked by fireworks and ran from his Swancreek Township home in early July, 2016. He had been on the run for more than a year when he was finally caught in Samaria, Mich. with the help of The Devoted Barn. He was reunited with Jessica on November 7. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Soon Dong Kim of South Korea waits with her daughter Ruby Kim before taking the oath of citizenship along with her husband Yongsu Kim (not pictured) during a naturalization ceremony presided over by Federal District Judge Michael H. Watson at the Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Kitani cuddles her newborn silverback gorilla Mokonzi at the Toledo Zoo. The infant western lowland gorilla is the first born at the Toledo Zoo since 2003. He arrived overnight after Thanksgiving, born to 23-year-old Kitani and fathered by the zoo’s silverback male, 29-year-old Kwisha. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
AGeneral News - HM - After all the other kids had crossed the finish line, and with some encouragement from the turkey mascot and hundreds of spectators, Austin Evans, 3, who requires a walker to aid his movement, makes his way to the finish line for the Tot Trot at the annual Chase Columbus Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day in Upper Arlington. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Ohio State's Jae'Sean Tate poses for a portrait on October 27. Tate's mother was murder by her boyfriend when he was a child. Tate talked about his mother and the murder for the first time. “It took a few years until I actually started to calm down and become who I am today, but without that (whole ordeal) happening I don’t think I would be here.” (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Calvin Fluellen was sent to youth prison for accidentally shooting and killing his friend while playing with a gun. Since his release, Calvin has been participating in Columbus Recreation and Parks Douglas Community Center boxing program and will be boxing in the Tribute to Muhammad Ali Boxing Showcase on Oct. 21. Calvin was practicing boxing at Douglas Community Recreation. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
MTPortrait - 3rd place - John Bergmann, a World War II Army veteran, poses for a portrait on at his home in Upper Arlington. Bergmann, 97, is the last-surviving member of his codebreaking unit. During the war, Bergmann, who studied mathematics in college at the University of Pittsburgh, worked in a unit of 25 men who translated and tried to break Japanese and German codes. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
SPSports Feature - 1st place - Ohio State freshman Bailey Mayes (left) raises her arm as freshman Alli Payne applies body paint outside the Block O student section before a game against Illinois at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
SPSports Feature - 2nd place - Hartley's Nate Jackson sits in disbelief as Dresden Tri-Valley players celebrate a 13-9 Division III regional final victory at White Field in Newark. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Thomas Worthington players celebrate after they defeated Columbus Academy in the state field hockey championship at Upper Arlington High School. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - Firefighters work to put the flames of a crashed semi truck where State Route 53 south splits from US 20 West in Fremont. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Madison Township emergency responders and representatives from Columbia Gas investigate the scene after a house exploded in the 3300 block of Everson Road East sending two people to the hospital with injuries. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Firefighters respond to an electrocution at 1772 Coventry Street on in Akron. A New Franklin man was declared dead on the scene when the bucket lift he was using to trim trees for a homeowner made contact with a 23 kilo-volt power line. (Leah Klafczynski / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 1st place - Dayton's Nick Hagenkord battles for a ball against George Mason during a heavy downpour at Baujan Field in Dayton. The Dayton Flyers defeated Mason 5-2 (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
SSports - 2nd place - Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) dives for the end zone in the second quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 3rd place - UMass's Davis Smith and Ulrik Edvarson of VCU battle for control of the ball during the Atlantic 10 conference championship match at Baujan field on the campus of the University of Dayton. UMass defeated VCU 3-1 to clinch the title and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
SSports - HM - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14) is brought down by Jacksonville Jaguars outside linebacker Myles Jack (44) with no flag thrown in the first quarter of at EverBank Field in Jacksonville. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
SStory - 1st place - Columbus Crew forward Federico Higuain (left) celebrates a goal by Ola Kamara with forward Pedro Santos (32) during the first half of the MLS Eastern Conference semifinal playoff game against the New York City FC in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer hugs offensive lineman Billy Price (54) as the team arrives at Michigan Stadium before their game against Wolverines on November 25 in Ann Arbor. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Connie Weyer stands in front of her 32-foot Coachman camper. The force of the tornado picked the camper up, lifted it over a 10-foot deck and overturned it on its side. Three weeks before the tornado hit, a fire destroyed the family's barn which included five vintage cars and a vintage motorcycle. (Molly Corfman / The News-Messenger)
