Feature - 1st placeAlysha Wood, of Newark ,wraps up a evening of trick or treating in Newark during the annual Halloween on the square with her mom Tina Wood keeping a careful eye on the way back to their truck. Alysha says it was her desire to go as a traffic light. Her father Phil Wood used a u-haul box and plastic plates and 8 hours of work to make the costume. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd placeAnjewel Wood, tries to tag her brother Jaylin, as their dad Jason climbs away above them at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Jason and his five kids were playing an intense game of tag on the jungle jim made of ropes. "We come here a lot," said Jason Wood. " One of our favorite things to do is play tag here." (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeMaggie and Mia watch as marathon runners speed past them along High Street in Columbus. They were with their owners Chad and Rachel Haas. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HMMalik Lewis, drum major for the East High School Tigers, leads the band to the stadium. The school has a tradition of marching through the neighborhoods to the stadium for the homecoming game. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HMDawn Combs instructs girl scouts and some girl scout moms as they take an herbal facial steam at Mockingbird Meadows. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st placeMaria Alvares, 85, of Cleveland cheers seeing President Barack Obama for the first time in her life as he walks on stage at Cleveland State University. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - 2nd placeSenator Sherrod Brown (left) reacts as Treasurer Josh Mandel does not shake his hand first after their second senatorial debate at the Nationwide Center in downtown Columbus. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeLaura Crosby checks on her son Matt, resting and waiting to be weighed in, on East Main Street at the Circleville Pumpkin Show. Bob Liggett's won at 1,315 pounds, Crosby was 2nd place at 1,216.5 pounds. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - HMAn excited supporter in the crowd hugs Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan during a rally at Young’s Jersey Dairy. Ryan gave a brief speech and then shook hands and posed for photos with supporters in the crowd of approximately two thousand people. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - HMA boy reacts to the heat from a candle during a candlelight vigil at 5012 Kain Ave. to honor murder victims Amparo "Patty" Torres, 40, and her daughter Hilda Garcia, 20. The pair were killed Friday, Oct. 5 in their home at the same address. (William A. West / Freelance)
Portrait - 1st placeCelebrity Chef Michael Symon has a new book coming out called "Carnivore". He is pictured here with a piece of raw meat, a standing rib roast. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Portrait - 2nd placeRod Bodwalk shows off a collection of bed bugs he has killed in his Columbus apartment. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeJess Peacock, of Columbus, a student at Methodist Theological School is researching the intersection of vampires with religion. He is cast in the shadow of the model Cthulhu from the H.P. Lovecraft. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HMRoyce Hilderbrand with some of his Face Jugs at CCAD. Royce, a senior fine art major said he has made about 50 of the Face Jugs this year after his professor taught him about old moonshine vessels. Royce said that although practical, his artwork is intended as gallery work and not for moonshine. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeEmma Felty (1) of Catholic Central is mobbed by teammates after scoring with less than a minute left to upset rival Greeneview, winning the conference title outright for the first time in over a decade. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeColton Butler, 4, of Plain Township dressed as Spider Man as he got to know the Cavaliers Girls outside the Canton Civic Center prior to the Cavaliers preseason game with the Milwaukee Bucks. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeHelen Kelso (left) and Joan Rohr battle it out during a game of shuffleboard at the Dodge Community Center. The seniors compete with other recreation centers as well as each other. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HMWhitehall's Cameron Barker and the rest of the Rams gather their thoughts in the Gahanna locker room prior to their home game against Newark Catholic. Whitehall plays their home games on other schools field because of the construction going on the their High School. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports Feature - HMYouth football players on the Lou Groza Football League stand on the brand new field during a Gatorade Junior Training Camp at the new Lou Groza Field at Roehm Middle School in Berea. Through a partnership between the Browns, Berea City School District and the Lou Groza Football League, a new football field/stadium was constructed at Roehm Middle School as a way to pay tribute to the late Lou Groza. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Spot News - 1st placeA crash victim is seen through the rippling heat rising off the burning car they escaped from as firefighters carry them to a medic unit after the car they were in struck a tree along Fletcher-Chapel Road in Harmony Township and burst into flames. The driver and passenger were both transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd placeA crane operator from KRN Crane Service prepares to lift the giant Motel 8 sign off the cab of a semi-truck parked in its parking lot along Leffel Lane in Springfield. According to witnesses, the sign was blown over by the wind. There were no injuries reported but the truck was severely damaged. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd placeTwo women and two children out for an evening walk in Dublin were injured when all four were hit by the same vehicle. (Thomas Levinson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st placeDesi Kirkman, (82) of Wittenberg somersaults over Mychael Gilliam (20) of Chicago for a touchdown at Edwards-Maurer Field in Springfield. A video of the flipping Kirkman later graced the number two spot of ESPN's Top Plays. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 2nd placeNew Albany's Nick Clemons (55) and Joe Siegenthaler (2) come together to tackle gets Olentangy's Victor Elmurr (81) after a catch during the 1st half of their game at New Albany High School. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeGrove City Christian junior Cameron Michalak gathers a clump of grass as he hits on to the fairway on the 11th hole during the final day of the Division III boys high school state tournament at the NorthStar Golf Club. Michalak shot 73 - 78 for a two-day total of 151 which was good for second place in the individual Division III competition. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HMLake's Doug Michel, gets separated from his helmet while making a tackle on GlenOak's Jason Simon during the first quarter of their game. Also in on the tackle for Lake was Matt Blasiole, 45. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Sports - HMOhio State Buckeyes cornerback Travis Howard (7) blocks the punt by Indiana University punter Erich Toth (39) during the second quarter of at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st placeEllora's Cave photographer Syneca Featherstone captures a fun image for Lisa Martin of Winchester, VA, who poses with Caveman Georgio, (left) from Budapest and Caveman Rodney Chatman from Detroit. Participants in Ellora's Cave's RomantiCon, an annual romantic fiction writers' convention, had the opportunity to have photos taken with whichever cavemen they chose, one or all 11. (Lynn Ischay / The Plain Dealer)
Story - 2nd placeNatalie Hosey, 9, stands along High Street and offers a high five to a passing runner in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeHalf-marathon runner Drew Glenn, of Reynoldsburg, reacts as he crosses the finish line during the Columbus Marathon. Glenn ran the half-marathon in 1:57:33. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HMPresident Barack Obama greets the crowd after speaking to 14,000 people on the Ohio University campus in Athens. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HMRepublican Mitt Romney waves from his campaign bus after giving his remarks at Bun's Restaurant in Delaware. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
