Feature - 1st placeSharon Hines, of Shawnee Hills, picks up her dog Punkin, at Fido Fest held on the Worthington Village Green. Punkin, all of 3 1/2 pounds, is a rescue dog from an Ohio puppy mill, according to Hines. As a puppy, Punkin was crammed into an overcrowded cage and has damaged rear legs which are inoperable. (The legs don't straighten up when he stands on all fours.) (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd placeU.S. Postal Carrier Jason Davis maneuvers around the intricate Halloween display at the 25th Street home of Doug Parker in Cuyahoga Falls. "I think it's cool" said Davis. It kind of brings out the kid in you." (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - 3rd placeGavin Hill, of Pickerington (as a Red Power Ranger) plays with his friend Brooklyn Sturtz, of Hebron (as a runaway bride) on Columbus St. in Pickerington during the annual Haunted Village event. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st placeJohnnl Lewis wipes away tears during victim impact statements. Lewis plead guilty and was sentenced by Judge Allison McCarty for the shooting death of McDonald's worker John Lehman in Akron. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 2nd placeColumbus Police arrest Claire Pollard for criminal trespassing after she and others sat down in the lobby of the Fifth Third Center during a protest of the ABM. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeStudents ride bikes and scooters on the streets surrounding St. Mary's School during the school's Bike-a-thon event in Vermilion. (Sam Greene / The (Lorain) Morning Journal)
Portrait - 1st placeAntwan Milton, 15, talks to Dispatch reporters in the basement of the North Linden home he lives in with his cousin and other family members. Milton was shot in the basement of his uncle's home but wont tell how it happened. The bullet went through his left wrist and lodged in his skull, doctors say it will eventually come out on it's own. “I was just sitting in the living room, (and) the gun went off,” he said. “I don’t know who did it.” (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeTreya Moore, 10, poses for a portrait holding a prop for the play she has written before rehearsal at the Carriage Place Community Center in Columbus. Moore's play, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Drive", is an original play written by Moore that will be performed by the theatre group that meets at the Community Center. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeNaina Khadka, wears "tika" (spelling from Pradhan) on his forehead, rice dyed red, to celebrate the week-long festival in India called Dasara. Pradhan said that the red tika is considered a blessing. Khadka stopped by the the store, "Z Beverage & South Asian Grocery". The store is a great place for fellow Bhutanese to socialize. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Sports Feature - 1st placeNorthwestern Wildcats quarterback Kain Colter (2) walks away after Ohio State recovered a fumble in the end zone to end the game during the second half at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeHilliard Darby Homecoming Queen Savannah Garrett, and King Ryan Baldridge, (center) throw baby powder into the air during kickoff of Darby's football game against Westerville South at Hilliard Darby High School. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Newspapers )
Sports Feature - 3rd placeColumbus Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky (17) scores against New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider (35) in the 2nd period during their NHL game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeA woman streaks across the 18th fairway during the final round of the Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. The Americans held on to the Presidents Cup in a rain and mud soaked final round win over the International Team with a score of 18.5 - 15.5. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd placeTwo people died after a car-motorcycle crash in Clinton Township. The crash, on Westerville Road near Oakland Park Avenue, occurred just before 10 a.m., according to dispatchers. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st placeColumbus Blue Jackets right wing Jared Boll (40) hits Vancouver Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa (3) in the face with his stick and gets called on high sticking in the third period of the NHL game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd placePenn State wide receiver Brandon Felder (85) catches a touchdown behind Ohio State cornerback Bradley Roby (1) and safety C.J. Barnett (4) during the first half of a game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeOhio Dominican's Abe Johnson slips past a Findlay defender on his way to a large gain in the first half at Panther Field. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st placeA 17-year-old Cleveland boy shows off the scar from the operation the doctors used to save his life after being shot in the chest and side at a party as he attends a session called Managing Anger and Violence in a close – or maximum – security unit at the Circleville Youth Detention Center. He woke up in detention due to violating his parole for carrying a weapon. Many of the teenagers at the detention center are repeat offenders in for violent crimes some of whom have shot other gang members or have been shot themselves. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeAfter Phil Mickelson hit the ball into the rough, Keegan Bradley of the United States Team is forced to hit an awkward shot from behind a pair of trees on the 1st fairway during the Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Mickelson and Bradley were paired up for the alternate-shot round. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeFamily and friends of three people who died in an arson house fire on N. Yale Avenue in Columbus gathered at the site to remember Deanna Perry, her grandson, Charles Climer, and Brianna Smith, a 7-month-old baby that Perry was caring for on the three-year anniversary of the event. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
