Feature - 1st place - Fifth grader Kennedaul Searcy reacts as a monarch butterfly he released lands on him at Robinson Elementary. Kindergartners through eighth graders released a total of 250 monarchs, 100 of which are tagged through the monarchwatch.org program. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - From left: Santiago, 9, Diego, 13, and Amelio Bernard of Hilliard play with confetti outside of the Columbus Museum of Art during the grand opening of the CMA expansion. The museum hosted a free community party featuring the unveiling of the new Margaret M. Walter Wing. (Leah Klafczynski / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Bella Bosco, 14, chats with Abby Button, 17, as she gets her hair and makeup done backstage during a dress rehearsal of "Harvey" at Delaware Hayes High School. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - HM - A man walks over Town Street past a photo mural through an enclosed elevated walkway connecting OhioHealth's Physicians Building at 340 E. Town Street to the Bone and Joint Center at Grant in Columbus. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - Brothers Saulton (left), 6, and Nolan, 4, of Ontario try to ring the bell on a fire truck during the Hands on Trucks event at Marshall Park in Ontario. (Mitchell Pe Masilun / The (Mansfield) News Journal)
AGeneral News - 2nd place - On their way from the Lucasville Penitentiary to the Statehouse in Columbus, Baptist minister Jeff Hood, 31, from Denton, Texas (left) and Jim Matzorkis, 30, of Cleveland lead a group of approximately 15 people along the side of Rt. 23 north of Circleville, Ohio . The group is making the 6-day march in protest of Ohio's death penalty laws. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
AGeneral News - 3rd place - Several deer run through Greenlawn Cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized last week after two individuals stole a dump truck and drove over dozens of gravesites. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Clintonville artist Joey Monsoon was photographed in his home has a new exhibit at the Lindsay Gallery. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Rapper Mekka Don poses for a photograph at Ohio Stadium before the Buckeyes game against Western Michigan in Columbus. The local rapper covers all kinds of subject matter but his Buckeye-centric music have had the most reach, being played on the radio and in Ohio Stadium. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Foligno will lead the team as it's recently named captain when the season NHL season begins. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Portrait - HM - Fisher Catholic senior Aaron Wood is excelling in two fall sports: golf and cross country. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HM - Scotty Staker, owner, roams the paths of his haunted Corn Maze in Duncan Falls. Staker, who built the four-acre maze three years ago, offers a day maze as well as a haunted night maze experience for guests. Zanesville High School students will participate in the event to raise money for the ZHS drama club and choir through shared ticket sales. (Shane Flanigan / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Dayton's Matt Brown (left) and Michael Scott celebrate in the pouring rain after a 27-24 victory over Butler at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Napoleon punter Layne Schnitz-Paxton (4) reacts after a snap went over his head for a Perrysburg safety during their game in Perrysburg. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - The Dayton Flyers Rowing team practices on the Great Miami River in Dayton in preparation for their upcoming final race of the fall season. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - HM - Patrick Kilbane runs near his home in Pickerington. Patrick who was never runner started because he wanted to be in the Nationwide Children's Marathon to help bring attention to his Kilian daughters disease of cystic fibrosis. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - Jodie Snell talks to her rescuers as they work to free her from the wreckage of a two-vehicle accident in Salem Township. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 2nd place - Lisbon police officer Jason Sletvold assisted David and Karen Hayes in the evacuation of their Beaver Street home as firefighters battled a blaze in the neighboring building at 215 Beaver St. Mr. Hayes is on oxygen after recently having undergone surgery. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 3rd place - A distraught Katherine Brown watches the irreplaceable photographs of her mother and grandmother burn in a fire that struck the old house she recently purchased and was remodeling. Brown was asleep in the trailer next to the house when her nephew awakened her to the fire. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
SSports - 1st place - Adrien Broner (left) lands an uppercut against Khabib Allakhveriev during their 12-round WBA super lightweight bout at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 2nd place - Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott (15) leaps over Penn State safety Jordan Lucas (9) as he runs the ball in the first quarter at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions 38 - 10. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports - 3rd place - Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Brandon Tate (19) stretches to catch a 55-yard pass for a touchdown in the third quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - HM - Lucas' Courtney Harris makes a failed attempt at a bump during their game against Mansfield Christian. (Mitchell Pe Masilun / The (Mansfield) News Journal)
sStory - 1st place - Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Matt Calvert (11) waits to be introduced on ice before their opening game against the New York Rangers at Nationwide Arena. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
