Feature - 1st place - Malcolm Mann pushes his 29-year-old African Giant Sulcata Tortoise named Quinterpino in a wheelchair in the O’Reilly Auto Parts parking lot on Broadway Street in Toledo. Mr. Mann uses the wheelchair to take the tortoise back to his car after letting her walk around for awhile. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Feature - 2nd place - Rabbi Mendy Kaltmann waits to get a shaving cream cake into the face at the "Cake the Rabbi" booth during a drive-thru carnival for Jewish holiday of Sukkah at Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center in New Albany. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
Feature - 3rd place - Elijah Sanchez, 8, hugs a branch of the tree he was climbing at the Toledo Botanical Garden. Rebecca Benson / The Blade
Feature - HM - Sunlight streaks through the fog on a chilly morning as a man fishes in the Snyder Park Lagoon. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Feature - HM - Instructor Donna Eramo demonstrates exercises for her seniors Aqua Fit class at the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany. Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News
General News - 1st place - A family waves from an overpass at the motorcyclists below participating in the 42nd Annual Highway Hikers Toy Run. Over 1,500 motorcyclists rode across Clark County to deliver toys and donate money at the Clark County Fairgrounds for the Salvation Army Christmas Toy Drive. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
General News - 2nd place - Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party candidate for president of the United States, speaks during her rally at Middlegrounds Metropark in Toledo. Kurt Steiss / The Blade
General News - 3rd place - From front, Leena Jones, Joey Jones and Herman Jones, all of Toledo, wear masks and face shields as they wait in line to cast their vote at the Early Vote Center in Toledo. Kurt Steiss / The Blade
General News - HM - Voters fill up most of the privacy booths set up at the Clark State Turner Studio Theater for the first day of early voting. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Portrait - 1st place - Jeremy Clemetson, owner of East of Chicago Pizza on Shannon Avenue, leans on his buddy's 1972 Cadillac Hearse in Barberton. In the spirit of Halloween, Jeremy has been offering haunted deliveries to those who order $50 of food or to those who pay a $10 delivery fee. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Portrait - 2nd place - Robert Scott, 19, reads a John 3:16 quote from the Bible at Faith Memorial Church in Lancaster. Robert has been involved in Central Ohio Youth for Christ's Juvenile Justice Ministry. He has been in the Juvenile Detention Center and is one of the kids who has benefited from the volunteer chaplains who spent time with these kids. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
Portrait - 3rd place - Scott Francis, owner of Distracted Haunted House in Bowling Green. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Portrait - HM - Ben Hamilton looks thru a jar of pure maple syrup that he made from Sugar Maple trees in Clark County. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Portrait - HM - Columbus Crew SC players personnel director Issa Tall poses for a photo at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
Sports Feature - 1st place - Columbus Academy's Stephen Ma reacts after missing his second putt on the 12th hole during the Division II state golf tournament at the Scarlet Golf Course in Columbus. Ma would bogey the hole. Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News
Sports Feature - 1st place - Perrysburg's celebrates their 3-2 win against Antony Wayne in the Division I volleyball district semifinal at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse. Rebecca Benson / The Blade
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Bedford's marching band lines up outside of the stadium before the start of a high school football game against Woodhaven at Bedford High School in Temperance, Michigan. Rebecca Benson / The Blade
Sports Feature - HM - Hoban running back Victor Dawson (center) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half against Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Sports Feature - HM - Sarah Swy-Boeding grimaces as she finishes her set of rowing during a workout at Glass City CrossFit in Toledo. Rebecca Benson / The Blade
Spot News - 1st place - Celina Firefighter Lt. Jon Schumm uses as broom to brush flames off of dry corn stubble at 9582 US 127. Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard
Spot News - 2nd place - Two men are arrested by Cleveland Police officers after breaking into the stadium during the fifth inning of Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees in Cleveland. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Spot News - 3rd place - Clark County Sheriff's deputies look over the remains of a single engine airplane that crashed while landing and burst into flames Tuesday at the New Carlisle Airport. The pilot and passenger escaped with non-life threatening injuries. Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
Spot News - HM - Veronica Brewer, owner of the Irish Buffalo bar, searches through rubble of her business that burned in Toledo. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Sports - 1st place - Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson (5) makes a touchdown catch in the end zone against Nebraska Cornhuskers during the 1st quarter at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
Sports - 2nd place - Bowsher’s Arvell Harrison (left) stiff-arms Scott’s Daveonte Davis (21) at Scott High School in Toledo. Kurt Steiss / The Blade
Sports - 3rd place - Hoban forward Miriam Szijarto (right) makes a play for the ball against Hudson's Kali Sweet during the second half of a Division I district final soccer match in Akron. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Sports - HM - Olentangy's Sydney Nickel serves the ball in a doubles match against Cincinnati Ursuline Academy during the Division I state tennis tournament at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason. Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News
Sports - HM - Hoban receiver Kharion Davis (left) loose in a 42-yard touchdown pass against Mayfield safety Grant Woods during the first half of a Division II playoff game at Dowed Field in Akron. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal
Story - 1st place - Rick Parsons from Buckeye Construction & Restoration rides a boat near the Toledo Lighthouse which is undergoing a transformation. Windows and shutters are being installed and some brick work is being restored. When the project is completed there will be people at the lighthouse from spring through fall to provide tours. Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade
Story - 2nd place - Ohio State football team family members watch from the stands next to cardboard cutouts of fans during the third quarter of the team’s season opener against Nebraska at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch
Story - 3rd place - Brad Pontius of the Rockford Fire Department rides on top of the fire truck spraying the field fire at 9582 US 127. Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard
