Feature - 1st place - Emalline Daugherty, 7, reacts as her crown keeps falling down over her eyes after she was crowned Little Miss Heritage of Flight at the Heritage of Flight Festival in New Carlisle. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 2nd place - Jordan Chappell, 13, jumps up to give a large skeleton decoration a high five while trick-or-treating in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - A resident waits on his decorated front porch for trick or treaters. The sidewalks in Springfield were filled with ghouls and goblins with the occasional super hero and princess thrown in for good measure during this year's Trick or Treat in Clark County. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 1st place - Johnathan Lucas is comforted by his attorney Pat Summers as he listens to statements from the family of Stefon Wilder during his sentencing in the courtroom of Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge Judge Kathryn Michael, in Akron. Lucas was sentenced to 3 to 4 and a half years in prison for the accidental shooting death of his best friend. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 2nd place - New United States citizen Mohamad Salameh, originally from Israel, turns around to salute the flag while others applaud their accomplishment during a naturalization ceremony at Northwood High School in Northwood. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Nicholas Luderman breaks down in court while listening to victim witness statements. Luderman was sentenced to 25 years in the deaths of two people in an Interstate 75 crash. (J.D. Pooley / Sentinel-Tribune )
Portrait - 1st place - Middle West Spirits is reopening Service Bar, closed since summer 2021 because of COVID, with new chef Chris Connolly, who has worked at several notable restaurants in the United States. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Kengo Kato, owner of Kengo Sushi &Yakitori as well as Kato Ramen in Toledo. Kengo's Sushi has had three stellar health inspections this year. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Toledo resident Pamela Sobecki stands in her backyard where she watched investigators recover the body of neighbor Nancy Lewton, 71 in East Toledo. Court documents allege that Travis Lewton, 31, fatally strangled his mother, set her body on fire and stuffed her into a sewer pipe behind their home. (Isaac Ritchey / Sentinel-Tribune )
Sports Feature - 1st place - Ottawa Hills High School students set off confetti poppers in the student section at Niedermeier Stadium in Ottawa Hills. (Lizzie Heintz / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Twinsburg senior Brenna Utrup (center) is mobbed by teammates after scoring the game-winner in overtime of a Division I district semifinal soccer match against the Stow Bulldogs. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Watterson's Luke Riedlinger belts out the school's alma mater while celebrating a 14-12 win over DeSales at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Spot News - 1st place - An aerial view from a drone of a train that derailed on the rail overpass at Columbus Avenue in Sandusky. The derailed train cars spilled paraffin wax, which is only considered hazardous material due to it being shipped hot. No injuries were reported. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - Firefighters spray water down as they battle a blaze at a vacant building at Fulton and Winthrop streets in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - Fire fighters respond to a fire in a vacant building on the corner of Fulton Street and Winthrop Street in Toledo. (Lizzie Heintz / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Delaware Hayes' Xavier Weaver blocks an extra-point attempt from Westerville South's Quentin Sheets during a game at Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Delaware. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports - 2nd place - Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (24) hurdles Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mike Hilton (21) as he rushes for a first down during the first half of a game at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd place - Anthony Wayne’s Kiana Harsh (left) battles St. Ursula’s Emma Helminski for the ball during a Division I district semifinal game at Springfield High School in Holland. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Northview Wildcats defensive lineman Dom Row (left) grabs the face mask of Southview Cougars running back Isaac Sexton during a Northern Lakes League Conference rivalry game on at Northview High School. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Chaos ensues as students attempt to flee the stands as others hide behind cheerleading blocks after the sound of gunshots rang through Memorial Stadium at Whitmer High School in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Firefighters battle a blaze at a vacant building at Fulton and Winthrop streets in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
