Feature - 1st place - Garaway's water girls practice dance moves during team warmups before the week 11 high school football playoff game against Rock Hill at Garaway High School in Sugarcreek. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - 2nd place - Chris Wheeler proposes to Holly Daiello while Wheelers pumpkins are weighed in during the Circleville Pumpkin Show. Dailello said yes. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Two workers from Enterprise Roofing cast their shadows on the side of the barn at George Rogers Clark Park as they install brackets to hold a new copper cutter on the barn. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HM - John Croswell holds hands with his grandson Hayes Croswell, 3, after filling their bag at the Lynd Fruit Farm U-Pick apple area. The Farm will continue to welcome visitors to the U-Pick areas as long as the apples last, or until late October. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HM - Warren Well, 2, pats a horse on the nose at Slate Run Living Historical Farm. The Park features a variety of activities in the month of October including a lesson on the uses of apples, an evening on the farm and teachings on victorian curiosities. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - Tara Frye, the mother of Corey Harshey, becomes emotional while delivering a statement of remorse to the family of Nathan S. Green, during the change of plea hearing and sentencing of Harshey before Judge Michael Ernest in the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas. Harshey changed his plea from not guilty by reason of insanity to guilty, for the murder of Green, who died Nov. 1, 2022, in which he stabbed him in the neck and head. At right is Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - 2nd place - Beth Vild, COO of Big Love Akron, celebrates her choice to have a family during the Bans Off Akron rally for reproductive rights outside Akron City Hall. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 3rd place - Malek Grubs (left) chants as he stands in front of a Palestinian banner and holds a sign during a community prayer and march for Palestine in downtown Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - HM - Strikers are reflected in a puddle as they picket at one of the gates during the ongoing United Auto Workers strike at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - HM - Nova Viers, 16, gives Robin a fist bump through the glass as Toledo Police Department’s SWAT team rappels down the walls of Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Lana Hiott sits in the kitchen of her home in Marysville, Ohio. Hiott’s sister Shannon Hiott was murdered by her former partner in her home last month. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Nallely Seguro stands in front of the entrance to Pomerene Hall on The Ohio State University campus. Seguro is a Freshman at OSU studying Pre-Med, she is a first generation college student. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - An earring depicting female reproductive system hangs from the ear of Courtney Johnson-Benson of North Canton as she listens to speakers during the Bans Off Akron rally for reproductive rights outside Akron City Hall. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - HM - Former South High School student Trevell Adams stands in the Driving Park Community Recreation Center Gymnasium. Adams was shot in the leg while on his way to play in a summer league, he will start playing for Ashland University in the fall despite having a bullet still lodged in his leg. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HM - James Eaglestar of the Copper Face United Native American Singers and Dancers prepares to perform at the Toledo Museum of Art. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Rain sticks to Bowling Green Falcons senior marching band member Jonah Gilbert at halftime of a Mid-American Conference football game against the Akrons Zips at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Tinora’s Paul Westrick collapses after finishing the Division III regional cross country championship at Hedges Boyer Park in Tiffin. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - A young Dayton Flyer fan gets a high five from offensive lineman Ben Meehan as the team walks in prior to the start of their game against Butler. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - HM - Dover celebrates their win against Indian Valley during their Division II district semifinal volleyball match at Claymont High School in Uhrichsville. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - HM - Highland’s Lauren Wetzel reacts after her kick was blocked by Strongsville goalkeeper Abby Kudla at the end of a Division I regional semifinal soccer match in Brunswick. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 1st place - A New Philadelphia firefighter surveys a vacant trailer on fire at the Quaker Mobile Home Park located at 300 11th St. NW in New Philadelphia. This was the third trailer fire in the park this year, according to police (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 2nd place - Firefighters from several area departments battled a fire in a modified trailer on Oak Street in South Charleston. According to Madison Township Fire Chief Chris Clark, the home was fully involved when they arrived on the scene. He said the Red Cross was called for the two people who lived there and lost everything in the fire. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place - Firefighters from several area departments battled a fire in a modified trailer on Oak Street in South Charleston. According to Madison Township Fire Chief Chris Clark, the home was fully involved when they arrived on the scene. He said the Red Cross was called for the two people who lived there and lost everything in the fire. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - HM - Firefighters from Bolivar along with East Sparta work to extinguish a combine fire that was in operation in a soybean field in Lawrence Township. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 1st place - Napoleon’s Trey Rubinstein catches an interception with one hand intended for Southview’s Emite Lamb during a NLL Cardinal Division football game at Southview High School in Sylvania. Southview defeated Napoleon, 20-14. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 2nd place - Badin's James Brink dives for a pass in the end zone under pressure from CJ's Colin Kadel. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 3rd place - Toledo’s Peny Boone (top) hurdles Buffalo’s Jayden Oliver during a Mid-American Conference college football game at UT’s Glass Bowl in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Dayton wide receiver Jake Coleman hauls in a pass in front of Nick Bafia of Butler during the 3rd quarter at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - HM - University of Toledo wide receiver Junior Vandeross III stretches for extra yardage against Ball State safety Jordan Riley at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Darnell Peppers, 23 (center) is taken into an ambulance by Toledo Fire and Rescue personnel after he was grazed by bullet shot by a Toledo Police Department’s Officer Patrick Fischer after a chase that ended at the front door The Blade building in Toledo . Peppers dropped the gun in his hand after being grazed by Fischer’s bullet. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
