Feature - 1st placeOhio State University Marching Band member Taylor Thompson of Marysville dots the i in "Script Ohio" prior to the Buckeyes game at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd placeBrad Jarard of Cincinnati eats what he calls a "soldier's meal" of bread and cheese at a Revolutionary War reenactment held at Everal Barn and Homestead in Westerville. Jarard is a member of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. The reenactment is put on by the Brigade of the American Revolution and depicts the lives of soldiers during the American War for Independence. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeDogs play and line up to sniff each other in the pool at the Grandview Heights Parks and Recreation Annual Dog Swim. The annual swim attracted nearly 400 dogs to the event. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HMChaka Khan dances while performing for the last concert of the ProMedica Summer Concert Series at Promenade Park in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 1st placeLeshay Dungey's father, Duane Dungey, and stepmother, Mia Johnson, get emotional after making their appeal for help in finding their missing 21-year-old daughter during a press conference at the Columbus Police headquarters. Leshay Dungey has been missing since January 2018. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd placeFrom left: Toledo Fire & Rescue firefighter Dennis Kookoothe, Toledo police officers Andre Antoine and Mike Habbe, and Lucas County Sheriff's deputy Shane Broshious, stand in silence while 1 of 5 doves flies by in memory of the those killed in 9/11 during an annual Remembrance Service at Ottawa Hills Memorial Park. (Amy E. Voigt / The Blade)
General News - 3rd placeLeroy Gallagher, an assembly worker on strike raises his picket sign and his American flag as a convoy of mostly Jeeps and Corvettes passes in front of striking workers along Alexis Road at the General Motors Powertrain Plant in Toledo. The event, which started at Wheelin' on the Rocks, was a showing of solidarity for the striking GM workers. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - HMBraden Conley, a third grader at Indian Valley School, climbs on the jungle gym in the hot sun at Enon Park. Indian Valley and the other school's in the Greenon School District released early Thursday because of the hot weather. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - HMEmma Davis (left) and Stacy Coil were the first ones to take to the dance floor at the Summer Concert Series finale at Ariel-Foundation Park. Coil and Davis had been giving dance lessons prior to Vaughn Wiester’s “Famous Jazz Orchestra” performance. (Joshua Morrison / Mount Vernon News)
Illustration - 1st placeTy Ginger Asian Bristo creates some of the most diverse dim sum creations through out the city. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd placeButter Brazed Pork Belly at Old Spot in Columbus. [Kyle Robertson/Dispatch] (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 3rd placeColdwater's (from left) Beth Honigford, Lily Schoenherr, Haley Alig, Courtney Bye and Sara Honigford are looking for redemption in the 2019-2020 cross country season. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Portrait - 1st placeGeorge Romer, who is battling cancer, sits in his barber chair one last time as he prepares for retirement and the closure of Georges’s Barber Shop after 56 years in business. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Portrait - 2nd placeValerie Tokoto-Dayas, 74, poses for a portrait at her home in Avondale. The lifelong resident moved once before in the 1990s because of Cincinnati Children's Hospital expansion, and has received a grant as part of the hospital's initiative to help develop the neighborhood. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Portrait - 3rd placeOhio State University President Michael V. Drake poses for a photo in his office. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HMDeman Abshir, 24, had to leave her three-month-old daughter behind in Ethiopia when she came to the United States with her husband because he needed medical care for a serious illness that he could not get treatment for in Ethiopia. The couple, who haven't seen their daughter Nimco Mohamed for three years, are trying to bring her to the United States where refugee policy is in flux. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HMClay football players (from left) Logan Heintschel, Jordan Pettaway and Andrew Collins pose for a group portrait during football practice at Clay High School in Oregon, Ohio. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st placeMalachi Wilson, 9, yells while lifting a helmet into the air with the Canal Winchester Indians after their game against Teays Valley. Malachi Wilson is Canal Winchester lineman Michael Wilson's (63) younger brother. (Maddie Schroeder / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeUniversity of Toledo's quarterback Mitchell Guadagni greets family and friends after defeating Brigham Young 28-21 at the Glass Bowl in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeAnthony Wayne quarterback Mason Alberts (5) walks the rain soaked sidelines during a game against Perrysburg. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HMA Nebraska Cornhuskers fan stands up alone in disbelief after Ohio State Buckeyes scored a rushing touchdown to make it 31-0 early in the second quarter of their game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HMColumbus Crew SC forward Edward Opoku cheers with kids in the middle of the Nordecke supporter section following a goal by Pedro Santos during the second half of their MLS soccer match at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeOne person was transported by medical helicopter and two were transported by medic units following a two car crash at the intersection of Moorefield Road and State Route 4 in Clark County. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd placeSpringfield Township fire fighters help a semi truck driver onto a stretcher after they cut him free of his truck following a crash between three commercial trucks in the construction zone of westbound Interstate 70. The driver suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash. The drivers of the two other trucks were not injured. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd placeA Springfield police officer is seen through the shattered window of a car that was traveling east of West Main Street when the driver was shot in the arm by the driver of another car. The bullet traveled through the drivers arm and shattered the passenger window. Police are still looking for the shooter. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st placeCincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Bobby Hart (68) and Buffalo Bills free safety Jordan Poyer (21) exchange shoves after a play in the second quarter at New Era Stadium in Buffalo. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 2nd placeCincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14) escapes San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (97) in the fourth quarter at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 3rd placeCincinnati Bengals running back Giovani Bernard (25) is tripped up by Seattle Seahawks defensive end Branden Jackson (93) on a carry in the third quarter at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - HMToledo's Devin Maddox (bottom center) watches as Brigham Young's Dayan Ghanwoloku (left) picks up Maddox's fumbled at the Glass Bowl in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - HMOhio State Running back J.K. Dobbins (2) runs for a touchdown to take a 7-5 lead over the Miami Redhawks at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Maddie Schroeder / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 1st placeCincinnati Reds Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman goes over his scorecard in the radio booth on his last day before he retires after 46 years in the booth at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Story - 2nd placeBrett Miller driving Gray Dragon heads around the bend during the 9th race and the 74th Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County Fair. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeDefense attorney Charles H. Rittgers (right) gestures shortly before Brooke Skylar Richardson was sentenced to three years probation and seven days of time served after being found guilty of gross abuse of a corpse in Warren County Judge Donald Oda's II courtroom in Lebanon. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
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