Feature - 1st place - Tommie Harris, 75, gets help from her great-granddaughter D'nyiah Nelson, 10, using the tablet she was provided by the Area Office on Aging in Northwestern Ohio in Toledo. Tommie uses it for personal business and to communicate with grandchildren and other relatives around the country via Zoom calls and the Duo app. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Toledo resident Garland Grover, 10, licks grey paint from his glasses while decorating a pumpkin at Washington Branch Library in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Brian Murphy practices a duet with Dancing Wheels founder Mary Verdi-Fletcher during a rehearsal for an upcoming show in New York, in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - HM - The Hilliard Bradley color guard warms up at sunset before performing at halftime during a game against Hilliard Darby. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - Komako Goolsby, the first African-American woman to be promoted to the Rank of Captain in the Toledo Fire Department, is pinned by family members at One Government Center in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Perrysburg resident Findley Black, 3, stands underneath a stream of falling bubbles during the 2nd Annual 419 Taco War at Lucas County Fairgrounds in Maumee. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
- A 97.2 percent waxing gibbous Moon rises above the Heritage Cooperative grain silos in New Philadelphia. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Illustration - 1st place - Gazpacho topped with pepper relish and extra virgin olive oil from Alqueria. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd place - Offerings from Alqueria for Columbus Restaurant Week include a smoked Cajun spiced pork loin accompanied by a chimichurri potato puree and charred heirloom tomato salad. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 3rd place - Mary Bilyeu gets the All American burger from the Beastro Burger food truck at Patron Saints Brewery in West Toledo for Cheap Eats, the series that finds the best dining deals for $10 and under. (Phillip L. Kaplan / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Michael “Michelo” Oliver has been living in a Community Housing Network-subsidized apartment for a year. Michael has struggled most of his life with homelessness, addiction and issues stemming from a traumatic brain injury he suffered many years ago in a car crash. He is an artist and advocate for those living with TBIs. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Robin Ballmer, director of Main Art-ery which curates the exhibition, stands next to “Blue Dogs”, a sculpture by Mark Chatterley at Woodlands Park in Perrysburg. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Gaby Lopez celebrates her birdie putt on 18 to win the LPGA Dana Open at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Bowling Green’s Owen Rozanc (left) Mason Lawler (center) celebrate with Matt Naranajo after defeating Marshall 34-31 in overtime at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - CVCA defensive lineman David Glover (center) reacts as Northwest celebrates their 29-27 victory in overtime in Canal Fulton. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 1st place - Fairview Manor residents look on while members of the Bowling Green Fire Division battle a blaze at the apartment complex located at 1020 N. Grove St. in Bowling Green, Ohio. There were a couple minor injuries, including to the person in the apartment where the fire started, according to Bowling Green Police Division Chief Tony Hetrick. (J.D. Pooley / Sentinel-Tribune )
Spot News - 2nd place - A Toledo firefighter extinguishes a car fire at I-475 by the Corey Road exit near Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - Police respond to an active shooter call at Scott High School in Toledo. The call turned out to be a hoax. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Dover's Sean Baumberger leaps over the tackle attempt from DeSales' Gino Solazzo, at Crater Stadium in Dover. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 2nd place - Dayton's Logan Davis carries the ball against Kentucky State at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. Dayton defeated Kentucky State 46-3 (Erik Schelkun)
Sports - 3rd place - Tallmadge quarterback Ty Hurst is upended by Green defensive back Anthony Fortunato as he scores the game-winning two-point conversion in overtime. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 1st place - Pastor Scott Crabtree (left) makes a point about Jesus by hanging a heavy chain on parishioner Ryan Fields while leading services at LifeSigns Deaf Baptist Church. Crabtree lives with a 95% hearing loss. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - A re-enactor wanders the 49th Annual Roche de Boeuf Festival in Waterville. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
