Feature - 1st place - City of New Philadelphia Water Department personnel continue work on a project on West High Street in downtown New Philadelphia. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)}
Feature - 2nd place - A man walks in front of a mural featuring a bird by local muralist Chris “Chilly” Rodriguez on a building at 18th Street and Madison Avenue in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)}
Feature - 3rd place - David Zavac, regional representative for U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, talks on a phone while walking through the train station during a presentation from All Aboard Ohio and TMACOG on the importance of passenger rail development in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)}
General News - 1st place - Third grader Renaziah Copeland portrays Dr. Mae Jemison during the annual Wax Museum event that highlights women who have made a significant contribution in black history at the Ella P. Stewart Academy for Girls in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)}
General News - 2nd place - Pastor Michael Young of the City of Grace Church leads friends and family of Casey Goodson Jr. in prayer during a break in the trial of former Franklin County Sheriff's office deputy Jason Meade at the Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Next to Young is Tamala Payne, mother of Casey Goodson Jr. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)}
General News - 3rd place - Kizito Akunna recites the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the Toledo Club in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)}
Sports Feature - 1st place - Nate Simpson (center) and the rest of the Rowdy Row react to a dunk during a men’s basketball game at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena. Toledo defeated Akron, 72- 64. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)}
Sports Feature - 2nd place - A young Dover boys' varsity basketball fan gnaws on the giant cutout of Trey Ridgeway during a game against Tusky Valley, in Zoarville. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)}
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Bowling Green’s Fred Chmiel yells during a Mid-American Conference women’s college basketball game between against the University of Toledo at BGSU’s Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)}
Sports Feature - HM - Toledo’s Soleil Barnes leads the team in a chant before the start of a women’s MAC-SBC challenge game at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)}
Spot News - 1st place - Shoji Uota pours his dog some fresh water after finding the dog's bowl in the remains of his kitchen. Uota's house was destroyed a few hours earlier in an F2 tornado. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)}
Spot News - 2nd place - A tractor-trailer rig hauling new Kia vehicles caught fire at the intersection of Troy Road (Route 41) and Hillcrest Avenue. The Springfield Fire Division arrived to find fire and smoke coming from the cab of the truck and one of the new SUV's that was positioned on top of it. The fire was extinguished without any injuries. Troy Road, however, was closed while the mess was cleaned up. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)}
Spot News - 3rd place - Firefighters work the scene of a fire at The Blarney, February 22, in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)}
Spot News - HM - Fire fighters from three Clark County departments battled a house fire in the 10,000 block of Plattsburgh Road on the east side of the county. Harmony Township firefighters arrived to find flames already burning through the roof of the home. The residents, who were home at the time of the fire, all escaped without injury, however, the condition of the family's pets were unknown at the time. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)}
Sports - 1st place - Buffalo’s Kiara Johnson (left) takes a charge by Bowling Green’s Morgan Sharps during a Mid-American Conference game at BGSU’s Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)}
Sports - 2nd place - Buchtel’s Diaire Pride Jr. (bottom) looks to get rid of the ball under Garfield’s Logan Mitchell during the first half of the City Series championship game in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)}
Sports - 3rd place - Findlay’s Ben Best (center) drives to the basket against Perrysburg’s Carter Young (left) and Matt Hubbard during a game in Findlay. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)}
Sports - HM - Toledo’s Jessica Cook and Miami’s Amber Tretter (left) and Nuria Jurjo reach for a rebound during a MAC basketball game at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)}
Story - 1st place - Michael Jason Meade stands with Defense Attorneys Mark Collins, Kaitlyn Stephens and Steve Nolderwhile they wait for court to begin in the trial of Michael Jason Meade at the Franklin County’s Common Pleas Court. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)}
