Feature - 1st place - A person jogs across the pedestrian bridge over Main Street in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Ziola Goodall, 7, and her sister Tala, 3, along with Dover Firefighter Matt Hamsher help to wash a fire department squad in the bay of the downtown fire station as part of the Dover Acts of Kindness project. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - 3rd place - Three-year-old Brixton Livous grabs eggs during the inaugural Purple Day Egg Hunt at the Epilepsy Center of Northwest Ohio in Toledo. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Jehred Bennett, 20, cleans crash bars and door handles as part of his janitorial duties at the New Philadelphia Fire Department fire station, where he works part time. When Jehred Bennett was born nine weeks premature in 2003, he weighed just 2 pounds 7 ounces. Now at age 20, Bennett is an outgoing, friendly, personable young man. Though he is developmentally disabled and has autism, that hasn't slowed him down. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - HM - John Gibbs, co-owner of Eiler Candy Shop in Dover, looks over some of his product while assisting a customer. Chocolate prices have surged 108% since Jan. 1 because of climactic factors in West Africa. Coupled with a surge in sugar prices as well, chocolatiers such as Gibbs have had to pass price increases to the customer. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - 1st place - Arturo Garcia, originally from Mexico, celebrates becoming a U.S. citizen with his daughter Arysa, 2, during a Naturalization Ceremony at Sylvania Southview High School in Sylvania. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Joellen Poncheri of Sylvania and her sons (from left) Christopher, 6, and Dominic, 8, explore the freshly renamed Dr. Jayantilal & Prafulla Galani’s Children’s Library inside the King Road Branch Library in Sylvania. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Nina Corder (left) and Sierra Ortiz high five each other during the International Women's Day Signature Luncheon at the Hilton in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - HM - Julie MacMillan and Adam Fineske, Superintendent of Ottawa Hills Local Schools, smile as the results of the Ohio primary look promising for passing the district's levy during an election watch party at Poco Piatti in Toledo. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
General News - HM - Ed Stanley (left) comforts Corri Stanley before she gives blood during a blood and toy drive in honor of their 4-year-old son Colton Stanley, who is fighting T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, at Central Catholic High School in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Illustration - 1st place - Protein bombs, gluten free dipped Oreo’s, and protein cups at Georgette's in Maumee. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 2nd place - The Classy & Trashy a mixed drink with Pabst Blue Ribbon, ginger beer, fresh squeezed orange juice and fresh squeezed lime juice at the new Square Scullery restaurant, in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 1st place - Toledo firefighter Marcus Waugh recently won the World's Strongest Firefighter competition. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Lexi Giesige, general manager, (left) and Kirk Edwards, CEO, are reflected in a rearview mirror as they pose for a photo in one of the showrooms at Rivers Edge Racing in Maumee,. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - New Philadelphia Police officer Brad Geist has been partnered with Cooper, a four-year-old Belgian Malinois, for two years. Cooper is a multipurpose dog, but was not trained to detect marijuana. State Reps. Sean P. Brennan, a Democrat from Parma, and Josh Williams, a Republican from Sylvania, have co-sponsored House Bill 396, which would pay law enforcement departments up to $20,000 to offset the cost of acquiring, training, and equipping new dogs that will not alert to the smell of marijuana. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Portrait - HM - Will Hollingsworth, owner, behind the bar of Good Company. (Lisa Scalfaro / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - HM - Walsh Jesuit girls wrestling coach Clint Musser reacts as he watches Bella Ndinga Mbappe during her 115 pound match in the preliminary round of the 2024 OHSAA state wrestling tournament at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Connor Fought, 12, (right) uses his hat to reach a ball out of his and Jacob Woodruff’s reach during the Mud Hens opening day in downtown Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Kent State Golden Flashes forward Janae Tyler (34) is all smiles as she puts on her cap after winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament women’s championship game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Whitmer’s Antione West celebrates his win over St. John’s with a loved one in the Division I regional semifinal game at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Dayton Cheerleader Annie Chiles jumps in celebration after the Dayton Flyers defeated VCU 91-86 in overtime at UD Arena in Dayton. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - HM - Toledo Christian’s Conye Gaston reacts as he misses the game-tying buzzer beater attempt at the end of a Division IV regional final basketball game against Lima Central Catholic at Bowling Green State University’s Stroh Center. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place - Melissa Donegan salvages what she can from her home in Lakeview. Donegan's home was one of dozens in the area destroyed by a tornado. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - After finding a small flag in the rubble of his house, Ron Watt sticks it in a crack on railing of his deck. Ron's house was one of dozens of homes destroyed by a tornado in Lakeview. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place - Blaine Schmitt looks for his mother's cremation ashes in what's left of his living room in Lakeview. The front wall of Schmitt's two story house was gone after a tornado destroyed most of Lakeview. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - Archbold’s Sonny Phillips and Paulding’s Blake Rhonehouse lunge after a loose ball during a district semifinal game at Napoleon High School. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 2nd place - Northern Illinois forward Brooke Blumenfeld (41) wrestles with Kent State guard Dionna Gray (21) for the ball during the first half of a game in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd place - Grand Valley's Taylor DeHommel competes in the pole vault event at the Oliver Nikoloff invitational hosted by the University of Cincinnati. DeHommel finished in 2nd place clearing a height of 4.0M. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - HM - Toledo Rockets guard Sam Lewis (11) yanks on the jersey of Kent State guard Giovanni Santiago (11) as he controls the ball during the first half of a game in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - HM - Rogers’ Jayden Baker (left) steals the ball from Scott’s Ahmad Boone during a Division II district semifinal game at Lake High School in Millbury. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Indian Valley's Leroy Steagall (bottom) wrestles St. Mary's Memorial's Tate Hisey during championship finals on day three of the Ohio High School Athletic Association 2024 state wrestling championships, at The Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center, in Columbus. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Story - 2nd place - Jason Kolb, at his home office in Stow, looks at a charcoal drawing by Tera Deetscreek called "Sacred Ground" which is a depiction of the exact spot Kolb had his ski accident. Daisy, the family's 4-year-old Coton de Tulear, sits on Jason's lap. (Lisa Scalfaro / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 3rd place - St. John’s Jesuit’s Overwatch team competes during the Northwest Ohio Esports Regionals at the Cedar Point Sports Center in Sandusky. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
