Feature - 1st place - Hayden Hawkins, 10, blows on smoke from a COSI dry ice demonstration at event in which AT&T gave away 125 refurbished laptops at the East Toledo Family Center in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Cassie Miceli, 16, practices ground roping at her family home in Dover Township. Miceli will be participating in multiple events at this year’s Tuscarawas County Fair, in Dover. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - 3rd place - Sixth graders charge through smoke to find out which Harry Potter inspired “house” they will join for the school year at Fallen Timbers Middle School in Whitehouse. Students will earn points for their “house “ by adhering to 7 principles of good behavior to win a weekly award. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - A Pro-Palestine protester yells as she is escorted out of the Organizing for Ohio rally at Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 50 in Northwood. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Seniors Angelina Carter (left) and Kristian Woods-Boykin laugh as Angelina tries on a wedding veil while getting formal wear ready to sell for a fundraiser at Start High School in Toledo. Marketing students at Start High School are having a fundraiser in which affordable attire is being made available to teens who might otherwise have difficulty in buying special occasion wear. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Shannon Horvat of Euclid (right) and her five-year-old chocolate skunk Flash play up to the crowd after being crowned this year’s Skunk Fest King during the annual gathering of skunk owners at South Central Park in North Ridgeville. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - HM - Morgane Shull listens to a speaker during the Organizing for Ohio rally at Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 50 in Northwood. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Illustration - 1st place - Barbecue Pearl Onions at Assembly American Brasserie in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 2nd place - Jalapeño & Corn Dip. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 3rd place - Fresh vegetables from the Hawkins STEMM Academy garden in Toledo. Once monthly, Hawkins STEMM hosts a Family Garden Club harvesting day, where students are invited to choose and take home all the vegetables and herbs they want. On this harvesting day, students pick the fresh veggies and learn how to prepare vegetable soup. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Gaden Shartse Monastery monk Venerable Geshe Lharampa Kunchok Tashi Bhutia (left) smiles during a forum at Bluffton University in Bluffton. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Hadassa Mullett, 18, shares a laugh with her father (off camera) while embracing Boomer, a 16-year-old quarter horse, at the family-owned Smokey Lane Stables, in Sugarcreek. Hadassa is currently exploring a career in rodeo, and will compete at this year's Tuscarawas County Fair, in Dover. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Bengals' Quarterback Joe Burrow is announce into the starting lineup prior to the start of their game against The Washington Commanders. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Walsh Jesuit students go wild after a touchdown during the second half of a high school football game against St. Ignatius, in Cuyahoga Falls. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Madison Gajarsky of Broadview Heights checks on Seyram Wisdom Djobokou Koumako of Cleveland after he took a spill in the homestretch of the 2024 Akron Half Marathon. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 1st place - A dead fish floats in the Sugar Creek near the Ohio 39 bridge at Interstate 77, in Dover. A large die-off of fish was recently reported in the creek. The cause of the die-off was revealed by the Ohio EPA as a result of an accidental chemical release into the creek just upstream by the Dover Chemical Corporation. Faulty hardware was blamed. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 2nd place - Toledo Firefighters put away their hoses after fighting a house fire at 760 Spencer Street. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Walsh Jesuit goalkeeper Ava DeBolt (center) hits a corner kick away over Hudson’s Delaney Halstead and teammate Hannah Pachan during the first half of a high school soccer match in Cuyahoga Falls. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 2nd place - Melissa Owen of North Canton helps another runner make it to the finish during the 2024 Akron Half Marathon. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd place - Cleveland Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (6) and cornerback Denzel Ward (21) break up a pass intended for New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) during the second half of a game at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 1st place - A cowboy participates in bare-back riding at the Tuscarawas County Fair. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Story - 2nd place - Bryan Sculthorpe, Certified Orthotist Prosthetist, adjusts Josh Green’s, an Amputee Care and Outreach Specialist, prosthetic at the Cole Leimkuehler Orthotic-Prosthetic Center in Toledo. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Seven-year-old Lincoln Ferner aims a cork gun at a wall of cups to win a prize at the Fulton Country Fair in Wauseon. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
