First Place, General News - Andy Morrison / The BladeKemon Thornton, 6, wipes away the tears of his mother Lakeisha Hopings after leaving a stuffed animal in front of an apartment where seven children died in a fire. Hopings said Kemon was a classmate of Terri Sanders who was killed in the blaze.
Second Place, General News - Daniel Melograna / The News JournalChantil Vandayburg says her finals goodbyes to A.J. Vandayburg, April 17, 2004, after the funeral at Finefrock-Williams Funeral Home in Mansfield. Vandayburg, who was in the 1st Infantry Division in the U.S. Army, died from combat injuries on April 8, 2004, in Barez, Iraq.
Third Place, General News - Michael Blair / The News-HeraldA bird flies overhead Saturday as the casket of Jerry Zovko is carried from The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland.
Award of Excellence, General News - Jeremy Wadsworth / The BladeRick Napierala a supporter of Father Gerald Robinson is doused with water by Paulina Garcia Cleveland at the Scott Park Banquet Room during a celebration of Robinson's release. Cleveland came in support of sister Margaret Ann Pahl who was allegedly murdered by Robinson in 1980.
