First Place, Spot News under 100,000 - Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-SunStabbing suspect Robert Wile is taken into custody by Clark County Sheriff Detective Larry Alexander and Deputy Stephen Fields while Wile's mother watches from inside the home at 832 Plumwood Drive in New Carlisle. Wile's arrest ended a stand off at the house that lasted a few hours in the morning.
Second Place, Spot News under 100,000 - David Distelhorst / The RepositoryA horse named Hope peers into the barn where a pool of blood stains the ground where Sean Kmatz died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after attempting to murder his wife.
Third Place, Spot News under 100,000 - Dave Polcyn / Mansfield News JournalThomas Wynn holds a gun to his head threatening to kill himself during a standoff in a strip-mall parking lot in Mansfield. Wynn gave himself up after 11 hours. He is accused of murder and car jacking before the standoff began.
Award of Excellence, Spot News under 100,000 - James E. Mahan / Piqua Daily CallA woman who declined to be identified waits for the Piqua, fire department to extricate her from her truck, which flipped on its side after a two vehicle collision.
Award of Excellence, Spot News under 100,000 - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunFriends of 14-year-old Darius Johnson react to the drowning death of the teen at Buck Creek State Park. The boys had been swimming with Johnson when he went under the water. The teen, who was in a group home for troubled youth, was pulled from the water later that day.
