First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The Blade
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeOn April 5, 1980, the day before Easter, Sister Margaret Ann Pahl was strangled to death in a chapel at Mercy Hospital in Toledo. Her body, stabbed at least 27 times, was covered with an alter cloth and she was posed as if she'd been raped. On April 23, 2004, cold-case detectives arrested the Rev. Gerald Robinson, a chaplain at the hospital, and one of two priests who presided at Sr. Margaret Ann's funeral Mass, was charged with her murder.The Rev. Gerald Robinson speaks with one of his defense attorneys during his trial, Thursday, 05/04/06. Robinson is on trial for the 1980 murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeLight from a projector illuminates the face of Assistant Lucas County Prosecutor Dean Mandros as he uses a mannequin to illustrate the body of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl while questioning a witness in the murder trial of Rev. Gerald Robinson on April 24, 2006, in Toledo. Robinson, sitting behind at left, a Roman Catholic priest, is accused of killing Sister Pahl in a hospital chapel in 1980.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeThe Rev. Gerald Robinson, centers, confers with attorneys Alan Konopb (left) and Nicole Khoury as Dr. Henry Lee (right) professor of forensics at the University of New Haven, testifies concerning blood spatter and crime scene, April 27, 2006, in Toledo.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeAttorney John Thebes shows his frustration defending the Rev. Gerald Robinson during his murder trial.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeThe Rev. Gerald Robinson watches a witness take the stand during his murder trial, May 4, 2006. Robinson is on trial for the 1980 murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. At left are Lucas County assistant prosecuting attorneys Larry Kiroff and Dean Mandros. At right is defense attorney Alan Konop.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeBlood stain pattern specialist Paulette D. Sutton, center, a medical examiner with the City of Memphis gives testimony concerning blood stains on the alter cloth in the Rev. Gerald Robinson, right, murder trial, April 26, 2006, in Toledo.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeRev. Gerald Robinson leaves the courtroom for during a break in his murder trial. Robinson, a Roman Catholic priest, is accused of killing a nun over Easter weekend 26 years ago.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeLucas County Assistant Prosecutor Dean Mandros gives closing arguments during the murder trial of the Rev. Gerald Robinson, May 10, 2006. Robinson is on trial for the 1980 murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeDefense attorney Alan Konop questions retired Toledo Police Detective Arthur Marx about the murder weapon.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeRev. Gerald Robinson, left and defense attorney Nicole Khoury laugh as defense attorney John Thebes has trouble with a display during his murder trial.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeDefense attorney Alan Konop, (left) Rev. Gerald Robinson, defense attorneys John Thebes and Nicole Khoury (right) listens as the guilty verdict is read. Robinson was found guilty in the 1980 murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl.
First Place, News Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The BladeRev. Gerald Robinson is lead from the courtroom by court security officer Bob Dietrich, after Robinson was found guilty of the 1980 murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-Sun
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunNeighbors in a rural Clark County community rallied with law enforcement to search for a toddler who left his panicked family behind when he wandered from his house Feb. 2. Emotions ran high during the four-hours search, until a neighbor saw the 2 1⁄2-year-old boy curled up in her lawn, about a half-mile from home. Angel Schneider cried as she answered questions from a sheriff's deputy about her missing son, Cayden Workman.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunA Clark County Sheriff's deputy holds copies of two and a half year old Cayden Workman's picture to hand out to search and rescue personnel at the staging area in the Greenon High School parking lot.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunFirefighters, Clark County Sheriff's deputies and volunteers search the neighborhood around Chico Court for two and a half year old Cayden Workman.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunAngel Schneider is hugged by her father as she waits to hear news about her missing son.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunTerry Colman, breaks down as she talks to members of the media about her missing great grandson, Cayden Workman at Greenon High School.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunSearch and rescue volunteers on horseback search a field near Greenon High School for two and a half year old Cayden Workman.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Marsahll Gorby / Springfield News-SunAngel Schneider kisses her two and a half year old son, Cayden Workman after they were reunited on Oakwood Road. Cayden was missing for more than four hours from his home.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain Dealer
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerAfter a night of record setting rainfall in Lake County, the Grand River overflowed its banks, leaving hundreds homeless and causing damage in the millions of dollars. Kathy Evan (left) and Katherine Holland of the Animal Disaster Team of Medina Co. came to Painesville to rescue cats (inside the cardboard boxes) from Millstone Condominiums, a particularly hard-hit area.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerKeith Heffernan of Orwell and Brett Monroe (right) of Burton look over the floodwaters of the Grand River as it bubbles up beneath the Richmond St. bridge in Fairport Harbor, after last night's torrential rains. Normally, the river passes peacefully 15 feet beneath the bridge.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerThe floodwaters of the Grand River hit the yacht clubs clustered near its mouth in Fairport Harbor particularly hard, washing dozens of boats out into Lake Erie. Despite a dangerous current from the floods, Todd Van Allen of Concord removed personal items from his boat, still moored at Riverbend Marina, although the dock itself had torn loose and moved several yards downstream from its normal location.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerA crew of volunteers pulls to safety the shattered wreck of the Moonfleet, an historic replica steam tender normally moored on the Grand River, but washed by the storm out into Lake Erie. The volunteers, led by Tom Jackson, front, found the boat two miles east of the river's mouth on a Lake Erie beach and walked its hull back to its dock.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerRogelio Porrorsoto hands off more emergency water from a Red Cross supply truck backed up to the emergency shelter set up at Painesville Harvey High School to care for people made homeless by the flooding. Floodwaters overwhelmed the municipal water plant, making bottled water particularly valuable to flood victims.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerA picnic table ready for a summertime weekend stands in a riverside shelter twisted by the floodwaters of the Grand River in Fairport Harbor.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerWayne Ferguson of Painesville cleans up the muddy mess left behind by floodwaters in Harbor Lights Coffee House and Restaurant in Fairport Harbor.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Thomas Ondrey / The Plain DealerJorge Hernandez inspects the parking area of an auto body shop in Painesville, now covered in the mud of the Grand River after yesterday's torrential rainfall.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus Dispatch
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchJohnny Johnson (left) and Capt. Frank Stratman arrive at the Foster home located at 13920 Taylor Rd. in Reynoldsburg. Johnson is a Mortuary Affairs Specialist from the US Army in Alexandra, Va. and Capt. Stratman is an assistance officer for the Ohio National Guard. They were there on the recovery of the body of Lt. Charles "Buddy " Feucht an Army Aircorps flyers who was lost in action on a B-24 in New Guinea 63 years ago during WWII.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchMary Alice Foster is looking at a photo of the skeletal remains of Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht her brother at the Foster home. Lt. Charles "Buddy " Feucht a Army Aircorps flyer who was lost in action on a B-24 in New Guinea 63 years ago during WWII. The bodies of the crew members were recently recovered.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchPhoto of lost flyer Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht at the Foster home. The photo was taken in the shortly after he joined the service. Lt. Charles "Buddy " Feucht an Army Aircorps flyer who was lost in action on a B-24 in New Guinea 63 years ago during WWII.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchMary Alice Foster is listening to the story of the recovery of her brother lost flyer Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht . On the right is her daughter Christina Davis who was crying through the presentation at the Foster home. Lt. Charles "Buddy " Feucht an Army Aircorps flyer who was lost in action on a B-24 in New Guinea 63 years ago during WWII. The bodies of the crew members were recently recovered.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchReturn of Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht to Columbus. Captain Frank Stratman of the Ohio National Guard helps putting the flag on casket of Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht . Major General Harry Fuecht is in the right side of photo. The commercial flight was from Atlanta. Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht died in WWII 63 years ago. His body was discovered in New Guinea. He was part of a bomber crew lost.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchFrom left: Christina Davis (daughter) and Mary Alice Foster and Don Foster react to the arrival of the flight bringing the body of her brother Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht after his death in WWII 63 years ago. His body was discovered in New Guinea. Don Foster saluting is a WWII Navy Vet. The photos being held by Christina are those of her grandparents.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchBrittanny Lee, 17, holds the hand of her grandmother Mary Alice Foster during the grave side ceremony of 2nd Lt. Charles "Buddy " Feucht at Glen Rest Memorial Cemetery. Feucht was missing in action since 1943. Mary Alice is the sister of Buddy.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchCasket of 2nd Lt. Charles "Buddy " Feucht in the back of a hearse waiting for his burial. Feucht was missing action since 1943.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Tim Revell / The Columbus DispatchPallbearers bring the casket of 2nd Lt. Charles "Buddy" Feucht to his final resting place at Glen Rest Memorial Cemetery. Feucht was missing action since 1943. His plane along with other members of the crew was discovered in New Guinea in 2002.
