First Place, General News - Jeremy Wadsworth / The BladeRosemary Bailey thanks Jesus for getting her apartment back as fellow tenant Joe Matthews looks on May 27, 2008, at the Renaissance Apartments in Toledo.
Second Place, General News - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerA member of the U.S. Army Honor Guard salutes U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin, April 26, 2008 during the changing of the guard at the Union Township Civic Center in Union Township. Maupin was part of the U.S. Army’s 724th Transportation Company and a graduate of Glen Este High School. Maupin arrived in Kuwait on Feb. 20, 2004. He was captured by Iraqi insurgents in Baghdad on April 9, 2004. The family was told his remains had been found on March 30th.
Third Place, General News - Joshua Gunter / The Plain DealerCandles help light the dining room at the Donsky home as eight-year-old Daniel Donsky and sister, six-year-old Anna works on homework September 16, 2008 in Cleveland Heights. Patches of the west side are still without power.
Award of Excellence, General News - Chris Parker / ThisWeek NewspapersDaylyn Merkle shares a moment with her father, Bryan, after winning the Little Miss Firecracker Pageant 2008, July 3, 2008.
Award of Excellence, General News - Dave Zapotosky / The BladeArthur "Jibby" Jibilian, a Fremont, resident who was a radio officer with the Office of Strategic Services during Operation Halyard in WWII, is comforted by his wife Jo after being overcome with emotion while receiving a standing ovation during a ceremony in his honor at the 180th Fighter Wing Air National Guard base, at Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, December 7, 2008. Jibilian was honored for his role in the rescue of 500 Allied Airmen in Serbia during WWII.
Award of Excellence, General News - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati Enquirer Janet Tate cries as she explains that she "fears she is a disappointment to her two daughters who have always looked up to her". Tate lost her job in a layoff at Duke Energy.
Award of Excellence, General News - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerVisitors to the memorial in front of the Veillette home in Mason are photographed January 13, 2007. There were several visitors to the site, mostly people who drove by in their car. Michel Veillette is charged with the murder of his wife and four children after he and his wife's body were found with stab wounds following a house fire Friday evening. He was charged with starting the fire to cover up the murders. Michel later hung himself in his jail cell in the Warren County Correctional Facility while he awaited the completion of his trial.
