First Place, Pictorial - Karl Kuntz / The Columbus DispatchAn empty parking space shows the contrast between the snowfall and the recently emptied spot. Many downtown workers went home early to avoid the mounting snow and the possible problems at rush hour.
Second Place, Pictorial - Tim Norman / ThisWeek Community NewspapersThe moon is framed by the lights of the Hurricane ride as passengers fly across the night sky at the Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival at Reynoldsburg Civic Park on September 3, 2008.
Third Place, Pictorial - Lisa DeJong / The Plain DealerA program and hat rest on folded seats as a mourner reaches for his glasses at the funeral for US Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones at Public Hall in Cleveland. Tubbs, a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, didn't live to see the historic election. Tubbs died of an unexpected brain aneurysm.
Award of Excellence, Pictorial - James D. DeCamp / The Columbus Dispatch856 people form a human chain as they join hands and pray across the top of the Alum Creek State Park Dam, May 1, 2008 as part of ministry of the God's Thunder Motorcycle Ministry from the Genoa Baptist Church celebrating the National Day of Prayer.
Award of Excellence, Pictorial - Joshua Gunter / The Plain DealerA 30-second time exposure captures the lights of an airplane over a frozen Lake Erie as it prepares for a landing at Burke Lakefront Airport March 13, 2008 in Cleveland. Photographed from E. 55 St. Marina area.
Award of Excellence, Pictorial - Amy Sancetta / Associated PressA construction worker walks along the roof line of new senior living community being built in Chagrin Falls on Aug. 1, 2008
Award of Excellence, Pictorial - Chuck Crow / The Plain DealerAn old time look at the Cleveland skyline from an old time fire station, the old Cleveland Fire Station #28 on Carnegie Ave. just off of Ontario St. in Cleveland, on Jan. 18, 2008. The old fire station will be converted into the Western Reserve Fire Museum and Education Center after fund-raising drives kick off this year.
