First Place, Spot News (under 100 - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunA distraught Rebecca Tinney is comforted by police officers after discovering her son Nikalis Tinney, 17, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in their home.
Second Place, Spot News under 100,000 - Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-SunPolice arrest Raymond Poe at the Old Fox's Den on a charge of breaking and entering and took him to the Clark County Jail.
Third Place, Spot News Under 100 - Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning JournalJason Snyder comforts his brother-in-law, Larry Fields, as firefighters try to extinguish a blaze at a log cabin where Fields resides. The historic log cabin was built circa 1874 and originally stood in the square in Unity. One of four log cabins now on the 270-acre Hoffstot Homestead, it was a total loss. The farm is part of Ohio's historic wilderness preservation land.