First Place, George A. Smallsreed Jr. Award - Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA pig squeels as a competitor in the Champaign County Fair Pig Scramble jumps on its back Sunday. The group of girls, competing in the scramble, run through the mud as they try to catch one of several juvenile pigs loose in a pin and drag the mud covered pig into a center ring. Those competitors who succeed, get to raise the pig and bring it to the fair next year to show and sell.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunMembers of the Springfield Fire Division rescue one of the three children from an overturned SUV following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of East High Street and Walnut Street Monday afternoon. Five people were involved in the accident, all were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunJanet Finfrock, center, the mother of James Pierce, is consoled by friends and family Thursday, Feb. 2 as she reacts in court after former prosecutor James Berry was found not guilty of leaving the scene of a crash that killed her son.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunGreenon's Whitney Robinson gets clothes lined by Urbana's Becca Poppel as she drives for the basket during Monday's Divisoin II tournament game at Xenia High School.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunLarry Rieker touches a burning crutch to the more than 9,000 flags being burned Thursday, June 14 during the annual Flag Retirement Ceremony at the American Legion Post 286 in New Carlisle. Old and worn out flags from all over the country are sent to Post 286 to be burned in what has become one of the largest flag retirement ceremonies in the country.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA bicyclist rides past a fire at the RD Holder Oil Co. in rural Clark County, Ohio Thursday, April 19 2012. The fire, which started when a tanker truck caught fire near the companies warehouse, quickly engulfed the entire business. Fire fighters battled the blaze for more than six hours.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunMikayla Bodey, a senior at Graham High School, reacts as her name is announced as the winner 2012 Champaign County Fair Queen contest Sunday evening at the fair in Urbana.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunMembers of the Springfield Police Division's Special Operations Team work to get murder suspect Laune Dozier out of a residence at 730 East Street after he refused to surrender Tuesday. East Street was blocked off between Selma and Summer Streets as SOT officers fired rounds of tear gas into the residence in an effort to get Dozier to come out.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunMore than 400 Kenwood Elementary students stepped up to the plate Friday to throw pies in the face of Principal Vicki Hudepohl and Kenwood Student Support Facilitator Jamie Hood as a reward for winning a reading challenge bet of over 115,000 minutes in a three-week period.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunCarolann Dye, an employee of Putt-Putt Golf and Games of Springfield, uses a long pole to place an Uncle Sam hat on the head of the giraffe sculpture on the miniature golf course for Memorial Day.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA crash victim is seen through the rippling heat rising off the burning car they escaped from as firefighters carry them to a medic unit after the car they were in struck a tree along Fletcher-Chapel Road in Harmony Township and burst into flames. The driver and passenger were both transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunSnowhill Elementary School honored America's veterans Monday, Nov. 12 with a special Veteran's Day Program in the school's gymnasium. The program included a speech from Ronald Rosser, who won the Medal of Honor during the Korean War.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunNorthwestern Elementary students react as they get to touch a catfish as Northwestern High School student, Chance Wyant, pulls it out of a tank during the Northwestern FFA Farm Day. FFA members brought their tractors and farm animals to school Wednesday so the elementary students could experience them up close.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA pedestrian walks past a row of brightly colored kayaks on display outside Dunham's Sporting Goods in Springfield as he enters into the store.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunWith five days till the 2012 presidential election, President Barack Obama made his first campaign stop in Springfield, Ohio and thousands of Obama supporters crowded into Springfield High School to listen to the president speak and show their support. Thousands of Barack Obama supporters waited for hours outside Springfield High School to see the president on his only campaign stop in Springfield.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunEthel Maryman waits in line outside Springfield High School to see President Barack Obama during his only stop in Springfield, Ohio.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunPresident Barack Obama gives a young supporter a high five as he enters the gymnasium at Springfield High School for a campaign rally in Springfield, Ohio.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunThe air above the crowd at the Barack Obama rally is filled with cell phones as supporters try to snap a picture of the president as he enters the rally at Springfield High School.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunThousands of Barack Obama supporters filled the gymnasium at Springfield High School as the president speaks during his only campaign stop in Springfield, Ohio.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunPresident Barack Obama supporters cheer and applaud for the president as he speaks during a campaign rally at Springfield High School in Springfield, Ohio.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunPresident Barack Obama speaks to thousands of supporters during a campaign stop in Springfield, Ohio.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA young Barack Obama supporter holds her ticket as she listens to the president during his campaign rally in Springfield, Ohio.
First place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunBarack Obama fans excitedly wait to shake hands with the president during his campaign stop in Springfield, Ohio.
Second Place, George A. Smallsreed Jr. Award - Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunJesse Cowell of Cedarville Township moves to avoid a flare-up from a pile of hay while defensively fighting the barn fire which threatened the Waymire family's nearby home and other out-buildings on the property. Fire and rescue crews from Cedarville, Harmony, Madison and Stokes Townships battled the three-alarm barn fire for hours.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunHusband and wife Mercy Wamwara and Sammy Loonkishu celebrate after both received Bachelor of Science degrees in nursing during Fall Commencement.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunChristian Knasel of Northeastern High School struggles to put a halter on a bellowing steer during the fair's annual calf scramble.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunElizabeth Christian, 12, waits for the flame in a paper lantern to create enough hot air to lift the lantern into the night sky. Around two hundred glowing paper lanterns were released into the night sky by friends and family of Kamden Ketchall at the Church of the Nazarene on Wednesday, which would have been Kamden's twelfth birthday. The "glow" paid tribute to Kamden's life and his family's continuing efforts to raise awareness about bullying, childhood depression and suicide.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunAn excited supporter in the crowd hugs Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan during a rally at Young’s Jersey Dairy on Saturday. Ryan gave a brief speech and then shook hands and posed for photos with supporters in the crowd of approximately two thousand people.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunA trapeze artist performs with the Great American Family Circus inside the Champions Center at the fairgrounds.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunJon Johnson, 18, smokes a cigarette while wading in a flooded portion of North Street following heavy rain associated with severe storms. Police closed the road for about an hour to let the storm water drain.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunWittenberg quarterback Reed Florence puts on a happy face while running along the sideline en route to scoring a touchdown during the Tigers' game against DePauw.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunBreelyn Neil, 5, flinches as Peter Rushton presents her with a Burmese python during the P.T. Reptiles show at the Park Branch of the Public Library as part of the Summer Reading Program.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunAdesuwa Aideyman (23) of Reynoldsburg reacts to a 49-41 loss to Twinsburg during a Division I semi-final basketball game.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunA candlelight vigil was held at Northeastern High School after Tuesday's basketball game to honor18-year-old Cady Reed, a 2012 graduate of Northeastern who died in a car accident early Sunday morning. A spirit rock which was a recent addition at the front of the campus was painted pink in Reed's honor and adorned with candles and roses.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunPresident Barack Obama enjoys a hot dog with mustard while attending the NCAA First Four basketball game between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Ohio Governor John Kasich at University of Dayton Arena.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunChar'Dell Dunningan (11), Nichole Mabry (15), LaShawna Gatewood (14) and Mercedes Hobbs (35) of Twinsburg celebrate a 57-51 win over Kettering Fairmont in the Division I basketball championship game.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunA lone swan swims through the reflection of Christmas lights that illuminate the boat house in Snyder Park.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunThrough tears, Richard White calls family members after the car he was driving hit two young children who were reportedly both riding on the same bicycle late Wednesday afternoon.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunDesi Kirkman (82) of Wittenberg somersaults over Mychael Gilliam (20) of Chicago.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunA midway worker raises an umbrella before the rides opened to the public at noon at the county fair.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunKris Harmon places ribbons on the winning photographs after the fine arts entries were judged under the grandstand.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunLevi Hollingsworth, 4, hangs on to a feisty goat while competing solo in pee wee goat showmanship.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunTabitha George, 15, and Mikayla Goings, 16, let their hair fly as they ride the Scrambler.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunJaylen Hoermle, 5, checks her boots while sitting with her family's pigs in the hog barn.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunTehlor Stant, 8, rolls around a shallow pool in a giant inflatable ball on the midway.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunReese Shafter, 14, does a flip on the Euro Bungy as the sun set on the county fair
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunLeah Bender competes in versatility riding as the sun sets.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunWrestlers enter the arena during the Parade of Champions before the finals of the OSHAA State Wrestling Tournament.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunWrestlers shake hands with their opponents during the Parade of Champions before the finals of the OSHAA State Wrestling Tournament.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunCameron Kelly of Bellbrook prepares for his match against Cody Butcher of Uhrichsville Claymont at 106 lbs. in Division II during the finals of the OSHAA State Wrestling Tournament.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunDavid Bavery of Massillon Perry wrestles Austin Assad of Brecksville-Broadview Heights at 106 lbs. in Division I during the finals of the OSHAA State Wrestling Tournament.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunCameron Kelly of Bellbrook celebrates a win over Cody Burcher of Uhrichville Claymont at 106 lbs. in Division II during the finals of the OSHAA State Wrestling Tournament.
Second place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunDavid Bavery of Massillon Perry celebrates a win over Austin Assad of Brecksville-Broadview Heights at 106 lbs. in Division I during the finals of the OSHAA State Wrestling Tournament.
