First Place, Spot News - Large Market - Alex Holt / The Columbus DispatchJames Wooten, 11, is comforted by his mother Lillian Wooten, as he looks at what he was able to save from the fire Monday evening, October 28, 2013. A litter of kittens was rescued from the flames, but James' two puppies were not so fortunate. They are in town visiting, and were in the house when the blaze started.
Second Place, Spot News - Large Market - Ed Suba Jr. / Akron Beacon JournalApril Roberts-Gilbert is comforted by her ex-husband, Donald Durham, after finding out that one of the four people found shot in the head in a basement of a housing complex was their son, Ronald Roberts.
Third Place, Spot News - Large Market - Lori King / The (Toledo) BladeFirefighters are dwarfed by a massive marsh fire in Monroe, Mich. All they could do was watch it burn itself out, considering there was no access for the fire trucks.
Award of Excellence, Spot News - Large Market - Amy E. Voigt / The (Toledo) BladeToledo police remove an unidentified student from Scott High School after a standoff today. The student pulled out a gun after being asked to leave the classroom and report to the principal's office.
Award of Excellence, Spot News - Large Market - Lisa DeJong / The Plain DealerCharlene Milan (left) looks skyward as she sees her neighbor Nancy Ruiz, mother of Gina DeJesus, for the first time since Gina's arrival home yesterday. Nancy Ruiz's daughter Gina DeJesus came home yesterday after she was kidnapped and had gone missing for a decade. Three long-time missing women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, were found alive Monday, apparently kidnapped and held for years together as prisoners inside Ariel Castro's home on Cleveland's near West Side.
