First Place, Spot News - Small Market - Robert K. Yosay / The (Youngstown) VindicatorA police officer directs emergency crews at the scene of a fatal pedestrian accident as the driver lays on the median feet from the pedestrian he ran down
Second Place, Spot News - Small Market - Isaac Hale / Ohio UniversityA vintage stearman aircraft carrying wing walker Jane Wicker and pilot Charlie Schwenker crashes at the Vectren Dayton Air Show in front of a crowd of spectators. Both Wicker and Schwenker were fatally injured in the crash.
Third Place, Spot News - Small Market - Brent Lewis / Chillicothe GazetteFirefighter Michael Hawkins tries to calm the fire from a car that caught fire in the parking lot of Corner Market. "It just got hot and died," said Corinda Krans, driver of the car. "It wouldn't restart and smoke just kept getting higher." Krans told her two children to get out of the car and moments later the front of the car was engulfed in flames. "We barely got out," said Krans.
Award of Excellence, Spot News - Small Market - Scott Heckel / The RepositoryMandel Daniels sits in the back of a car after being arrested by the United States Marshal Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force on charges of aggravated burglary and assault after being taken into custody in Canton. C.J. Stantz (Stark Co Sheriff Dept.) looks in the front window at him after handcuffing him after the fugitive took off running when Marshals arrived.
Award of Excellence, Spot News - Small Market - Taehoon Kim / Ohio UniversityDaniel Musso, of Brentwood, N.H., is apprehended by law enforcement officers during a gun control rally supported by Mayors Against Illegal Guns in Concord, N.H..
