First Place, Spot News - Small Market - Robert K. Yosay / The (Youngstown) VindicatorA wife is consoled after a friend found her elderly husband who apparently died on the sidewalk next to her home.
Second Place, Spot News - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunFamily members console Sanceia Jenkins as she's told the body of her nine-year-old son, Collin, has been recovered from Buck Creek. Collin vanished while swimming with his brothers and uncle in the creek. The Clark County water recovery team was called to the scene to search for the boy. Collin's body was found after more than an hour of searching.
Third Place, Spot News - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunMembers of the Huber Heights Water Recovery Team rescue a stranded motorist from the roof of his car after it became submerged in several feet of water during a storm. The motorist drove around a fire engine blocking the intersection of Gerlaugh Road and Ohio 235 and became stranded.
Award of Excellence, Spot News - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunFlames engulf a tractor trailer rig on west bound I-70 between State Route 41 and US 40 as members of the Springfield and Harmony Township fire departments battled the flames. The semi rolled over and burst into flames after striking another semi that was parked along shoulder of the highway. The driver of the burning semi escaped without injuries.
Award of Excellence, Spot News - Small Market - Scott Heckel / The (Canton) RepositoryDeante Walker was arrested and put in handcuffs on felony heroine, cocaine, and marijuana possession charges. Meanwhile Sgt. Jeff Greene of the State Highway Patrol holds Walker's cell phone as he explains what happened to his girlfriend whose car he was driving when authorities pulled him over.
