2015 ONPA Pictures of the Year

First Place, Team Picture Story - Staff / The (Toledo) Blade

First Place, Team Picture Story - Lori King / The (Toledo) Blade

On February 1, 2015, Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins suffered cardiac arrest while driving during in a snowstorm. He remained in a hospital in critical condition until he died on February 6. Students at a Toledo elementary school created a get well card for the mayor.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Jeremy Wadsworth / The (Toledo) Blade

Community members and government leaders pay their respects during a memorial service for deceased Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins at the University of Toledo.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Dave Zapotosky / The (Toledo) Blade

People lining a walkway over Summit Street showing their respect for Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins as his funeral procession passes through downtown Toledo, Thursday, February 12, 2015. Someone waves from a limousine in the procession, left, while a spectator waves an Irish flag, right.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Amy E. Voigt / The (Toledo) Blade

Toledo Police Officer Paul Toth stands at attention with members of the Toledo Police Department while the body of Mayor D. Michael Collins passes the TPPA Hall on its way to Rosary Cathedral onFebruary 12, 2015.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Amy E. Voigt / The (Toledo) Blade

Virginia Gladieux holds a sign while the body of Mayor D. Michael Collins passes the TPPA Hall on its way to Rosary Cathedral onFebruary 12, 2015.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Katie Rausch / The (Toledo) Blade

Mrs. Michele Pass' fourth grade class from Harvard Elementary School raise handmade signs that spell out, "Toledo Will Miss You!" during the funeral processional for Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins as it passes near Wixey Bakery in South Toledo on Thursday, February 12, 2015. After winding its way through the city, the processional ended at Toledo's Rosary Cathedral for a funeral Mass.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Jetta Fraser / The (Toledo) Blade

UAW Local 12 members and USMC veterans Jim Roe, of Temperance, Michigan, left, and Mario Duran, of Millbury, fold the flag of the United States Marine Corps before giving it to Sandra Drabik, widow of D. Michael Collins, in limousine. The funeral cortege stopped outside of the local hall to enable members to give Ms. Drabik, the flag. Collins was a Marine.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade

Acting Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson, center, prays with others during a funeral service for Mayor D. Michael Collins at Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Thursday, February 12, 2015.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Amy E. Voigt / The (Toledo) Blade

Police line the steps as the casket of Mayor D. Michael Collins is carried to the hearse following the funeral mass at Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral. Collins was a former Toledo police officer.

First Place, Team Picture Story - Amy E. Voigt / The (Toledo) Blade

A wedding portrait of Sandy Drabik and her late husband Mayor D. Michael Collins, is displayed in their home, next to the flag which draped his casket during the funeral.