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First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerFirefighters battle the fire that engulfed the iconic Rabbit Hash General Store. The iconic Rabbit Hash General Store was gutted by fire Saturday night and into early Sunday morning. In its approximately 185 years in existence, the clapboard store on Lower River Road in Boone County withstood all manner of threats — multiple floods, landslides and the Great Depression, to name a few. Through it all, the store and its recognizable front facade remained an unmistakable landmark in Northern Kentucky culture. The fire that began inside the building was too much for the old, mostly-wooden structure, however. It burned throughout a nearly five-hour firefight. The store had been in continual operation since 1831, according to the Rabbit Hash Historical Society – a span in which 38 U.S. presidents took office. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerFirefighters try to save some of the Rabbit Hash General Store's iconic signage.
First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerLiz Licis, 25, who grew up just down the road, watches the Rabbit Hash General store go down in flames Saturday night and into early Sunday morning. "It's the strangest feeling to see your whole childhood, just burning," she said.
First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerDuane Doyle hugs Ruby Young, the daughter of the Rabbit Hash General Store's owner Terrie Markesbery, after a fire. The building is owned by the Rabbit Hash Historical Society, but the business is owned by Markesbery.
First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerVolunteers move memorabilia and antiques that firefighters pulled out of the burning building Sunday morning as a fire destroyed the iconic Rabbit Hash General Store.
First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerFirefighters battle the fire that engulfed the iconic Rabbit Hash General Store.
First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerOn old photo of the Rabbit Hash General Store labeled "General Store 1945" hangs in the old barn, where firefighters and community members gathered to stay warm.
First Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Cincinnati EnquirerRabbit Hash Historical Society board member Bobbi Kayser, center, gets a hug as supporters play 'Amazing Grace' early Sunday morning while a fire destroys the iconic Rabbit Hash General Store.
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Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerCleveland hosted 2,472 delegates, 15, 000 members of the media and one Republican presidential nominee in July for the 41st Republican National Convention. Thousands of law enforcement officers were brought to Cleveland from around the country for the anticipated protests and widespread hostility, but the four-day event only saw 24 convention-related arrests. Marcos Spence of Dallas, Texas, poses for a portrait at Settlers Landing in Cleveland, Ohio on the first day of the Republican National Convention Saturday, July 2, 2016. Spence travels around the country to attend Trump events.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerVolunteers from around the county paint bricks and chain link designs on muslin ponchos that will be used to make a wall for a protest at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio Tuesday, July 19, 2016. They will create a human wall that will stretch about 1,000 feet to "Wall Off Trump."
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerA Trump cutout stands next to a mannequin at Adultmart in Cleveland, Ohio Monday, July 18, 2016.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerAndrew Shecktor, of Pennsylvania, adds a sticker to his blazer on the final night of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday, July 21, 2016.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerDemonstrators form a barrier to "Wall off Trump" outside Quicken Loans Arena Wednesday, July 20, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. The protest was peaceful and lasted a couple of hours.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerDonald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, speaks on the final night of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday, July 21, 2016.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerWes Nakagiri, a delegate from Michigan, walks through the delegates with a Hillary Clinton mask on for the final night of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday, July 21, 2016.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerDonald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, is joined on stage by his wife, Melania, and his children at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday, July 21, 2016.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Meg Vogel / Cincinnati EnquirerAt the conclusion of the Republican National Convention, attendees attempt to take an official "Trump Pence" sign from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday, July 21, 2016.
