Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunMeghan Porter holds her frightened daughter, Gemma, 6, as they walk through their destroyed Beavercreek neighborhood. A series of overnight tornados destroyed hundreds of homes in the Dayton and surrounding areas.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA face, part of the mural on the side of the Springfield YMCA, is reflected in the rain drops on a car window Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA Moorefield Township firefighter rushes into position to attack a fully engulfed house fire soon after arriving on the scene on Thomaston Trail Thursday.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunIt was hot and the pigs were not cooperating Friday as Kinley Neff, 6, found out as she participated in the junior showmanship competition in the Swine Arena at the Clark County Fair.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunDion Green, the son of Derrick Fudge, breaks down as he tries to say goodbye during the funeral services for his father Saturday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Fudge, a Springfield native, was killed during the mass shooting in the Oregon District in Dayton.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA young dancer with the Punjabi Bhangra dance group starts out the group's performance Saturday during CultureFest in downtown Springfield.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunCorbin Buehler shows his patriotic spirit as he waits patiently along Enon-Xenia Road for more candy to be thrown his way during the annual Enon Fourth of July Parade Thursday.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA Springfield Police officer is seen through the shattered window of a car that was traveling east of West Main Street when the driver was shot in the arm by the driver of another car. The bullet traveled through the drivers arm and shattered the passenger window. Police are still looking for the shooter.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunRoderick Fudge, the brother of Derrick Fudge, is hugged by a young girl Monday during a candlelight vigil in downtown Springfield for the victims of the Oregon District Shooting. Derrick, who was from Springfield, was one of the nine people killed in the mass shooting.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA student gets off the bus on Lower Valley Pike in the middle of a down pour Thursday afternoon.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunA Beavercreek resident pulls his hair in frustration Tuesday as he walks through the debris left behind after an overnight tornado devastated his neighborhood.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunClark County Dog Warden Sandi Click gets some love from the Clark County Dog Shelter's youngest guest Tuesday morning before they opened for National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunVarga Berrien laughes as she does aerobics for seniors with a group on stage Tuesday at the Community Health Foundation's annual Health Expo at the Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center.
Second Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Bill Lackey / Springfield News-SunThanks to a robot designed by the Ohio State University engineering department, Levi Suttles, 6, is still able to attend school at Miami View School in South Charleston despite battling leukemia. The robot allows Levi to move around and interact with his class from a computer at home.
