General News - 1st, “Flag Retirement”Lance James, a member of the American Legion Post 286 in New Carlisle, turns his face away from the heat as he uses a crutch to light 13,000 flags on fire during a Veterans Day Flag Retirement Ceremony Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd, “Redistricting Commission”Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks with the press during a delayed start before a meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission. The meeting was quickly rescheduled for the following week after more than an hour of delays, the group was created to redraw legislative districts in the State of Ohio to reflect a more accurate reflection of the States voting body. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd, “Vigil”Thousands of Michigan students and Ann Arbor residents hold a candle light vigil for the Michigan State University students that were killed in a Monday night shooting, at the Diag at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - Award of Excellence, “Issue 1”https://onpa.org/poy2023/fea/Mason Hickman (left) and Shakti Rambarraan (front) of the Ohio Women’s Alliance react during a gathering for supporters of Issue 1 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. The issue establishes a constitutional right to abortion. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - Award of Excellence, “A Statement of Remorse”Tara Frye, the mother of Corey Harshey, becomes emotional while delivering a statement of remorse to the family of Nathan S. Green, during a change of plea hearing and sentencing of Harshey before Judge Michael Ernest in the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas. Harshey changed his plea from not guilty by reason of insanity to guilty, for the murder of Gree in which he stabbed him in the neck and head. Green later died at a hospital after being transported by medical helicopter. Pictured at right is Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - Award of Excellence, “Regal Theater Development”Tim Greene, an architect with DNK Architects, examines the Regal Theater, which will undergo a revitalized to house two minority businesses, the Robert O’Neal Multicultural Art Center and Katalyst, a minority-owned marketing firm, pictured, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, on Linn Street in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
