Feature - 1st place - Pilot of the Tooth Frooty prepares his balloon for takeoff during the Rossford Balloon & Fireworks Festival in Rossford. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Chunks of watermelon fly as Colin Showman, 12, eats his watermelon slice as fast as he can during Fourth of July at Harvard Circle in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Kids play football together during 3rd of July fireworks at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Ben Morales of Erie, Michigan, eats his lunch inside the entrance of the Port Lawrence Garage and enjoys the music of Ben DeLong during the weekly Lunch at Levis event in Toledo.(Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Larry Watkins, 84, who rides his bicycle to work everyday, cuts Cameron Hall’s hair at Dale's Barber Shop in Sylvania. Mr. Hall has been getting his hair cut by Mr. Watkins for 55 years. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Suzanne Warner, a retired Garaway Local Schools teacher from New Philadelphia, listens to speakers during a John Lewis Day rally – a national day of nonviolent action in New Philadelphia. The rally was planned by a local activist group, Coexistence Movement, along with three other groups in conjunction with thousands of other similar rallies and demonstrations nationwide. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - HM - A television camera records as Wayne Kinsel announces his candidacy for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District at Voodoo Brewing in Sylvania. (Addison Annis / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Tim Carroll sits amid the passion project he started three years ago that has taken over his entire yard as well as the devil strip in front of his Highland Square home in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Fans react to a foul ball during the first game of a doubleheader International League baseball game between the Toledo Mud Hens and Memphis Redbirds at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Loren Christian Jackson is swarmed by his children Koda and Kai Blue after playing in the Akron men’s basketball alumni game. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 1st place - Springfield police officers talk to a group of women on the 100 block of East Cecil Street after responding to a shooting and found a female victim. (Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Spot News - HM - Meghan Miller (right) a Starbucks employee, consoles the driver of a car that crashed through the vestibule of Starbucks on Bluebell Drive, in New Philadelphia. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 1st place - Wrestler Dustin Devine jumps up in the air during a match against David Light during the Northwest Ohio Rib Off at Lucas County Fairgrounds in Maumee. (Addison Annis / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Spectators watch a fireworks display on the field at Centerville Stadium. The fireworks, which are organized by the Americana Festival, were set off in a slightly different area at Centerville High School this year due to road construction behind the stadium. (Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Story - 2nd place - Campers like Ellora McKay of Aurora started the day off with a walk on the orange carpet before a WNBA-themed girls basketball camp held at Aurora High School. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 3rd place - Gabriel, 11, of Oak Harbor holds a baby bunny inside of the rabbit barn at the Ottawa County Fair in Oak Harbor. (Addison Annis / The Blade)
Story - HM - Katelynn Telles unravels the rope before the Tooty Frooty takes off as other balloons inflate during the Rossford Balloon & Fireworks Festival. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
