Feature - 1st place - Lee Riehle pets the beak of one of his sisters' ducks on at the Clark County Fair. Riehle's sisters Laura and Katelyn will be showing the animals at the fair. (Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Feature - 2nd place - Kids play as they wait for the City of Maumee and Perrysburg fireworks at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Robin Hymm is handed a dollar bill by Ari Ignatowicz, 2, during the ninth annual Love Fest along Adams Street in Toledo. (Addison Annis / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Zoey Hubbard, 6, does cartwheels on the 18th hole after the final round of the Greater Toledo Classic at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Pedestrians cover their noses and mouths as smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets downtown Toledo. (Addison Annis / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - A couple with their golden retreiver watches the City of Troy's fireworks display from a secluded spot on the Great Miami River levee. Thousands watched from along Market Street Bridge and spots in downtown Troy. (Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
General News - 3rd place - Ironworkers with Bay Crane Midwest reinstall the Art Tatum Celebration Column by Cork Marcheschi in Toledo. The sculpture is in honor of local jazz pianist Art Tatum, who grew up in Toledo but gained acclaim far outside northwest Ohio. The column, which resembles piano keys, had been removed since 2024 for restoration. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - HM - Ashley Tyson of Wayne comforts her son Liam Tyson, 5, while waiting to ride is modified “Big Wheel” at Olscamp Hall at Bowling Green State University. Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program students have modified “Big Wheel” ride-on cars to give to local kids who experience limited mobility. The BGSU OTD program is collaborating with the Ability Center of Greater Toledo on this, which generously provided financial support to make the event a reality for the community. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - HM - Gloria Alvarado walks with Trooper, her 1-year-old dog, below the Veterans' Glass City Skyway Bridge amid smoke from Canadian and Minnesotan wildfires in Toledo. The smoke has dramatically worsened air quality in the area. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Jaron LeGrair is a visiting assistant of music theater voice at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and digital creator with over one million followers on YouTube. (Andrew Dolph / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 2nd place - Judge Joe McNamara at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - George Thomas, Director of the Fair Housing Center, talks about Section 8 discrimination at the Fair Housing Center in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Breon Washington, 11, shoots the ball during the Early Bird Basketball camp, a free, year-round program that serves central-city kids who live in underserved areas at Smith Park in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - FC Cincinnati midfielder Pavel Bucha embraces teammate Kenji Mboma Dem after scoring a goal against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati. (Joshua Swinford / Nine & Plum)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Pato O'Ward, of Aarow Mclaren Racing, celebrates after winning the Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. (Thomas Fetcenko / The Chronicle Telegram)
Sports Feature - HM - Sidney class of 2026 graduate Kenzi Koester (right) asks junior goalkeeper Bailey McCutchins (left) to speak up after Koester scored a goal during the program's annual alumni game at Sidney Memorial Stadium. The program has hosted an alumni game for 10 years. Koester, who graduated in May, played with McCutchins for two years. Koester scored two goals in the alumni's 5-2 win. (Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Spot News - 1st place - Firefighters work to extinguish a fire coming from a 2013 Ford Fusion in Springfield. The vehicle's driver, Haleigh Young, escaped just before her car caught on fire. (Joseph Cooke / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - Jet-skiers sit on the Maumee River as thick smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets downtown Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Scott Dixon drives the No. 9 Chip Ganassi car through turn five during the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington. (Joshua Swinford / Nine & Plum)
Sports - 2nd place - Avon's Mariano Melendez (12) and Bryce Hubert (2) collide in the infield while trying to catch a pop up off Bellevue in New London (Thomas Fetcenko / The Chronicle Telegram)
Sports - 3rd place - Grafton Midview's Sophia Wolf reaches to field a ground ball off Firelands that went foul by third base during the Class C Hotstove final in Spencer. (Thomas Fetcenko / The Chronicle Telegram)
Story - 1st place - Super stock division soap box derby racers wait in the blue barn at the 88th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs in Akron. (Andrew Dolph / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 2nd place - Mike Weir tosses grass to his caddie at the 18th green during first round of the Kaulig Companies PGA Championship at Firestone Country Club in Akron. (Andrew Dolph / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 3rd place - Morgan Shaw, whose derby name is DynaMo, takes off her skates after a Glass City Rollers practice at Graystone Banquet Hall in Perrysburg. (Addison Annis / The Blade)
