Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The (Dover-New Philadelphia) Times-Reporter Entry Title: Zoar Fire Department dispute Entry Credit: Nancy Molnar Judge Comment: Great detail in these stories following a complicated and convoluted situation with the Zoar Fire Department. There were kind of a lot of moving parts to this story but the writer was able to capture all of them and explain them to the reader.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Sandusky Register Entry Title: Sandusky, Cedar Point reach $100M deal Entry Credit: Andy Ouriel Judge Comment: A big project chalk full of information; these stories did a great job of breaking things down and explaining to the reader what the project and funding was all about.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Mansfield News Journal Entry Title: Police discipline: Records show Mansfield officer suspensions often reduced Entry Credit: Monroe Trombly Judge Comment: Nice breakdown to explain a lot of things about police discipline that most people do not understand.
