The Star’s award-winning photographers had Windsor and Essex County covered Friday. Check out this gallery.
A jet powered Smart car spews fire across the arena during the Toughest Monster Truck Tour at the WFCU Centre on May 24, 2013. (Jason Kryk/ The Windsor Star)
Alan Benoit walks the sidewalks near his regular postal route in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Dog bites on postal carriers were up last year. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
The Avenger driven by Jim Koehler competes during the Toughest Monster Truck Tour at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario on May 24, 2013. (Jason Kryk/ The Windsor Star)
Catholic Central teacher Linda Garrisi, left, and students Uzma Aashraf, behind left, Sabrina Fallone, Jenna Conciatori and Brenna Gosselin bring their dance class to the hallways as other students pass by Friday May 24, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Lajeunesse’s Daniel Picard, left, battles Forster’s Jean Emmanuel Syla during the WECSSAA boys A soccer final at Forster Field May 24, 2013. The Spartans won 2-1 in overtime. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Brian Fryer leads MPP Teresa Piruzza (left) and MP Jeff Watson on a tour during a funding announcement at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Both the federal and provincial governments have committed $2.52 million each for the research done at the institute. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Local physiotherapy workers protest Friday, May 24, 2013, outside of the office of MPP Teresa Piruzza’s constituency office in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Eric Kukucka
Fans pack in the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario to watch the Toughest Monster Truck Tour on May 24, 2013. (Jason Kryk/ The Windsor Star)
Workers check out a dump truck that slid into a ditch at the Herb Gray Parkway near Howard Avenue and Highway 401. The accident occurred approximately 11:00 a.m. No injuries were reported. The Ministry of the Environment was called in the investigate. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Fans pack in the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario to watch the Toughest Monster Truck Tour on May 24, 2013. (Jason Kryk/ The Windsor Star)
Windsor police close off a section of the riverfront to recover a body from the Detroit River in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. A body was discovered by a passerby around 2:30 p.m. Police are investigating. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Lajeunesse’s Stefan Boulineau, right, kicks the ball in front of Forster’s Abdirazak Ibrahim during the championship game at Forster May 24, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Fans pack in the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario to watch the Toughest Monster Truck Tour on May 24, 2013. (Jason Kryk/ The Windsor Star)
Catholic Central principal Amy LoFaso and students have kept the aging structure on Tecumseh Road East as clean and tidy as possible, May 24, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Daniel Heath speaks during a funding announcement at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Both the federal and provincial governments have committed $2.52 million each for the research done at the institute. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Brian Fryer leads MPP Teresa Piruzza (Centre) and MP Jeff Watson (right) on a tour during a funding announcement at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Both the federal and provincial governments have committed $2.52 million each for the research done at the institute. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Fans pack in the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario to watch the Toughest Monster Truck Tour on May 24, 2013. (Jason Kryk/ The Windsor Star)
Local physiotherapy workers protest Friday, May 24, 2013, outside of the office of MPP Teresa Piruzza’s constituency office in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
The Top 10 Best-Dressed judges are Houida Kassem, left, Karen Hall, Anne Waters and Ari Freed. (DAN JANISSE / The Windsor Star)
Firefighters work to extinguish any remaining hot spots after a fire destroyed a garage in the 1100 block of Hall Avenue in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Workers check out a dump truck that slid into a ditch at the Herb Gray Parkway near Howard Avenue and Highway 401. The accident occurred approximately 11:00 a.m. No injuries were reported. The Ministry of the Environment was called in the investigate. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Windsor police and firefighters work to recover a body from the Detroit River in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. A body was discovered by a passerby around 2:30 p.m. Police are investigating. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Don Carom
Forster’s Ali Mohamed Abdullah, from left, draws the attention of Lajeunesse defenders Daniel Bietoia, Aiden Johnson-Bujold and Joel Kabula during the championship game at Forster May 24, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Catholic Central principal Amy LoFaso and students have kept the aging structure on Tecumseh Road East as clean and tidy as possible, May 24, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Daniel Heath leads MP Jeff Watson (left), MPP Teresa Piruzza and Alan Wildeman (right) on a tour during a funding announcement at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Both the federal and provincial governments have committed $2.52 million each for the research done at the institute. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
CUPE members protest Friday, May 24, 2013, outside of the office of MPP Teresa Piruzza’s constituency office in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Dr. Gary Ing
Firefighters work to extinguish any remaining hot spots after a fire destroyed a garage in the 1100 block of Hall Avenue in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Windsor police close off a section of the riverfront to recover a body from the Detroit River in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. A body was discovered by a passerby around 2:30 p.m. Police are investigating. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Brian Bobbie
Catholic Central students Adut Keror, left, and Jasmine O’Halloran walk from their classroom at the school’s West Wing campus, rented space in a shopping plaza May 24, 2013. Currently, students travel along a side street, pass through an alley and cut through a fence to get to class. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star
Brian Fryer leads MPP Teresa Piruzza (Centre) and MP Jeff Watson (right) on a tour during a funding announcement at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Both the federal and provincial governments have committed $2.52 million each for the research done at the institute. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
CUPE members protest Friday, May 24, 2013, outside of the office of MPP Teresa Piruzza’s constituency office in Windsor, Ont. Piruzza (R) speaks to the demonstrators.(DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Eddie Francis
Firefighters work to extinguish any remaining hot spots after a fire destroyed a garage in the 1100 block of Hall Avenue in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Tom O’Brien
Brian Fryer leads MPP Teresa Piruzza (left) and MP Jeff Watson on a tour during a funding announcement at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Both the federal and provincial governments have committed $2.52 million each for the research done at the institute. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Local physiotherapy workers protest Friday, May 24, 2013, outside of the office of MPP Teresa Piruzza’s constituency office in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
John Chisholm
Firefighters work to extinguish any remaining hot spots after a fire destroyed a garage in the 1100 block of Hall Avenue in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Dan Orman
Forster’s Ali Mohamed Abdullah, left, draws several defenders as Daniel Bietoia, left, Aiden Johnson-Bujold and Joel Kabula of Lajeunesse try to block the shot in the high school soccer final at Forster. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Peter Vitti
Alan Benoit walks the sidewalks near his regular postal route in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. Dog bites on postal carriers were up last year. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Fans pack in the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario to watch the Toughest Monster Truck Tour on May 24, 2013. (Jason Kryk/ The Windsor Star)
Jason Toner
Firefighters work to extinguish any remaining hot spots after a fire destroyed a garage in the 1100 block of Hall Avenue in Windsor on Friday, May 24, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
