IMG tag bug in WordPress

so. this is weird. running into a strange issue …

<img> tag is only linking the top fifth of a linked image instead of the entire.

using widget logic to display sidebar content, so that may be the culprit. problem seems to impact some, but not all images.

see:

https://www.thehealthcareblog.com

300 x 250 on the upper right hand

basically wondering if this is wordpress thing or a widget thing …