Look back at 2017 through the eyes of 14 Post-Gazette staff photographers with their favorite images of the year.
Steph Chambers
Penguins’ Marc-Andre Fleury signs a hat for a young fan during the Pittsburgh Penguins victory parade on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Grant Street and Boulevard of the Allies. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)See all of Steph's photos
MLB umpire John Tumpane consoles a woman who attempted to jump from the Roberto Clemente Bridge on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 along the Allegheny River downtown. Tumpane, who was walking back to PNC Park from a lunch break before preparing for tonight’s Pirates game, saw the woman lift herself over the railing. He said he held her and mouthed to other pedestrians to call 911. He attempted to buy her lunch and “talk about it.” “She said, ‘I just want to end it right now. I’ll be in a better place,'” Tumpane said while waiting for emergency personnel. “She was like ‘They don’t want to help me. You know they don’t want to help.’ I said, ‘No, they want to help you. We all want to help you. Look at all these people here that care about you.'” The woman was taken by ambulance off the bridge. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Sgt. 1st Class Brian Karst, of the United States Army Parachute Team Golden Knights and of Vancouver, Washington, protects his head as he leaps out of an airplane during the Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland County Airshow on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Sunlight shines on a patron eating inside Wiener World on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 along Strawberry Way downtown. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
A girl draws with the condensation on a school bus window on Friday, March 31, 2017 while riding along Penn Avenue in East Liberty. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Second grader Imogen Nowak cries in the arms of her father United States Army Captain Erik Nowak after he surprised her during an assembly for National Kindness Week at Quaker ValleyÕs Osborne Elementary School in Sewickley on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Captain Nowak has been in Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, and Turkey since September 2016. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf soccer players Danielle Fisher and Ryane Smalley pump each other up before a shootout during a championship game against Plants and Pillars Homeschool Co-op on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at Highmark Stadium. WPSD won in a shootout. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Quaker Valley’s Ricky Guss flies into the end zone against Central Valley during a football game on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 at Central Valley High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
The sun rises over West Allegheny’s defending Class 5A WPIAL champion defense as they work out at 7 a.m. during a preseason practice on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at West Allegheny High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
EQT Flashes of Freedom Fireworks shoot over Pittsburgh’s confluence on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 as seen from the West End Bridge. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Rebecca Droke
The Esquivel Hernandez family from left Shayla, 11, Alma, and Luz, 9, hug as they are greeted by Sister Janice Vanderneck of Casa San Jose during a rally in support of Martin Esquivel Hernandez on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, near the Hot Metal Bridge on the South Side. Esquivel Hernandez was deported back to Mexico after nine-months in custody. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)See all of Rebecca's photos
Brides from left Jean Rosfeld, 87, Barbara Murawski, and Patricia Phoebe, foreground, 89, wait to process into the marriage vow renewal ceremony held in honor of Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at Asbury Heights senior living community in Mt. Lebanon. Ten couples, including one couple married for 77 years, renewed their vows Tuesday. “Marriage doesn’t work unless God is in the mix. You can’t fail with him,” says Barbara Murawski. She married Carl Murawski in 1954. “He’s still the greatest,” Barbara says after 62 years of marriage. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
A protester is pulled out of the crowd as President Donald Trump speaks to crowd during the “Make America Great Again” rally Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Volunteers with the American Cancer Society hold up lights in tribute to those affected by cancer as the PPG Plaza Tree is lit during the Comcast Light Up Night Friday, November 17, 2017, in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Kelly Gibson of Lawrenceville reacts as she listens to a speaker during the Not One More vigil and recovery celebration Friday, September 22, 2017 at Arsenal Park in Lawrenceville. “It’s hard. I was just crying and sad,” said Gibson, who lost three cousins to heroin overdoses. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Family and friends reach out to touch a dove after a memorial service for Dakota James, a Duquesne University graduate student on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Calvary United Methodist Church on the North Side. Dakota James went missing on January 25, and was found dead in the Ohio River in Robinson on March 6. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
“The King,” Del Douglas, gets ready to slam his opponent during a Keystone State Wrestling Alliance bout at Millvale Days on Saturday, September 16, 2017, in Millvale. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Emmanuel Hilton, 19, arrives at the contemporary worship band rehearsal Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at the Chippewa United Methodist Church in Chippewa, Beaver County. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Officer Antoine Cain stands with Thomas Alexander outside Alexander’s home after he found Timothy Buehl dead from an apparent heroin overdose on Friday, May 5, 2017 in Brookline. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Emile Blackman, gets comforted by teammates Nakye Sanders, center, and Mike Lewis II, after Duquesne loses to St. Louis 72-70 during the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown, Pittsburgh. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Lake Fong
Zhang Yue-Ming, 23, of Hebei, China, warm-ups prior to her performance of the traditional Kun Opera in the Greater Pittsburgh Chinese Lunar New Year Gala at Marshall Middle School in Wexford on Sunday, January 29, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette )See all of Lake's photos
David Wallace of Forest Hills waves to supporters while rallying at “Tuesdays with Toomey” rally at Station Square on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette )
Duquesne Incline cable cars are framed by snow on Friday, Mar. 10, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette )
Rhode Island Jared Terrell, left, celebrates with Jarvis Garrett after defeating VCU 70-63 to win the Atlantic 10 Championship Final at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday, Mar. 12, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Bridget Grejda of Dormont gives advice to her daughter Kayle Wasky, 19, a senior at Keystone Oaks High School while choosing her prom dress at the National Council of Jewish Women Thriftique shop in Lawrenceville on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The Project Prom Giveaway assures local students to have the opportunity to go to their prom affordably. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Whitewater adventurers raft on the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle State Park Wednesday, August 30, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, bottom, and his teammates, help Jeremy Franklin, 8, of Highland Park to climb the obstacle wall drill at the Mel Blount Youth Leadership Initiative on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 in Claysville, Pa. The Pitt football teamÕs 2017 newcomers hosted a fitness and football clinic for kids at the camp. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Theresia Brandl, 105, a resident of Oakdale, shares a laugh with her great granddaughter Justine Reyes, 41, after receiving her Sto-Rox High School diploma on Wednesday May 17, 2017. Brandl attended Stowe Township High School, but left before she graduated in order to help take care of her family. The Twilight Wish Foundation helped to make Brandl’s wish come true. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Actor Joel Grey, 85, prepares to perform at “An Evening With Joel Grey” for the Jewish Association the Joy of Aging event at Senator John Heinz History Center on Monday May 15, 2017 (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Abby Cartus, left, a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh and Douglas Ward, a United Steel worker, chant slogans outside Senator Pat Toomey’s office while the “Grinch” listens on Wednesday, December 06, 2017 Downtown. Members of the USW Graduate Student Organizing Committee and their fellow University of Pittsburgh students delivered letters to Senator Pat Toomey, urging him to keep anti-education provisions passed by the House of Representatives out of the final version of the tax bill. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Stephanie Strasburg
Alfred “Preach” Hines has driven away dealers who tried to peddle heroin in front of his house in Knoxville. He sits with son “Mighty” Michael Hines, 8, in the attic room he is converting into a multimedia studio on July 28, 2017. He hopes by providing youth an opportunity to build their music, film, and recording skills, that young people in the area can build a professional identity that does not revolve around the dichotomy of choosing between McDonald’s and drug dealing. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)See all of Stephanie's photos
Former CIA employee, NSA contractor, and whistleblower Edward Snowden waves to a full room of Pitt students as he signs on to speak with them live from an undisclosed location on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 at the William Pitt Union Assembly Room on the University of Pittsburgh’s Oakland campus. The Pitt Program Council’s lecture committee organized a conversation with Snowden exclusively for Pitt students, allowing Snowden time to speak on cyber security and privacy and then take questions submitted by the ticketed students. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Stacey Wehner, 30, of Ben Avon, raises her arm as she rides an inflatable bull in the Allegheny River while partying with her friends on Sunday, July 2, 2017 along the North Shore. The “Sunday Funday Slip and Slide” party, thrown by Pittsburgh Boat Life for the fourth year now, brought out a series of DJs and a 100-foot slippery tarp for people to slide down the adjacent hill on. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Trick rider Dusti Crain-Dickerson of Jefferson City, Tenn. rides barefoot while standing on the backs of two horses while performing in the Fort Armstrong Championship Rodeo on Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Crooked Creek Horse Park in Ford City. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
From left to right, Colleen Fadely, 26, of Moon, looks through binoculars as she watches the Thunderbirds fly in the “Wings over Pittsburgh” air show with her cousin Nicole Cunard, 35, of Glenfield, and Cunard’s children Calley, 2, Shayna, 12, and Tyler, 7, and their new friend Gage Simons, 5, of Burgettstown on Sunday, May 14, 2017 in Moon. Cunard said she wanted to take her son, Tyler, to the show because he wants to be a pilot when he grows up. Tyler says he would like to be a pilot because, “One: I have weapons. Two: I can fly.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Justin Sevacko, Jr., 2, of Imperial, stands with his aunt’s 6-week-old puppy, Ace, as they hang out on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in McKees Rocks. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Officer Jake Alex inspects confiscated stamp bags as he does paperwork at the end of his shift on Aug. 17, 2017 at the Mt. Oliver Police Department. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Girls sing Frozen’s “Let it Go” as they drive around in a pink stretch limo during Sweet and Sassy’s lights and limo event in Bethel Park on Dec. 29, 2016. Pictured left to right are Mackenzie Downey, 5, of McCandless, Lyla Ostrowski, 8, Alyssa Lips, 7, and Julia Tengowski, 7, all of Peters Township, and Bella Trout, 9, of McCandless. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Darrell Sapp
A towboat and its load heads through the steamy Ohio River toward the Point and the Pittsburgh skyline on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)See all of Darrell's photos
“Jersey” tries to get a better view as Dennis Chambers of Morgantown , W.Va. and his owner, drives along 5th Ave. in downtown Pittsburgh on a spring like day on Feb. 21. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Amish Children run during a blistery snow riddled recess outside of a School in Wilmington Township in Mercer County on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Damon Chiodo, 11, a 6th grader at Carnegie Elementary, drops his jaw as he turns and sees his brother for the first time in two years on Friday, September 29, 2017 in Carnegie. Damon had just completed his essay ÒMy hero is my brother, Devin Tomei.Ó S.P.C. Devin Tomei is Specialist Military Occupational Specialty (M.O.S) and works on CH-47 helicopters in Germany. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
A Blue Heron splashes to get back up on a large floating branch after making its catch for breakfast out of Canonsburg Lake near Donaldson Crossroads in Washington County on Friday, June 16, 2017. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Gavin Melan, of Belle Vernon, and Gabriel Taylor, of Elizabeth, show their abilities of “Fly Boarding” as part of the Jet Ski Stunt Shows press event for the upcoming EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta on Wednesday July 19, 2017. They both have be fly boarding for two years. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Dancers fly into the air to the music of “Seize the Day” , from Disney’s “Newsies” during the audition for the Pittsburgh CLO’s Summer Season at the Benedum Center on Friday, Feburary 3, 2017 Downtown. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh skyline highlights the low layer of clouds as the crescent Moon peers through the gap on Monday, October 16, 2017 in Pittsburgh. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Smoke rises from the low end of huge pile of mulch, backlighting the firefighters on September 13, 2017 in North Fayette. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Antonella Crescimbeni
AJ Alleyne, of Philadelphia, eats a catfish as the crowd goes nuts after the Penguins won their second straight Stanley Cup on Sunday, June 11, 2017. The Penguins defeated the Predators 2-0 during game 6 of the Stanley Cup final. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)See all of Antonella's photos
Steve Hribik, left, of Bloomsburg, gets emotional as he hugs his daughter Jennifer Fusco, of Pittsburgh, after finally getting to watch a Penguins game with all of his children at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday, May 21, 2017. Hribik has been following the Penguins since 1967 and has been to a game with his son Mike Hribik, far right, of Bloomsburg, but never with all of his kids. The Penguins defeated the Senators 7-0 in the NHL Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs outside. The Penguins defeated the Senators 7-0. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
People at Jack’s bar sing ‘Sweet Caroline’ on Carson street after the Penguins won their second straight Stanley Cup on Sunday, June 11, 2017. The Penguins defeated the Predators 2-0 during game 6 of the Stanley Cup final. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
Fans occupy as much space as they can in the Allies Garage in downtown Pittsburgh as they cheer on the Penguins players during the victory parade on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. The Penguins defeated the Predators 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final during game 6. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
John Lampe, of West Greene, kisses his daughters cheek, Madison Lampe (4), after the team came back to win the state championship at Beard Field on Friday, June 16, 2017. West Greene was down 7-0 in the 2nd inning and defeated Williams Valley 9-8. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
Pitt quarterback Max Browne’s helmet flies off after getting sacked in the second half during the Pitt-Penn State game on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Beaver Stadium. Penn State defeated Pitt 33-14. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
From left to right: Drew Stultz, also known as “Spudz,” of Anchorage, Alaska, a german shepard, Erin Hildebrandt, also known as “Lykaios,” of Frankfort, Ky., a husky, and Rob Baird, also known as “Kodaly,” a corgie, look out the window of the Westin Convention Center on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Anthrocon 2017 runs until Sunday, July 2, and has all types of people dressed in a variety of costumes, also known as furries. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
Justine Dean (6) holds the trophy in the air as her teammates rush towards her after winning the 2017 PIAA 3A state championship at Beard Field on Friday, June 16, 2017. South Park High School defeated Pine Grove 4-2. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
Irene Morar grips the back of Michael Kopera’s, of Evan City, leather vest while riding on a motorcycle on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Lutheran Senior Life Passavant Community in Zelienople. Caretakers at the Lutheran Senior Life Passavant Community wanted to fulfill Alvin Graf’s, 98 years old, wish of riding a motorcycle after not having ridden one since WWII. The American Legion Riders offered their help and came out to not only grant Graf’s wish, but also other senior residents who got the opportunity to go out on a joyride. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
World War II veteran Richard Gardner, served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946, shakes hands and receives a personalized military dog tag during the World War II Veteran Recognition ceremony hosted by Soldiers and Sailors in partnership with the Veterans Breakfast Club on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette).
Peter Diana
Pittsburgh Steelers T.J. Watt celebrates his sack on Bengals Andy Dalton in the fourth quarter Sunday, October 22, 2017, at Heinz Field. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)See all of Peter's photos
Pittsburgh Steelers JuJu Smith-Schuster stands over Bengals Vontaze Burfict after a big hit Monday, December 4, 2017, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers Ryan Shazier is carted off the field Monday, December 4, 2017, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Shazier suffering a spinal cord injury and will mis s the rest of the season. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers Le’Veon Bell runs the ball through a collection of Titans on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Murray makes a save against the Senators on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at the Canadian Tire Center, Ontario, Canada. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers Alejandro Villanueva stands near the tunnel during the National Anthem on Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Soldier Field in Chicago. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers T.J. Watt celebrates after he sacks the Giants Josh Johnson for the second time in the first half August 11, 2017, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers Antonio Brown takes a selfie with Steeler fans during evening practice Friday, August 4, 2017, at Latrobe Memorial Stadium, Latrobe. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger gets a hug from daughter Baylee Marie on Saturday July 29, 2017, at Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pa. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby celebrates winning the Stanley Cup with Carl Hagelin during after Game 6 at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday, June 11, 2017 in Nashville. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Matt Freed
Sewickley Academy head coach Win Palmer enters the locker room after defeating Constitution in the PIAA class 2A championship Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Giant Center in Hershey. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)See all of Matt's photos
Steelers Antonio Brown pulls in a touchdown against Titans Logan Ryan in the fourth quarter at Heinz Field Thursday, November 16, 2017 in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Brewers Keon Broxton can’t come up with a double hit by Pirates Elias Diaz in the third inning Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Pirates Starling Marte slides into home plate against Reds Tucker Barnhart in the sixth inning Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Cardinals Jedd Gyorko walks between a dinosaur and the Pirate Parrot before taking on the Pirates Saturday, July 15, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury removes a catfish during warmups before taking on the Predators in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final, Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen sits in the dugout before batting practice Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
James Conner learns he’s a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers during a draft party at Buffalo Wild Wings on April 28, 2017, in Erie, PA. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Children watch batting practice as the Pirates prepare to take on the Braves Saturday, April 8, 2017, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli hits the dirt on an inside pitch from Braves Mike Foltynewiz in the third inning Friday, April 7, 2017, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Nate Guidry
Cancer survivor Valerie Tressler of Mount Pleasant gets a kiss from family members after the survivors march during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park Sunday May 14, 2017. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette.)See all of Nate's photos
Several hundred people gathered in the Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church Friday Dec. 15, 2017, for the first of two Christmas laser light shows. George Dodsworth, a member of the church and president of Lightwave International, created the laser show. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Juana’s three-year-old daughter wipes her mother’s tears on July 20, 2017, as Juana’s describes her ordeal since arriving from Nicaragua. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
The Most Reverend Sakya Tri-Tue, president of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association, blessed the temple during the dedication of a new Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in the former Methodist church building Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, in Dormont. This is the opening of a temple that has been at least a couple of years in the making, including a makeover of the old church into a temple. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Santa, portrayed by a member of the University of Pittsburgh Imagination Project, holds 21-day-old Bentley Sakel of Beallsville on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at the The ChildrenÕs Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation and Pitt Vets Team Up to Donate ÒA Bus FullÓ of Christmas Gifts to The ChildrenÕs Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Newlyweds Jeimy Sanchez-Ruiz and Pedro celebrates with family members during their reception on April 7, 2017 in Brookline.
Nate Scott of the North Side cleans the main chandelier inside the Benedum Center on August, 16, 2017 Downtown. The main chandelier is the signature piece at the Benedum Center. Positioned in the center of auditorium, it weighs 4,700 pounds, is 20 feet high and 12 feet wide and decorated with 500,000 crystals. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Iconic jazz guitarist Joe Negri poses for a portrait on stage at Duquesne University. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh battalion fire chief Gregory Lowman cools down after battling a two-alarm blaze on the North Side Monday, June 12, 2017. The fire began on the roof of the three-story building and spread to the top floor. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Family members react to the news of a double homicide in Larimer on July 18, 2017. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Steve Mellon
Glenn Jeffries reads a notice that he was scheduled to appear in family court while daughter Cathy climbs on his back in the family’s home on Santron Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. Glenn and his partner Autumn Rudolph had been addicted to opiates for about three years before both had entered rehab programs in mid November 2017. By December, both Glenn and Autumn said they were drug free. Their goal, they said, was to stay clean so their two daughters could live with them permanently. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)See all of Steve's photos
The Rev. Deryck Tines, center, and the Lemington Gospel Choir lead a crowd in singing “Lean on Me” at the Prayer for Pittsburgh, Prayer for Peace gathering in front of the City-County Building on Friday, August 18, 2017. At left is choir member Donna Lowery. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Dr. Russell Clark of University of Pittsburgh releases a high-altitude balloon on Friday, July 14, 2017, at Allegheny Observatory for a test flight in preparation for the upcoming total eclipse of the sun. The balloon contains video and photo equipment as well as experiments. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
After the Penguins beat the Predators 2-0 in Game 6 and won the Stanley Cup on Sunday, June 11, 2017, revelers packed Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side to celebrate. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
A few blocks from his McKees Rocks home, Steve Kelley waits for a bus that will take him to his night job at Gateway Center in Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Terry Fisher lights a cigarette on the second floor of his home on the 100 block of Santron Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Opiates warped the lives of all who spent time on this small section of street in the year 2017. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Tom Whyel, an overnight worker for the Port Authority of Allegheny County, replaces burnt bulbs at a port authority parking lot in Wilkinsburg on Monday, April 3, 2017. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Shaoda Chen, 69, relaxes at the Oliver Bath House at the corner of 10th and Bingham streets on Pittsburgh’s South Side on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The bath house was dedicated in 1914 and is the city’s oldest public swimming pool. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Haley Nelson
Adelina Simco, second from right, with the Trafford Junior Tamburitzans, plays with her skirt before a performance at the 58th Annual International Village on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at Renziehausen Park in McKeesport. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)See all of Haley's photos
Lorin Shields lays in the crib with his 4-month-old son, Lorin Jr., at their Allegheny Dwellings apartment on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 in Fineview. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Fall colors burst forth from the hills of North Park on either side of North Ridge Drive on Thursday, Nov 9, 2017 in McCandless. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Highlands’ Jermaine Jett (22) takes down Mars’ Tom Sheehy (13) on Friday, Sept 22, 2017 at Mars Area High School in Mars. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Noah Snyder, 5, from Monroeville, right, and his brother, Bryce, 8, fish at dusk on Thursday, Sept 21, 2017 at Keystone State Park in Derry Township. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Violet Wright, left, holds her best friend, Hannah Fetter, to her side during a speech at the Women’s March at Market Square downtown on Saturday, Jan 21, 2017. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Johnny Spell Sr. shaves his son’s face in the locker room before his boxing match at the Western Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Championships on April 1, 2017 at the 3 Lakes Golf Course in Penn Hills. Fighters are not allowed to have facial hair because it can lead to cuts near the eyes. Johnny Spell III lost by decision to Danny Bodish of Steel City Boxing, a result that few expected from the matchup. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
The room erupts around Malik Hooker, center, still on the phone with the Indianapolis Colts, as it is announced on TV that he will be joining their team at The Villa banquet hall on Thursday, April 27, 2017 in New Castle. Hooker was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, and was 15th pick overall. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Gabe Falo, from North Allegheny, and Tony Zona, from Penn-Tafford, tangle at the WPIAL wrestling quarter finals on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 at North Allegheny High School in Wexford. Zona won by decision. North Allegheny defeated Penn-Trafford 42-28. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Ballerinas dance onto the stage under a shower of snow, made from flame-resistant paper, at a dress rehearsal of “The Nutcracker” on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at the Benedum Center, Downtown. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Pam Panchak
New Kensington Police Chief James Klein and Lisa Shaw, mother of the New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw share a moment while waiting at the Rusiewicz Funeral Home in Lower Burrell for the procession to arrive on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)See all of Pam's photos
Robert Morris University’s Anna Niki Stamolamprou gets a hug from assistant coach Kim Dweck after leaving the game late in the fourth quarter of their first round game in the NCAA Women’s basketball tournament Friday, March 17, 2017 at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame. Head coach Charlie Buscaglia keeps tabs on the game on right. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Phantom, a miniature pig soaks up the attention during the third annual Pittsburgh VegFest at Allegheny Commons on the North Side on Saturday, August 5, 2017. Phantom was a representative of the Pittsburgh Squealers and Belly Brothers Pig Rescue at the event. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Gianna Baldonieri, 3, from Brookline and Spencer Dolan, 3, from Churchill run together along North Shore Drive during the 1st annual Lil’ Yinzer fun run to “celebrate the ‘Burgh” and raise funds for homeless services for Light of Life Mission on Saturday, August 19, 2017 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
South Fayette’s Sam Snodgrass wins the varsity boys AAA race at the Red White & Blue Cross Country Invitational at Schenley Park on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
California’s Colin Phillips breaks up a pass to Imani’s Sam Fairley during their game at Graham Field in Wilkinsburg on Saturday, September 16, 2017. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
“Jiwi,” a resident orangutan hangs out on the ropes at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium on Thursday, November 9, 2017 in Highland Park. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Urban Academy’s Bless Freeman and Deja Lindsay show their stuff in the Swing competition during the Pittsburgh Mercy and Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh “Colors of the Rainbow” Fall 2016 Finals at Pittsburgh Allderdice Saturday, January 7, 2017. Nine Pittsburgh Public Schools and two charter schools participated in the dance competition which is the finale of a 10-week course learning ballroom dance. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Leila McClain from Canonsburg embraces Therese Rocco from Brookline while her son, Sam, from Orlando, Fla. waits in the living room at Rocco’s Brookline home on Friday, April 28, 2017. Therese Rocco, who was a captain with the Pittsburgh Police department helped Leila McClain find her two children after her husband took them to Seattle in 1969. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Shawn Eigenbrode, paramedic crew chief for City of Pittsburgh EMS attempts to lasso a four-point buck that jumped into the Highland Park Reservoir while Patrick Corcoran, with Pittsburgh Animal Control steadies the boat Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Highland Park. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Larry Roberts
Calling out “Happy Holi,” hundreds of participants in the Holi Festival celebration at the Hindu Jain Temple toss colorful powder on each other on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The celebration was postponed a week because of the winter weather conditions. Holi is a spring festival held at the time of the full moon near the middle of March. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)See all of Larry's photos
People in the audience at the Sen. Bob Casey town hall held in Alumni Hall at the University of Pittsburgh hold up their “agree” cards after the senator made the statement that the country needs to “elect good candidates” on Sunday, Apr. 9, 2017. On the back of the card is the word “disagree” for those with differing opinions. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)
J.D. Whitewolf of the North Hills carries the collaborative painting he started with his daughter Madeleine, 12, to the be auctioned on Sunday, April 30, 2017. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown greets the youths from grades 1-8 who came to Bethel Park High school to learn the basics of football in a two-day camp on Sunday, July 23, 2017. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)
Two unidentified girls play in the pews during a service marking the 100th anniversary of Holy Virgin Dormition Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. The congregation, which is a part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, began worshipping before the church structure was built. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)
Treats are distributed along Murray Ave in Squirrel Hill, during the annual Lunar New Year parade on Feb. 12, 2017. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)
Actor and director Michael Keaton glances upward as he is given the hood for his honorary doctorate at the Carnegie Mellon University commencement ceremony in Pittsburgh on May 21, 2017. Keaton received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)
Jacob Chemtai of Kenya breaks the tape at the finish line of the 2017 Pittsburgh Marathon, May 7, 2017 (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)
Andrew Rush
Sara Dierberger, 16, a pre-professional student with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Hannah Pierogi listen to a press conference about the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s latest economic impact study titled “From Pointe Shoes to Pierogies: Impacts of the Arts on Allegheny County” at the Pittsburgh Musical Theater on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 in the West End. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)See all of Andrew's photos
Sixteen-year-old Lily Tarasiewicz, of Chesterfield, S.C., skates with her idol, Mario Lemieux during a private skating session on the Stadium Series rink at Heinz Field arranged by Make-A-Wish on February 27, 2017. Tarasiewicz was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma, the same cancer that Lemieux was diagnosed with and overcame during his NHL career. This was the second time Tarasiewicz had ever been ice skating. Lemieux was at Heinz Field for the 2017 Mario Lemieux Fantasy Hockey Camp. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Susan Harkey, an aerial dancer from Blue Lapis Light, rehearses on the side of Fifth Ave Place on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 to prepare for shows during the Arts Festival. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s 4-week-old baby elephant meets the public for the first time at the elephant family room windows in Highland Park on July 7, 2017. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
A full eclipse of the sun as seen on Sunday, August 21, 2017 in Barren Plains, Tenn. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Chyrstyn Fentroy, of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, takes a break backstage during a joint rehearsal with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre at the August Wilson Center Downtown on March 16, 2017. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Tim Reynolds, senior fishmonger, Henry Dewey, owner, and Kyle Houghtelin, fishmonger, pose for a portrait behind the counter at Penn Avenue Fish Company in the Strip District on February 22, 2017. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
More than 1,000 police officers from around the country gathered at the Blair County Convention Center for the funeral of 23-year-old State Trooper Landon Weaver on January 5, 2017. Weaver was killed responding to a domestic complaint a rural area in Huntingdon County. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Storm clouds roll over a farm in Muddy Creek Twp. on July 10, 2017. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Canada geese float on the Ohio River under a train bridge on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Bridgewater, Pa. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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