Eva Davis, of Churchill, watches groups play kickball during Kickball for a Cause, an annual charity event hosted by the Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP), Saturday, August 14, 2021, in Mellon Park in Shadyside. Proceeds from the event will go to the Homeless ChildrenÕs Education Fund and BookÕEm. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)David Wassel, an attorney from White Oak, look at old letters Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, that Harry Dininger sent to his mother Grace Dininger while he was servicing in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. (Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson catches the ball while cornerback Justin Layne tries to tackle him during practice on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker Melvin Ingram III wraps his arms around wide receiver Diontae Johnson after Johnson catches the ball during practice on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster high-fives fans during practice on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward gestures to his teammates at the end of practice on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Laila Blackwell, 10, of Homewood, skates during the “Police Free Schools Back to School Cookout” event hosted by One Pennsylvania, on Saturday, August 14, 2021, in Homewood. The event aimed to promote having counselors in schools instead of police and included a school supply giveaway, food, crafts, and more. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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Utilities Crews on Lydia St. after overnight storms on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021 in Greenfield. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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Buses and vans with A-1 Transit outside their location in Lawrenceville on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A person runs by fallen tree limbs from overnight storms on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021 in Schenley Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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People walk by fallen tree limbs from overnight storms on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021 in Schenley Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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A car drives by fallen tree limbs from overnight storms on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021 in Schenley Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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A fallen tree limb from overnight storms can be seen on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021 in Schenley Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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(L-R) David primm from 412 Food Rescue, Kyle wyche COO of Ectone Renewables, Henry Mongrain from Ectone Renewables and Kurt lindsey from Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank load a car with bucket of food to be composted on Friday August 13, 2021, in Duquesne. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin talks with line judge Rusty Baynes as his team takes on the Eagles in the third quarter Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at Lincoln Financial Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger watches the action from the sideline as his team takes on the Eagles in the third quarter Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at Lincoln Financial Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers running back Anthony McFarland Jr. dives for a touchdown against the Eagles in the second quarter Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at Lincoln Financial Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A Steelers fan celebrates after catching a ball thrown to him by Steelers kicker Chris Boswell during warmups Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at Lincoln Financial Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Relaxing in a tackle wheel, William Schwerha, 15, and other Belle Vernon High School football players take a water break during morning practice Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at the James Weir Stadium in Belle Vernon. (Post-Gazette)Firefighters and rescue workers look through the debris after a portion of a building collapsed on the 1600 block of East Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side on Thursday night, Aug. 12, 2021. People on the street say at least one employee was in the building at the time but escaped uninjured. (Steve Mellon/Post-GazetteA bystander takes a picture of the damage after portion of a building collapsed on the 1600 block of East Carson Street Pittsburgh’s South Side on Thursday night, Aug. 12, 2021. Police said they received notice of the collapse shortly after 8 pm. Two employees in a business below escaped with no injuries. (Steve Mellon/Post-GazetteWhile celebrating a unique piece of Pittsburgh’s Black history, Darnell Moses, left, chats with Cecelia Epperson at the Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal in Homewood on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The church unveiled the Mary Stone Black College Bus Tour Exhibition Hall to honor the woman who started an annual tour that eventually took more than 3,000 Black students on visits to historically Black colleges and university’s (HBCU) from 1982 to 2021. Mr. Moses took the tour in 1984; Ms. Epperson’s daughter Sharon took the tour in 1985. Mary Stone, who attended South Carolina State, an HBCU, later earned a doctorate in counseling, and worked as a counselor at Westinghouse High School. According to Ms. Stone’s daughter, Carol Stone-Taylor, Mrs. Stone came home from work one day in tears because one of her Black students knew nothing about Martin Luther King Jr. “Do something about it,” said her husband Henry. Ms. Stone took up the challenge and created the tour, which took students to 20 schools in a number of states. Students who visited HBCUs on Stone’s tours often became the first in their families to earn college degrees, Ms. Stone-Taylor said. The students boarded buses in the spring and covered nearly 2,000 miles, from Pennsylvania to Florida to Alabama, according Malik G. Bankston, who served as the tour’s first Vice President. He said Ms. Stone’s effort, one of the first of its kind in the country, ended in 2021 but has spawned four similar efforts in the city. Ms. Stone died in 2006. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Lauren Knox and 10-year-old Brent Nichols, of Fayette County, Pa., come to the end of their railbiking excursion at Tracks and Yaks in Frostburg, Md., on Friday, July 30, 2021. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Filmmaker Dean Bog, left, interviews business owner Rena Halsel on Second Avenue in Hazelwood on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Bog is shooting a documentary on the neighborhood. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mouhamadou Gueye, a forward for Pitt basketball, left, Ashley Capel and husband Jason Capel, the assistant coach for Pitt men’s basketball, manage their sons Cole and Myles in the PPG Place fountain after being soaked in the CEO Soak for ALS fundraiser on August 12, 2021, Downtown. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Pitt linebacker Wendell Davis at Pitt Football Training Camp on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Pitt defensive back Brandon Hill (9) at Pitt Football Training Camp on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Brian Ma from Milpitas, Calif. hits from the rough on the 10th fairway during the 121st U.S. Amateur Championship at the Oakmont Country Club Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in Oakmont. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Bo Jin from the People’s Republic of China hits from a sand trap on the 18th fairway during the 121st U.S. Amateur Championship at the Oakmont Country Club Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in Oakmont. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Brian Ma from Milpitas, Calif. hits from a sand trap on the 18th fairway during the 121st U.S. Amateur Championship at the Oakmont Country Club Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in Oakmont. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Storm clouds passing over Downtown on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Ashley Hezel, right, embraces her son Julian, 5, both of Squirrel Hill, during a protest against a two-week delay for the start of school in front of the Pittsburgh Public Schools Administration building on August 11, 2021, in Oakland. 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The many bridges that span the Allegheny River are part of the infrastructure Downtown on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Don Graves, deputy secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, gestures while talking with Audrey Russo, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council, after a round-table discussion about closing the “Digital Divide” at the Energy Innovation Center on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. At left, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto talks with Congressman Mike Doyle. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Patti Detwiler, a reading tutor and family engagement counselor, at Clairton Elememntary School prepares her classroom Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, at the Clairton City School District Education Center in Clairton. (Post-Gazette)Teachers and support staff walk the newly painted hallways Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, at the Clairton City School District Education Center in Clairton. (Post-Gazette)Fans react to a home run ball hit by the St. Louis Cardinals on August 10, 2021, in the PNC Park. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Hoy Park celebrates after hitting his MLB first career home-run against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 10, 2021, in the PNC Park. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Pitts Bam Brima at Pitt Football Training Camp on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Pitts Israel Abanikanda at Pitt Football Training Camp on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Photographer Jake Mysliwczyk takes photos of a thunderstorm passing over Downtown on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in the West End. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Lindsay Macomber, of Ross, talks to other parents and teachers as she holds her son Roland Nosse, 5, after picking him up from daycare at Hiland Presbyterian Church after a tree branch fell on live wires nearby causing smoke and flames in the grass by the church, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in Ross. The children were evacuated and picked up by parents early out of an abundance of caution. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Firefighters clear the scene at Hiland Presbyterian Church where a tree branch fell on live wires causing smoke and flames in the grass by the church, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in Ross. Kids attending a daycare at the church were evacuated and picked up by parents early out of an abundance of caution. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Isaiah McKoy warms up during training camp Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker Miles Killebrew breaks up a pass against tight end Eric Ebron during training camp Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin motions for his team to get off the field as weather canceled training camp Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)People run across Forbes Avenue trying to escape the rain Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Oakland. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Pitt Panthers quarterback Kenny Pickett chats with Nyla, 9, while handing out “Pickett’s Partner’s” t-shirts to youth at the Estelle S. Campbell Clubhouse of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania in Lawrenceville on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. The t-shirts will be offered for sale, with the proceeds going to the organization. “I grew up going to a Boys and Girls Club in Asbury Park (New Jersey), since I was 8, 9 years old,” Pickett said. “It’s something that certainly affected me as a kid.” The Boys and Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania serves 12,000 children and youth — double the number it served before the pandemic, said Scott Koskoski, the organization’s vice president for advancement. “We’ve become a learning hub.” (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)After passing out “Pickett’s Partners” t-shirts, Pitt Panthers quarterback Kenny Pickett chats with teens and children at the Estelle S. Campbell Clubhouse of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania in Lawrenceville on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. The t-shirts will be offered for sale, with the proceeds going to the organization. “I grew up going to a Boys and Girls Club in Asbury Park (New Jersey), since I was 8, 9 years old,” Pickett said. “It’s something that certainly affected me as a kid.” The Boys and Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania serves 12,000 children and youth — double the number it served before the pandemic, said Scott Koskoski, the organization’s Vice President for advancement. “We’ve become a learning hub.” (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Eric Williams, left, 6, and London Young, 7, both of McKeesport, enjoy the inflatable obstacle course as dozen kids and their family members participate in the 12th Annual International Village for Kids Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Renziehausen Park in McKeesport. Tomorrow Tuesday) marks the opening day of the International Village, a three-day festival featuring food, music and dancing at Renziehausen Park. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)People kayak on Lake Arthur as part of the regatta at Moraine State Park on Sunday, August 8, 2021. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Nataleigh Willis, 7, of McKeesport, cool down in the Renzie Spray Ground Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Renziehausen Park in McKeesport. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)People sail on Lake Arthur as part of the regatta at Moraine State Park on Sunday, August 8, 2021. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Bob Mente, a member of the Steel City Amateur Radio Club and an emergency coordinator for Allegheny County, connects to his radio on Sunday, August 8, 2021, at the Steel City Amateur Radio Club’s W3KWH club station in Carnegie. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Artist Tim Engelhardt lays down tape in order to achieve an intricate pattern, as volunteers help him paint a mural he helped design, at a five-way intersection on Sunday, August 8, 2021, in Friendship. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Artist Randi Stewart touches up a corner of the mural she helped design with the help of local volunteers, at a five-way intersection on Sunday, August 8, 2021, in Friendship. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Jennifer Haven, one of the event’s organizers, makes some touch-ups to the smaller side of the mural being painted at a five-way intersection, on Sunday, August 8, 2021, in Friendship. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Members of Saint Raphael Church carry a statue of Saint Rocco during a procession down Chislett Street on Sunday, August 8, 2021, in Morningside. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Members of the Ohio Valley Community Band march down Chislett Street as a part of a procession for Saint Rocco at Saint Raphael Church, on Sunday, August 8, 2021, in Morningside. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)
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