The week in pictures in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists. Check back regularly as we update from across our region throughout the week.
Penn-Trafford celebrates their 24-21 victory against Moon in the 5A WPIAL championship on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Penn-Trafford’s Cade Yacamelli runs to score a touchdown against Moon during the 5A WPIAL championship on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Aliquippa running back Tiqwai Hayes dives past Belle Vernon defender Reiley Wiant to score a second-quarter touchdown during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game, Friday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Aliquippa running back Tiqwai Hayes (23) and quarterback Quentin Goode celebrate with fans following their 28-13 victory over Belle Vernon during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game, Friday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Mark Lyons(center), Head coach of the Central Valley Warriors, sits with his players and celebrates winning the WPIAL Class 3A state championship defeating the North Catholic Trojans 52-15 on Nov. 27, 2021, on the North Shore. (Ben Braun/For the Post-Gazette)Sean FitzSimmons of the Central Valley Warriors high fives fans in the stands after winning the WPIAL Class 3A state championship defeating the North Catholic Trojans 52-15 on Nov. 27, 2021, on the North Shore. (Ben Braun/For the Post-Gazette)Hannah Rusinko, of North Huntingdon, holds her dog Charlotte as she picks out a Christmas tree with her parents Joe and Lauren Rusinko at Flemming’s Farm of New Alexandria, a choose-and-cut your own Christmas tree farm, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, in New Alexandra. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Brothers Eli, 13, left, and William Vandermallie, 9, of Ambridge, look at a Jack in the Box and other toys at S.W. Randall Toys during Small Business Saturday on Nov. 27, 2021, Downtown. S.W. Randall Toys was one of the businesses participating in the Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership’s “Downtown Elf Hunt,” where elves were hidden with QR codes for customers to find and scan for a chance to win prizes. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Boys play with a football in the gym as other kids play in the main room during an after-school program at the Boys and Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania in Carnegie, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette) For Goodfellows, Linda Wilson Fuoco reporting; goodfellowsboysangirls1128From left, Jenna and Maggie Risacher, of the North Hills, walk by a YETI display during Black Friday shopping at the Dick Sports Goods McCandless location on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Shoppers at The Mall at Robinson for Black Friday shopping on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, in Robinson Twp. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)The packed parking lot at Ross Park Mall photographed on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, in Ross Twp. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Trisha Holmes adjusts her gloves while attending the 58th annual Medallion Ball, hosted by St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind to honor young women who have completed the junior medallion program by completing acts of volunteerism, on Nov. 26, 2021, Downtown. (Ben Braun/For the Post-Gazette)Carissa Ciarrocchi, 10, from Ross Township, shares a moment with Arctic, a 4-year-old Husky-mix at the Animal Friends Animal Friendsgiving event Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 in Kilbuck Township. Carissa was there with her family to support the shelter and to visit the animals and get something for her pet rabbit, Snow Jewels, a rescue from the shelter, at the No Fleas Market featured at the event. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)John Martincic from Houston, PA, searches for lost treasures along Overlook Drive in Schenley Park Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 Pittsburgh. He was spending the morning metal detecting and visiting with friends in the area. His finds for the day were a wheat penny and a bracelet and his best finds are a turn of the century signet ring and a monogrammed cufflink from colonial times. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Shayla Foreman, left, of Penn Hills, listens while Briana McCoy describes her business, Travel Elite, at the Black Market: Holiday Edition on Smithfield Street, Downtown, on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Travel Elite sells women’s apparel and travel packages. The pop-up market showcases Black-owned businesses from around the Pittsburgh region and is open at 623 Smithfield Street from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m Saturday, Nov. 27 and Sunday, Nov. 28, as well as Dec. 4-5 and Dec. 11-12. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Rachael Knight and Nicholas McConlogue, both of Chesapeake, Va., kiss during a break in skating at The Rink at PPG Place, Downtown, on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. The couple, visiting relatives in the area, joined a number of others who flocked to the rink one day after Thanksgiving. Ms. Knight is originally from Ellwood City. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Bishop Canevin wide receiver Xavier Nelson celebrates after scoring a second quarter touchdown against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart during the WPIAL Class 1A championship game, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Serra Catholic celebrates their 35-12 victory against Beaver Falls in the 2A WPIAL championship on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Spencer Warren, owner of Warren Bar and Burrow, mixes a cocktail at Miracle on Liberty, a holiday pop-up cocktail bar by the Warren Bar and Burrow, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Staff members and volunteers set up mats before Pittsburgh Mercys Operation Safety Net winter shelter opens, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at Smithfield United Church of Christ, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Maddie Gallucci, of Lincoln Place, a medical student, and Ruth Lange, of New Kensington, a volunteer nurse, review COVID-19 tests before Pittsburgh Mercys Operation Safety Net winter shelter opens, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at Smithfield United Church of Christ, Downtown. Clients, staff, and volunteers are tested weekly, and vaccines are available for clients. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Sam Yamron, of Forest Hills, administers a COVID test to his three-year-old daughter Samira Yamron, at a Curative COVID-19 testing site Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, on Holland Avenue in Braddock. (Post-Gazette)The pace picks up for the Thanksgiving Holiday at the Penn Mac cheese counter with customers preparing for the Holiday in the Strip Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Mattie Collins-Wood, left, Kathy Fitzgerald, right, Jamal Woodson, all of SLAAM Cares, as well others serves Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, to senior residents at the Avenue Apartments in Braddock. SLAAM Cares teamed with the Braddock Free Store to serve about 70 meals to residents at the apartment building. (Post-Gazette)Former Steelers offensive lineman and current radio analyst Craig Wolfley takes trays of food to be given out during Light of Life Rescue Mission’s Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, on the North Side. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Members of the Guardians of the Children motorcycle group greet Justin Kauffman, center, 8, as they arrive at the home of Audrey Kauffman to escort her family to her ex-husband’s sentencing on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Newburg. The biker group provides shows of support to children who might feel intimidated going to court hearings. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)From left, Mannie Fisher, 46, and his wife Kathryn, 40, of Ronceverte, W.Va., and Audrey Kauffman, right, 43, of Newburg, all formerly Amish, embrace after the sentencing of Ms. Kauffman’s ex-husband at Cumberland County Courthouse on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Carlisle. “There’s so many emotions I can’t even find words for them all,” said Ms. Kauffman, overcome with the emotion she said she had been compartmentalizing for years. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Audrey Kauffman, center, 43, of Newburg, leaves with her 8-year-old son, left, and a member of Guardians of the Children motorcycle group known as “Fett” after the sentencing of Ms. Kauffman’s ex-husband at Cumberland County Courthouse on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Carlisle. Michael A. Kauffman, of Lititz, was sentenced to five to ten years imprisonment Tuesday after pleading no contest to four felonies, including statutory sexual assault and indecent assault, involving their three daughters, all under 13 at the time. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)A tractor working on clearing leaves crosses the recently opened Ridge Ave. bridge on the North Side over train tracks on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Homes along Watson Blvd. in Perry North surrounded by the final colors of autumn with the McKees Rocks Bridge visible in the background photographed on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Betty Gwon, right, , a volunteer from Fed Ex Ground , along with other volunteers pack Thanksgiving Day meals into boxes Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, at the World Vision headquarters in Sewickley. Sponsored by the Light of Life Rescue Mission, about 100 volunteers packed 1,750 Thanksgiving boxes that will be delivered to families in need. (Post-Gazette)Former Steeler Ryan Shazier poses for a portrait at his home on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Gibsonia. Shazier’s book “Walking Miracle: How Faith, Positive Thinking, and Passion for Football Brought Me Back from Paralysis…and Helped Me Find Purpose” is planned to come out in hardcover on November 30, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Homes along Watson Blvd. in Perry North surrounded by the final colors of autumn with the McKees Rocks Bridge visible in the background photographed on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A view of Downtown Pittsburgh with PNC Park in the foreground photographed on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, Downtown. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania State Trooper, Jim Long and Lt. Shawn Hudzinski with the Port Authority Police decorate the annual DUI Tree at a media event to highlight the dangers of impaired driving outside the Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League office in the Monroeville Mall Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Monroeville. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Allegheny County Safety Partners decorated the tree with 101 red bows representing holiday impaired crashes; 971 lights representing holiday impaired crashes in Allegheny County in 2020, with 13 gold bulbs representing fatalities in those crashes. The tree will be on display through the Holiday season to remind motorists to drive safely. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Former NHL players Eric Tangradi, left, and Christian Hanson, right. help distribute meals during an event outside PNC Park on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, on the North Shore. The Pirates, Steelers and Penguins partnered with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Giant Eagle for the Thanksgiving meal distribution event. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Outreach worker Lucille Prater-Holliday, facing camera, gets a congratulatory hug from Laura Dragowski, manager of Pittsburgh’s office of community health and safety, after a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new community outreach hub on Smithfield Street, Downtown, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. The hub, which will provide services to those with unmet health and wellness needs, is the result of a partnership between the city and Allegheny Health Network’s Urban Health and Street Medicine program. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Ashleigh Deemer, deputy director of Penn Environment, opens a press conference introducing legislation placing regulations on single-use plastic bags at the City-County Building Portico, Monday, November 22, 2021, in downtown Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Michelle Antantis, a volunteer from Duquesne Light Company, packs Thanksgiving Day meals into boxes alongside other volunteers, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, at the World Vision headquarters in Sewickley. Sponsored by the Light of Life Rescue Mission, about 100 volunteers packed 1,750 Thanksgiving boxes that will be delivered to families in need. (Post-Gazette)Gov. Tom Wolf, center, greets Allegheny County Council member DeWitt Walton shortly after a ribbon cutting ceremony for Frankie Pace Park, which helps connect the Hill District to Downtown, on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Pace was a businesswoman, activist and former head of the Hill District Community Council. In the 1950s, she protested the construction of the Civic Arena, which created a barrier between the Hill and Downtown. She died in 1989. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)People skate on the new ice rink at Hunt Armory on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Shadyside. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Leaders and representatives of the Pittsburgh Penguins, City of Pittsburgh and Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh cut a ribbon to signify the opening of the new ice rink at Hunt Armory on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Shadyside. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chas Maritz, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Vesle Post 418, left, and Ed Carter III, the coordinator of the event, look at Carter’s service dog Huckleberry during a veterans’ advocacy day event on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at Veterans of Foreign Wars Vesle Post 418 in McKees Rocks. Veterans were offered a free meal and an opportunity to talk with service organizations at the event. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Don McCracken, an Air Force veteran and resident of Ambridge, left, talks with Brianne Miller and Ken Haynes, with the Veterans Leadership Program, during a veterans’ advocacy day event on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at Veterans of Foreign Wars Vesle Post 418 in McKees Rocks. Veterans were offered a free meal and an opportunity to talk with service organizations at the event. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Will Grimm, left, of Bellevue and owner of RoofTop Toys, shows Sean O. Hill, of North Hollywood, Calif., his miniature reconstructions of horror movie scenes during the Horror Realm Convention on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel & Suites in Bethel Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Natalie Christy, 2, of Shaler, walks amongst the lights in the winter Light Garden at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger tries to hold onto the ball after taking a sack against the Chargers in the fourth quarter, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at SoFi Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A Steelers fan cheers for his team against the Chargers Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at SoFi Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool takes a selfie for a fan before his team takes on the Chargers, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at SoFi Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton tries to pull down Chargers running back Austin Ekeler in the third quarter, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at SoFi Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
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