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.
Fox Chapel’s James Dockey looks to the hoop as Allderdice’s Major Rainey tries to block him on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 61-52. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel Eli Yofan goes for a basket while Allderdice’s Major Rainey tries to block him on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 61-52. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Allderdice’s Michael Quigley reacts to a call made against his team during their game against Fox Chapel on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 61-52. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel’s Colin Kwiatkowski tries to hold onto the ball as he collides with Allderdice’s Antwone Ward-Thurman on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 61-52. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Allderdice coach Devin Crummie watches his team play Fox Chapel on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 61-52. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)South Fayette’s Erica Hall and Moon’s Brianna Toal go after the ball on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Moon won 46-45. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)South Fayette’s Mia Webber tries to get the ball from Moon’s Gabby Larson on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Moon won 46-45. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Moon celebrates their 46-45 victory against South Fayette on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Peters Township High School. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Carah Foley, of Shaler, attempts to move ice and snow from the path of the parade during the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees dance and sing during the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Jon Petriska, of West View, waves a Ukrainian flag while the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade passes on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Mr. Petriska said he wanted to raise awareness for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees line Grant Street and watch as bagpipers march past during the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Dancers from the Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance perform in the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The Pittsburgh Firefighters Memorial Pipe Band marches in the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A boy hangs out of the window of a firetruck while throwing out beads and candy during the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A kid rides in a wagon in the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Snow falls on kids and their parents who are bundled up to watch the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A parader rides on a horse-drawn carriage with a baby goat during the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Grant Street, Downtown, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A person crosses through the snow on Allegheny Avenue, Saturday, March 12, 2022, on the North Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People pass a shop selling St. Patrick’s Day themed clothing on Carson Street on the South Side, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People wait in line to get into Foxtail on Carson Street on the South Side, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People wait in line to get into Foxtail on Carson Street on the South Side, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)USA’s Hilary Knight scores against Canada goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens in the first period of the Rivalry Rematch, Saturday, March 12, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Fans try to get on the Jumbotron as USA takes on Canada in the first period of the Rivalry Rematch, Saturday, March 12, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)USA goaltender Maddie Rooney makes a save against Canada in the second period of the Rivalry Rematch, Saturday, March 12, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Kirsten Welsh officiates USA versus Canada in the second period of the Rivalry Rematch, Saturday, March 12, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A worker walks over a part of Butler Street that buckled from a water main break near the 62nd Street Bridge, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)The statue of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball Hall of Famer Willie Stargell stands outside PNC Park on Pittsburgh’s Northside Thursday, March 10, 2022 (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Teddi Maslowski, 28, a fourth-generation farmer and former professional heptathlete who owns and manages Birch Creek Farmery, holds a new born lamb on the farm Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Eldersville, Washington County. The 1200 acres farm has lambs, goats, chicken, cows, hogs and other animals. There’s also a small lake on the property stocked with catfish. (Post-Gazette)A worker with Mosites Construction and Development Company, the primary contractor for the Roberto Clemente Bridge rehabilitation project, begins removing the approximately 11,000 locks from the bridge Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian is shielded from the snow near the University of Pittsburgh along Bigelow Boulevard Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Oakland. (Post-Gazette)Alyson Blackburn, front, and Reneicia Frazier, both members of the Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho, performs during the 4th Annual High School Student Black History Summit Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. Students from around the region gathered for the event, which included presentations that focused on Black history in Allegheny County and other parts of America. (Post-Gazette)Carlow University School of Nursing dean, Lynne George, DNP and senior nursing student, Zachary Cynkar in the simulation lab at the university Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A man makes his way along North Shore Drive as the snow falls, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, on the North Shore. (Post-Gazette)Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino celebrates his 700th win after winning 73-51 against Obama on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Obama Academy 6-12 in East Liberty. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino, kneeling, talks to his team as they play Obama on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Obama Academy 6-12 in East Liberty. Belle Vernon won 73-51. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Obama’s Teyron Wofford tries to get the ball past Belle Vernon’s Logan Cunningham, left, and Evan Pohlot on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Obama Academy 6-12 in East Liberty. Belle Vernon won 73-51. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino watches his team play against Obama on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Obama Academy 6-12 in East Liberty. Belle Vernon won 73-51. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino talks to his team during their game against Obama on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Obama Academy 6-12 in East Liberty. Belle Vernon won 73-51. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Obama’s Xzavier Rodgers tries to get the ball past Belle Vernon’s Alonzo Wade, left, and Quinton Martin on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Obama Academy 6-12 in East Liberty. Belle Vernon won 73-51. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A scrambling for the ball are, from left, Payton Collins of Mt. Lebanon, Maddie Barlow of Red Lion; Ava Dziubek of Mt. Lebanon, and Brooke Axe of Red Lion, during Mt. Lebanon’s victory in a class 6A first round state high school girls basketball playoff game in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor (15) battles for the ball with with Red Lion’s Grace Tollinger, top, and Brooke Carr, right, in a class 6A first round state high school girls basketball playoff game in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor (15) drives to the basket past Red Lion defender Brooke Carr (10) in a first round class 6A state high school girls basketball playoff game in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon’s Reagan Murdoch scrambles for the ball against Red Lion defenders in a first round class 6A state high school class girls basketball playoff game in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon girls basketball coach Dori Oldaker instructs her team in a class 6A first round state high school class girls basketball playoff game in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Red Lion’s Riley Good (2) reaches for a rebound with Mt. Lebanon’s Ava Dziubek, center, Tori Pettko (44) and Red Lion’s Grace Masser (11) in a class 6A first round state high school girls basketball playoff game in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky makes a save in front of Penguins center Sidney Crosby in the first period, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins left winger Jake Guentzel reaches for the puck against Panthers defenseman Lucas Carlsson in the first period, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Panthers center Aleksander Barkov gains control of the puck against Penguins right winger Bryan Rust behind the net in the first period, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry makes a save in front of Panthers right winger Patric Hornqvist in the second period, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin reaches for the puck against Panthers center Frank Vatrano in the second period, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Sidney Crosby scores on Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky in the third period, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad lands on top of Penguins center Sidney Crosby in the third period, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A view of the site of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Frick Park. The bridge collapsed into a ravine on Jan. 28, 2022. (Pittsbugh Post-Gazette)Mayor Ed Gainey, speaks with Ken and Linda Krynski, after touring the site of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse with other officials Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Frick Park. The bridge collapsed into a ravine on Jan. 28, 2022. The Krynski’s near the site of the bridge collapse. (Pittsbugh Post-Gazette)A view of the site of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Frick Park. The bridge collapsed into a ravine on Jan. 28, 2022. (Pittsbugh Post-Gazette)A view of the site of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Frick Park. The bridge collapsed into a ravine on Jan. 28, 2022. (Pittsbugh Post-Gazette)Mayor Ed Gainey address members of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee during a hearing on bridges Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at the Frick Museum in Point Breeze. Officials also announced the design of a new bridge has been chosen and work will start in late April. (Pittsbugh Post-Gazette)State Rep. Summer Lee, left, chats with House Democratic Leader and State Rep Joanna McClinton, during the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on bridges Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at the Frick Museum in Point Breeze. Officials also announced the design of a new bridge has been chosen and work will start in late April. (Pittsbugh Post-Gazette)Firefighters stand back while another fire-crew assess the damage following a house fire on Stokes Avenue Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2022, in North Braddock. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Firefighters redeploy a fire hose to tackle hot spots left following a house fire on Stokes Avenue Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2022, in North Braddock. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Anthony Johnson, from the South Side, puts $20 worth of gas – about 4.5 gallons – into his car at the Sunoco station on Craft Avenue Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2022, in Pittsburgh. I usually fill it up; but $20 is all I have today, he said as he headed to work. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)People board a light rail train at Steel Plaza station, Downtown, Monday, March 7, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette) porttour0307/BlazinaMelissa Welsh, from Springdale watches the price gage as she pumps gas into her car at the BP station on Pittsburgh Street, Monday, March 7, 2022, in Springdale. Welsh, who was putting $30 of gas in her tank, admitted being a little shell-shocked seeing the price of a gallon over $4. There’s no way I’m filling this tank, I’m just getting what I need to get around for now, she said. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A man walks by the scene of a fatal fire in the 500 Block of Fourth Avenue, Monday, March 7, 2022, in New Kensington. A woman was killed and several other people were injured in the house fire, authorities said. Firefighters responded shortly before 6 p.m. to 911 calls for a fire in the 500 block of Fourth Avenue in New Kensington. Multiple buildings were involved in the fire, according to Westmoreland County emergency dispatchers. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Joggers out for a run through the University of Pittsburgh campus Monday, March 7, 2022, in Oakland. (Post-Gazette)Karissa Liberatore, who works in the shelving department at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, collect books from the overnight bins Monday, March 7, 2022, at the library in Oakland. The Carnegie Library announced last week that it was going fine-free at all 19 branches, basically making permanent its suspension of late fees during the pandemic. (Post-Gazette)Alayna Bartko, of East Liberty, pumps gas on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at Sunoco on the corner of Highland Avenue and Liberty Boulevard in East Liberty. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Teammates from the Carrick Cougars high school hockey team Tanner Heidkamp, 16, of Brookline, and Cody Schmidt, 17, of Brentwood, get their hair dyed blonde as a team-building exercise by stylists, from left standing, Markus Adams, of East Liverpool, Ohio, Ryleigh Zimmerman, of Robinson, and Lauren Rinaldi, of Cranberry, at Izzazu Salon, Downtown, Sunday, March 6, 2022. The stylists came in on their day off to help the team, which is made up of players from high schools throughout the region that don’t have their own hockey team. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Alex Lafferty, of Irwin, holds his taxidermy raccoon named Bartholomew while working the booth for his business Ink and Echo at the Horror Realm Convention, an event organized by fans of the zombie and horror genre of films, books, and comics, Sunday, March 6, 2022, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Suites Pittsburgh South in Bethel Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees participate in the interfaith prayer service for peace in Ukraine on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Faith leaders and representatives walk to the front of the cathedral during the interfaith prayer service for peace in Ukraine on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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