Darrell Sapp

I started my career in the "Dark...room Ages" in the last millennium. During freshman orientation at Fairmont State College, I was interviewed and offered a job as a photographer at the Fairmont Times in Fairmont , West Virginia. There I worked evenings for seven years. In 1978, I moved to the Morgantown Dominion-Post for one year. In August of 1979, I came to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Since the year 2000, I have been working an early shift and covering Pittsburgh as it comes alive each day. While this area has a rich tapestry of scenes it is enhanced by the seasons and Mother Natures' blessings. But, most of my assignments are news related. When I came to the Post-Gazette there was a sense of family. One year later my wife, Patty, and I were married, we planted our roots for a home and our family. We will forever call Pittsburgh home.

In Focus: Preserving the Mill … Preserves the Town

Volant Mills was established in 1812 and is one of the few remaining wooden grist mills. It is at the center of the village along Main Street in Volant, Pa., with a dam on the Neshannock Creek. The Mills is now used for shopping and gifts wrapped around two ton milling stones, gears, shafts through three floors, processing equipment, shuckers, and pulleys mounted in the ceilings. The Mills is a restoration project of the Volant Community Development Corp. View The Gallery >

In Focus: Witches Night Out

It maybe early to celebrate Halloween but, not for the 8th Annual "Witches Night Out." It was held in the village of Volant, in Lawrence County, on Saturday, September 24th. Fifty-five adult Witches, seventy children and one Warlock was registered for the parade but several pets were also dressed. View The Gallery >

In Focus: Mall relics

The Parkway Center Mall was Opened in the early 1980s and was closed in 2013. Giant Eagle is the only remaining business. As the remains of the the Mall taken apart some of the Mall's signs still stand along with the metal frames for the atriums, hanging strips of metal and escalators of a once thriving mall. View The Gallery >