A man shoots his dog, Pooh Bear, a family pet of 8 years, near a small grave he dug moments earlier in the backyard. After the dog was bitten by a rabid skunk earlier that morning, the man, unable to afford treatment, made the difficult decision to euthanize it himself.
Young boys play cops and robbers outside of a home in Tarentum, Pa.
Dave Montgomery, manager of the Freeport Legion team, rushes to assist Alyssa Conjack, 14, of South Buffalo Township, Pa., after she collapses during the pre-game ceremony while singing 'God Bless America.'
A cowboy warms up his horse in the paddock as the sun sets before the Fort Armstrong Championship Rodeo at Crooked Creek Horse Park in Ford City, Pa.
Sgt. Ray Yakesh, of the 307th Military Police Company, kisses his 9-day-old daughter, Erin, goodbye inside the New Kensington, Pa., barracks before his unit departs for a 6-month assignment in Bosnia.
Kiersten Feroce, 10, and her brother Michael, 9, stand near a mural at the Vandergrift Community Pool in Vandergrift, Pa.
A man sits near a waitress at Cafe du Monde in New Orleans, La.
A young boy smokes a cigarette as he hides along a stream in Tarentum, Pa.
Aiden Leech, 3, of Verona peers out a rainy window in Oakmont, Pa.
The Highland Hornets’ new football field kicked off today as players lined the freshly cut grass holding balloons to celebrate their coach’s 40th birthday and began practicing for the season.
Young cowboys prepare their gear for the bull riding event at the Fort Armstrong Championship Rodeo in Ford City, Pa.
Members of Holy Martyrs Parish gather around a sawdust carpet during the 59th annual Corpus Christi celebration in Tarentum, Pa.
Jackie Klingensmith of Leechburg is overcome with emotion upon learning her brother, Dwyane, 13, is safe after his friend, Joram Hollaman, 11, of Natrona Heights, drowned in the Kiski River near Pine Run in Apollo, Pa. Hollaman, who was fishing with Klingensmith and four other friends, fell into the river and was recovered just before dusk in about 6 feet of water. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Billie Thompson wears her poodle skirt in the living room of her home in Parks Township, Pa. Having come of age in the '50s, she reminisces about the clothing styles and way of life from that era. She had always wanted a poodle skirt and finally made one for a '50s night on a recent cruise.
Jim Sarkett, 65, of Daisytown, PA, was only 10 when polio struck in the summer of 1950, leaving him unable to use his legs. The polio virus isolated from his blood was later used by Jonas Salk to develop the vaccine.
Community members gather outside New Kensington City Hall to lay hands on Mayor Frank Link, City Clerk Dennis Scarpiniti, and Police Chief Chuck Korman in prayer for the National Day of Prayer in New Kensington, Pa.
The gravedigger at Shiloh Cemetery waits for David Lewis' funeral to conclude on January 8, 2006. Lewis was one of 13 miners trapped in the Sago Mine explosion in Sago, W.Va. Twelve miners died in what was then the deadliest mining disaster in West Virginia.