Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations - 3/16/2014

For the past 20 years, the Barry family of Brownsville, Pa. has celebrated their Irish heritage with a private family celebration on St. Patrick's Day. The event draws 300 family members every year and takes several weeks of preparation.

Ron Barry displays the family crest which was brought over from Ireland by his uncle. The inscription at the bottom is French for "push forward."

Proudly sporting his traditional Irish tweed cap, Ron Barry of Brownsville displays a "shilelagh" which is an Irish blackthorn walking stick.

Uniontown Prayer Vigil - 3/15/2014

Pastor Ron Hudson offers up prayer for the friends and families of Trevor McFadden and De'Andre Jones, who died in a car accident Wednesday afternoon, during a vigil at Calvary Baptist Church in South Union Township on Friday evening. Hudson offered up the words that "if we can hurt together, then we can heal together."

Cairae Fitzgerald (right), cousin of the late De'Andre Jones, is embraced by her aunt Vicki Steckley at a prayer vigil at Calvary Baptist Church in South Union Township on Friday evening. Jones died alongside classmate Trevor McFadden in a car accident Wednesday afternoon.

St. Helen Church, East Pittsburgh - 3/14/2014

St. Helen Church was originally founded in 1917 as a Slovak Parish in the neighborhood of East Pittsburgh.

The current church was built in 1929 while the original building was transformed into a social hall.

St. Helen merged with St. William Church to form Holy Cross Parish in 1994 when the declining community could no longer support two independent parishes.

St. Helen's bell was forged by the McShane Bell Foundry Co. in Baltimore Md. in 1932

In 2013, financial difficulties caused the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to begin considering the future of the parish.

It was announced in February, 2014 that lack of finances would cause both churches to close by the end of the year.

Services will continue through the end of April, 2014 when the parish will be discontinued.

Uniontown Area Anti-Violence Movement - 3/1/2014

Candles are laid out in preparation for the Uniontown Area Anti-Violence Movement during a candlelight vigil on Saturday evening at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown. The vigil was held to honor the victims of community violence and to help raise awareness for the movement.

Adrianne Wilson of Uniontown lights candles for the Uniontown Area Anti-Violence Movement during Saturday evening's anti-violence vigil at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown.

Pa. State Representative Tim Mahoney speaks about the importance of community involvement during Saturday evening's anti-violence vigil at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown.

Malachi Thompson, 7, of McClellandtown warms his hands on a candle during Saturday evening's anti-violence vigil at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown.

Weekend Features, Ohiopyle - 2/23/2014

Jill Swartz of Uniontown and her boyfriend Tyler Degusipe of Markleysburg enjoy Saturday's warmer temperatures by walking the trails at Ohiopyle State Park.

Kevin O'Brien of Somerset takes a break from his afternoon walking to relax on a bench Saturday at Ohiopyle State Park.

Weekend Features - 2/15/2014

Kayli Redmond (front), 9, of Scottdale and her sister Taylor channel their inner olympians as they slide, all giggles, into a snow pile Saturday afternoon at Areford Park in South Union Township. Fresh snow blanketed the area over the weekend resulting in a renewed shortage of salt for the city roads.

Annual Winterfest, Ohiopyle - 2/1/2014

The annual Winterfest event was hosted by Ohiopyle State Park on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2013 and was sponsored by Friends of Ohiopyle State Park and Ohiopyle Bakery & Sandwich Shop.

Peter Livengood, 17, of Dunbar flies head-first down the slopes Saturday afternoon at Winterfest in Ohiopyle.

Natalie Belanger, 11, of Bruceton Mills, W.Va. engages in a game of "Hill Billy Curling" Saturday afternoon at Winterfest in Ohiopyle. The objective of the game is to slide the bottles onto the targets for points.

Riley McKelvey, 10, of Scotdale leads her family on a cross-country ski trek through the woods Saturday afternoon at Winterfest in Ohiopyle.