Maria Lacey, 102, sits quietly by the window holding a pendant she seems to be very fond of while at Woodside, part of Presbyterian SeniorCare, in North Franklin Township

Members of Ta’Niyah Thomas’ cheerleading team grieve at a vigil April 2. Friends, family and community members turned out to call for action against violence following Ta’Niyah’s shooting death.

The state Department of Environmental Protection fined Range Resources $4.15 million for leaks and other problems with six of its water impoundments in Washington County. The Jon Day impoundment in Amwell Township, shown here, was excavated after a leak was discovered in April.

Gina Lulicci shares a light moment with her grandmother, Maria Lacy, 103, in Southmont at Presbyterian Senior Care in North Franklin Township. Maria Lacy, 103, has moved from the Altzheimers unit at Presbyterian Senior Care to the Hospice unit in Southmont at the facility.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter Gina Lulicci shares a tender moment with her grandmother, Maria Lacy, 103, in Southmont at Presbyterian Senior Care in North Franklin Township. Maria Lacy, 103, has moved from the Altzheimers unit at Presbyterian Senior Care to the Hospice unit in Southmont at the facility.

A coal miner places a rod in the ceiling while working with a conitnuous mining machine at the Bailey Mine in West Finley. The BMX complex has a 3.5 billion economic impact and employs 2,500 people.

Elaine and her husband Fred have been married for 45. The pair grew up in the same neighborhood and Fred continues to care for Elaine through the affects of Alzheimer’s.

Colorful paint spashed everywhere with more on students ,like Beth Center High dchool sophomores Brianna Stilwell, left and Penny Lee, than the old school busses they were painting as part of the Washington County Fair. A school bus demolition derby will be held during the fair next week.

Nathan Norman,23, goes up for a layup when playing basketball with his brother CJ Norman,17, at a court along Grove Avenue in Canton Township on Tuesday, June 3.

Early morning fog covers Canonsburg Lake Satuiurday morning while a Blue Heron cautiously moves into the weater in search of breakfast. Moments later the heron had it’s catch.

Let the sun shine Gabriella Borella, 9, daughter of Violet Borella of Washington and Rich Borella, a 3rd grade student at JFK Elementary in Washington, is silhouetted against the sun as she leaps into the air while outdoors in the playground after school during the After Care program on Wednesday.

Another snowfall but not nearly what was predicted, still deer get their noses covered in snow as the scrounge for food Monday morning in North Franklin Township.

Fame, one of Tyler Stilling’s horses, stays warm under a blanket during a cold morning in March. Tyler currently owns around twenty horses that he keeps at his stables and at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino stables.

Paige Smith of Washington and Judson Wiley’s Jorja Seng, of Washington

Abby Richert, 10, daughter of Lisa and Todd Richert of Bethel Park stretches during class with Alexa Richert, 10, daughter of Marcia and Dan Siksa of Canonsburg, seen in the background. Betsy Shuttleworth works on a variety of contortions with her students at her studio in Canonsburg.

Dhafir “No Fear” Smith of Upper Darby, takes a jab to the face from Tommy Karpency of Pittsburgh during the light heavyweight championship match for the NABA USA Title and Pennyslvania title during the “Madness at the Meadows” event on Saturday, July 26 at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino.

Ringgold’s Jake Gerard (81) breaks up a 26 yard pass to Hampton’s Gus Schmitt (14) in the end zone on 4th down in the 2nd quarter at West Allegheny High School field in Imperial Friday night.

Hilo, Hawaii throws their gloves and caps in the air after beating Chinese Taipei 5 to 3 in the Pony League World Series Championship game on Wednesday, August 13.

After more than seven decades, Ruth Brown Ross graduated from Bethlehem-Center High School with the Class of 2014 at the age of 92. Ross Dropped out of high school after she married her husband, but it had always been a dream to her diploma. On May 30, Ross received her diploma.

A man tries unsuccessfully to push a vehicle up the hill on North Main Street in Washington as the vehicle continued to slide Monday morning. Shortly after the man gave up two other men jumped out of their vehicle and successfully got the motorist onto West Walnut Street. A snowstorm dumped nearly 5 inches of snow throughout Washington County Monday morning causing many accidents and treacherous road conditions. Most school districts announced a 2 hour delay but with the snow continuing to dump large amounts throughout the morning all but Burgettstown decided to cancel school for the day.

Kalina Nirella, 2, loves to swing especially when she has her dad, Jim Nirella of McDonald, pushing her. Kalina was at Cecil Park with her sister, Alexa Nirella, 3 and her dad.

Melaynie McWilliams-Rubis,4, of Canonsburg waits patiently for candy during the parade in Houston on Saturday, October 11. The 31st annual pumpkin festival started Friday and continues through today.

Debra Ruffing of Washington, places her hand over her heart while saying “Thank you” repeatedly as veterans pass her by during the Canonsburg 4th of July parade. Many parade goers stood and cheered on veterans as they passed by throughout the parade.

Observer-Reporter photographer Katie Roupe took this photo during an aerial photography session.

Ta’Niyah Thomas’ uncle Ron Cox comforts Thomas’ mother Shantye Brown during the vigil for Thomas. Around 500 people came out for a call to action against violence and to mourn the death of Thomas who was shot and killed on Monday.

Gina Iuliucci, left, Activities Coordinator for Woodside at the Presbyterian Senior Care sings to Anna Cowan, right, as Colleen Sheldon watches. Gina moves around the group singing to each senior.

Washington Wild Things Austin Wobrock (8) tries to score the 2nd run of the inning but is tagged out by Gateway Grizzlies Landon Hernandez (30) in the bottom of the 2nd inning.

James Eldred,10, of Rochester, NY, James Moore,8, of Claysville and Jaeden Eldred,4, of Rochester, NY hold on for dear life on the scrambler ride at the West Alexander fair on Monday, September 1. The fair runs through September 6.