Professional bull rider Jake Schreiber (right) of Crystal Springs, Pa. takes it easy before the start of the annual Boys and Bulls Rodeo at the Fayette County Fairgrounds on August 3, 2017.
Two-week-old William Immanuel Dice peacefully rests in the arms of his mother Nicole Dice in their Uniontown home on June 15, 2017. Last year at this time this picture was very different for Nicole and her husband, Bill. Nicole was returning home from Medjugorje, where she went for spiritual healing after the couple lost their first son Daniel John on Nov. 5, 2015. Since Daniel's passing, the couple started a nonprofit in Daniel's name for other couples grieving the loss of a baby and raising money for "Cuddle Cots" that have been placed in hospitals around the area.
Community members embrace while on the scene of a double fatal shooting at a residence on Millview Street in Uniontown, Pa. on June 23, 2016.
"There is hope. There is hope for people to find a new way of life" says Mindi McCloy, 26 of Charleroi, now three years sober, and working as a care navigator helping patients recover from addiction at SPHS Behavioral Health in Monessen, Pa. McCloy also works part-time at Greenbrier Treatment Center, where she was a patient three years ago. McCloy stops for a photo at her sponsors house in Monessen on April 25, 2017.
2-year-old Daylana watches her shadow as she dances to music playing at the Fayette County Fireman's Association Convention on July 12, 2017 in Adah, Pa.
Faith Assembly of God in Uniontown held a night of worship at the State Theatre in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on March 31, 2017.
In May 2017, Lee Jordan, forest fire inspector for Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry stands in Quebec Run Wild Area where a wildfire spread approximately 400-acres in April of 2016. During an interview for the Herald-Standard, Jordan comments on the forest looking greener since the fire.
Siblings Nicholas Stummel, 8 and Cole Shimshock, 5 indulge in a hot dog, cheese fries, and cabbage and noodles at the Fayette County Fireman's Association Convention on July 12, 2017 in Adah, Pa.
United Mine Workers of America member George Barhart of McClellandtown represents his union through ink, a tattoo depicting a miner with his union's abbreviations. Barhart was one of several UMWA members in attendance of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's speech regarding hopeful legislation if passed, will secure pension and health benefits for working and retired mine workers. The speech was held at UMWA District 2 headquarters in Uniontown on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
Helen Pulaski of Belle Vernon prepares for bingo by marking the free spaces on her bingo boards during Tuesday night bingo at the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department in Stockdale on June 6, 2017.
Albert Gallatin high schoolers Noel Hall and Damon Miller hold hands while watching the Albert Gallatin vs. Belle Vernon football game Friday night at the Albert Gallatin stadium. Miller says they've been together for 11-months.
Amid the first major snowfall in the area this season Grace, 10 and friend for 2-years Bella, 11 share a moment in the snow after school in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on December 13, 2016.
A llama craves attention from the camera while three-year-old Michael Hardison III feeds a calf a bottle of milk inside the petting zoo during the Mountain Area Fair in Farmington, Pa. June 28, 2017. Hardison's mother Mallory McCune says that her son loves farm animals including two goats of his own.
Veteran Ed Stasko, Sr. 68, of Belle Vernon is silhouetted through an American flag on display in Belle Vernon Veterans Memorial Park. Every year for Memorial Day, Stasko puts handmade white crosses and American flags on display at the park in his community. The mon valley native says he does this in remembrance of his friends who served and loves to give back to his community of Belle Vernon.
Isabelle volunteer fire department fire chief James Baker gets thrown into water by his crew after they won a tug o' war event at the Fayette County Fireman's Association Convention on Wednesday in Adah, Pennsylvania on July 12, 2017.
Cowboys await for opening ceremonies to begin at the annual Boys and Bulls Rodeo held at the Fayette County Fair near dusk on August 3, 2017.