Thursday – Nov. 19, 2015

Heather Walls shows seventh-graders how to fit a harness on 10-year-old female retired sled dog, Bang, while the Pennsylvania Sled Dog Association visited J.E. Harrison Middle School in Baldwin on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. The event was part of an extension of the 7th Grade Language Arts Curriculum which has students reading “Call of the Wild” a story that partly focuses on Dog Sledding, in Alaska. The dog and its handlers visited from Best in Snow in the North Hills.

Majestic Lane (center), with the Pittsburgh Re-Investment Group, addresses protesters on the Allegheny Commons during a gathering held between the Andy Warhol Bridge and the Roberto Clemente Bridge on the North Shore on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. The assembly was held in protest of Alcosan's proposal to turn this section of the riverfront into a construction site.

Armstrong and Westmoreland counties are among the most armed in the country, accordng to U.S. Census data on households with firearms.

In Market Square, Downtown, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, David Wagman of Wagman Designs in Delaware displays his handcrafted wind chimes and jewelry at his vendor booth in the People's Gas Holiday Market. Wagman was assembling his booth in time for Light-Up Night, which will be held Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.

At the MassMutual Ice Rink at PPG Place, Downtown, Scott Glass (left) and Duane Yingling of 'Everything Ice' from Johnstown cut cover ramps for the ice ramp on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, in preparation for Friday evening's Light-Up Night festivities.

Family members grieve on Ampere St. in Hazelwood on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 while police officials investigate a homicide that occured in a nearby home to a 50-year-old male relative.

Scarlette Rose Barnhart, 11 months of Hutchinson, takes a bite on her Christmas lights necklace while watching the 35th Annual Irwin Light Up Night Parade on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015.

Addison Critchlow, 6, of Penn township motions for a fleet of trucks to honk their horns during the 35th Annual Irwin Light Up Night Parade on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015.