Portraits

Dr John Martinelli KGT 02

Dr. John Martinelli shows the patient's-eye-view of a magnifying lens in his office at Martinelli Eye Center in South Union Township on Thursday.

Doc Reilly's 9th Term

"Doc" Phillip E. Reilly, M.D., reflected in the Coroner's Office door in the Federal Building basement in Uniontown, Pa. Reilly recently won his 9th term to serve as Fayette County Coroner, continuing his 32-year career in the office.

Eyes of experience

Dillard Robinson, 65, has been in and out of the Fayette County Prison for decades, and says it is beyond repair.

Scholar Athletes

Celina Smith, a shooting guard on Brownsville Area High School's basketball team, was selected as one of the school's winter Herald-Standard Scholar Athletes.

The service has ended

Father Timothy J. Kruthaupt prepares to close St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Brownsville after the conclusion of Saturday afternoon Mass.

Working for a tiger

County Detective John Marshall retired from his 26-year career at the Pennsylvania State Police to join his friend and best man Rich Bower in the District Attorney's office as a County Detective.

Looking to the future

Carolyn Capozza runs the Ronco Post Office, which is open for two hours on weekdays, and three and a half hours on Saturday. Although she thinks Ronco will never return to what it once was, she still sees a future for the patch in the Ronconian kids who play basketball, ride their bikes, and walk down the street past her mailboxes.

Erickson and Meadow Run

Aimee Erickson, the executive director of Citizens Coal Council, sits on a bridge above Meadow Run before it empties into the Monongahela below LaBelle. As part of a settlement with Matt Canestrale Contracting Inc., the stream will be cleaned up and fly ash dumping will be suspended for a year.

Bishop Karl Jackson

Bishop Karl Jackson, the pastor of Mount Calvary, in the aisle of the church sanctuary.

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B-17 pilot Lorraine Morris in front of the Aluminum Overcast, a bomber built in the last days of World War II and used for a number of purposes in the decades after the war. Morris, a volunteer, flies the plane with her husband, Ken, also a pilot, in two-week stints as they tour the country giving rides to the public.

Bower's first anniversary

Fayette County District Attorney Rich Bower prepares to mark one year in office. The year has seen changes to the District Attorney's office - from a complete renovation of their wing of the courthouse, to a new energy and attitude that Bower attributes to the quality of his staff.

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Andrew "Buzz" Garnic has been a boxing coach for decades in the Mon Valley area, training world champions from his hilltop boxing gym in Coal Center.