Week in pictures: Sept. 27, 2021

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and students wave Terrible Towels during a visit to the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood on Tuesday, Sept. 21.

A father helps his son learn how to ride a bicycle on training wheels on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 along the path at Brackenridge Memorial Park in Brackenridge.

Scenic Cordinator for Undead Productions Heather Heitzenrater makes an adjustment to the Body Horror Cronenberg Room at the Pittsburgh Mills ScareHouse Thursday. Sept 23.

Dark clouds move into Pittsburgh ahead of a storm Wednesday, Sept. 22.

The harvest moon emerges from the clouds over PPG Place in Pittsburgh on Monday, Sept. 20.

Hampton’s Brock Borgo breaks the tackle of Highlands’ Brock White during the second half at Highlands Golden Ram Stadium Friday, Sept. 24.

Penn Hills freshman Zachary Burkovich assembles his tuba before performing at the annual Alle-Kiski Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Kiski Area hosted the event with eleven high school bands participating at Richard J. Dilts Field.

Emmanuel Todd-Baraka of Penn Hills lines up for the Grand Entry during the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center’s annual Native American Powwow in Indiana Township on Sunday, Sept. 26.

Sara Wrona, pastor of Leechburg First United Methodist Church in Leechburg, while with her grandson, Cannon Rowe, 2, gives the blessing for dog walkers getting ready to go on the 1.1 mile hike around Northmoreland Lake for the 2021 Tails on the Trails Dog Walk on Saturday, Sept. 25, at Northmoreland Park in Apollo. The event, in its 12th year, helps raise funds for Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary students cheer during a surprise ceremony honoring music teacher Katie Johnson at the school Friday, Sept. 3. Johnson received the Hilda M. Sundermann Award from the National State Teachers of the Year Pennsylvania Chapter.

Craig Barras with the Turtle Creek Watershed Association uses a fish net to keep the rubber ducks on the race track during the third annual Irwin Borough and Turtle Creek Watershed Association’s Rubber Ducky Race at Irwin Park on Saturday, Sept. 25, along the tributary that runs from Brush Creek in Irwin.

Brooklyn Lewis, 2, of Penn Township tries to clean the paint off her hands after working on a creative painting that is part of a program called Pre-K Picassos on Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Penn Area Public Library in Penn. The painting program for young children focuses on interpreting famous paintings. The Pre-K Picassos will continue on Thursdays through October at the library.

Jimmy Dorovenis of Mount Lebanon laughs with his friends Doug Morris (center) of Plum, and his uncle, Jimmy Jo, of Monroeville (left) while attending the Murrysville-Export Rotary Club’s Octoberfest on Friday, Sept. 24, in Murrysville.