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KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Some people were forced from their homes after a late-day fire in Kingston.

Crews raced to 3rd Avenue just after 4:00 p.m., dispatched for a commercial fire, but arrived to find a four-unit apartment building with flames in the back of the building.

13-year-old laid to rest free of charge after murder

Kingston Fire Chief Frank Guido says it took about 15 minutes to knock down the fire.

Six people are now displaced, The Red Cross is helping them, according to Chief Guido.

BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— We begin with a 13-year-old boy being laid to rest Friday more than a month after he was tortured and killed.

Friday morning's service was attended by several community members, all remembering a life cut far too short.

"I'm sure he's looking down on us right now and appreciates what we're doing for him," expressed Kathy Tomcheck.

Search for next of kin after man’s death

13-year-old Jacob Delgadillo, laid to rest Friday morning at St. John's Cemetery in Drums.

DANVILLE — A group of 17 Danville Area middle school girls make up the district’s inaugural junior high softball team.

LEWISBURG — WellSpan Health will expand its collaboration with a technology company to modernize and transform the company’s health care delivery through new AI technologies.

LEWISBURG — The next meeting of the Union County America250PA Celebration Committee is scheduled for Sept. 18.

LEWISBURG — A 21-year-old Danville man took more than $500 in trading cards from Walmart in Kelly Township, according to state police in Milton.

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories featuring high school marching bands from across the region. They will publish on Fridays in The Daily Item.

Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions. A spokesperson for the former president on Thursday confirmed the procedure after Inside Edition published a video showing Biden with a fresh scar on his forehead. Biden received Mohs surgery, which removes skin until no cancer remains. Two years ago, while in office, he had a basal cell carcinoma lesion removed from his chest. In May, Biden’s office announced he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

HARRISBURG — State lawmakers return to the Capitol this month to resume voting sessions, albeit briefly, as Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate wears into the third month of the fiscal year.

Safety net programs across the commonwealth are laying off staff, cutting back services, or taking out loans.