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Thousands of miles from his native Guatemala, Rufino Cano’s prayers are with the hundreds of dead and missing Guatemalans swallowed up by fast-moving clouds of ash and volcanic matter. The Sunday eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Spanish for “Volcano of Fire”

Super students Mid Valley’s Priya Patel won state Sen. John Blake’s legislative competition at Johnson College. Priya presented on school safety protocol to a panel of judges that included Blake, D-22, Archbald; Johnson College President Katie Leonard; Mi

June 8, 1918 Street carnival held at Red Cross building The junior division of the local chapter of the American Red Cross held an Italian-style street carnival fundraiser on the grounds of the Red Cross building at 424 N. Washington Ave. in Scranton. The

Forest City Community luncheon: Stone Soup Kitchen at Christ Episco­pal Church free community luncheon, June 23, noon-1:30 p.m., Delaware and Dundaff streets. Harford History day: Historical Society of Harford annual History Day, Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,

WILKES-BARRE A Plains Twp. man charged last month with abandoning a child at a local toy store was arraigned on a felony child endangerment charge Thursday. Thomas Heath Himlin Jr., 24, of 104 Union St., Hudson, is accused of leaving the baby he was suppo

SCRANTON — Clad in traditional Nepali garb, six students from the NativityMiguel School of Scranton’s Cultural Dance Club twirled and danced Thursday evening for more than 300 attendees during a tribute dinner for David and Ann Hawk. The dinner, which hon

PITTSTON A woman caught stealing a battery charger from a drug store faces robbery charges after pulling a knife in what she described as a “social experiment that went horribly wrong,” police said. Rosaria Helyn DeAngelo, 33, is accused of displaying a k

Work on a proposed hotel and conference center in downtown Wilkes-Barre is slated to begin. Crews have started putting up fencing around the construction area at South Main and Northampton streets for the upcoming demolition of two buildings, said attorne

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Demar Levon Stewart and Rashida Muslimah Rivera, both of Scranton. ■ Josh Matthew Dawson, Old Forge, and Morgan Marie Bloom, Scranton. ■ Jillian Marie Troiano and Samuel James Leshner, both of Charleston, S.C. ■ Alvin Hernandez and Mar

DALLAS A high school football star who was severely injured in a shooting years ago died this week. Paul Brace Jr., 24, died Tuesday afternoon after being found in a bathtub at the family home, according to a Facebook post by his father. Luzerne County Co