Dickson City News

Jake Danna Stevens / Staff Photographer Chris Polk's blood runs through a dialysis machine at the Davita Clinic in Scranton.

A Penndot project in Lackawanna County is forcing some drivers to change the way they get to work or the mall.

BARRE TWP. A new institution is aiming to put students back to work in a region marred by high unemployment and chronic brain-drain. Wilkes-Barre Township Mayor Carl Kuren, left, Clayton Karambelas and Donna Sedor of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business & Industry, McCann Campus Director T.J. Eltringham and Delta Career Education Corp.

Gathering to discuss Mended Hearts Inc.'s 16th annual dinner-dance, scheduled Saturday, Feb.

Dawn Albert, 49, operator of Dickson City-based Medical Hair Transplant, admitted in federal court on Friday to under-reporting more than $80,000 of income during a three-year period starting in 2005, Mr.

Millions of Americans will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday. But believe it or not there are some people who say they have better things to do.

Drivers traveling from Route 11 in South Abington Twp. toward Dickson City may have to muddle through more traffic congestion than they had expected.

A borough man held a butcher knife against the throat of a family member and threatened to "bury her in the yard" if she didn't "stay out of his business," arrest papers said.

Boroughs and townships in Lackawanna County will find federal Community Development Block Grant funding harder to come by in 2012.

Open casting call for Adam Dunning's "Laughter," Mon., Feb. 6, 1-10 p.m., Hampton Inn .

The ramp heading from Route 11 south in South Abington Twp. toward Dickson City onto the McDade Expressway will not be closed today as had been previously scheduled.

A public relations and advertising executive will serve as toastmaster for the 107th annual dinner of the Friendly Sons of St.

Drivers traveling on a ramp from Route 11 south in South Abington Twp. toward Dickson City and the Viewmont Mall will soon have to stop.

McCann School of Business and Technology has expanded and opened a new location, its seventh in the state, on Highland Park Boulevard across from Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.

A former Dickson City police officer currently facing criminal charges in two separate cases filed a lawsuit against the borough seeking disability benefits on Tuesday.

The Interstate 81 northbound exit ramp for Dickson City and Main Avenue will be closed for a few hours this morning, the state Department of Transportation announced Monday.

Some big changes are in store for a highway interchange in Lackawanna County. The changes will affect anyone who travels Route 11 between Scranton and Dickson City.

Not so long ago, a galaxy far, far away brought the community together at the Valley Community Library for a Star Wars-themed party.

Jim Moran lives in Jessup but owns three apartments in Dickson City, so the specter of a steep tax hike in the borough worries him.

During Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign against George H. W. Bush, the phrase "It's the economy, stupid" was widely used.