Dickson City

State police charged Stacy Wayne Mann of Dickson City in Lackawanna County this week with threatening to kill President Donald Trump and other local elected officials, police and Jews.

Rep. Bridget Kosierowski announced her breast cancer diagnosis in June. Now, she’s about three weeks post-operation and optimistic about her health while using her platform to encourage regular screenings.

Paxton Rumensky spent six months in the hospital after being born with an abdominal wall defect. Now six years old, the Lackawanna County youth and his family flew to Florida in April for a Make-A-Wish trip to Walt Disney World.

The board unanimously voted to deny a data center developer's appeal to the zoning law, which was passed in February by Dickson City Council.

Archbald-based Popca LLC plans to construct a two-building data center campus in Newton, but the project's backers are appealing a denial from the township's zoning officer.

Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler was in Dickson City Thursday. She toured Kriger Pipeline with Congressmen Rob Bresnahan and Dan Meuser.

Kelly Loeffler visited Kriger Pipeline in Dickson City alongside U.S. Reps. Rob Bresnahan and Dan Meuser.

State Sen. Rosemary Brown, and state Reps. Kyle Mullins and Kyle Donahue have either supported or sponsored legislation to regulate the data center industry in Pennsylvania.

Penn Forest Twp. now has protections in place to regulate data centers. Supervisors unanimously amended its zoning ordinance during a meeting Monday.

NextGen Counseling received its state licensure in October 2025. The organization now welcomes children aged 12-19 for addiction counseling at its location on Dickson City’s Main Street.