Jasper C. Gritman, known as "Old Jasper," had an exciting commute to work from his home at 312 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre — a short walk to the rail yards along today's Wilkes-Barre Boulevard where ...

However, the evolution of Wilkes-Barre's waterfront followed a different pattern. Normally canals and railroads in interior towns followed the river as the path of least resistance and industrial ...

Luzerne County Council’s Real Estate Committee agreed unanimously to possibly buy the historic former train station in Wilkes-Barre. The station was built in 1868 and was used as a railroad ...

A Wilkes-Barre man who opened fire on a delivery driver last month, causing a crash that injured a toddler, has been arrested ...

Jonyel Henriquez Diaz, of Railroad Street, attempted to evade capture Friday when Wilkes-Barre police went to his house to serve an arrest warrant charging him in the Feb. 10 shooting in the ...

The naming of Wilkes-Barre began with a King's error. In 1662 King Charles II of England gave a charter to the Connecticut colony to certain lands in North America ...

All-day rail excursions to historic Jim Thorpe from Reading Outer Station and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Regional Railroad Station at Pittston began Saturday. The railroad wasted no time in commencing ...

The Electric City Trolley Museum will offer a special “then and now” trolley excursion on the historic Laurel Line on ...

In recognition of Black History Month, the Hazleton Art League, in partnership with Waverly Community House and historian EJ Murphy, presented “The Underground Railroad in Northeastern ...

Market St., Wilkes-Barre — a short walk to the rail yards ... At 75, Gritman retired after 53 years of service to the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Co. on March 31, 1928. “More than a half ...

An 18-year-old man remained jailed Tuesday on charges he fired two shots at another man who fled in his vehicle that crashed resulting in a 1-year-old boy being dropped on his head last month. Jonyel ...