WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes-Barre City Council on Thursday unanimously approved all agenda items, including upgrades to two railroad crossings.The council approved an agreement authorizing the ...

WILKES-BARRE — Many area residents don’t know that the Underground Railroad passed through our area, but it did. A grave-marking ceremony Saturday at the Wilkes-Barre Cemetery, honored Henry ...

Joe Michel was a 16-year-old student when he heard a presentation at his school about the old Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railroad and got inspired. “I thought someday, I’m going to walk that ...

Driving over railroad tracks in Wilkes-Barre is usually smooth sailing with a little clickety-clack, but you might want to wait for a sip of steaming hot coffee from your travel mug at a couple ...

WILKES-BARRE – Some local history enthusiasts want to properly honor a prominent free Black man from Wilkes-Barre who risked his life participating in the Underground Railroad in the early 1800s ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Joan Cavanaugh and Kathleen Smith work hard to make sure history in the Wilkes-Barre City Cemetery and beyond doesn't get forgotten. When walking around the graves, Joan says ...

We feature three major railroads in history of the area, Hanford Site railroad. All of them pretty much went from Wilkes-Barre, Scranton area through the long Lehigh River and then into New Jersey.