The Joliet Slammers played the Gateway Grizzlies before fans celebrating Illinois and Hollywood history. At the Old Joliet ...

JOLIET, Ill. — Baseball is making a return to the Old Joliet Prison in honor of the upcoming Route 66 centennial next year. The Joliet Area Historical Museum and the City of Joliet announced Thursday ...

The Joliet Slammers played a historic "Big House Baseball" game inside the Old Joliet Prison, marking the first game there and kicking off Route 66 Centennial celebrations. The prison, closed since ...

Route 66 is turning 100 years old, and it remains a bucket list adventure for many. Some travelers choose to start their journey in the southwest suburb of Joliet to avoid Chicago traffic. Greg ...

The road that helped stitch the nation together with automobile travel turns 100 this year. As the starting point for Route ...

The inmates are still gone but baseball is coming back to the Old Joliet Prison. The Joliet Slammers will play on the historic grounds against the Gateway Grizzlies of Sauget, Illinois, in an ...

Inside 25-foot high, sand-colored walls where inmates once served maximum security prison sentences and where rusty jail ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival will take place May 3 and 4 in central Illinois. This festival is a self ...

A centennial‑year Route 66 exhibit at the Illinois State Museum will highlight life along the historic highway.

A Big House Ballgame at the Old Joliet Prison, made famous by the “Blues Brothers” film, kicked off Route 66's centennial ...

JOLIET, Ill. - For the first time, the Joliet Slammers played within the walls of the Old Joliet Prison. The iconic "Big House Baseball" game helped kick off Route 66 Centennial celebrations. What we ...