Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOLIET — At the Old Joliet Prison, made famous by the “Blues Brothers” film, the Joliet Slammers baseball team staff were ...

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One of Illinois’ most haunted landmarks is set to open for the spooking season in just two weeks. The Old Joliet Haunted Prison, at 401 Woodruff Road in Joliet, unlocks its gates on Saturday, Sept. 20 ...

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 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 ...

The Frontier League's Joliet Slammers are leaning into their nickname after announcing that they will play an exhibition game at a local prison next season. Old Joliet Prison, which was open from 1858 ...

The minor league baseball season is starting and the Joliet Slammers are kicking theirs off with the Big House Ballgame in the Old Joliet Prison Yard. The Slammers will face off against the St. Louis ...

Thursday marked 100 years since two entrepreneurs in Springfield, Missouri, sent a telegram to the nation’s capital requesting the name “66” for their new highway. Route 66 became official when the ...