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 ...

A Joliet man has been sentenced to 73 years in prison on charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and ...

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 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 ...

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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 ...

The Joliet Slammers will play one game only this spring, appropriately titled "The Big House Ballgame." Greg Peerbolte, the CEO of the Joliet Area Historical Museum, joined ABC7 to talk about the game ...

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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 ...