Against the backdrop of prison watchtowers and barbed wire, the celebration of Route 66 in Joliet featured three hours’ worth ...

Thursday marked 100 years since two entrepreneurs in Springfield, Missouri, sent a telegram to the nation’s capital ...

Baseball is making a return to the Old Joliet Prison on Thursday in honor of the upcoming Route 66 centennial. On Thursday, ...

This story is part of the Monitor’s summerlong series following old U.S. Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, California. Just a few blocks from the Old Jolie ...

The Joliet Slammers' name and primary logo, a guard tower flanked by barbed wire-topped walls, is an homage to Old Joliet ...

The minor league baseball season is starting and the Joliet Slammers are kicking theirs off with the Big House Ballgame in ...

Yes, the rains came, but Thursday was an incredible day for the city of Joliet as the Joliet Slammers played at the Old ...

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 ...

Although the Joliet Slammers lost to the Gateway Grizzlies by a score of 14-3, thousands of people who attended the game had ...

The Joliet Slammers semi professional baseball team hold The Big House Ballgame on Thursday, Apr. 30 at the Old Joliet Prison ...