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

The Joliet Slammers will start the season in the slammer -- literally. The suburban pro-baseball team that set a world record by dropping 2,600 hot dogs out of a helicopter last summer will be at it ...

Inmates used to play on the field up until the facility closed in 2002 and now the Joliet Slammers will take on the Gateway Grizzlies. It's a prison with an historic past now celebrating America's ...

The man accused of gunning down a government informant who had detailed a massive fraud scheme involving staged crashes into 18-wheelers across New Orleans is set to be re-arraigned next month on ...

The Joliet Slammers will start the season in the slammer — literally. The suburban pro baseball team that set a world record by dropping 2,600 hot dogs out of a helicopter last summer will be at it ...

JOLIET, ILL. -- The Joliet Slammers' name and primary logo, a guard tower flanked by barbed wire-topped walls, is an homage to Old Joliet Prison. On Thursday, the team played a game at the facility ...

Jason Cregier (JC): Over the years, many sporting events have tried out different locales outside their main venues. TZ: Well, there once was a baseball field inside these prison walls years ago. So ...

The Joliet Slammers have announced their fan giveaways for the 2026 season, featuring three bobblehead nights and other promotional items for the first 1,000 fans through the gates.