Joliet's police chief at the time, Mike Trafton, announced that robbery was the motive in the gruesome killings of the two young men.

Lawyers for the grant-funded Illinois Prison Project maintained that Bethany McKee's life imprisonment is a great miscarriage ...

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 ...

For one night only, baseball is heading back to the Old Joliet Prison. On April 30th, the Joliet Slammers will battle the Gateway Grizzlies of St. Louis at the field, in what is being called the big ...

I spent a decade at the Michigan City Prison as an adjunct instructor for Purdue University, and then, in a twist of fate, was cast in a small speaking part role as a reporter in the 2009 Universal ...

A semi-pro baseball team in Illinois is going to jail — literally. The Joliet Slammers, a member of the MLB-partnered Frontier League, announced late last week that they will take the field at the ...

The Joliet Slammers will host "The Big House Ballgame" at the Old Joliet Prison on April 30, 2026, as part of the official ...