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

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOLIET, Ill. (WGN) — Halloween comes early ...

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 ...

JOLIET, Ill. -- Behind its massive limestone walls -- five feet thick and as much as 40 feet high -- have walked such infamous criminals as Baby Face Nelson. And movie fans may know Joliet Jake (John ...

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 ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WGN) — Halloween comes early this Friday the 13th at the infamous Old Joliet Haunted Prison. In celebration of the spooky and superstitious day, the Old Joliet Haunted Prison will hold a ...