A semi-pro baseball team in Illinois is going to jail — literally.

Baseball is making a return to the Old Joliet Prison in honor of the upcoming Route 66 centennial next year. The Joliet Area ...

The annual Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival will take place May 3 and 4 in central Illinois. This festival is a self-guided journey along 100 miles of historic Old Route 66 from from ...

The mighty HOT ROD Power Tour and highly competitive HOT ROD Drag Week are back and heading to Route 66 in 2026! The two wildly popular traveling events will stop at several cities along the legendary ...

JOLIET, ILLINOIS, USA, July 10, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 will hold their 3rd Annual Hall of Fame Induction Award ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – The need for speed is taking over Joliet this weekend. Blink and you might miss the NHRA Nationals race coming to town. This weekend will certainly be a drag, but in a good way. NHRA ...

Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...