WILMINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- A well-known Wilmington restaurant was damaged by its own owner. Police say the owner of the Launching Pad restaurant threw litter outside it and around the restaurant's ...

Will County Sheriff's deputies arrested the 53-year-old, who's accused of yelling racial slurs at another woman.

an iconic 28-foot tall astronaut looks down on the closed Launching Pad restaurant. New co-owner Holly Barker said the GoFundMe page launched Monday because the Wilmington community was anxious to ...

Crews were seen Wednesday afternoon lifting the giant off its pedestal outside the old Launching Pad Drive-In restaurant and Americana gift shop in Wilmington. The statue was put up there in 1965.

No trip down Route 66 is complete without a stop at the Launching Pad. The restaurant is a true ... The eatery isn't the sole draw to Wilmington, a small town 20 miles south of Joliet: many ...

WILMINGTON, IL — A public partnership not only rescued ... of Gemini Giant and Historic Route 66 merchandise. The Landing Pad Souvenir Shop just opened this month in Wilmington.

Editor's note: This is the 35th part in our 66-day series highlighting landmarks on Route 66. For more, visit SJ-R.com/route66. WILMINGTON — Although the Launching ...

That afternoon, a truck with a specially designed rack on its trailer pulled up in front of the Launching Pad to take the Gemini Giant away. Wilmington’s mayor announced the giant was only ...

Five-Four-Three-Two-One . . . lift off! It`s a blast from the past. Wilmington`s own `50s style restaurant, The Launching Pad, offers a wide array of sandwiches, fried goodies, sodas, floats and ...