This year Route 66, America’s “Mother Road”, turns 100. Running for 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica, the world’s ...

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 ...

Leaders gathered Tuesday in Downtown Bloomington to announce a yearlong celebration for the 100th anniversary of Route 66.

VisitBN (the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau) announced a yearlong celebration of the centennial of ...

Classic car enthusiasts are traveling along Route 66 to celebrate its centennial, showcasing restored vehicles and ...

These abandoned and nearly-abandoned ghost towns along Route 66 connect the dots between Illinois and California, and each ...

“Get Your Kicks on Route 66” was a 1946 song by Bobby Troup and my trip last week along what John Steinbeck called the “Mother Road” surpassed expectations. Much of the 1926, east-west, 2,448-mile ...

Join Springfield’s Route 66 centennial 5K on June 6 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Celebrate 100 years of history with a scenic run.

Black-owned businesses along Route 66 have the unique opportunity to earn thousands in grant money to establish or build onto their businesses. The Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership, a c oalition of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. THIS ON-AIR CONTEST ENDED ON SATURDAY, ...