U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, has re-introduced the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act, with the intention of "expanding economic and historic development opportunities for all ...
The Ozarks’ best-known historic highway could become part of the National Park Service under a bill supported by several ...
The City of Springfield Office of Public Works has announced that due to the International Route 66 Mother Road Festival this ...
Classic cars will take over the streets of the capital city this weekend as the International Route 66 Mother Road Festival ...
A float in the New Year's Day Rose Parade promoting Illinois tourism prominently features some of Springfield's Route 66 landmarks. This is the second year in a row the Illinois Department of Commerce ...
As the Official Publishing Partner of the Route 66 Centennial, we're sharing the ultimate 2026 event calendar for ways to ...
Springfield and Logan County will be receiving grant money from the state of Illinois to help boost tourism efforts as the 100th anniversary of Route 66 approaches. The other cities and villages ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Amy Beadle ...
World-renown Route 66 starts in downtown Chicago. But you’ll want to motor west to Springfield, roughly 200 miles from the Windy City, to find the best of the Mother Road. “The big cities don’t have ...