The Route 66 centennial celebration will kick off April 30 in Springfield with a live broadcast of the TODAY show and concert ...

Springfield will host the National Route 66 Centennial Kickoff Celebration April 30-May 2, 2026, marking the 100th ...

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

In 1926, U.S. Route 66 was just a road connecting the country's midsection to the West Coast, but it soon came to symbolize pursuit of the American dream. One hundred years later, communities along ...

For a century, the Bloomington-Normal area has been intertwined with the history of Route 66 — the Main Street of America,” ...

Tackling the 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica revealed much about this polite, enthusiastic and eccentric country ...

The investigation into the death of an innocent person is not complete or credible unless we reach out and gather every ...

The federal government says temporary safety rules imposed after last year's collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter are staying in place.

People-proofing cars has proven harder than anyone might have imagined when Chicagoans were taking out their Model T’s for Sunday drives on the Mother Road.

Andrea Pruett, the owner of the iconic Bagdad Cafe on Route 66, has died at the age of 85. Pruett and her late husband purchased the Newberry Springs cafe nearly 32 years ago, which became a popular ...