The Kansas City Chiefs mascot KC Wolf hugs Springfield Mayor Ken McClure during an announcement at the Route 66 Car Museum on Friday, July 21. McClure announced that the Chiefs Champions Tour will ...

While the Mother Road runs through eight states, Springfield has some special connections to the Chicago-to-Los Angeles route.

It’s time once again for our Best of the Midwest feature! Are you trying to come up with some vacation ideas that are only a ...

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, the director of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, has been appointed by President Joe Biden to the Route 66 Centennial Commission. William "Bill" Thomas of Atlanta ...

The Route 66 Auto Museum is hosting a Model T experience. “The car is an absolute time capsule, it's really an elegant little car,” said Tom McGahan, a volunteer with the Route 66 Auto Museum.

Springfield will be showcased in episode nine of PBS’s “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love,” premiering later this month. On Sunday, March 23, the episode will focus on Route 66. Host ...

The Chicago-to-Los Angeles route was named "Route 62" in 1925, according to the Springfield History Museum ... cars line St. Louis Street in Downtown Springfield during the Birthplace of Route 66 ...