If you have two minutes, watch this video made by Freestyle Creative for the recent Route 66 Gala in Oklahoma City. I gasped in recognition during the first few seconds, and you might, too. Yes, the ...

The public is invited to attend the official groundbreaking for the Kingman Route 66 Nature Trail on Nov. 7 in the parking lot at Third Street and Andy Devine Avenue (Route 66) in Kingman, Arizona.

Television personality Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, best known for the “Shark Tank” TV reality show, recently showed up at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo to try the restaurant’s famed ...

The Doc’s Just Off Route 66 restaurant and bar in downtown Girard, Illinois, likely will be under new ownership in about a month. Steve and Casey Claypool owned the former drugstore for five years and ...

The City of Marshfield, Missouri, recently completed restoration of the Niangua Service Station, which first opened in 1925, shortly before U.S. 66 was certified. KOLR-TV reports that the station now ...

The new owners of Henry’s Rabbit Ranch in Staunton, Illinois, have selected Oct. 25 as the grand reopening date for the Route 66 landmark. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the site at 1107 ...

The Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway a few days ago announced the finalists for its 2026 Centennial Awards. The awards recognize milestones, preservation achievements, marketing efforts, hospitality and ...

The PBS-TV show “American Lens,” hosted by noted photographer Carol Highsmith, recently examined Roamin’ Rich Dinkela and the Shamrock Court motel in Sullivan, Missouri, which he spent years restoring ...

Rich Havlik, owner of the historic Motel Safari in Tucumcari, New Mexico, this week launched a GoFundMe.com campaign to restore the Route 66 establishment’s main sign. Havlik wrote what the campaign, ...

The City of Lebanon, Missouri, earlier this month declared the former Red Fox Motel unsafe after finding safety hazards in the wake of a stabbing there. The Laclede County Herald reported that police ...

Dallas Gene Wall Sr., owner and operator of Dallas’ Dairyette in Quapaw, Oklahoma, for over 50 years, died on Oct. 13. He was 84. The restaurant at 103 N. Main St. (aka Route 66) closed for a few days ...

Johnathan Russell, 54, the former owner of the historic Gold Dome building in Oklahoma City, died last week of heart failure. His death has added more confusion to an already-uncertain future of the ...