JOPLIN, Mo. — Route 66 fans in Missouri now have a new specialty license plate that celebrates the “Main Street of America.” Over the last two years, volunteers with the Route 66 Association ...

The Joplin Celebration Commission continues its work through 2026, planning for Route 66 Centennial and USA 250; the group ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Historic Oak Street Bridge, an icon on Route 66, is in need of repair and could fail an inspection and be closed in the next year or so — possibly during the centennial of ...

A pair of artists are brightening up Galena as it gets ready for its close-up during the Route 66 Centennial. Sandra Dawn and David Mason, of Neosho, are painting a mural on a Route 66 monument along ...