Several people attended an ice cream social on July 12 at the West End Service Station in Edwardsville. Founded in 2023 as a ...

Organizers hope the Route 66 Mural Art Trail — coming four years before the centenary celebration of the Mother Road — will draw visitors to Illinois' last 100 miles of ...

Garden tours, a taco festival, more markets and plenty of other fun events take place this weekend in southwest Illinois and St. Louis.

The former West End Service Station in Edwardsville has been rebranded as a Route 66-inspired site known as the new Mother Road Museum and Welcome Center.

Edwardsville's annual Route 66 Festival is fast approaching and this year, organizers have mapped out a nostalgic trip through the decades that the Mother Road paved a path through the city.

The Edwardsville Route 66 Festival is set to bring a full day and night of fun events and activities to City Park in downtown Edwardsville this Saturday, June 7. This marks the 27th year for the ...

An Edwardsville service station along the historic Route 66 corridor is getting a second chance at life as a museum and interpretive center.

Route 66 often conjures images of quaint small towns, but its foundation has always been rooted in Chicago.

A motorist watches owner Daniel Ricketts, left, and muralist Jerome Lamke with St. Louis Sign& Mural, hand-paint a Route 66 mural on a building on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Daniel Ricketts, owner of St. Louis Sign & Mural, hand-paints a Route 66 mural on a building in Edwardsville, Ill. The mural is one of 11 murals highlighting Route 66 in southern Illinois towns.

Edwardsville's annual Route 66 Festival is fast approaching and this year, organizers have mapped out a nostalgic trip through the decades.