Tuesday May 22 | Route 66 News
Cubs fans and their goat only days from Chicago
The group of five Cubs fans and their pet goat Wrigley are less than a week from strolling into Chicago after a 1,900-mile trek from Arizona, according to the Bloomington Pantagraph .
Burr Ridge student dies in crash - report
A 21-year-old Burr Ridge resident, attending Illinois State University, apparently was driving the wrong way on Interstate 55 late Thursday night and died in a fiery, head-on crash with a semitrailer truck near McLean, officials told the Pantagraph.com. McLean County Coroner Beth Kimmerling said Thomas M. Sarwark of Burr Ridge was pronounced dead ... (more)
A museum of vintage arcade games that are playable
Apparently this place has been operating in the small Route 66 town of McLean, Ill., for several years, and I never knew about it until this video popped up on YouTube a few days ago.