Route 66 News

The 1950s were an iconic era, a representative slice of Americana when poodle skirts, cross-country road trips and the beginnings of rock'n'roll coexisted.

The J. Paul Getty Museum is currently offering an exhibition of the photography of Culver City resident Ed Rucha, including the images from some of the 16 photo books Rucha produced between 1963 and 1978, including Twentysix Gasoline Stations , Some Los Angeles Apartments , Every Building on the Sunset Strip and Pacific Coast Highway .

His miraculous story begins way back in October 1961 when he was in his 20s and bought a white 1962 Corvette with red interior, a 327/340 engine in the bay.

The Phoenix Boys Town Choir will perform a free concert 7 p.m., today in the Deming Public Schools Auditorium.

Cartoonist Phil Yeh is painting an elaborate mural on the McDonald's Museum in San Bernardino, Calif., reported the San Bernardino County Sun .

The station featured Tally's Cafe , which has become a strong alternative for Route 66 dining in Tulsa since the Metro Diner was demolished a few years ago.

Ryan Williams/WGCN The statue will go at the west end of Monument Park. A dedication ceremony will take place in early to mid September.

A list of proposed changes to RIPTA services has been completed and it includes some big changes for Warwick, including a new bus hub and perfected interlink service from T.F. Green.

A big ghastly welcome here to Richard Southall author of " Route 66 : Ghosts of America's Legendary Highway". Delving into some fiendish tales of hauntings on the asphalt of America as the pedal hits the metal.

The Phoenix Boys Town Choir concert is at 7 p.m., Saturday at the WNMU Fine Art Center Theater in Silver City, as part of the Town Choir's annual spring tour.

They've been talking about doing it for forty years. Two men, one from mid-Michigan, the other from California, have set out to follow Route 66 in a special car.

A symbolic picture that marks the end of our three week journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

From 1867-1887 over 5 million head of cattle traveled up the Chisholm Trail from Texas to the railroads in the cattle towns of Kansas, including Abilene, Newton, Wichita, and Caldwell.

Located off Route 66, this vintage motel is a 5 minute drive from the New Mexico Mining Museum.

Attendees gather near a dinner table at Stone Throw's 2012 New Year's Eve celebration at the theatre in Carthage.

What: A Mother's Day tradition and art and book fair put on by Friends of the Wichita Art Museum to benefit the museum As a photographer who works mostly in black and white, Cort Anderson has an eye for detail, for composition and for shades of light.

BARSTOW The Barstow Motorcycle Center made a short move up Main Street to the former H&E and True Value Hardware building, quadrupling its space from about 10,000 square feet to 40,000. The shop, now more like a warehouse, has been in business for 19 years in Barstow offering new and used motorcycles, All Terrain Vehicles, side-by-sides, scooters ... (more)

Everyone loves a classic show car that has been lavished with the owner's time, money, creativity and skills.

BUMPERS of 52 - Werner M. Klinger poses with some food from the Steinbach roadside restaurant.

Tucked away in Williams , Arizona , Bearizona Wildlife Park provides an engaging family attraction for all ages.