Michael Boggs was elected the new vice president of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society at its annual meeting Tuesday.

The 2021 Laclede County Route 66 Guide and Map, identifying nearly 100 existing and past points of interest along the county’s 36 miles of the The Mother Road, will be eight pages bigger than previous editions, board member Gary Sosniecki told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society boar…

After Bennett Spring State Park, Route 66 is “the other biggie” in Lebanon tourist attractions, city tourism director Rebecca Rupard told the Lebanon Rotary Club on Thursday.

Dates have been set for the third annual Route 66 Yard Sale: 100 Miles of Treasures on The Mother Road. And all three sponsoring organizations are back.

The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society is the sole sponsor of the statewide “Travel the Mother Road Challenge,” one of four challenges for Missouri Explorers during this year’s Missouri Bicentennial.

The annual membership meeting of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, originally scheduled for Jan. 25, has been postponed because of concerns about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Laclede County.

The Lebanon City Council approved construction of an amphitheater Monday night that will be used for the Lebanon Route 66 Festival and other events in Boswell Park. The goal is for the structure to be ready in time for the 2021 festival on Father’s Day weekend.

As soon as Mayor Jared Carr showed Ramona Lehman the wall-sized mural depicting 44 Laclede County Route 66 landmarks, including two photos of her Munger Moss Motel, Lehman broke out in a big smile.

An amphitheater for concerts and other events at Route 66-themed Boswell Park remains on track to be finished before the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival.

Symbolic of the City of Lebanon’s growing commitment to Route 66 as a tourist destination, Rebecca Rupard, the city’s new tourism director, had to do a research project on Route 66 as part of her hiring process.

As they feasted on pastries and coffee courtesy of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, Route 66 enthusiasts from as far away as Chippewa Falls, Wis., gathered Sunday morning in Boswell Park, where they heard greetings from Mayor Jared Carr and learned about projects by the city and …

UPDATED SATURDAY NIGHT: More than 75 Route 66 enthusiasts from seven states as far away as Wisconsin and Texas arrived Saturday afternoon in Laclede County during Day 2 of the three-day Route 66 Association of Missouri Motor Tour.

More Route 66 features are planned for Route 66-themed Boswell Park, President Bruce Owen told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board at its monthly meeting Tuesday.

Jessica Fox was appointed to the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board Tuesday to fill the seat vacated this summer by Nicole McGinnis, who moved to Iowa.

The Route 66 murals in Boswell Park have become a tourism draw for Lebanon, the director of Lebanon Parks and Recreation told the Lebanon Rotary Club today.

The Route 66 Motor Tour is coming to Lebanon, and the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society plans to roll out the red carpet.

The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board heard plenty of good news and one piece of sad news at its monthly meeting Tuesday.

Vicki Hatcher and her husband always had wanted to drive Route 66.

Fifty-two yard sales, many with multiple sellers, are set for the second annual 100-mile Route 66 Yard Sale this Friday and Saturday in Pulaski, Laclede and Webster counties.

Lebanon’s newest Route 66 attraction is for lovers.

The second annual three-county Route 66 Yard Sale will be held again this year with the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society as the sponsor in Laclede County, the Route 66 Society’s board agreed Tuesday.

Laclede County’s newest Route 66-themed attraction will be blessed with a strong Route 66 heritage.

Lebanon’s first two Route 66 banners are up, and another 30 will line Route 66 before the Lebanon Route 66 Festival on June 20, Nicole McGinnis, the city’s tourism director, told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board Tuesday.

Bill Wheeler, first president of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, was remembered in a tribute at the April 30 Lebanon Rotary Club meeting by Wheeler’s longtime friend Mike Edwards, manager of KJEL radio.

Bill Wheeler, whose vision for Route 66 included organizing the first Lebanon Route 66 Festival and the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, died Friday, April 17, 2020, after a long illness. He was 80.

Here's a preview of the 2020 Laclede County Route 66 Guide and Map, a joint project of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society and The Laclede County Record. With the guide, you can travel 36 miles of Route 66 from one end of Laclede County to the other, identifying mile-by-mile nearly 1…

Installing imitation neon tubing at the Underpass Café and a new security system at the Camp Joy cabin are the first projects the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society will undertake after accepting a detailed plan from its Project Priorities Committee.

The Lebanon Route 66 Museum has acquired a Victorian bed set and a cigar showcase that once were part of the Nelson Hotel, curator Mark Spangler told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society at Saturday’s annual membership meeting.

Bruce Owen, a descendant of two famous families in Lebanon’s Route 66 history, was elected president of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society at Saturday’s annual membership meeting.