Another iconic Route 66 neon sign to be preserved in Springfield

The City of Springfield's Convention and Visitors Bureau announced has announced that the city is the new owner of the iconic Route 66 Sonrise Doughnut sign.

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Prosecutors expected to give details on shooting of baby

This combination of Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 booking photos providing by McKinley County Adult Detention Center shows Shayanne Nelson, left, and Tyrell Bitsilly, right. Nelson's 8-month-old girl is fighting for her life after police say her 3-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the face Saturday in a Gallup, N.M., motel room while Nelson and her boyfriend Bitsilly were in a shower.

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Billboard discussion raises content concerns

A discussion about billboards prompted statements of concerns what content should be on them during the Tucumcari Lodgers' Tax Board meeting Wednesday. During a teleconference with Dezaree Vega-Garcia of the city-hired Griffin & Associates marketing firm of Albuquerque, board members talked about new designs of what soon will be displayed on four billboards along Interstate 40 - the dinosaur museum, disc golf course, recreation on nearby lakes and the longstanding Tucumcari Tonite slogan.

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Spook Light legend was debunked more than 70 years ago

For decades, locals of the tri-state area of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas have talked about the so-called "Spook Light" phenomenon that occurs on a country road near the hamlet of Hornet, Missouri. It's been described as a flickering ball of light that would appear in the early evening, then would disappear if you attempted to walk or drive toward it.

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Texas Historical Commission now considers Washburn a Route 66 town

The Texas Historical Commission recently completed a survey of Route 66 in the Lone Star State, including an interactive Google Map that shows even obscure alignments, hundreds of photos of historic sites and an apparent ruling that Washburn once was a town on the Mother Road. Results of the survey of Texas' 178 miles of Route 66, funded in part by the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, recently was finished and uploaded online here .

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Dark Days

I recently found myself leaning on a rail that separated me from the mighty Hudson River. It was dusk, the end of a cold, cloudy day.

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Kim Phillips: Retirement next in Chuck Carpenter story

Denton Convention & Visitors Bureau staff wish Denton Chamber of Commerce President Chuck Carpenter a happy retirement during the official send-off event Monday at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center. Attending were, from left, Conrad Allen, Dana Lodge, Dave White, Erin Wilson, Kim Phillips, Wendy Haun, Carpenter, Christine Gossett, Val Dacus and Veronica Maldonado.

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Man held after baby shot was charged in other case with kids

The Zia Motel in Gallup sits on Historic Route 66. The medical condition of an 8-month-old girl who police say was shot in the face at the motel remains a mystery. The girl's mother, Shayanne Nelson, says her 3-year-old son found a gun and accidentally shot the infant while Nelson and her boyfriend were in the shower.

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Mini Golf Course Lets Mother Road Market Guests Explore Route 66 Icons

At the Mother Road Market in Tulsa, you can hit the highlights of Route 66 and your car never leaves the parking lot. It's Route 66 themed miniature golf and the creator of the course is Nick Bayer of Creatco Studios in Oklahoma City.

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Springfield wins auction for historic Route 66 neon sign

The city of Springfield is the winning bidder for a historic neon sign that's one of the city's remaining Route 66 landmarks. The State Journal-Register reports an online auction was held for the Sonrise Donuts sign, which went up along Route 66 in 1949.

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Michael Cohen - His Inner Life

Colson found redemption. In the darkness he turned toward evangelical Christianity, eventually becoming a selfless - and brandname - minister.

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Bail reduced for mother of New Mexico infant shot in face

In this May 29, 2007, file photo, vehicles drive past in Zia Motel on Historic Route 66 in Gallup, N.M. The medical condition of an 8-month-old girl who police say was shot in the face at the motel remains a mystery. The girl's mother Shayanne Nelson, says her 3-year-old son found a gun and accidentally shot the infant while Nelson and her boyfriend were in the shower.

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