Back in 1984, the final stretch of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona was bypassed by an interstate. The Mother Road officially became a ghost road the following year.
As Route 66 was in its final days, the Kitchen Sisters traveled the historic highway and produced a documentary. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Route 66, we listen back.
* This Week in Illinois History has the story of a Chicago man convicted and executed for being a Nazi spy. But there are still questions about his guilt.
* Rich Egger takes us to Spunky Bottoms in Brown County, a former wetland now being restored…