North Heights Porchfest featured on Newsmakers program

(From KGCS)

Ten years of live music on porches and lawns is celebrated October 10th at the annual North Heights Porchfest. 

The anniversary event along with Restaurant week preceding it are the focus of the next Newsmakers program.

Angela Hudson with the Downtown Joplin Alliance and Rick Tracy of the band Tough Luck Chuck discuss plans for the 10th annual Porchfest with added main stage performances to the more than 30 homes and businesses hosting musicians. There will be food vendors, community art projects and a neighborhood history booth. 

Jackie Hackett, owner of Hackett Hot Wings, joins the conversation to discuss Restaurant Week drink specials the week leading up to Porchfest. She and Hudson share the importance of bringing focus to downtown eateries and businesses.

Newsmakers is airing nightly at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. the week of September 27 on KGCS-TV and will air at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, October 3 on KOAM-TV. It is also posted on the station’s YouTube channel: KGCS – Missouri Southern State University.

KGCS-TV programming can be seen on channel 21 and is also available on regional cable television systems such as Sparklight, Mediacom and Suddenlink Communications. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communication at Missouri Southern State University.