Kansas

“Fort Scott Stories” is a collaboration between Michael Cheers and the Gordon Parks Museum. The project consists of a photo essay, which was published as a book, and a documentary, which will be released next spring.

Pittsburg mayor Dawn McNay gave the annual State of the City Address on Oct. 2. She provided updates on initiatives that were recently implemented, such as the city-run trash service and the Pathways to Hope program.

The mural honors Gordon Parks and his love for his boyhood home of Fort Scott, KS.

Hispanic Route on September 27 was the fifth event in this year’s Hispanic Music Festival. It started with a block party in the afternoon at the Pritchett Pavilion that featured music and dance performances from local talent, a food truck and vendors.

The restaurant in downtown Pittsburg is now open from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday for what’s known as Harry’s After Dark. Customers can order from a set menu of the regular breakfast and lunch items, or order one of the specials, which change every night.

The mural will honor Gordon Parks and his love for his boyhood home.

A Page 618 Walking Dragline, a unique piece of coal mining equipment, will be moved this fall from Cherokee County to Franklin, where it will be preserved by the Miners Hall Museum. The museum held a program on July 26 for attendees to learn more about the machine.

Following several open houses earlier this year, the Kansas Department of Transportation has committed to improving seven intersections along U.S. 69 in Crawford County. Preliminary work for the improvements began earlier this month.

Frontenac has never had a public library or its own museum. Soon, the town will have both.

Across the country, music lovers open their homes to small artists in what are known as house concerts. Rob Poole and Carol Puckett are some of these people, hosting house concerts at their home in Pittsburg and giving their neighbors and fellow community members access to music they might not hear otherwise.