The ICC concert on Monday night featured jazz and music themed around the holidays affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The music played had both band and choral music and featured music conductors from surrounding areas. Joshua Meadows I Courtesy Photosw

Dear Annie: My adult daughter, who lives in a southern state with a notoriously high incidence of the coronavirus cases, informed us she would be bringing her boyfriend to our home when she visits us at Christmas. I've never met this gentleman and do not know his personal or social habits. My wife and I have been quite cautious in our physical distancing during this pandemjc. Is it discourteous to ask my daughter's friend to take a COVID-19 test before he visits? -- Playing It Safe

Senate Republicans said Tuesday that they will introduce and set up a floor vote on a slimmed-down virus stimulus bill in an effort to break a month-long impasse on aid for the U.S. economy.

Former University of Kansas Chancellor and Major League baseball American League President Gene Budig has died at the age of 81. Budig died Tuesday, according to a news release from the Charleston (South Carolina) RiverDogs, of which he had been part -owner since January of 2007.

For Charles Weible, there is not a chicken, goose or duck he would call a stranger. That is a good thing for someone who has worked for 35 years at the Poultry Barn at the Kansas State Fair.

If you have an outdoor barbecue grill with a cover, you can turn it into an outdoor oven. Why would you want to do that? To preclude the need to heat up your kitchen to bake pizza, cookies, cakes, bread and casseroles. And to expand your camping-out cooking repertoire.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY Aug. 31, J ason Barnett, 38, of Dearing, was arrested by Deputy Ian Hurst in Dearing for criminal threat, criminal trespass and interference with a law enforcement officer.

Sep. 7 - Emporia Community Action, which works to address systemic oppression in that community, will hold a civil rights march there next week to commemorate former Emporia State University employees Angelica and Melvin Hale for their efforts to fight hate crime and institutional racism.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Kacey Marner calls her family's recreational vehicle her part-time job. The stay-at-home mom of four puts in hours on upkeep: tightening loose cabinet doors, washing windows and vacuuming upholstery.

A federal magistrate judge in Missouri is recommending the dismissal of an indictment against three men for their alleged involvement in the 2018 sinking of a duck boat on Table Rock Lake that killed 17 people.