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These area headlines are curated by KPR news staffers, including J. Schafer, Laura Lorson, Kaye McIntyre and Tom Parkinson. Our headlines are generally posted by 10 am weekdays. This news summary is made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today!

Colonel Mustard, in the ballroom, with the ... Gouda? You may not expect a wheel of cheese to be at the center of a devious plot, but Michael Paterniti's The Telling Room manages to do just that.

There are some great changes in the air on KPR2. We’re airing some new shows, and there are other shows not available on Kansas Public Radio.

A photograph of this year's official KU Christmas card. We thought it was appropriate for today, given that Lawrence could get two to four inches of snow! (Photo by J. Schafer)A winter weather advisory is in effect -- for the entire KPR listening area -- until 6 o'clock tomorrow (TUE) morning. Kris Craven is the meteorologist on duty this (MON) morning at the National Weather Service office in Topeka.Craven expects areas west of Topeka and Manhattan to get the heaviest snowfall amounts.==============================The National Weather Service predicts two to four inches of snow for eastern Kansas before Tuesday morning. (File photo of a Christmas card, used here solely for illustrative purposes.)Winter Weather Moves into Eastern KS (newscast version #2)Snow is on the way! The National Weather Service says a winter weather advisory is in effect for eastern Kansas. Forecaster Kris Craven says up to four inches of snow could be on the ground by tomorrow (TUE) morning.The winter weather advisory remains in effect for northeast and east-central Kansas until 6 o'clock tomorrow (TUE) morning.

A judge threw out a suit against Fox News by a former Trump supporter who said he got death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Some of the biggest proponents of conspiracy theories about vaccines and elections regularly tour the country together. Many of the speakers are closely tied to former President Donald Trump.

An Adidas executive and two others have been convicted in a corruption case that prosecutors said exposed the underbelly of college basketball recruiting. A federal jury in Manhattan found the former Adidas shoe company employee and two other men guilty of fraud. The trial centered on whether the men's admitted efforts to channel secret payments to the families of top recruits luring them to major basketball programs sponsored by Adidas was criminal. The trial has possible implications for the basketball program at the University of Kansas because of testimony that discussed a KU player and because KU has a contract with Adidas.

The most critical question in Afghanistan today is whether the Afghan military can keep the country safe from the Taliban. An NPR team went looking for the answer, and two of the group were killed.

A look back at the extraordinary creative souls we lost in 2018, from producer Richard Swift and opera singer Montserrat Caballé to rapper Mac Miller and Aretha Franklin.

Members of the Kansas House approved a budget bill last (THUR) night. The Senate already has approved its own budget legislation. Negotiators for the two chambers are working to draft a final version are continuing talks this (FRI) morning. Setting the budget is the major job left on the agenda before lawmakers can adjourn their annual session.