Get your groove on early in the new year when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group Kool & the Gang performs Jan. 11 at Osage Casino’s Skyline Event Center. For tickets, go to osagecasino.com.

For the second time in more than 30 years, Heather Lyle and her family lost a home to a wildfire. Michael and Heather Lyle have been on this carousel before. “It was like, ‘This can’t be ...