HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A group of charities, volunteers and literacy advocates is gathering books for under-resourced youths in the Hartford area.

The fifth annual Greater Hartford Holiday Book Drive gets under way Monday and runs through Dec. 21. Organizers say they're collecting new or gently used hard-cover and paperback books that can benefit at-risk elementary school students.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Radio talk show host Don Imus has sold his sprawling New Mexico ranch to rural cable TV mogul Patrick Gottsch.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that facilitators of the deal declined to give the selling price of the 3,400-acre property about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Santa Fe, but it was last listed for $19 million.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — The International Bluegrass Music Museum has announced the lead acts for its annual ROMP Festival in western Kentucky.

A statement from the museum says Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush and Doyle Lawson will highlight the annual four-day ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival in Owensboro next summer. Additional acts include Rhiannon Giddens, We Banjo 3 (Ireland), and Billy Strings. More performers will be announced in the spring.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A new attendance record has been set at a bluegrass music festival in Kentucky.

A statement from the International Bluegrass Music Museum says more than 26,000 people attended the 14th annual ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival, which was held June 21-24. The bluegrass museum says crowds traveled to the event from 39 states and four countries.

HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) — Many people have greeted the new year with champagne, black-eyed peas, lots of resolutions.

For one Hope Mills family, new kitchen cabinets, new stainless steel appliances and the fresh smell of new construction have accomplished that feat even better.

Stacey and Odie Parker were left nearly speechless by the kindness of others after Hurricane Matthew destroyed almost everything in their home in the Creek Bend subdivision.