ST MARYS — What is the purpose of a public library? It is a question that has transfixed and roiled hundreds of communities across the country and in Kansas as controversies over books on racial, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Country music icon Dolly Parton announced Monday a statewide expansion of her "Imagination Library" book gifting program across Kansas. Parton made the announcement with Kansas Gov.

Natoma? City Clerk Linda Sharits remembers when the town library was a whole room with floor to ceiling shelves of books in the community center. However, by the time Sharits, the former Linda ...

MADISON — Small as it is, the Madison Public Library is nominally a quiet place, but for a moment, Christine Inman made an exception. Inman, the library director and sole full-time employee, had just ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - American icon Dolly Parton will visit Kansas to celebrate the statewide success of her Imagination Library program. Officials with the Office of the Governor said Kansas Governor ...

Every Kansas kid can get a free book, and one of American's most beloved music icons is coming to Kansas to help celebrate that fact. Dolly Parton, the revered country legend, will visit the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The State Library of Kansas Board has approved $22,000 to support summer library programming for 2024. The State Library of Kansas officials said in a press release that while ...

An oversized signature of Harry S. Truman at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Shannon Ellis, 59, has enjoyed her work for the Internal Revenue Service for more than 20 years, ...

Kansas City Public Library staffers wait for patrons at Swope Park as part of their Pop In at the Park program at area parks. Faced with COVID-19, library branches limited hours and cut in-person ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Public Library is offering new harm reduction kits, which include essential hygiene products, first aid kits, fentanyl test strips and naloxone at all 10 library ...

When a Kansas regional library director received an email invitation for a meeting in Tehran, Iran, he did what every good librarian does. He started gathering more information. The invitation came ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Library ...