KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas. Share your story idea with Olivia. Libraries across the Kansas City metro are launching summer reading programs to help prevent ...

Surveyed book lovers on the library’s staff came up with a best of 2025 book list in each of the following categories, from fantasy to nonfiction. Plus, a deep dive into library records revealed ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Public Library is relying on the public as they plan for the future of the system. They checked off one of the first steps of their strategic plan, called “Our Story ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Public Library (KCPL) has been awarded a $500,000 grant to expand its programs, the Carnegie Corporation of New York announced Tuesday. The KCPL is one of 11 public ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Public Library is one of 11 library systems across the country to receive funding for services that promote socioeconomic mobility in the community. The ...

The Mid-Continent Public Library System, working with Kansas City architecture firm BNIM, has proposed tearing down Independence City Hall and replacing it with a new administrative headquarters. BNIM ...

The three candidates were all asked the same selection of preselected community questions about how they would lead the ...

VOTES AND CANNOT BE VETOED. WELL, TONIGHT WE ARE GETTING ANSWERS AFTER TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN CUT FROM METRO PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. MISSOURI GOVERNOR MIKE KEHOE USED HIS VETO PEN TO ...

President Trump's cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services will impact hundreds of millions of dollars in grant-funded projects around the country. Crosby Kemper, a former director of the ...

An oversized signature of Harry S. Truman at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Kansas City is a regional hub for federal offices and the almost 30,000 federal workers who make ...

Philadelphia library fans have until Friday to help Free Library of Philadelphia win a friendly competition against rival Kansas City Public Library in the Library Love Competition. While both cities ...

On Thursday night, Kansas City invited residents to meet the final three candidates for the Kansas City Fire Department chief position. It comes following interim Kansas City Fire Chief Ross ...