Mid-Continent Public Library’s headquarters have been located in north Independence since the 1960s, but the library system ...

Mid-Continent Public Libraries are celebrating National Library Week. Kansas City branches are giving away free “MCPL My Place” window decals, while supplies last in honor of the occasion. Since 1958, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) named Aaron B. Mason as its new library director and CEO during a board of trustees meeting on Nov. 15. Mason will replace Steve Potter, who ...

Mid-Continent Public Library's Midwest Genealogy Center launched a new kiosk as part of its Tell Me a Story initiative to ...

First, conservative members of the board started challenging books about minorities. Will they also put the brakes on new facilities in east Independence and Riverside? Facebook/Mid-Continent Public ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mid-Continent Public Library’s (MCPL) biannual “Food for Fines” program will return next week. The program, which runs from Sept. 8 to Sept. 14, provides customers with the ...

At the administrative building last week, Mid-Continent's board voted to decrease the tax levy that funds the library. Library administrators don't yet know how the cuts will affect the library's ...

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CUTS. MICHELLE SEALE BROUGHT HER 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LILY TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH THEY ROUTINELY VISIT. MICHELLE ONCE WORKED IN A SCHOOL LIBRARY AND LOST HER JOB DUE TO BUDGET CUTS WITH CUT SPENDING ...