Mid-Continent's board voted to build a new library in East Independence. The branch was promised to voters in 2016, but the board still needs to figure out how to pay for it. Voters supported a tax ...

Breaking promises to voters is seldom a good idea. But that looks like what will happen if the Mid-Continent Public Library’s board of trustees delays accepting a time-limited $6.5 million price tag ...

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 ...

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JUST A FEW MINUTES. THERE IS BREAKING NEWS. THE MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY SAYS AN EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN FIRED AFTER MISUSING PUBLIC MONEY. THE LIBRARY SAYS THE CASE IS NOW WITH THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Mid-Continent Public Library's Food for Fines program is accepting nonperishable food items all this week at its branches. The donations will go to 34 food pantries across the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For anyone who is interested in learning more about Black history this month, there will be plenty of opportunities for the Kansas City area provided by the Mid-Continent Public ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Independence Police Department is investigating a now-former Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) employee accused of misusing public funds. The employee was terminated from the ...

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