Mid-Continent Public Library branches are offering foodies the chance to bring global cuisine into their home.

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. Mid-Continent Public Library is dishing up ...

Mid-Continent Public Library's Midwest Genealogy Center launched a new kiosk as part of its Tell Me a Story initiative to collect, preserve and share oral history.

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, ...

After a contentious meeting, the Mid-Continent Public Library board voted to move forward with construction of a new branch in East Independence with nine members in favor and one abstention. The ...

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 ...

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. — 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. — 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 ...

There are no people of color currently in management positions at Mid-Continent Public Library. And a majority of its trustees said no to reading the HR report it commissioned. Facebook/Mid-Continent ...