KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mid-Continent Public Library announced plans Wednesday to open a third library branch in Independence in 2024. The new location, the East Independence Branch, will be built on a 5 1 ...

Independence plans to sell part of its longtime City Hall site to the Mid-Continent Public Library, which will construct a ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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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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 ...

The Mid-Continent Public Library system was designed at a time when a gallon of gas cost less than 90 cents, the Beatles disbanded and the Vietnam War ended. MCPL Director Steve Potter described the ...

Mid-Continent Public Library, which will complete 33 library branch projects by 2022, has reached the midway point in its $113 million capital improvement plan. The Blue Springs South location is one ...

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 ...