The Monroe County Public Library's downtown Bloomington branch will close two hours earlier on weekdays starting November 24. This change is due to state budget cuts that will reduce the library's ...

She’s been unhoused in Bloomington for two years. She is at the downtown library almost every other day from 3 p.m. until it closes on weeknights at 9 p.m. She was unaware that beginning Nov. 24, the ...

Steven Potter started his career at Mid-Continent Public Library as a night clerk shelving books. mymcpl.org Steven Potter, director of the Mid-Continent Public Library in Independence is resigning ...

The Monroe County Public Library is considering reducing hours at its downtown location due to state tax cuts. The proposed change would shorten hours Monday through Thursday and result in a reduction ...

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 ...

MCPL said it learned July 17 of the wrongdoing and has been doing everything in its power to “take appropriate action and seek recovery of the funds.” As of Tuesday, July 29, an Independence Police ...