Johnson County Library

Faced with COVID-19, library branches limited hours and cut in-person events, but they’re still aiming to boost reading over the summer.

Libraries on both sides of the state line are compiling lists of books to educate patrons about the issues being raised by Black Lives Matter protests.

Segment 1: North Kansas City responds to the coronavirus pandemic.An immediate concern for this Northland municipality is warm weather attracting still…

Segment 1: North Kansas City responds to the coronavirus pandemic.An immediate concern for this Northland municipality is warm weather attracting still…

Segment 1: Some institutions of higher education use tracking software to assess prospective applicants.In an effort to streamline the recruiting process,…

Segment 1: Kansas City mourns the death of philanthropist Henry Bloch.Henry Bloch, co-founder of the tax preparation firm H&R Block and World War II…

Segment 1: Race Project KC is educating high school students on structural racism in Kansas City. Built off of Tanner Colby's book "Some of My Best…

Segment 1: Over the last year, homicides in Kansas City's Historic Northeast neighborhoods have gone from 11 to zero.Police, county authorities,…

Segment 1: Twenty-five years after the "Great Flood of 1993," is Kansas City any safer?Like most cities in the Missouri River basin, the danger of…

The line to enter Johnson County’s newest public library stretched out the door and around the building Sunday, shortly after the official…

What does your grandfather’s house have in common with the Johnson County library? A workshop.“I’m not saying this is your grandad’s basement — it’s kind…

Segment 1: How do you learn how to read?Reading is an important life skill that starts at an early age. But how do kids actually learn how to do it? There…