Families around Kansas City can enjoy free and cheap activities across the metro during the summer time. But if they’re ...

The Kansas City Public Library is hosting the Strategic Plan Launch Party, aimed at collecting community input to chart a ...

A 40-foot-tall bell tower that has peered over the Volker neighborhood for 122 years is on the verge of collapse. Neighbors ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe cut $1M for the Bluford Library expansion and $12M for Blue Springs sewer work in Missouri’s latest state ...

Missouri's governor slashed or restricted $511 million for projects across the state, citing a need to rein in spending ahead ...

With the new streetcar extension and more visitors coming to the area, the city of Kansas City, Missouri, is committed to ...

Months after area arts and culture nonprofits saw a loss of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Gov. Mike Kehoe ...

Federal grants make up about 1% of the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library's $30 million budget. The rest is supplemented through state and local funding.

Originally, Kansas City, Missouri was known as the Town of Kansas, inspired by the Kansas River, named after the Kansa Native American tribe, according to The Kansas City Public Library. By 1889 ...

The Kansas City Public Library (KCPL) has been awarded a $500,000 grant to expand its programs, the Carnegie Corporation of New York announced Tuesday.

By Olivia Acree Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KSHB) — A long-lost Purple Heart medal that ...