Thanks to comings and goings of Great Lakes cruise ships, the Milwaukee summer seems especially festive in recent years, and no vessel has been turning around here longer than Pearl Seas' Pearl ...

The Cuyahoga County Public Library has tapped Jamar Rahming as its next CEO, the first African American to lead the organization in its more than 100-year history. Skip to Article.

EDWARDSVILLE — The West End Station, located at 620 St. Louis St. in Edwardsville, will show off the Edwardsville Route 66 display starting Sunday, June 1 at 10 a.m. From 1927 to 1964, the brick ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar was honored Wednesday at the Illinois State Library.

If signed into law, a bill that passed the Illinois Senate unanimously would require that all Illinois public libraries have medication on hand to combat an opioid overdose, and trained staff to ...

See Jesse H. Shera, Foundations of the American Public Library (1949) (recounting Rep. Wight's 1851 argument that libraries would "diminish[] the circulation of low and immoral publications").

GRAFTON — Blues musician Jeremiah Johnson will perform at the Hawg Pit BBQ, located at 821 W. Main St. in Grafton, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 10.

Free For All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians ...

Starting May 1, library users will need to swap their e-card for a new access card with two options — a full-access card for Chicago residents or a temporary card with limited access.

Many public defender offices in Illinois, especially in rural areas, are in desperate need of resources to provide adequate defense services. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1963 on Gideon v.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 attorneys general have sued to challenge Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Last year the agency allocated $11.3 ...