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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The LeRoy Collins Leon County Main Public Library will reopen Tuesday during normal operating hours after closing Monday afternoon due to a plumbing issue, according to the ...

Police escort 2 men upset by library board chairman's book-banning list Public speaker weeps after meeting Book issues tied to President Trump executive order, 'not a law' Editor's note: This story ...

When Harlem’s renowned Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture asked me to recommend five of my favorites for its list of 100 books by Black authors, my first reaction was, “I’d be honored.” My ...

A letter from Secretary of State Tre Hargett prompting public libraries across the state to submit a review of their collections has led to the removal of nearly 3,000 books in one county. The letter ...

Dimitris Economou returned this copy of Harry the Dirty Dog 36 years after his parents checked it out. Fairfax County Public Library Thirty-six years after it was checked out, a copy of Gene Zion’s ...

The Burlington Public Library is closed until further notice due to technical issues. In a Facebook post, the library stated that it is experiencing unforeseen issues with its water system. Both the ...

Dimitris Economou was visiting his parents in Greece and looking for a book to read to his 7-year-old son when he found a copy of the children’s book “Harry the Dirty Dog” on his dad’s bookshelf. He ...

Did you resolve to read more books in 2026? We’ve got some inspiration: Now that 2025 is in the books, so to speak, local library systems are sharing their most borrowed titles of last year—which are ...

The Goddard Space Flight Center Library in Greenbelt, Md. reportedly closed on Friday, Jan. 2 Alamy The Trump administration has reportedly closed down NASA’s largest research library The Goddard ...

Alabama readers love a good novel. All of the most commonly checked out books from public libraries in the state’s two largest counties were works of fiction. And many were parts of series. The most ...

Philly residents checked out all kinds of books from the Free Library this past year — but one twisty, time-jumping mystery drew the most readers. "James" by Percival Everett, the Pultizer-winning ...