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Libraries

The newest Johnson County Library branch opens this week. Merriam Plaza Library, 6120 Slater St., officially opens to the public following a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The new branch is replacing the historic Antioch Library nearby, which...
Romance novelists and the romance-fantasy genre are driving readers to Johnson County Library. The library system's most-checked out book lists of 2023, which exclude the month of December, show romance novelist Colleen Hoover still tops the charts — and romance...
A Johnson County Library branch in Overland Park is now back open after a months-long closure. Oak Park Library, 9500 Bluejacket Dr., reopened to the public on Dec. 18, according to a Johnson County Library Facebook post. That branch just east...
Spring Hill Councilmember Wendy North has been on a mission to Johnson County Library officials this fall. Her message: Don’t spend $4 million next year to upgrade the tiny Spring Hill library branch. Save the money to build a...
The free tampons and pads that have been put in Johnson County Library restrooms since late August have been enthusiastically welcomed by most of the public, library officials say. But the fact that the period products are also on...
By Laura Ziegler Franny Zender, 7, wore a pink summer dress and matching pink headband to pull back her unbrushed blond hair, hair that tumbled down her back as if it had just dried after a day at the pool. Folding...
The $13.68 million project to build a new library branch in Merriam — a replacement for the historic founding branch of Johnson County Library — is well underway. Dubbed Merriam Plaza Library, which will replace the Antioch branch nearby on...
Johnson County Library patrons were liberated Thursday from fines that build up for keeping books and other materials past their due dates. No more future fines, current fines wiped away The Johnson County Library Board voted unanimously – and with applause...
Have a large box of old family photographs or documents you’re worried something could happen to? The Johnson County Genealogical Society is here to help. Beginning Monday, the society, in partnership with the Johnson County Library, will begin taking reservations for...
The former Lackman Library building in Lenexa will go on the market with an asking price of $1.95 million, the county library board has decided. Board members unanimously authorized the sale of the 17,000-square-foot building at 15345 W. 87th Street...
The 30 cents that Johnson County Library charges each day for overdue materials may soon be a thing of the past. Library officials are considering a plan to eliminate late fines altogether, which could happen as early as April if...
Johnson Countians turned to TikTok and celebrity book clubs to discover which books to get lost in this year. JoCo Library releases its 10 most borrowed books of 2022 Gregg Winsor, Johnson County Library’s reader’s advisory specialist, said many of...