Explore the Little Italy, Thomas Hughes, Bucktown-Wicker Park and Chinatown branches — top Chicago Public Library spots packed with fun for kids and teens. Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other Chicago leaders met at the Altgeld Branch of the Chicago Public Library Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the new branch, announce the expansion of ...

The library will be an essential tool for kids as they get older, why not give them a chance to learn to love it at an early age? In addition to being a wellspring of learning and free information, ...

A Chicago library is in the running for a complete makeover, and officials there are hoping that an infusion of funds can help to pump new life into the institution. Andie Townhouse, the library ...

A modernized look greeted patrons of the North Chicago Public Library Monday when it opened its doors again after a month-long closure for a renovation project. A grand opening and ribbon-cutting ...

Your Chicago Public Library card gets you a whole lot more than a nearly unlimited supply of books and movies. A CPL card can literally save you thousands each and every year you put it to use. Keep ...

The Chicago Public Library is proving that libraries are not limited to dusty books on dusty shelves anymore. Chicago residents with library cards now have unlimited access to more than 150 magazines ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Chicago's public library workers are on the front lines every day. But they say when it comes to pandemic protection, they're stuck at the back of the line. CBS 2 Political ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A love of books and a passion for advocating for people's rights led Tracie Hall to lead the American Library Association. She is the first African American woman to do so. "It's ...

For two decades following the stock market crash of 1929, reformists and radicals battled over the remaking of American culture. The American public library was one venue for the "cultural front." ...

A study by Anderson Economic Group, a respected economics research firm commissioned by the University of Chicago to analyze the economic impact of a Barack Obama Presidential Library on Chicago’s ...

Chicago Heights City Clerk Lori Wilcox says allegations of misused funds at the city library are part of a political ploy that seeks to damage her bid for Bloom Township supervisor. Wilcox, former ...