Hammered by $2.2 million in budget cuts, the Houston Public Library system this month will reduce its hours by 28 percent — closing most of its 42 branches on Saturdays — and trim expenditures for ...

The Freed-Montrose library re-opened on Monday morning and will continue operations until its relocation to the Montrose Collective. Mayor John Whitmire said he will be looking to work with the ...

Houstonians will no longer have to pay fines for overdue books checked out of the Houston Public Library system. City council voted unanimously on Wednesday to become a "fine free" library system. The ...

Even if you have gone fully digital and don't use physical books anymore, your local library is worth a visit to get your face out of your smartphone. This week the Houston Public Library announced ...

Houston’s Freed-Montrose Library will open next month at Montrose Collective, becoming the last major element of the mixed-use project that has transformed a busy block along Westheimer. Houston ...

Embark on a unique reading experience at William P. Hobby Airport, where a compact library vending machine, known as Houston Public Library’s Booklink, has found its home, Axios Houston reported.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On Thursday, eight of the 47 tickets given to a group feeding the homeless in downtown were dismissed by judges, but the city has indicated they plan to refile. Food Not Bombs ...

Usually, when Houston’s weather approaches an extreme — with temperatures dipping so low or soaring so high they could put people’s health at risk — the city opens its libraries as havens. But when ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston has omitted the Central Library in downtown as one of its designated cooling centers in the most recent declaration of a heat emergency. It was included in ...

Drag Queen Storytime is part of a national program which states its aim is to promote love and acceptance. However, not everyone sees it that way. Chris Sevier is among a group of people who filed a ...

HOUSTON – A volunteer who was ticketed by Houston Police for feeding the homeless outside the public library back in March was found not guilty in a criminal court trial earlier this week. Phillip ...