From left, Mari Alexander, Jorgia Yarnell, Kase Backscheider and Harrison Martin pose with Sister Bear from The Berenstain Bears series of books during Imagination Library of Johnson County’s ...

GREENWOOD, Ind. — The White River Branch of the Johnson County Public Library is where Duane Wallin used to be found three or four times a week. "I use it a lot," Wallin said. "I always have a book or ...

FRANKLIN, Ind. — The Imagination Library of Johnson County is launching a fundraising campaign, trying to make up for $1 million in lost state funding. The program provides free books to kids from ...

Johnson County Library said it will reopen all 14 of its branches to the public on June 15, but with limited services. Library officials said they anticipate opening with reduced hours to allow the ...

Karin Dembinski, sorting and sales specialist with the Friends of Johnson County Library, works through some of the inventory waiting to be placed on sale. Debra Skodack Special to The Star Emily ...

Romance novels and romance-fantasy titles topped the check-out charts in Kansas' most populous county. Among kid readers, authors Mo Willems and Jeff Kinney cleaned up. Romance novelists and the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Johnson County libraries are following a nationwide trend by eliminating overdue fines on library materials. Patrons who have checked out books, games, movies or other materials and ...

The Johnson County Library Board voted unanimously to discontinue charging 30 cents for each day an item is overdue. The library will also forgive overdue fines already on the books, saying that ...