St. Louis County Library

As a part-time clerk for St. Louis County Library, Maura Lydon felt like she was beginning to fulfill her calling over the past couple of years. Then, in August, the library system laid her off, along with 121 other part-time employees. The library administration cited reduced services and efforts to be “good stewards” of taxpayer funds as the basis for the staff cuts. But that reasoning doesn’t hold up in the opinions of some current and former employees.

H.W. Brands’ new book “The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom” puts the two men’s lives in context. He discussed it on "St. Louis on the Air."

St. Louis County Library will partner with Miriam Learning Center to provide tutoring sessions from Oct. 12 through Dec. 15. Students will have the option of in-person help at five library branches and two Miriam centers.

Author J. Courtney Sullivan has a knack for probing the interior lives of women. Her four bestselling novels — “Commencement,” “Maine,” “The Engagements”…

Mere months ago, the two largest library systems in the St. Louis region kicked off the year 2020 with a major announcement: that their libraries, moving…

Two of the largest library systems in the St. Louis region are axing fines for overdue library materials.St. Louis County Library and St. Louis Public…

Much of the conversation about contemporary American health care revolves around money more than actual medicine. But given the crushing costs associated…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 16 2012 - St. Louis County Library may demolish eight of its 20 existing county branches as part…

On a recent Thursday morning, 27 kids, mostly teenagers, sat at tables and used their imaginations to sketch out ideas for new buildings that would do…

The Regional Business Council and Civic Progress on Tuesday announced more than $1 million in funding for eight St. Louis community organizations working…