An Frederick County Public Schools parent was escorted from a School Board meeting Tuesday evening after attempting to read a passage from a James Wood Middle School library ...

On a cold winter's day, light streams through windows and across the large looming columns of the beautiful Taos High School library. Amidst rows of beloved book-lined shelves, John Pahls, ...

It is never the librarian’s job to dictate what people read, only to ensure equitable access to information for all,” said the head of the Connecticut Library Consortium.

Some misinformation has since stemmed from the proposed legislation and has taken a violent turn, according to the legislators.

A philanthropist, Ophelia Opoku Mensah, in partnership with the St George's Library Fund, has inaugurated and handed over a ...

A burst water heater is never good news, but when it happens in a sea of books, it can be particularly devastating. It happened recently at the Bismarck State College library and resulted in the loss ...

In 2023-2024, bans grew 20 times over the 2020 baseline. That’s a lot of missing books and a lot of students denied the ...

A surprisingly large number of North Jersey craft breweries host book-related events: swaps, clubs, author talks, writing ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service.

Community members are invited to celebrate the year of the Green Wood Snake during a Lunar New Year festival, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2 at Michael Towbes ...

In recent years there has been a surge in efforts to ban or challenge books in public school districts across America. In ...

The Caitlin Clark Foundation and Scholastic are teaming up together to help promote children's literacy and have pledged to donate 22,000 books to children between pre-kindergarten and eighth grade ...