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 Barbara Bush Foundation, Houston Public Library, and the City of Houston unveiled on Tuesday, their fourth Family Place library in Northwest Houston at the Collier Regional Library. The Houston ...

Houston just opened a can of worms by asking us to help name the city's new library. The yet-to-be-named new library will serve the Westbury, Meyerland, Brays Oaks and Hiram Clarke areas and replace ...

In a city that feels like it's constantly building, expanding, or reinventing itself, the Julia Ideson Building stands as a ...

Bibliophiles and connoisseurs of print can explore the Houston Public Library’s collection of donated books, ex-library books and other items during an online auction that lasts through April 17.

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 ...

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HOUSTON — Complete with cozy chairs, friendly smiles and, of course, loads of books, Houston's library system has dozens of these little libraries tucked in neighborhoods all over the city.

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 ...

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 ...

Felix and Angela Morales, the philanthropist owners of a local business empire, were known to be givers. So when the heads of one of Houston’s most prominent Latino families were approached by a city ...