PLYMC's East Branch was scheduled to reopen on Monday, January 5 to complete a facility improvement project, but that closure ...

Napier says that with the celebration going on until Jan. 1, he hopes the spark in attendees will stay until the end of the ...

The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is helping the community during the holiday season by collecting items ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN)- The Michael Kusalaba Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is set to temporarily close from Dec. 1 to 6 for a floor plan reset in support of the ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — People gathered at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County on Saturday to celebrate the freedom to read. The event featured a read-in and discussion on how ...

Author John Schu will speak Tuesday at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County’s main library. “Louder Than Hunger!,” a novel in verse about a young teen with anorexia, was a New York ...

Thrive Mahoning Valley will launch the Downtown Youngstown Farmers Market on Feb. 12 at the PLYMC's main branch.

In 2025, we here at WKBN 27 First News focused on hospitals, lawsuits involving high school students, along with deadly ...

The library is honoring the legacy of Carlton Sears, who served as director from 1997 to 2012, when the library system saw ...

Aimee Fifarek, director and CEO of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, talks about the new family engagement area at the main branch in downtown Youngstown. The area features an open ...

YOUNGSTOWN – The Friends of the Youngstown Free Library will host its fall book sale beginning with a Members’ Night from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The sale is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.