Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

Students at a library in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood got a special surprise Tuesday from former President Barack Obama.

Former President Obama got into the holiday spirit by surprising students at a Chicago Public Library on Tuesday. He joined ...

The 2026 budget proposes eliminating library vacancies and cutting about half the funds for new materials, security, and custodial services.

Video shows former President Barack Obama engaging with young readers during a Dec. 9 stop at the Chicago Public Library.

The former president is in Chicago this week to check on construction of his presidential center, set to open next June.

On Dec. 9, Obama donned a Santa hat and visited the Bessie Coleman library in his former city. Students from Burke Elementary ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 20: Construction continues at the Barack Obama Presidential Center on August 20, 2025 in Chicago, ...

Barack Obama reunited with his old barber, Zariff, at Hyde Park Hair Salon in Chicago while checking on his presidential ...

A New Lenox Library care cabinet offers shower products, deodorant, toothpaste, gloves, chap stick, first aid supplies and Narcan.

Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of elementary school students at a branch of the Chicago Public Library in ...

The former president, 64, stopped by the Bessie Coleman branch of the Chicago Public Library to read to Burke Elementary ...