VAN BUREN The Crawford County Library System will get a $10,000 grant to make the Alma Public Library more accessible for people with disabilities after the county Quorum Court withheld that money over concerns about its source.
A new Arkansas law that exposes librarians to criminal liability for making books deemed “harmful to minors” available to them drew a constitutional challenge Friday from public library systems, their patrons, bookstores, and free speech groups who say the measure violates their First Amendment rights.
Most of the reshelved books have LGBTQ+ characters. Others include a story about a child with disabilities, a book about witchcraft and a guide to world religions.
FORT SMITH Some Crawford County residents have filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit in response to what the lawsuit describes as unlawful censorship of material in county libraries.