JOPLIN — The public library in Joplin escaped damage from a tornado that devastated the city, but the institution still lost thousands of dollars' worth of items when residents couldn't locate the books or DVDs they'd checked out or found the items were too badly damaged to be salvaged.
UPDATE: Grants help Joplin library overcome damages, losses from tornado
Thursday, November 3, 2011 | 6:23 p.m. CDT
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