{"id":271550,"date":"2026-05-14T23:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271550\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:43:24","slug":"west-florida-libraries-to-temporarily-close-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271550\/","title":{"rendered":"West Florida libraries to temporarily close: details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video above: \u2018News 5 Now\u2019 \u2014 Top Stories from May 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">WEST FLORIDA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrg.com\/?p=2667869\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:WKRG;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WKRG&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WKRG<\/a>) \u2014 West Florida Public Libraries are set to close temporarily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a news release, the closure is scheduled for Monday, May 18, as staff members participate in a training session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/mobile-car-crash-leaves-1-124458352.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Mobile car crash leaves 1 dead: new details;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mobile car crash leaves 1 dead&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Mobile car crash leaves 1 dead: new details <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The library search catalog will also be down on the day of the closure, \u201cas part of the software migration process,\u201d which will improve the patron\u2019s experience, the release said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All library locations will reopen on Tuesday, May 19, under their normal operating hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrg.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRG News 5.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRG News 5.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRG News 5. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video above: \u2018News 5 Now\u2019 \u2014 Top Stories from May 14, 2026 WEST FLORIDA (WKRG) \u2014 West Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,96446,35258,21513],"class_list":["post-271550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-training-session","tag-west-florida","tag-wkrg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}