{"id":324726,"date":"2026-06-30T14:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324726\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:59:29","slug":"leon-county-opens-libraries-as-cooling-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324726\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon County opens libraries as cooling stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEON COUNTY, FL \u2014 Due to the<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/weather\/weather-alert-a-new-heat-advisory-has-been-issued\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Heat Advisory<\/a> in place Tuesday, Leon County is opening all libraries as cooling stations. <\/p>\n<p>In a<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1437990301698649&amp;set=a.219443310220027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook post<\/a>, they say all locations will operate as cooling stations during regularly scheduled hours. Libraries offer air conditioning, seating, water, and restroom access, in addition to regular library activities and materials.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory will be in place from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For a list of locations and hours, click <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.leoncountyfl.gov\/Library\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***This story has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.***<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEON COUNTY, FL \u2014 Due to the Heat Advisory in place Tuesday, Leon County is opening all libraries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,134328,127953,1289,61089,232,234,233,562],"class_list":["post-324726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-cooling-stations","tag-heat-advisory","tag-leon-county","tag-libraries","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-wtxl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324726","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=324726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}