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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Peak daily heat index values up to around 105 degrees.

* WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ Friday.

* IMPACTS...Prolonged hot temperatures and high humidity may
cause heat illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early
morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat
exhaustion and heat stroke.

&&

1 person killed in boating accident on Kinkaid Lake

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JACKSON COUNTY, IL (WSIL) -- One person was killed, and one injured, in a boating accident on Kinkaid Lake.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says Wednesday, May 31 just after 7:00 p.m. near the Kinkaid Lake Spillway they received a report of a boat overturned.

Deborah Daugherty, 69, and her husband Lawrence Daugherty, 80, both of Desoto, Missouri, were thrown from the boat. Another boat brought Deborah aboard and she was taken to a nearby hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

Search and rescue crews found the body of Lawrence Daugherty Thursday, June 1 just after 1 p.m. He was pronounced dead by the Jackson County Coroner's Office.

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