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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /1 PM EDT/ SATURDAY
TO 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values 100 to 109 expected.

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

* WHEN...From noon CDT /1 PM EDT/ Saturday to 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/
Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The first prolonged stretch of heat and
humidity of the season will amplify health impacts. Health impacts
will build with each successive day in the heat and humidity.

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.

&&

Deputies respond to bus crash in Elkville

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Mitchell Schultheis

ELKVILLE, Ill. -- A bus has reportedly crashed in the Village of Elkville.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office confirmed to News 3 there was a bus involved in a crash and they have deputies on scene Friday afternoon.

The Southern Illinois Fire Incidents relayed information on a traffic crash involving a school bus on N. 4th Street.

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The fire incidents page also listed in the post the Elkville Fire, Dowell Fire, and Jackson County Ambulance.

Elverado CUSD 196 said the bus accident was not one of theirs. They did say the bus involved was transporting students home from Du Quoin to Carbondale and that the driver and students were reportedly all okay.

We will have more information as it becomes available.

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