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Weather Alert

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

* WHAT...Daily heat index values of 100 to 107.

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

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

* IMPACTS...Prolonged exposure to 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.

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Paducah man arrested for attempted arson

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Jeffery Cook

PADUCAH (WSIL) -- A man has been arrested for setting a fire and attempting to burn a house and vehicles.

Police were called just before midnight on October 8, when a man saw a fire in his neighbors yard. Paducah firefighters found a trail of gasoline leading from an alleyway to the front porch of a home on Adams Street. 

An investigation began and surveillance footage showed a white man with a prosthetic right leg pouring what appeared to be gas from a can around the home. 

The man, identified as Jeffery D. Cook, was interviewed Tuesday morning and admitted he poured gas around the home and vehicles and lit it on fire. 

Cook was arrested on a charge of arson and booked into the McCracken County Jail.