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

* WHAT...Heat index values between 100 to 108 expected.

* WHERE...Portions 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 cause heat impacts to be greater than
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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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Saline County man charged with murder after body found in abandoned Evansville home, police say

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — After a body was found in a boarded-up home back in July, police say a man has been arrested and charged with murder.

Earlier in July, where authorities in Evansville said they found the body of 45-year-old Shanay Hunt in an abandoned home on Harriet Street.

On Tuesday, authorities announced the arrest of 28-year-old Jaron A. Wells, who's being charged with murder in connection to the case.

28-year-old Jaron A. Wells was arrested and charged with murder in a case out of Evansville, Ind. (Video source: Ava Reeves)

While few specific details on the case have been immediately released, EPD says that Hunt was Wells' mother.

Police say that Wells had been staying in a rural home outside of Carrier Mills, Illinois, and that he was taken into custody in Harrisburg on Monday.

After being taken into custody in Illinois, Wells was booked into the Saline County Jail.

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