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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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Woman who killed her 5-year-old son gets 35-year prison term

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AJ Freund court case
By Mandy Robertson

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) -- A northern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for beating her five-year-old son to death.

A McHenry County judge issued the decision Friday, a day after JoAnn Cunningham pleaded for mercy.

Cunningham pleaded guilty in December to killing her son, Andrew "AJ" Freund.

Police discovered his body in a shallow grave near their home in Crystal Lake in April 2019.

McHenry County prosecutors presented evidence that Cunningham subjected AJ to years of physical and emotional abuse, and gave him the brutal beating that caused his death.

Prosecutors had requested the maximum sentence of 60 years.