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Heat Advisory issued September 1 at 2:23PM EDT until September 3 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Heat index values of 100 to 105 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

Some call this a half-free morel mushroom. It is edible and found locally. Many people are looking for wild mushrooms now.

Related online story:

On the wild side

There are more than 2,000 types of wild mushrooms in Ohio. Some are poison. Some aren't, and those are the ones that get people of all ages out in early spring searching for morchella, otherwise known as morel or sponge mushrooms. [More]

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