Heat Advisory issued July 4 at 12:06PM EDT until July 4 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 100.
* 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 this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
Today 89° Today 89° slight chance chance 72° 72° likely Tomorrow 83° Tomorrow 83° chance 70° 70° likely
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Monday, August 12th, 2013
Photo by Gary R. Rasberry/The Daily Standard

Lance Orick, in the center, holds his dachshund Snoop, who won the first heat as well as champion ranking overall. Not much for titles, he preferred a strip of jerky waiting at the finish line.

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