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If you haven't already checked in on your air conditioner to make sure it's in good shape, might want to do that now. The forecast for the next couple weeks show that temperatures in Missouri are about to soar into the 90's and don't appear to be cooling down anytime soon.

This is gonna sound like an old Rodney Dangerfield joke setup, but it's a real thing. How hot was it in Quincy, Illinois this week? Well, I gotta tell you..."It's so hot I saw a dog chasing a cat, and they were both walking." That's an exaggeration, but it was hot enough that Quincy just broke an 81-year-old heat record.

For all of our sakes, hope and pray this study is wrong. The claim is that in the next 30 years Missouri will become a part of what is being referred to as a "Heat Belt" that will see some days reach temperatures of 125 and higher.

Just when you think you've heard it all, there's this. Weather "experts" are claiming that summer in Illinois is hotter because it's under a "heat dome". Let's explore what that means.

Illinois faces the chance that records could be broken this week as a heatwave surges in late September across the Land of Lincoln.

Summer is here and with it are high temperatures and humid conditions expected all this week. Afternoon temperatures are expected to be above 90 degrees and heat index readings around 100 degrees for the next few days. It is important that you don't let the weather cause you to suffer a heat related illness. With that in mind, here are some tips to help deal with the extreme heat.

It's been hot all week, and it's expected to remain hot for the next several days. Several area schools have been dismissing early because of the current heatwave, including Hannibal Middle School and Hannibal High School. We are now hearing that Friday night's varsity football game between the Hannibal Pirates and Quincy Notre Dame Raiders will start just a little bit later than normal, because o