Heat

We here in Sedalia and Pettis County are in a heat advisory until this evening.  That means that it's going to be extremely hot and humid all day, and you need to be careful to stay as cool as possible. The temperature keeps climbing and making us all miserable. So here are six weird tricks you can use to keep yourself cool . . . some of which seem counter-intuitive.

It's so hot that one man totally lost his cool.

It's summertime, which means all those refreshing ice cream sandwiches you're gobbling up could melt before you get to the end. Well, in most cases, anyway.

This week, we're supposed to get some pretty nasty weather.  They tell me it's gonna be a hot one.

There have been far too many stories in the news this summer about parents leaving their kids in the car while they go in and shop. This is not okay! We all know that a quick trip in the store can end up being much more than that.

I was out running errands around town yesterday evening and parked next to a vehicle with a dog inside of it. Naturally, I felt bad for the dog and realized this is an unfortunate trend during the summer. Plain and simple: the weather is becoming too hot for a dog to stay inside of your car while you run errands and shop. Within just a few minutes, even with the windows down, it can reach fatal te

One of the ways a local TV news reporter can distinguish himself is through his coverage of an extreme weather event. WATE 6 News Knoxville reporter Mike Krafcik was given that opportunity when he was assigned to the heatwave which struck the Tennessee city earlier this month.

Well, another day in triple digits, and it seems like they are about every day now.  I just saw on the news the reason too, I'm not sure why there isn't more of a panic but evidently the earth has broke away from it's gravitational pull and we are about 4o miles from the sun!