(Paxton–dm)-…HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT..for Ford and IROQUOIS COUNTIES.Heat index values of 100 to 105 degrees are expected. .Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses..Heat impacts will be worsened by consecutive days of hot and humid conditions, with overnight lows in the mid 70s providing little relief. If you need some relief from the heat, Ford County Emergency Management Agency Director Terry Whitebird has a list of cooling centers in Ford County.
Ford County EMA Director Terry Whitebird. Cooling centers in the local area will also be available in Iroquois, Vermilion and Champaign counties.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs slammed a Democrat governor who sent out a mass email falsely claiming that veterans could be denied care based on how they voted, even after the initial report had been changed and both the VA and the White House said it was false. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker toldstate agencies to “take every available action to protect veterans’ access to care” after “reports that the Trump administration is proposing rules that would allow VA providers to deny military veterans healthcare .”VA officials said those reports were incorrect. Three days before Pritzker ordered state officials to take action, VA Secretary Doug Collins had publicly said the report was wrong.