Environment

We have an excessive heat warning in effect from 10 this morning until 7 Thursday night for the Four Rivers Region.  Heat indices could reach 105 degrees.  

Scott Ellison says conditions for fishing are improving and shares the history and controversy behind the Alabama Rig. 

Well, the fishing has been as up and down as the stock market over the last few days. It perked up for a while, then got lackluster during the rainy period, and now is improving again. Really, it’s not bad considering how hot it is.

Four more counties in the Jackson Purchase have been given the ‘exceptional drought’ status by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

State agriculture officials say farmers should take caution when turning their drought-damaged corn into silage.