Illinois Valley residents beat the heat

By SCOTT ANDERSON sanderson@shawmedia.com

With temperatures in the mid90s, families took to the pools and splash pads around the Illinois Valley on Thursday. Dangerous heat and humidity continued Friday, with heat indices as high as the 110s.

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Thursday at Twisty Freeze in La Salle.

ABOVE: Gus Manning of Ottawa dives off the high dive Thursday at Riordan Pool in Ottawa. LEFT: John Riva of Peru plays catch with his friend Dalton Znaniecki, of Oglesby, as the sun shines down bringing the hot weather Thursday at Washington Park in Peru. ON THE COVER: Cain Cauley of Ottawa sprays water out of a baseball at the splash pad Thursday at Washington Park in Peru.