Cookin’

Published 12:01 pm Tuesday, August 3, 2010

“It’s just plain hot,” Chase Vinson said Monday as he mowed grass on Oak Street in temperatures that soared to 103 degrees, topping the previous record for the day of 99, set in 1970. The heat was forecast to continue today with highs forecast to climb as high as 105.

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