Good morning. It's Thursday, August 9th. I'm Valikia Newsome, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. More hot weather and small chances of rain are coming up in Austin. Today will be mostly sunny and hot with a high near 98 and a heat index as high as 104. The evening will be partly cloudy with a low around 76 and a 20 percent chance of rain.