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Bugs are back. You might’ve noticed more pesky flies, hornets and fire ants this year. Pest control experts say you can blame it on the heat. Yona Gavino reports.

Bugs are back. You might’ve noticed more pesky flies, hornets and fire ants this year. Pest control experts say you can blame it on the heat. Yona Gavino reports

It’s mid-June and Texas is already being hit with extreme heat, here’s what you can do to help your trees in these conditions

Our hot weather pattern will continue this week right through the weekend. High temperatures will range from the upper 90s to the low 100s.

Our hot weather pattern will continue this week right through the weekend.

Our hot weather pattern will continue this week right through the weekend. High temperatures will range from the upper 90s to the low 100s. The hottest weather could be this weekend with highs of 100 to 104.

Summer officially begins Tuesday, June 21 but it has already felt like it for a while. High temperatures stay near 100 degrees with a heat index just over 100 this week.

The name of the game is to stay cool during the hot summer months in Texas, which is why the City of Dallas and Reliant say they’re teaming up together again for the “Beat the Heat” program.

An effort is underway to help vulnerable Dallas residents stay cool during dangerously warm days of summer.

The heat wave rolls on this week across North Texas. The upper-level ridge that has brought the hot weather, will shift east for a few days. This will allow for temperatures to decrease just a bit, into the upper 90s. By the weekend, the heat dome will return over our area so triple digits will be more common.

How long high temperatures will be sticking around, the everyday grocery store item that could be going up in price, and new research on overweight children and how that relates to obesity in adults. All that and more on today’s edition of The Connection.

First responders stayed busy over the weekend as heat-related illness calls poured in during high temperatures.

Another hot day is ahead for North Texas on Monday with highs again above 100, and a heat index as high as 105.

An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect until 7 p.m.

Another hot day ahead for North Texas with highs from 100 to 105.

Under a hot Texas sun, families gathered to kick off summer at the second annual Celebrate Highland Village on the hottest day yet this year.

Under a hot Texas sun, families gathered to kick off summer at the second annual Celebrate Highland Village on the hottest day yet this year.

Many nonprofits have a plan in place to protect the most vulnerable people in our community when temperatures reach dangerous highs

Another record breaking hot day across North Texas. A Heat Advisory is in effect until 7 p.m.

This will be the hottest weekend of the year so far with highs from 100 to 105, and a heat index of 105-110. A Heat Advisory is in effect through 7pm Sunday.