Columbia's Five Things To Know For June 9

The Weather 

From the National Weather Service:

Day: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 100. West wind between 5 and 8 mph."

Night: "A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. West wind between 3 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms."

Event Not to Miss Today

2 p.m. to 6 p.m.,

Question of the Day

Would you let your kids play outside alone? That's the question Julia McCready ponders lamenting a world in which we no longer feel safe sending our kids out to enjoy summer days.

 Featured Reader Comment

“I don't have children, but I see a lot of kids having unsupervised play around my apartment complex, and lots of kids still walk to school. I worried about this with my nephews, too, because they went to a private school and didn't have friends in the neighborhood at first, so they had to have play dates.

“But over time the kids in the neighborhood all found each other, regardless of what school they went to. I still believe your concerns are very valid! But when I see kids running around outside, making up their own games, I figure things are still mostly okay.” -  Reader  Jen Raffensperger,

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