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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's get this hump day started. Shall we
welcome in? It is Kentucky and it's morning news here
on news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you.
I'm present. Let's get a roll called Scott Fitzgerald. He's here.
I can prove that he's here. His microphone is now
on and he's here. He's in front of me. Also
John Alden with me, but just through a computer screen.
(00:21):
He's just down the hall. And John Shannon's here as well.
So we've got the full crew and a lot to
get into today. Obviously, the jury did not take long.
In fact, what was it ten minutes for them to
determine what they think the sentencing should be for Brooks
Houck and Joseph Lawson and the Crystal Rogers case. But
really just four hours essentially for them to deliberate, and
(00:42):
not as surprise in the grand scheme of things. But
I did worry a little bit as we saw this
trial play out that they didn't have a whole lot
of physical In fact, they had no physical proof. But
certainly I know I'm not alone in you know, the
court of public opinion thinking that these two were held
responsible for what in fact they did, so certainly a
lot to get into when it comes to that today,
(01:04):
and also I don't want to. I feel like it'll
be an endless conversation if we get into the whole
Epstein thing, because it's certainly news, but I feel like
trying to talk through it and figure out, like what's
really going on that's not I don't think that's possible.
I mean, we'll probably never really know the truth, but
it is big news. And now we have President Trump
(01:25):
defending the controversial decision to just say, yeah, nothing to
see here, nothing actually happened, despite people in federal prison.
One person was in federal prison killed themselves allegedly because
of a sex trafficking ring that included thousands of victims
and maybe thousands of people that were in on it,
meaning take advantage of those victims. But now it's just nothing,
(01:48):
which is wild. But anyways, a loaded show today. But
yesterday we started the show mentioning me coming off of
my thirty seventh birthday and thirty seven. So far it
feels just like thirty six, which is a good things.
I'm not aging. I haven't hit a wall at thirty seven.
But I went back and looked and this is the
power of chat GPT fellows. I went back and looked
at some things on the day we were all born,
(02:10):
and I had no clue of any notable things about
my birthday as far as just you know, not only
what happened I mean in previous years on that date,
but just that date specifically. And there's really not a
whole lot going on there. But I've got some information
about yours' birthday. All right, I'm gonna start with you, Scotty.
Your birthday, correct me if I'm wrong, it is. It's
(02:33):
July thirtieth, right, that's right, all right, So July thirtieth,
nineteen sixty nine. What if I told you that at
that time on that exact date, Well, actually, no, this
is a different year. But did you know that recently
after you were born, I'm sure recently, right before you
were born, we landed on the Moon.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yes, I did. Yeah, it was always a topic of conversation.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You remember being a big deal as an infant, right, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Right, yeah, I remember all I remember clearly, which is weird,
because I mean I developed a keen.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Fascination with the space programs that grew up. It was
a big part of my childhood.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I'm sure it was a big deal right when you
were forming memories right in a white age, I.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Wanted to be an astronaut, astronaut or a spy.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Do you know a celebrity that you share the exact
same birthday with?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I want to see. I think it's Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
He's not listed here, but that doesn't mean it's not legit.
Vivica A Fox, the actress. Oh okay, you if you
don't know who it is off the top of your head,
if you saw a picture, you would recognize there. She's
been been in a lot of stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Take a look at her.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So again, this is one of those random things that
chet GBT can just help you out with. What John, So,
your birthday July thirtieth? Do you know the number one
song in America when you were born? This gonna make
people feel old. If it made me feel old, it's
gonna make you all feel old.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Mean Scott, right, you said my name?
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Oh yeah, John?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
John?
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Okay, you said July thirty.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yes, Saugust twenty four, Okay, we're all summer birthdays.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
I think the number one song it was by Notorious
Big was a non.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
You're in the You're actually it was a tribute, so yes,
you're kind of right. It was actually by puff Daddy
That's what he went by at the time in Faith Evans,
and it was I'll be missing you. Okay, so you
were Yeah, it was the number one song on Time Work. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
The way in which we talk about Puff Daddy slash
(04:21):
Ditty now much different currently than it was than it
was back then. Also, when you were born, a big
tech story. DBD players were just entering the US market,
meeting rip to the VHS. That's when the VHS started
dying off. And then also Microsoft was pushing Windows ninety eight,
(04:41):
which was the successor to Windows ninety five. And a
famous birthday John for you that you share that is
not the same exact day. This guy's older than you,
but Dave Chappelle.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Okay, I'll take that.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
You know, I'm also the exact same age and have
the same birthday as the current White House Press Secretary.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
And that's kind of weird.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
That is random.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
But what about you knew what happened on your birth.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So on my birthday that there was I mean, I'm
let's see, these are things obviously that I don't remember.
By the way, the number one song was the Flame
by Cheap Trick. Do you know that one? Scott That's
more your wheelhouse?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Okay? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And then also the biggest movie in the box office.
It was dominating the box office. It says, here coming
to America, no kidding. Yeah, I remember that movie as
a young kid, one of the first movies that I
remember watching. And of course this was when it was
out in VHS. You could rent it. It wasn't like
it was brand new, but I remember that having a
lot of buzz when I was a kid, and of
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course it's it's a classic. And also on my birthday,
the day I was born. There was drama at the
Democratic convention in nineteen eighty eight. Says nineteen eighty presidential
election approach to Tension was heating up around Michael Dukakis,
the Democratic nominee who would go on to lose to
George H. W. Bush in November. I don't know what
(05:59):
the drama was, but it says there was drama.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Well, go back, you know what you ought to do
at one time. These are really cool to do, and
I'm glad you did that. Go back and look too
and see what the cost of living was on certain things.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Oh man, let's make that a theme today, right, going
back in time?
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Hey, dam on not going Yeah, it's nostalgia back time.
It's actually.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Certain things we didn't experience because we were alive. But
you know, we were babies.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I told you.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
When the day goes a little strong and I want
to take a break, I'll get on YouTube and look
up some old believe it or not TV commercials.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Just go back in time, right.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I spent all my life flipping through them. Now I
go back and watch.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Nostalgia is a powerful drug, good stuff, fellas. All right,
let's get an update on traffic and weather. We'll hear
from Matt Melosovich and see what the forecast is today,
and also we'll get an update on traffic. Right here,
it's the news radio forty whas it is five seventeen
here at Kentuckyana's Morning News with Nick Coffee on News
Radio eight forty w h as mister John all on
(06:54):
alongside today this morning, I should say, because it's early,
it's five seventeen, I am I'm now fully used to
being up and Adam and I'm I was worried. There
were moments in the last month John where I thought, Okay,
I don't know, am I am I ever gonna get
used to this? And it Today was one of those
days where I didn't enjoy seeing the alarm clock going
(07:15):
off in a being three am. But you know, when
you do it's something you do anything a certain amount
of times, and there's that repetition. It's hard not to
get used to it.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And that's good though.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
You get to the middle of the week, most people
are usually feeling that middle of the week fatigue. And
if you're feeling good on a Wednesday, obviously that's a
pretty good sign.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
It's a good sign for finishing the week strong, which
I hope to hope to do. All right, So yesterday
we found out the jury in the Crystal Rogers case
did not need a long time to figure out what
they thought meaning the verdict. They found both Brooks Hawk
and Joseph lost and guilty of what they were charged with,
(07:50):
and it didn't take them very long to determine what
sentence they believe was justified for this. And you've got life,
which is the expectation for Brooks Howck, as far as
the recommendation from the jury, and then also Joseph Lawson.
I believe it's twenty five years. So there's a lot
to unpack here, and we'll do it throughout the morning.
But when it comes to the reaction from the City
(08:12):
of Barchetown yesterday, it was it was pretty powerful, and
I guess I hadn't really throughout the the you know,
the last ten years. I mean, there have been moments
where I sit and think, Okay, wow, this is a
national story that's getting a lot of attention, and it's
just I mean, I'm from Bullet County, so Barchtown it's
not that far from where I grew up. In fact,
I used to drive through Barchtown whenever I would go
(08:33):
to Saint Catherine College many many years ago. And I mean,
I'm Barchtown is a big community, a big I don't
know what it is as far as population, but I
mean as far as just areas right outside of Louisville
that that are that are known and pretty popular, Barchtown's
always been one of them. And I'd never really thought
about what it would like to be a Barchtown resident,
(08:54):
not just somebody that is in some way related or
close to Crystal Rogers and her family, but to live
ten years knowing that you know, there's a there's a
murderer walking free. And even if you didn't necessarily believe,
because maybe throughout this entire decade ordeal, there wasn't the
I mean, I think from the from the from the
earliest I can remember brooks House and those around him
(09:17):
looked clearly guilty of being involved in some former fashion.
But even if you didn't think that, still, I mean,
you had some real awful I mean Bargetown in twenty twelve,
I don't know if people know this or not, it
was named the most beautiful small town in America by
USA today. And I don't need to sell up Bargetown
as far as what makes it awesome is they've got
(09:38):
a very historic, charming, if you will, downtown area certainly
very very vibrant in the Bourbon culture. And you know,
you got my old Kentucky home. It's believed to be
the Bourbon capital of the world. Actually, so again, if
you live there, you know that. And I'm sure a
lot of people still think of the really great qualities
(09:59):
of Barchtown. And in no way am I saying that
what went on here, and of course the other murders
that are still unsolved. Chrystal Rogers's father, Officer Jason Ellis,
those don't represent the residents of the community, So that's
not at all where I'm going. But you also, if
you are prideful about where you come from, and I'm
sure people of Barchtown are a lot of people. When
(10:21):
they think of your town, they think of these things,
and even though that doesn't reflect and represent again the
residents that live there in that community, you don't want
that to be what people think of. And yesterday I
think was a step in the process of I guess
one day that won't be the first thing that comes
to mind for some people. But this ain't over tough
(10:45):
to know exactly what we can expect when it comes
to charges and more trials to follow, But we'll let
you hear coming up a little bit later on from
one of the detectives. In fact, it's John Snow who
was one of the detectives during this entire situation of
the last decade, and he was happy to see justice yesterday,
but also made it pretty clear this sitting over all. Right,
(11:08):
We've got a sports update coming your way, but first
let's get a check on traffic from Bobby Ellis and
we'll get the latest on the forecast with Matt Melosovi.
It's right here on news radio eight forty w hullo wajas.
Thank you very much, mister Shannon. It is Kentucky and
it's morning news here on news radio eight forty whas
Nick coffee with you as we get the hump day started.
(11:29):
I don't know if you are somebody who is if
your daily commute involves being on Seventh Street, but man,
the humongous hole in the ground. It was one of
those pictures John that when I saw it, if you
told me it was not real and created by AI,
I think I would have believed you.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
I saw a video of it yesterday and the damage
that it looked like it was causing looked ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Yeah, And I mean there was already a street that
was flooded, so clearly even if and I'm not sure
what the latest is as far as just the the
water levels in that area, but the ground itself, like
that's not only something that's going to make that. I mean,
if you we're if you are somebody that is every
day on that road, Seventh Street road, that is where
(12:13):
there's now just a humongous hole. It'll it'll clearly impact
your your your travel because that's not something you just go,
you go fix, and you go repair. So uh, stay
stay aware. And I would imagine that there are I
don't you know. This is one of those things where
when I saw this picture yesterday and was reading about it,
I thought to myself, surely the people that are in
that area, they're keeping up with the new I mean
(12:35):
imagine not hearing about it, not knowing anything, and then
just going outside your home in one seeing this massive
hole in the ground. Now, if it was yesterday, you
would have you would have seen a lot of the
presence from first responders and whatnot. But you know, we
didn't get any early rain yesterday. But you just walk
outside and you see, you know, the street that you
live on is flooded. So I don't know, I just
(12:57):
I try to a time has put myself in the
shoes of those being surprised by something like that, And
I mean I would be thinking, what the hell's hell's
going on? What happened? So I don't know what led
to that, but I'm sure it'll be an inconvenience for
a lot of folks, all right, So They're one of
the stories that got us started this week, which of
course another awful one where there was a murder that
took place, in fact, a double shooting in Shavely that
(13:20):
has left two women dead. From early on in this
the those I think it was the Shavely Police department.
I think they knew who they were looking for. And
now we know who the suspect is. It's a thirty
five year old man by the name of le Bradford Ward.
And the story I saw this morning from Woky was
(13:40):
the I think it was the aunt of this this suspect,
who was pleading for him to turn himself in. And
obviously that's probably what I mean, that's that's what this
person should do. Now what ends up happening? Who knows
but this whoever, I don't know where they are, and
clearly law enforcement doesn't either. But this person has at
least been The suspect has been on the run for
(14:01):
I guess over forty eight hours now, and who knows
where he is. Hopefully they can apprehend him soon and
he does, in fact do what his family wants him
to do, which has turned himself in. And look, this
is a tragic situation. All the way around. But it
did remind me of something that probably isn't and for
understandable reason, the first thing people think of in these situations,
and that is the impact on the family of the perpetrator,
(14:25):
the suspect. Clearly, the obvious reaction is the remorse for
the two people who lost their lives and those that
are impacted. But it was just it was a passionate
thing to see both his cousin and his aunt just
wanting him to do the right thing at this point
after committing such a you know, allegedly committing such an
awful act, which is killing two women. But yeah, he's
(14:46):
I mean again, that's all you can do at this
point is to just hope that he does turn himself
in if you are the family, but you don't see
it that often where within a couple of days of
somebody being the top suspect and law enforcement making it
a priority to track this person down, their family wanting
to go public and say, look, not only am I
this person's aunt or cousin, I want them to come
(15:09):
forward and turn themselves in and do the right thing
here and pleading with this person if in fact he
is watching the news, which who knows what he's doing
at this time. But yeah, just a tragic situation all
the way around. But again, if you see le Bradford Ward,
I would encourage you to call law enforcement. Don't approach him,
don't let him know they're looking for him. I'm sure
(15:30):
he's well aware. And now I'm thinking out loud here
where like, I mean, do you think he's did he
did he take off somewhere? Did he you know? Is
he hiding out? I mean, this guy won't be I
don't think he'll be on the run for long, although
I say that knowing that we've got I think one
of the this will be a movie at some point.
Have you seen the New Orleans prison escape against in
(15:52):
New Orleans jail where there was like eight to ten
INMTES that escaped a long time ago. We're talking like
early maybe early June, maybe even BEFO for that, and
there's there's now only one that's still out there on
the run. And anytime, you know, anytime there's there's a
prisoner that's on the run, that becomes a big story
because everybody needs to be mindful of you know, where
this person could be if if you're near the area,
(16:13):
be alert, but also it becomes more of a national
story when people realize, Wow, they still haven't got they
still haven't got this guy. And there's one of the
many that were able to escape from that New Orleans
jail that is still on the run, and I assume
he'll be caught at some point. But I feel like
the longer you have been able, I mean, you can run,
but you can't hide. That's a saying for a reason.
(16:34):
But I've never been on the run from law enforcement.
That may surprise some of you, but I don't have
a lot of confidence that i'd be able to uh
to to you know, stay hidden, because again, they got
a lot of resources to track you down, and that's
why more often than not they do exactly that. All Right,
Rory O'Neil of NBC News going to join us, coming
up here in just a few minutes. We'll also let
you hear from the detective in the Crystal Rogers case
(16:59):
that let it be known that this isn't over and
there could be there could be more trials along the
way when it comes to the Christa Rogers situation, and
of course also Jason Ellis and Tommy Ballard. All Right,
It's Kentucky. It's morning news right here our news radioa
forty whas. Happy hump Day, Kentucky, and Ina, it is Kentucky.
Anda's morning news here on news radio eight forty whas.
(17:21):
Nick Coffee with you, and we've got Rory and Eale
of NBC News joining us. Rory, We've got now over
at least one hundred and ten deaths confirmed in the
flooding that took place in Texas last week on the
fourth of July, and now I think it's over one
hundred and sixty people still missing. Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg
Abbott made it clear that the state was ready for
(17:41):
this emergency prior to the flooding that has claimed now
over one hundred lives. What can you tell us as
far as the reaction from folks that are questioning if,
in fact this might have been less tragic had resources
been a little better.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Well, I think we're in that natural progression that seems
to happen after every disagn Right, there's first the shock,
and now everyone is asking, well, wait, why and could
this have been prevented or could it have been just
not so bad as it was? Because I think we
agreed this thirty foot wall of water that developed with
this flood is something that really no one could respond to.
(18:19):
It just was moving so quickly. But could somehow the preparations,
the alerts, the awareness beforehand, could that have been improved.
Still a bit of a gray area, and you know,
the officials on the ground, including the governor, are saying that, look,
right now, the focus still has to be on finding
the victims, hopefully finding a survivor, although that seems unlikely,
but still that's what they're focused on now and sort
(18:41):
of want to push all the finger pointing down the
road until this search and rescue operation is complete.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
So when it comes to the one and ten people,
I'm sorry over one hundred and sixty people that are
still missing doing I mean, obviously the type of flooding
that took place, it could lead to those that didn't survive.
I mean, the scenarios are less as far as where
they could end up. But oh, maybe I'm foolish here
in thinking it's still surprising there's that many still unaccounted for.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
Well, right, I mean, we were down They said that
the missing yesterday morning was about twenty three and then
the governor gave the updated figure of about one hundred
and sixty five people missing yesterday, So that was a
big turnaround.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
And a lot of this.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
Also has to do with the fact that these locations
in Kerk County, in particular, a lot of vacation rentals
are along the river. So it was fourth of July weekend,
a lot of people were renting the homes on the
river for the lazy weekend, and so you had people
in the houses who aren't necessarily the owners, and we
didn't know how many people were there. So by the
(19:45):
time you start saying, well, wait a minute, there was
a group of six people that was renting that house
for the long weekend, even though it belongs to Joe Smith,
it's actually six people that we need to account for.
So that's the kind of math where things have been
changing and we see these numbers tragically.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Climb Rory and Nale NBC News is our guest joining
a serio news radio eight forty whas and I know
the economy has a lot of folks looking for ways
to make some extra money, which means it's not when
it comes to side hustles out there. We've got a
new report that says Americans are side hustling quite a bit,
which is understandable. What can you tell us as far
as this new report what those side hustles are, because
(20:22):
I'm sure there's people listening right now that would love
to develop a side hustle and bring in some more income.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
Well, look, a lot of people do it because they
love it. A lot of people have side hustles because
they hate the Monday through Friday nine to five job. Right,
they can if they do woodworking or something, they can
sort of do that as their mental hobby and then
make a profit on the side. But about twenty seven
percent of adults in the US now say they have
a side hustle, according to Bankrate. But that's actually the
(20:49):
lowest number since twenty seventeen. Wow, you know, when we
saw that real spike in inflation in twenty twenty three
and twenty twenty four, the side hustle numbers were like
thirty six thirty nine percent of Americans that they had
side hustles. So whether it's they have i'll do a
little work on the sign with the graphic design project
or you know, some freelance writing, but for others it's yeah,
(21:12):
I'm a food delivery driver, I'll tutor on the side.
I do, you know, doggy daycare and stuff like that.
So some people do it just because you can love it.
You're bringing the extra dog or whatever, and it's fun. Others,
you know, delivering pizzas and stuff may not be as
romantic and fun, but it pays the bills, which is
what a lot of households need.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Rory is always appreciate the time, enjoy the rest of
your day and we'll talk soon. My friend fact sick.
When it comes to side hustles, I think, I mean,
I can I can tell you firsthand there are side
hustles that become tougher to monetize. I do think Rory
brings up a good point that a side hustle for
a lot of people ends up being something that they
enjoy and then realize, oh wow, I could actually maybe
use some time here. I've got the extra time and
(21:55):
make some money doing it. But there's things that now
and I know this is going to be an easy
excuse for a lot, but AI can do a lot
of things that you probably used to pay people to
do on the side for you. So yeah, twenty seven percent,
I know if people could have a side hustle and
make more money, that number would be a lot higher.
All right, let's get an update on trafficking weather and
(22:15):
also another flat on sports coming your way right here
on news Radio eight forty WHS
All right, let's get this hump day started. Shall we
welcome in? It is Kentucky and it's morning news here
on news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you.
I'm present. Let's get a roll called Scott Fitzgerald. He's here.
I can prove that he's here. His microphone is now
on and he's here. He's in front of me. Also
John Alden with me, but just through a computer screen.
(00:21):
He's just down the hall. And John Shannon's here as well.
So we've got the full crew and a lot to
get into today. Obviously, the jury did not take long.
In fact, what was it ten minutes for them to
determine what they think the sentencing should be for Brooks
Houck and Joseph Lawson and the Crystal Rogers case. But
really just four hours essentially for them to deliberate, and
(00:42):
not as surprise in the grand scheme of things. But
I did worry a little bit as we saw this
trial play out that they didn't have a whole lot
of physical In fact, they had no physical proof. But
certainly I know I'm not alone in you know, the
court of public opinion thinking that these two were held
responsible for what in fact they did, so certainly a
lot to get into when it comes to that today,
(01:04):
and also I don't want to. I feel like it'll
be an endless conversation if we get into the whole
Epstein thing, because it's certainly news, but I feel like
trying to talk through it and figure out, like what's
really going on that's not I don't think that's possible.
I mean, we'll probably never really know the truth, but
it is big news. And now we have President Trump
(01:25):
defending the controversial decision to just say, yeah, nothing to
see here, nothing actually happened, despite people in federal prison.
One person was in federal prison killed themselves allegedly because
of a sex trafficking ring that included thousands of victims
and maybe thousands of people that were in on it,
meaning take advantage of those victims. But now it's just nothing,
(01:48):
which is wild. But anyways, a loaded show today. But
yesterday we started the show mentioning me coming off of
my thirty seventh birthday and thirty seven. So far it
feels just like thirty six, which is a good things.
I'm not aging. I haven't hit a wall at thirty seven.
But I went back and looked and this is the
power of chat GPT fellows. I went back and looked
at some things on the day we were all born,
(02:10):
and I had no clue of any notable things about
my birthday as far as just you know, not only
what happened I mean in previous years on that date,
but just that date specifically. And there's really not a
whole lot going on there. But I've got some information
about yours' birthday. All right, I'm gonna start with you, Scotty.
Your birthday, correct me if I'm wrong, it is. It's
(02:33):
July thirtieth, right, that's right, all right, So July thirtieth,
nineteen sixty nine. What if I told you that at
that time on that exact date, Well, actually, no, this
is a different year. But did you know that recently
after you were born, I'm sure recently, right before you
were born, we landed on the Moon.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yes, I did. Yeah, it was always a topic of conversation.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You remember being a big deal as an infant, right, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Right, yeah, I remember all I remember clearly, which is weird,
because I mean I developed a keen.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Fascination with the space programs that grew up. It was
a big part of my childhood.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I'm sure it was a big deal right when you
were forming memories right in a white age, I.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Wanted to be an astronaut, astronaut or a spy.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Do you know a celebrity that you share the exact
same birthday with?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I want to see. I think it's Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
He's not listed here, but that doesn't mean it's not legit.
Vivica A Fox, the actress. Oh okay, you if you
don't know who it is off the top of your head,
if you saw a picture, you would recognize there. She's
been been in a lot of stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Take a look at her.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So again, this is one of those random things that
chet GBT can just help you out with. What John, So,
your birthday July thirtieth? Do you know the number one
song in America when you were born? This gonna make
people feel old. If it made me feel old, it's
gonna make you all feel old.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Mean Scott, right, you said my name?
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Oh yeah, John?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
John?
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Okay, you said July thirty.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yes, Saugust twenty four, Okay, we're all summer birthdays.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
I think the number one song it was by Notorious
Big was a non.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
You're in the You're actually it was a tribute, so yes,
you're kind of right. It was actually by puff Daddy
That's what he went by at the time in Faith Evans,
and it was I'll be missing you. Okay, so you
were Yeah, it was the number one song on Time Work. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
The way in which we talk about Puff Daddy slash
(04:21):
Ditty now much different currently than it was than it
was back then. Also, when you were born, a big
tech story. DBD players were just entering the US market,
meeting rip to the VHS. That's when the VHS started
dying off. And then also Microsoft was pushing Windows ninety eight,
(04:41):
which was the successor to Windows ninety five. And a
famous birthday John for you that you share that is
not the same exact day. This guy's older than you,
but Dave Chappelle.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Okay, I'll take that.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
You know, I'm also the exact same age and have
the same birthday as the current White House Press Secretary.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
And that's kind of weird.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
That is random.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
But what about you knew what happened on your birth.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So on my birthday that there was I mean, I'm
let's see, these are things obviously that I don't remember.
By the way, the number one song was the Flame
by Cheap Trick. Do you know that one? Scott That's
more your wheelhouse?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Okay? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And then also the biggest movie in the box office.
It was dominating the box office. It says, here coming
to America, no kidding. Yeah, I remember that movie as
a young kid, one of the first movies that I
remember watching. And of course this was when it was
out in VHS. You could rent it. It wasn't like
it was brand new, but I remember that having a
lot of buzz when I was a kid, and of
(05:38):
course it's it's a classic. And also on my birthday,
the day I was born. There was drama at the
Democratic convention in nineteen eighty eight. Says nineteen eighty presidential
election approach to Tension was heating up around Michael Dukakis,
the Democratic nominee who would go on to lose to
George H. W. Bush in November. I don't know what
(05:59):
the drama was, but it says there was drama.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Well, go back, you know what you ought to do
at one time. These are really cool to do, and
I'm glad you did that. Go back and look too
and see what the cost of living was on certain things.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Oh man, let's make that a theme today, right, going
back in time?
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Hey, dam on not going Yeah, it's nostalgia back time.
It's actually.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Certain things we didn't experience because we were alive. But
you know, we were babies.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I told you.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
When the day goes a little strong and I want
to take a break, I'll get on YouTube and look
up some old believe it or not TV commercials.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Just go back in time, right.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I spent all my life flipping through them. Now I
go back and watch.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Nostalgia is a powerful drug, good stuff, fellas. All right,
let's get an update on traffic and weather. We'll hear
from Matt Melosovich and see what the forecast is today,
and also we'll get an update on traffic. Right here,
it's the news radio forty whas it is five seventeen
here at Kentuckyana's Morning News with Nick Coffee on News
Radio eight forty w h as mister John all on
(06:54):
alongside today this morning, I should say, because it's early,
it's five seventeen, I am I'm now fully used to
being up and Adam and I'm I was worried. There
were moments in the last month John where I thought, Okay,
I don't know, am I am I ever gonna get
used to this? And it Today was one of those
days where I didn't enjoy seeing the alarm clock going
(07:15):
off in a being three am. But you know, when
you do it's something you do anything a certain amount
of times, and there's that repetition. It's hard not to
get used to it.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And that's good though.
Speaker 5 (07:23):
You get to the middle of the week, most people
are usually feeling that middle of the week fatigue. And
if you're feeling good on a Wednesday, obviously that's a
pretty good sign.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
It's a good sign for finishing the week strong, which
I hope to hope to do. All right, So yesterday
we found out the jury in the Crystal Rogers case
did not need a long time to figure out what
they thought meaning the verdict. They found both Brooks Hawk
and Joseph lost and guilty of what they were charged with,
(07:50):
and it didn't take them very long to determine what
sentence they believe was justified for this. And you've got life,
which is the expectation for Brooks Howck, as far as
the recommendation from the jury, and then also Joseph Lawson.
I believe it's twenty five years. So there's a lot
to unpack here, and we'll do it throughout the morning.
But when it comes to the reaction from the City
(08:12):
of Barchetown yesterday, it was it was pretty powerful, and
I guess I hadn't really throughout the the you know,
the last ten years. I mean, there have been moments
where I sit and think, Okay, wow, this is a
national story that's getting a lot of attention, and it's
just I mean, I'm from Bullet County, so Barchtown it's
not that far from where I grew up. In fact,
I used to drive through Barchtown whenever I would go
(08:33):
to Saint Catherine College many many years ago. And I mean,
I'm Barchtown is a big community, a big I don't
know what it is as far as population, but I
mean as far as just areas right outside of Louisville
that that are that are known and pretty popular, Barchtown's
always been one of them. And I'd never really thought
about what it would like to be a Barchtown resident,
(08:54):
not just somebody that is in some way related or
close to Crystal Rogers and her family, but to live
ten years knowing that you know, there's a there's a
murderer walking free. And even if you didn't necessarily believe,
because maybe throughout this entire decade ordeal, there wasn't the
I mean, I think from the from the from the
earliest I can remember brooks House and those around him
(09:17):
looked clearly guilty of being involved in some former fashion.
But even if you didn't think that, still, I mean,
you had some real awful I mean Bargetown in twenty twelve,
I don't know if people know this or not, it
was named the most beautiful small town in America by
USA today. And I don't need to sell up Bargetown
as far as what makes it awesome is they've got
(09:38):
a very historic, charming, if you will, downtown area certainly
very very vibrant in the Bourbon culture. And you know,
you got my old Kentucky home. It's believed to be
the Bourbon capital of the world. Actually, so again, if
you live there, you know that. And I'm sure a
lot of people still think of the really great qualities
(09:59):
of Barchtown. And in no way am I saying that
what went on here, and of course the other murders
that are still unsolved. Chrystal Rogers's father, Officer Jason Ellis,
those don't represent the residents of the community, So that's
not at all where I'm going. But you also, if
you are prideful about where you come from, and I'm
sure people of Barchtown are a lot of people. When
(10:21):
they think of your town, they think of these things,
and even though that doesn't reflect and represent again the
residents that live there in that community, you don't want
that to be what people think of. And yesterday I
think was a step in the process of I guess
one day that won't be the first thing that comes
to mind for some people. But this ain't over tough
(10:45):
to know exactly what we can expect when it comes
to charges and more trials to follow, But we'll let
you hear coming up a little bit later on from
one of the detectives. In fact, it's John Snow who
was one of the detectives during this entire situation of
the last decade, and he was happy to see justice yesterday,
but also made it pretty clear this sitting over all. Right,
(11:08):
We've got a sports update coming your way, but first
let's get a check on traffic from Bobby Ellis and
we'll get the latest on the forecast with Matt Melosovi.
It's right here on news radio eight forty w hullo wajas.
Thank you very much, mister Shannon. It is Kentucky and
it's morning news here on news radio eight forty whas
Nick coffee with you as we get the hump day started.
(11:29):
I don't know if you are somebody who is if
your daily commute involves being on Seventh Street, but man,
the humongous hole in the ground. It was one of
those pictures John that when I saw it, if you
told me it was not real and created by AI,
I think I would have believed you.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
I saw a video of it yesterday and the damage
that it looked like it was causing looked ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Yeah, And I mean there was already a street that
was flooded, so clearly even if and I'm not sure
what the latest is as far as just the the
water levels in that area, but the ground itself, like
that's not only something that's going to make that. I mean,
if you we're if you are somebody that is every
day on that road, Seventh Street road, that is where
(12:13):
there's now just a humongous hole. It'll it'll clearly impact
your your your travel because that's not something you just go,
you go fix, and you go repair. So uh, stay
stay aware. And I would imagine that there are I
don't you know. This is one of those things where
when I saw this picture yesterday and was reading about it,
I thought to myself, surely the people that are in
that area, they're keeping up with the new I mean
(12:35):
imagine not hearing about it, not knowing anything, and then
just going outside your home in one seeing this massive
hole in the ground. Now, if it was yesterday, you
would have you would have seen a lot of the
presence from first responders and whatnot. But you know, we
didn't get any early rain yesterday. But you just walk
outside and you see, you know, the street that you
live on is flooded. So I don't know, I just
(12:57):
I try to a time has put myself in the
shoes of those being surprised by something like that, And
I mean I would be thinking, what the hell's hell's
going on? What happened? So I don't know what led
to that, but I'm sure it'll be an inconvenience for
a lot of folks, all right, So They're one of
the stories that got us started this week, which of
course another awful one where there was a murder that
took place, in fact, a double shooting in Shavely that
(13:20):
has left two women dead. From early on in this
the those I think it was the Shavely Police department.
I think they knew who they were looking for. And
now we know who the suspect is. It's a thirty
five year old man by the name of le Bradford Ward.
And the story I saw this morning from Woky was
(13:40):
the I think it was the aunt of this this suspect,
who was pleading for him to turn himself in. And
obviously that's probably what I mean, that's that's what this
person should do. Now what ends up happening? Who knows
but this whoever, I don't know where they are, and
clearly law enforcement doesn't either. But this person has at
least been The suspect has been on the run for
(14:01):
I guess over forty eight hours now, and who knows
where he is. Hopefully they can apprehend him soon and
he does, in fact do what his family wants him
to do, which has turned himself in. And look, this
is a tragic situation. All the way around. But it
did remind me of something that probably isn't and for
understandable reason, the first thing people think of in these situations,
and that is the impact on the family of the perpetrator,
(14:25):
the suspect. Clearly, the obvious reaction is the remorse for
the two people who lost their lives and those that
are impacted. But it was just it was a passionate
thing to see both his cousin and his aunt just
wanting him to do the right thing at this point
after committing such a you know, allegedly committing such an
awful act, which is killing two women. But yeah, he's
(14:46):
I mean again, that's all you can do at this
point is to just hope that he does turn himself
in if you are the family, but you don't see
it that often where within a couple of days of
somebody being the top suspect and law enforcement making it
a priority to track this person down, their family wanting
to go public and say, look, not only am I
this person's aunt or cousin, I want them to come
(15:09):
forward and turn themselves in and do the right thing
here and pleading with this person if in fact he
is watching the news, which who knows what he's doing
at this time. But yeah, just a tragic situation all
the way around. But again, if you see le Bradford Ward,
I would encourage you to call law enforcement. Don't approach him,
don't let him know they're looking for him. I'm sure
(15:30):
he's well aware. And now I'm thinking out loud here
where like, I mean, do you think he's did he
did he take off somewhere? Did he you know? Is
he hiding out? I mean, this guy won't be I
don't think he'll be on the run for long, although
I say that knowing that we've got I think one
of the this will be a movie at some point.
Have you seen the New Orleans prison escape against in
(15:52):
New Orleans jail where there was like eight to ten
INMTES that escaped a long time ago. We're talking like
early maybe early June, maybe even BEFO for that, and
there's there's now only one that's still out there on
the run. And anytime, you know, anytime there's there's a
prisoner that's on the run, that becomes a big story
because everybody needs to be mindful of you know, where
this person could be if if you're near the area,
(16:13):
be alert, but also it becomes more of a national
story when people realize, Wow, they still haven't got they
still haven't got this guy. And there's one of the
many that were able to escape from that New Orleans
jail that is still on the run, and I assume
he'll be caught at some point. But I feel like
the longer you have been able, I mean, you can run,
but you can't hide. That's a saying for a reason.
(16:34):
But I've never been on the run from law enforcement.
That may surprise some of you, but I don't have
a lot of confidence that i'd be able to uh
to to you know, stay hidden, because again, they got
a lot of resources to track you down, and that's
why more often than not they do exactly that. All Right,
Rory O'Neil of NBC News going to join us, coming
up here in just a few minutes. We'll also let
you hear from the detective in the Crystal Rogers case
(16:59):
that let it be known that this isn't over and
there could be there could be more trials along the
way when it comes to the Christa Rogers situation, and
of course also Jason Ellis and Tommy Ballard. All Right,
It's Kentucky. It's morning news right here our news radioa
forty whas. Happy hump Day, Kentucky, and Ina, it is Kentucky.
Anda's morning news here on news radio eight forty whas.
(17:21):
Nick Coffee with you, and we've got Rory and Eale
of NBC News joining us. Rory, We've got now over
at least one hundred and ten deaths confirmed in the
flooding that took place in Texas last week on the
fourth of July, and now I think it's over one
hundred and sixty people still missing. Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg
Abbott made it clear that the state was ready for
(17:41):
this emergency prior to the flooding that has claimed now
over one hundred lives. What can you tell us as
far as the reaction from folks that are questioning if,
in fact this might have been less tragic had resources
been a little better.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Well, I think we're in that natural progression that seems
to happen after every disagn Right, there's first the shock,
and now everyone is asking, well, wait, why and could
this have been prevented or could it have been just
not so bad as it was? Because I think we
agreed this thirty foot wall of water that developed with
this flood is something that really no one could respond to.
(18:19):
It just was moving so quickly. But could somehow the preparations,
the alerts, the awareness beforehand, could that have been improved.
Still a bit of a gray area, and you know,
the officials on the ground, including the governor, are saying that, look,
right now, the focus still has to be on finding
the victims, hopefully finding a survivor, although that seems unlikely,
but still that's what they're focused on now and sort
(18:41):
of want to push all the finger pointing down the
road until this search and rescue operation is complete.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
So when it comes to the one and ten people,
I'm sorry over one hundred and sixty people that are
still missing doing I mean, obviously the type of flooding
that took place, it could lead to those that didn't survive.
I mean, the scenarios are less as far as where
they could end up. But oh, maybe I'm foolish here
in thinking it's still surprising there's that many still unaccounted for.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
Well, right, I mean, we were down They said that
the missing yesterday morning was about twenty three and then
the governor gave the updated figure of about one hundred
and sixty five people missing yesterday, So that was a
big turnaround.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
And a lot of this.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
Also has to do with the fact that these locations
in Kerk County, in particular, a lot of vacation rentals
are along the river. So it was fourth of July weekend,
a lot of people were renting the homes on the
river for the lazy weekend, and so you had people
in the houses who aren't necessarily the owners, and we
didn't know how many people were there. So by the
(19:45):
time you start saying, well, wait a minute, there was
a group of six people that was renting that house
for the long weekend, even though it belongs to Joe Smith,
it's actually six people that we need to account for.
So that's the kind of math where things have been
changing and we see these numbers tragically.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Climb Rory and Nale NBC News is our guest joining
a serio news radio eight forty whas and I know
the economy has a lot of folks looking for ways
to make some extra money, which means it's not when
it comes to side hustles out there. We've got a
new report that says Americans are side hustling quite a bit,
which is understandable. What can you tell us as far
as this new report what those side hustles are, because
(20:22):
I'm sure there's people listening right now that would love
to develop a side hustle and bring in some more income.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
Well, look, a lot of people do it because they
love it. A lot of people have side hustles because
they hate the Monday through Friday nine to five job. Right,
they can if they do woodworking or something, they can
sort of do that as their mental hobby and then
make a profit on the side. But about twenty seven
percent of adults in the US now say they have
a side hustle, according to Bankrate. But that's actually the
(20:49):
lowest number since twenty seventeen. Wow, you know, when we
saw that real spike in inflation in twenty twenty three
and twenty twenty four, the side hustle numbers were like
thirty six thirty nine percent of Americans that they had
side hustles. So whether it's they have i'll do a
little work on the sign with the graphic design project
or you know, some freelance writing, but for others it's yeah,
(21:12):
I'm a food delivery driver, I'll tutor on the side.
I do, you know, doggy daycare and stuff like that.
So some people do it just because you can love it.
You're bringing the extra dog or whatever, and it's fun. Others,
you know, delivering pizzas and stuff may not be as
romantic and fun, but it pays the bills, which is
what a lot of households need.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Rory is always appreciate the time, enjoy the rest of
your day and we'll talk soon. My friend fact sick.
When it comes to side hustles, I think, I mean,
I can I can tell you firsthand there are side
hustles that become tougher to monetize. I do think Rory
brings up a good point that a side hustle for
a lot of people ends up being something that they
enjoy and then realize, oh wow, I could actually maybe
use some time here. I've got the extra time and
(21:55):
make some money doing it. But there's things that now
and I know this is going to be an easy
excuse for a lot, but AI can do a lot
of things that you probably used to pay people to
do on the side for you. So yeah, twenty seven percent,
I know if people could have a side hustle and
make more money, that number would be a lot higher.
All right, let's get an update on trafficking weather and
(22:15):
also another flat on sports coming your way right here
on news Radio eight forty WHS
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