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Speaker 4 (01:11):
Them our way.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Are you you're not moving very fast if you're somebody
that is on I sixty four West before Hirstburn Parkway,
because right now there is an accident that has the
left shoulder and left three lanes blocked. As I'm looking
here at the camera, live camera here, it's it appears
to be very very slow, slow moving. So keep in
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mind maybe if you if you find this out ahead
of time, you can you can find an alternate route
to get to wherever it is you're going, because there
is a major delay at this point. And as far
as how long this is going to take it, you know,
your guess is as good as mine, but not a
whole lot, not a whole lot of movement as it
stands right now. All right, So this story you heard
(01:55):
it in the news update earlier from John Shannon about
two individuals that were arrested for stealing elderly people's credit cards,
and one of the two is a local pastor, which,
of course is you never want to hear of anybody
doing these kind of things, but when you find out
it's a pastor, or maybe it's your pastor and you're
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somebody that is a frequent attendee at the New Christian
Church of Jesus Christ, your pastor Virgil Mosey is one
of the two that has been accused of this. So
this is seemingly not a very full proof plan as
far as avoiding getting caught. But these two individuals were
allegedly targeting elderly women across Louis Will, stealing their credit
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cards and of course using them to go on shopping
sprees and showing up to use the stolen cards with
vehicles that clearly can be traced right back to them,
and not in any way attempting to hide their identity
when they're purchasing these things. So maybe that speaks to
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just the arrogance of because of your position and your status,
you just assume you'd be able to get away with
it and nobody would know or nobody would care. I
don't know, but yeah, these two have been charged and
these crimes took place between September twelfth and September twenty fifth.
These guys racked up over five thousand dollars in purchases
from Walgreen's, Meyer and Kroger. The victims were in their
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seventies and eighties, and they were targeted in multiple different
areas Caine Run Road, Dixie Highway, Terry Road, Pagan Bush Lane,
and LMPD credited the solid investigation and the surveillance footage
that helped them seemingly pretty easily get these guys arrested.
I mean, they seize three different vehicles linked to the case,
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and again those vehicles traced back to these individuals. So
I mean, I'm not passing any judgment here, just a
legitimate question that popped into my mind. If this happens
and it's your pastor, or maybe it's maybe it's your priest.
If you're Catholic, I mean, do you go do you
do you consider changing churches? I mean also, I guess
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it really depends depends on the situation. Every situation is different.
But you know, if you are someone that is in
a leadership role with your church and you get caught
up in this, I mean you may not be able
to do your job anymore. I mean, in fact, if
this guy hasn't made bail, then he won't be at
church on Sunday. But yeah, awful story in general. But
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you would assume that somebody that's a pastor would be
would be, you know, practicing what they preach, no pun intended.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Well, it's just further validation.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
You just don't know what's going on with people, man,
You just don't know some different things are making people
tick differently, etc. You just don't know what's going on
just by looking at the surface of folks.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yeah, and you I don't know this individual at all,
but it wouldn't shock me if if you're I mean,
I don't know how.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Much power you actually have.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
But just to me, it seems as if the not
only the action, but the way in which he went
about it didn't seem as if he thought there was
any scenario he'd get caught, or maybe you might think
he wanted to get caught, which certainly wouldn't make any
sense at all. But yeah, not a good look there.
All right, let's get to a quick update of trafficking weather.
Does it look like they're moving vehicles here? I just
saw the WLK well WLKY live coverage of this accident
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on I sixty four west at Hurstborn Parkway. It looks
like they are getting as many vehicles as they can
slowly routed to the right side of sixty four, but
right now, left shoulder left three lanes blocked at I
sixty four at Hurstborn Parkway.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
All right, you just heard this.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
At the end of the five o'clock hour, Scott mentioned
the number of Junior Bridgeman, former little basketball player, being
retired this year. Certainly a well deserved honor. But I
know a lot of people know Junior Bridgeman's story. But
if you really just consider the life that that man lived,
I mean, what a phenomenal human being that really you
won't find many that can be viewed, I think as
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role models for those that end up becoming professional athletes.
You won't find many better than Junior. So I want
to talk a little bit about that. On the other side,
stick with us. We've got trafficing weather updates on the
way right here, right now it is news Radio eight
to forty, whas this was in Scott's sports report earlier,
that Junior Bridgeman is going to have his number retired.
One of the best honors you can receive at a program,
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and one of the best basketball programs of all time,
certainly Louisville.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
They're going to retire.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
You list these junior Bridgeman's number ten this December, and
this is he's somebody that, of course is one of
the best players to ever play here, and he joins
a great group of players. He'll be the sixth ever
have it retired. Russ Smith, Charlie tyre Wes, sounzil Dero
Griffith and Purvis Ellison are the others. But a phenomenal
career at u of L from seventy two to seventy five,
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leading Louisville to the Final four and seventy five won
the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year war twice
about fourteen hundred points. I mean, he was a really
good player in college, which led to him being the
eighth overall pick in the nineteen seventy five draft. Twelve
seasons with the Bucks and the Clippers, and the Bucks
retired his number back in nineteen ninety eight. So a
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legend as a hooper, but also somebody that is mostly
known for just how successful he was in business. And
he also recently, right before he passed away, bought ten
percent stake in the Milwaukee Bucks. But he passed away
in March of last year, and I'm sorry, March of
this year at the age of seventy one. Certainly a
very unexpected thing. And he'll be the he'll be the
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sixth guy to have that number retired. And when it
comes to Junior Bridgeman, it's one of the best stories
you'll ever see as far as pro athletes using the
money they make in that career and creating generational wealth
with great investments, but also just being a great humanitarian.
And when you think about former players that have gone
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on that have made a program and a fan base proud.
Junior's certainly there for basketball alone, but think about this,
He's somebody that your favorite athlete probably looks up to him.
He's somebody who is a role model for some of
the most successful athletes ever when it comes to the basketball.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
So but it's not just basketball.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
And I think we all knew if you're a lovel
basketball fan, the impact and just the presence that Junior
Bridgeman had in a lot of ways within sports, within business,
within life. But you really really felt it whenever he
passed away in March, and there were many many people
that came out to talk about him and the impact
that he made. And again he's somebody that for years,
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really before he was such a known name in the
last you know, twenty years or so, he would go
and speak to these NBA players about why, you know,
how you can invest your money wisely. And again I'm
not sure you'll find a better example of somebody that
used the sport to again create generational wealth for himself,
his family, many others of course that have been along
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for the ride, and of course.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
Just did good by people.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
I mean, a great guy, donated a lot of money
and a humanitarian so an honor that is certainly certainly
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in weather, and we'll see if the roadways are getting
any better. In fact, the direct this morning on sixty
four West it appears to be the only one as
of right now that is causing some real issues. But
sixty four West at Hirstborn Parkway, there is an accident
that has left the left shoulder and the left three
lanes blocked and it looks as if it's still creating
some real delay, so be aware of that. But we'll
(10:48):
get the latest from Bobby Ellis, and of course we'll
get a look at the forecast from Mat Melosovich.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
We've also got a sports update coming your way. It
is news Radio eight forty whas much John.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Shannon appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
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Speaker 1 (11:42):
So Amy McGrath, she is, she's gonna she's gonna run again.
And I remember her previous campaign being well funded, and
of course it ended up being a blowouts. She lost
and was unsuccessful going up against Mitch McConnell. But all
I remember was just knowing and I don't know if
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anybody is at that time. I'm not sure there's anybody
walking the planet that was unaware that she was a
fighter pilot. I mean, that was a very big emphasis
in the campaign, and that's awesome, to be honest with you,
But that was really what stood out. And I'm sure
there was many other things throughout her campaign that I
just wasn't paying much attention to. But it was unsuccessful,
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but she's going to give it another go. And when
you consider the amount of of what I mean when
you look at just how bad she lost. We're talking,
you know, thirty eight percent of the vote was for
her and fifty seven point eight for McConnell. I mean
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that margin of defeat roughly twenty points. I mean, that's
that's yeah, that's that's considered a blowout. So better luck
to her this time around. But usually, I mean again
I say usually usually in situations like this, not you know,
politics aside could be anything. When you when you when
you put yourself out there and you go for something,
and it, by all accounts, unfortunately it's very unsuccessful despite
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a lot of money thrown at it. I mean, I
just assume most would would realize, hey, what't meant to be?
But she's she's still still gonna try. I mean, can
you imagine seventies Listen to the seventy seven point seven
million dollars was according to Open Secrets was the money
involved as far as payments expenditures during the twenty twenty cycle. Wow,
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I mean that that was what that was what was
spent for for Senate, for for her. And again that happens, right,
anytime there's an election, there's always somebody. In fact, there's
more often one person that loses, and there's a lot
of money that goes into that losing fight, so it
is part of it. But that is a lot of money. Now,
some outlets say that there was actually a total of
ninety million dollars figured whenever you include just broader support
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and ad spending, and uh, that's a lot of money
that you know, unfortunately didn't pay off.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
I was gonna say, I mean, I just can't imagine
trying to run for office now. And I've talked with
some folks who locally ran for office, and you know,
asking that question, I said, if you had this to
do again, would you do it? And most of them,
obviously if you're on the losing side, say no, I
wouldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
It's the time, the effort.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
The money you just mentioned it, Nick, the money that
goes into this.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Selfishly, I will say, the pride, yeah, yeah right, they
would get in the way for me after having a
defeat like this.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
But looking at the money, I mean yeah, and then
you feel then you feel obligated to people who donate
to your cause.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Sure, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I can't live in that world.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
I mean, I'm getting uncomfortable thinking about it to be
honest with you. Look, she's her story's compelling. You know,
we're talking marine fighter pilot. She broke barriers that of
course got a lot of national attention for good reason.
But in Kentucky none of that translated to votes. And
when you spend you know, reportedly ninety MILLI million dollars
and you'll lose about twenty points. I mean that that's
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a blowout. So what I would be curious, just just
out of pure curiosity, what is going to be much
different this time? Because I mean it would be quite
literally the definition of insanity if you are to just
run it back and do the same thing, right, I mean,
you got it. You gotta have a different strategy, and
I am sure that she'll have one. What that is
(15:24):
only time will tell. But I will say, as someone
who wasn't thinking about that at all, I would have
I wouldn't. I would wouldn't have expected to see her
her getting back at it.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Well, you know, and not only that, it's you think
that on the surface, you can you can run for office,
you can make it change. And I'm sure all these
people who run for office believe they can make a change.
But then, not only do you have to gather all
that money, But then you get into the cesspool that
is politics, and then you realize I can't change the
things I wanted to change that I promise people, and
not because it's their fault.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
It's just the way the system said up.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, and it's just maybe me being cynical. But I
when I think of what you just said, which is
which is I think obviously true, it does sort of
at times make me question why so some people get
into it in general. Now again, I'm not gonna act
like there aren't people that want to do it because
they want to do right by people. They want to
make an impact in a positive way. But you guys
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are better than me. I'll just put it that way, right. Sorry,
I wouldn't have the patience for it.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
I'm with you, all right. Listen up.
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updit of trafficking weather, shall we also something else? I
want to get to the latest on the Mark Sanchez
situation if you guys haven't seen it just yet, but
we'll get into that. And JCPS has warned of a
(17:25):
two point five two point five billion dollar spend. I
guess that's needed for maintenance across the school district. Again,
I'm reading that in a variety of places. Was still
a strong sense of disbelief that that's a real number,
so just put it if it is wrong, you know,
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I mean, I hope it's wrong. But anyways, we'll talk
about that in a lot more right here on news
Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
I would pay some of the.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Little money that I make to do this for you
to DJ an event for me. I love the I mean,
I get you. You set the tone so well. I'm
being unprofessional now acknowledging it like I am, but it's
that good.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Well, thank you, brother, I appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
But yeah, this one always takes me back to high
school and as a member of the percussion section, this
was our We made this into our cadence when we marched,
and it always takes me back there.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
It was great to make music like this anymore, dude.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Man, band camp was the best. I was a band nerd,
but I was a percussionist. Man. We spend the summer
just jamming.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
And that's why if you follow me on TikTok, I'm
constantly you know, forward to nine drum lines.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
I love a good drum line. Back here, good drums?
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Who doesn't I don't trust anybody who doesn't, right, you
can't trust him if they don't like a good drum lone.
Speaker 4 (18:38):
They don't appreciate it, so brother, good stuff.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
All right.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
So it looks like the the accident that was causing
some real issues this morning, uh seventy one at Waterson
there that it looks like they've got that that that
straightened up. So uh from what people are moving, Yeah,
what I can tell that is that is that was
an issue. That is not an issue anymore, which is good.
But we do have another accident. It's not sixty five
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south and it looks like it's it's it looks like
it's near the let's see here, Yeah, this is in
Bullet County. This is actually right, This is sixty five right.
It looks like right before you get to the Shepherdsville
exit if you're heading north on sixty five. So at
this time it's tough to tell what kind of what
kind of delay you're going to see.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
But yeah, just be advised, all right.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
So I read this in disbelief, but I have no
reason to think that it's not real. I mean, I
don't think this is fake news. I don't think it's
a typo. But we know about the potentially one hundred
and eighty eight million dollar deficit the JCPS is facing,
and last week it was this isn't I think, in
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the green scheme of things, some major deal, because I
think it's just it's just the situation that they're in.
But the optics weren't great to have a a press
conference essentially with the new superintendent, doctor Yearwood, saying that
he's found the auditory that they've hired to come in
and help them figure out how to get out of
this hole as best as possible, only to then that
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same day after a meeting, have to to say that
they're not going to hire that firm and they're not
going to put it up to where companies can bid
on it. And then also he did acknowledge that he
was unaware of just how how much of a financial
situation financial nightmare I think is better the better way
to put it, that JCPS was in when.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
He took the job.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Now, one of the reasons why they've got to make
sure that they can get it right with the firm
they hire to help them is because they don't truly
know just exactly what the deficit is. It sounds like,
I mean, some of one hundred and eighty eight million.
I've heard one hundred and fifty million. I think they
need to figure out what it is they owe or
I guess what the devisit actually is, and then figure
out what can be done to help the situation, so
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that that that's its own nightmare. But now, JCPS Chief
Operating Officer Rob Folk said that maintenance across the district
of JCPS has hit an estimated two point five billion,
with most school buildings decayed beyond their lifespan, construction and
renovation cost of skyrocket and due to tariffs and materials
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in inflation.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
So I mean, wow, I'm ad. Yeah, it's crazy, sad,
so sad.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
They intend to build roughly twenty new schools in the
next decade, but he's admitted, as you could expect that,
you know, that's really not aggressive enough when it comes
to just the the state of these buildings. So consolidation
could be on the table for aging or under use schools,
especially as populations continue to shift eastward here in Jefferson County.
So this to me is the fir and again it's
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something you probably should have expected to be thrown out
there as a potential outcome here. But having to consolidate
schools and just merging schools that are that are decaying,
that that are you know, far beyond needing to be renovated.
This is where they're there's there's the there's the you know,
you you shut those down, and I guess maybe you
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can have a a plan down the line, but I mean,
let's be honest with their financial situation. And again, just
given what it costs right now to to do construction
and renovation, that'll that'll be kicked down forever to where
those those schools just won't get redone and you'll just
have schools consolidating, which again you know they're they're mentioning
the the the clear issues with some of these buildings,
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the maintenance, which I don't I'm not doubting that's a
real thing. But this also gives you an added and
added excuse just to literally close down schools, which if
that's what has to happen, that's what has to happen.
But you know that's certainly not a convenient thing for
for anybody. All right, quick update of Travick and weather.
We'll get you caught up on the roadways. Also, get
another look at the forecast from at Melosa. Bitch of
w lk Y don't go anywhere. It's coffee and company.
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Speaker 4 (01:11):
Them our way.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Are you you're not moving very fast if you're somebody
that is on I sixty four West before Hirstburn Parkway,
because right now there is an accident that has the
left shoulder and left three lanes blocked. As I'm looking
here at the camera, live camera here, it's it appears
to be very very slow, slow moving. So keep in
(01:34):
mind maybe if you if you find this out ahead
of time, you can you can find an alternate route
to get to wherever it is you're going, because there
is a major delay at this point. And as far
as how long this is going to take it, you know,
your guess is as good as mine, but not a
whole lot, not a whole lot of movement as it
stands right now. All right, So this story you heard
(01:55):
it in the news update earlier from John Shannon about
two individuals that were arrested for stealing elderly people's credit cards,
and one of the two is a local pastor, which,
of course is you never want to hear of anybody
doing these kind of things, but when you find out
it's a pastor, or maybe it's your pastor and you're
(02:16):
somebody that is a frequent attendee at the New Christian
Church of Jesus Christ, your pastor Virgil Mosey is one
of the two that has been accused of this. So
this is seemingly not a very full proof plan as
far as avoiding getting caught. But these two individuals were
allegedly targeting elderly women across Louis Will, stealing their credit
(02:39):
cards and of course using them to go on shopping
sprees and showing up to use the stolen cards with
vehicles that clearly can be traced right back to them,
and not in any way attempting to hide their identity
when they're purchasing these things. So maybe that speaks to
(03:00):
just the arrogance of because of your position and your status,
you just assume you'd be able to get away with
it and nobody would know or nobody would care. I
don't know, but yeah, these two have been charged and
these crimes took place between September twelfth and September twenty fifth.
These guys racked up over five thousand dollars in purchases
from Walgreen's, Meyer and Kroger. The victims were in their
(03:22):
seventies and eighties, and they were targeted in multiple different
areas Caine Run Road, Dixie Highway, Terry Road, Pagan Bush Lane,
and LMPD credited the solid investigation and the surveillance footage
that helped them seemingly pretty easily get these guys arrested.
I mean, they seize three different vehicles linked to the case,
(03:44):
and again those vehicles traced back to these individuals. So
I mean, I'm not passing any judgment here, just a
legitimate question that popped into my mind. If this happens
and it's your pastor, or maybe it's maybe it's your priest.
If you're Catholic, I mean, do you go do you
do you consider changing churches? I mean also, I guess
(04:08):
it really depends depends on the situation. Every situation is different.
But you know, if you are someone that is in
a leadership role with your church and you get caught
up in this, I mean you may not be able
to do your job anymore. I mean, in fact, if
this guy hasn't made bail, then he won't be at
church on Sunday. But yeah, awful story in general. But
(04:29):
you would assume that somebody that's a pastor would be
would be, you know, practicing what they preach, no pun intended.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Well, it's just further validation.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
You just don't know what's going on with people, man,
You just don't know some different things are making people
tick differently, etc. You just don't know what's going on
just by looking at the surface of folks.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Yeah, and you I don't know this individual at all,
but it wouldn't shock me if if you're I mean,
I don't know how.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Much power you actually have.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
But just to me, it seems as if the not
only the action, but the way in which he went
about it didn't seem as if he thought there was
any scenario he'd get caught, or maybe you might think
he wanted to get caught, which certainly wouldn't make any
sense at all. But yeah, not a good look there.
All right, let's get to a quick update of trafficking weather.
Does it look like they're moving vehicles here? I just
saw the WLK well WLKY live coverage of this accident
(05:19):
on I sixty four west at Hurstborn Parkway. It looks
like they are getting as many vehicles as they can
slowly routed to the right side of sixty four, but
right now, left shoulder left three lanes blocked at I
sixty four at Hurstborn Parkway.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
All right, you just heard this.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
At the end of the five o'clock hour, Scott mentioned
the number of Junior Bridgeman, former little basketball player, being
retired this year. Certainly a well deserved honor. But I
know a lot of people know Junior Bridgeman's story. But
if you really just consider the life that that man lived,
I mean, what a phenomenal human being that really you
won't find many that can be viewed, I think as
(05:57):
role models for those that end up becoming professional athletes.
You won't find many better than Junior. So I want
to talk a little bit about that. On the other side,
stick with us. We've got trafficing weather updates on the
way right here, right now it is news Radio eight
to forty, whas this was in Scott's sports report earlier,
that Junior Bridgeman is going to have his number retired.
One of the best honors you can receive at a program,
(06:19):
and one of the best basketball programs of all time,
certainly Louisville.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
They're going to retire.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
You list these junior Bridgeman's number ten this December, and
this is he's somebody that, of course is one of
the best players to ever play here, and he joins
a great group of players. He'll be the sixth ever
have it retired. Russ Smith, Charlie tyre Wes, sounzil Dero
Griffith and Purvis Ellison are the others. But a phenomenal
career at u of L from seventy two to seventy five,
(06:45):
leading Louisville to the Final four and seventy five won
the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year war twice
about fourteen hundred points. I mean, he was a really
good player in college, which led to him being the
eighth overall pick in the nineteen seventy five draft. Twelve
seasons with the Bucks and the Clippers, and the Bucks
retired his number back in nineteen ninety eight. So a
(07:06):
legend as a hooper, but also somebody that is mostly
known for just how successful he was in business. And
he also recently, right before he passed away, bought ten
percent stake in the Milwaukee Bucks. But he passed away
in March of last year, and I'm sorry, March of
this year at the age of seventy one. Certainly a
very unexpected thing. And he'll be the he'll be the
(07:28):
sixth guy to have that number retired. And when it
comes to Junior Bridgeman, it's one of the best stories
you'll ever see as far as pro athletes using the
money they make in that career and creating generational wealth
with great investments, but also just being a great humanitarian.
And when you think about former players that have gone
(07:48):
on that have made a program and a fan base proud.
Junior's certainly there for basketball alone, but think about this,
He's somebody that your favorite athlete probably looks up to him.
He's somebody who is a role model for some of
the most successful athletes ever when it comes to the basketball.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
So but it's not just basketball.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
And I think we all knew if you're a lovel
basketball fan, the impact and just the presence that Junior
Bridgeman had in a lot of ways within sports, within business,
within life. But you really really felt it whenever he
passed away in March, and there were many many people
that came out to talk about him and the impact
that he made. And again he's somebody that for years,
(08:34):
really before he was such a known name in the
last you know, twenty years or so, he would go
and speak to these NBA players about why, you know,
how you can invest your money wisely. And again I'm
not sure you'll find a better example of somebody that
used the sport to again create generational wealth for himself,
his family, many others of course that have been along
(08:56):
for the ride, and of course.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
Just did good by people.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
I mean, a great guy, donated a lot of money
and a humanitarian so an honor that is certainly certainly
well deserved. All right, listen up, Trick County, Ford is
just outside of Louisville and in Oldham County. And I
know you guys have heard me talk about them, talking
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No better time to talk about them than right now,
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(09:20):
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(09:41):
there on the lot at Track County Ford. Go check
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And I tell you this, they are one of the
only employee owned for dealerships and that that is something
that if you've ever been there and you wonder, why
does this feel different? Why is this experience better than
most experiences I've ever had when I go to a
car lot just to see what's there, It's because they
(10:04):
know what they're doing right. It's a family atmosphere there. Again,
they're employee owned and they do right by their customers.
You're not going to find the pushy salespeople. And they've
got a great, great inventory for you to go check out.
So again it is Track hoenty Ford exits Exit eighteen,
just off by seventy one, right outside of Louisville. They've
got a beautiful showroom and I hope you go check
them out. All right, let's get an update of traffick
(10:26):
in weather, and we'll see if the roadways are getting
any better. In fact, the direct this morning on sixty
four West it appears to be the only one as
of right now that is causing some real issues. But
sixty four West at Hirstborn Parkway, there is an accident
that has left the left shoulder and the left three
lanes blocked and it looks as if it's still creating
some real delay, so be aware of that. But we'll
(10:48):
get the latest from Bobby Ellis, and of course we'll
get a look at the forecast from Mat Melosovich.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
We've also got a sports update coming your way. It
is news Radio eight forty whas much John.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Shannon appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
It is six thirty five here news Radio eight forty whas.
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Speaker 1 (11:42):
So Amy McGrath, she is, she's gonna she's gonna run again.
And I remember her previous campaign being well funded, and
of course it ended up being a blowouts. She lost
and was unsuccessful going up against Mitch McConnell. But all
I remember was just knowing and I don't know if
(12:04):
anybody is at that time. I'm not sure there's anybody
walking the planet that was unaware that she was a
fighter pilot. I mean, that was a very big emphasis
in the campaign, and that's awesome, to be honest with you,
But that was really what stood out. And I'm sure
there was many other things throughout her campaign that I
just wasn't paying much attention to. But it was unsuccessful,
(12:25):
but she's going to give it another go. And when
you consider the amount of of what I mean when
you look at just how bad she lost. We're talking,
you know, thirty eight percent of the vote was for
her and fifty seven point eight for McConnell. I mean
(12:46):
that margin of defeat roughly twenty points. I mean, that's
that's yeah, that's that's considered a blowout. So better luck
to her this time around. But usually, I mean again
I say usually usually in situations like this, not you know,
politics aside could be anything. When you when you when
you put yourself out there and you go for something,
and it, by all accounts, unfortunately it's very unsuccessful despite
(13:10):
a lot of money thrown at it. I mean, I
just assume most would would realize, hey, what't meant to be?
But she's she's still still gonna try. I mean, can
you imagine seventies Listen to the seventy seven point seven
million dollars was according to Open Secrets was the money
involved as far as payments expenditures during the twenty twenty cycle. Wow,
(13:32):
I mean that that was what that was what was
spent for for Senate, for for her. And again that happens, right,
anytime there's an election, there's always somebody. In fact, there's
more often one person that loses, and there's a lot
of money that goes into that losing fight, so it
is part of it. But that is a lot of money. Now,
some outlets say that there was actually a total of
ninety million dollars figured whenever you include just broader support
(13:56):
and ad spending, and uh, that's a lot of money
that you know, unfortunately didn't pay off.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
I was gonna say, I mean, I just can't imagine
trying to run for office now. And I've talked with
some folks who locally ran for office, and you know,
asking that question, I said, if you had this to
do again, would you do it? And most of them,
obviously if you're on the losing side, say no, I
wouldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
It's the time, the effort.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
The money you just mentioned it, Nick, the money that
goes into this.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Selfishly, I will say, the pride, yeah, yeah right, they
would get in the way for me after having a
defeat like this.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
But looking at the money, I mean yeah, and then
you feel then you feel obligated to people who donate
to your cause.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Sure, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I can't live in that world.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
I mean, I'm getting uncomfortable thinking about it to be
honest with you. Look, she's her story's compelling. You know,
we're talking marine fighter pilot. She broke barriers that of
course got a lot of national attention for good reason.
But in Kentucky none of that translated to votes. And
when you spend you know, reportedly ninety MILLI million dollars
and you'll lose about twenty points. I mean that that's
(15:03):
a blowout. So what I would be curious, just just
out of pure curiosity, what is going to be much
different this time? Because I mean it would be quite
literally the definition of insanity if you are to just
run it back and do the same thing, right, I mean,
you got it. You gotta have a different strategy, and
I am sure that she'll have one. What that is
(15:24):
only time will tell. But I will say, as someone
who wasn't thinking about that at all, I would have
I wouldn't. I would wouldn't have expected to see her
her getting back at it.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Well, you know, and not only that, it's you think
that on the surface, you can you can run for office,
you can make it change. And I'm sure all these
people who run for office believe they can make a change.
But then, not only do you have to gather all
that money, But then you get into the cesspool that
is politics, and then you realize I can't change the
things I wanted to change that I promise people, and
not because it's their fault.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
It's just the way the system said up.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, and it's just maybe me being cynical. But I
when I think of what you just said, which is
which is I think obviously true, it does sort of
at times make me question why so some people get
into it in general. Now again, I'm not gonna act
like there aren't people that want to do it because
they want to do right by people. They want to
make an impact in a positive way. But you guys
(16:17):
are better than me. I'll just put it that way, right. Sorry,
I wouldn't have the patience for it.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
I'm with you, all right. Listen up.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
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updit of trafficking weather, shall we also something else? I
want to get to the latest on the Mark Sanchez
situation if you guys haven't seen it just yet, but
we'll get into that. And JCPS has warned of a
(17:25):
two point five two point five billion dollar spend. I
guess that's needed for maintenance across the school district. Again,
I'm reading that in a variety of places. Was still
a strong sense of disbelief that that's a real number,
so just put it if it is wrong, you know,
(17:46):
I mean, I hope it's wrong. But anyways, we'll talk
about that in a lot more right here on news
Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
I would pay some of the.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Little money that I make to do this for you
to DJ an event for me. I love the I mean,
I get you. You set the tone so well. I'm
being unprofessional now acknowledging it like I am, but it's
that good.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Well, thank you, brother, I appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
But yeah, this one always takes me back to high
school and as a member of the percussion section, this
was our We made this into our cadence when we marched,
and it always takes me back there.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
It was great to make music like this anymore, dude.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Man, band camp was the best. I was a band nerd,
but I was a percussionist. Man. We spend the summer
just jamming.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
And that's why if you follow me on TikTok, I'm
constantly you know, forward to nine drum lines.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
I love a good drum line. Back here, good drums?
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Who doesn't I don't trust anybody who doesn't, right, you
can't trust him if they don't like a good drum lone.
Speaker 4 (18:38):
They don't appreciate it, so brother, good stuff.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
All right.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
So it looks like the the accident that was causing
some real issues this morning, uh seventy one at Waterson
there that it looks like they've got that that that
straightened up. So uh from what people are moving, Yeah,
what I can tell that is that is that was
an issue. That is not an issue anymore, which is good.
But we do have another accident. It's not sixty five
(19:01):
south and it looks like it's it's it looks like
it's near the let's see here, Yeah, this is in
Bullet County. This is actually right, This is sixty five right.
It looks like right before you get to the Shepherdsville
exit if you're heading north on sixty five. So at
this time it's tough to tell what kind of what
kind of delay you're going to see.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
But yeah, just be advised, all right.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
So I read this in disbelief, but I have no
reason to think that it's not real. I mean, I
don't think this is fake news. I don't think it's
a typo. But we know about the potentially one hundred
and eighty eight million dollar deficit the JCPS is facing,
and last week it was this isn't I think, in
(19:45):
the green scheme of things, some major deal, because I
think it's just it's just the situation that they're in.
But the optics weren't great to have a a press
conference essentially with the new superintendent, doctor Yearwood, saying that
he's found the auditory that they've hired to come in
and help them figure out how to get out of
this hole as best as possible, only to then that
(20:06):
same day after a meeting, have to to say that
they're not going to hire that firm and they're not
going to put it up to where companies can bid
on it. And then also he did acknowledge that he
was unaware of just how how much of a financial
situation financial nightmare I think is better the better way
to put it, that JCPS was in when.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
He took the job.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Now, one of the reasons why they've got to make
sure that they can get it right with the firm
they hire to help them is because they don't truly
know just exactly what the deficit is. It sounds like,
I mean, some of one hundred and eighty eight million.
I've heard one hundred and fifty million. I think they
need to figure out what it is they owe or
I guess what the devisit actually is, and then figure
out what can be done to help the situation, so
(20:50):
that that that's its own nightmare. But now, JCPS Chief
Operating Officer Rob Folk said that maintenance across the district
of JCPS has hit an estimated two point five billion,
with most school buildings decayed beyond their lifespan, construction and
renovation cost of skyrocket and due to tariffs and materials
(21:13):
in inflation.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
So I mean, wow, I'm ad. Yeah, it's crazy, sad,
so sad.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
They intend to build roughly twenty new schools in the
next decade, but he's admitted, as you could expect that,
you know, that's really not aggressive enough when it comes
to just the the state of these buildings. So consolidation
could be on the table for aging or under use schools,
especially as populations continue to shift eastward here in Jefferson County.
So this to me is the fir and again it's
(21:43):
something you probably should have expected to be thrown out
there as a potential outcome here. But having to consolidate
schools and just merging schools that are that are decaying,
that that are you know, far beyond needing to be renovated.
This is where they're there's there's the there's the you know,
you you shut those down, and I guess maybe you
(22:04):
can have a a plan down the line, but I mean,
let's be honest with their financial situation. And again, just
given what it costs right now to to do construction
and renovation, that'll that'll be kicked down forever to where
those those schools just won't get redone and you'll just
have schools consolidating, which again you know they're they're mentioning
the the the clear issues with some of these buildings,
(22:26):
the maintenance, which I don't I'm not doubting that's a
real thing. But this also gives you an added and
added excuse just to literally close down schools, which if
that's what has to happen, that's what has to happen.
But you know that's certainly not a convenient thing for
for anybody. All right, quick update of Travick and weather.
We'll get you caught up on the roadways. Also, get
another look at the forecast from at Melosa. Bitch of
w lk Y don't go anywhere. It's coffee and company.
(22:47):
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