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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, good morning, and welcome in. It is news
Radio eight forty whas five six here on a Wednesday morning,
coffee and company with you, and we are fueled by
Thornton's and we are currently as of four am in
a winter weather advisory. So started at four am and
it is going to end at eleven am. And I'm
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going to tell you what they warned us of last night,
freezing drizzle or rain with possible snow after sunrise, and
of course that could lead to with the temperatures being
what they've been, well below freezing yesterday and last night,
could freeze, could cost some slick roads during the morning commute.
So we will get you all the information you need
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as best we can to get through this. However, not
to put out some bad karma here, but nothing right now,
and I'll give you the latest. This is from Susanne
Horrigan of our partners with our partners at WKY. She
was just wrapping up their their four thirty newscast and
this is the latest as far as what we are
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expecting this morning in regards to this winter weather advisory.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
This is not a.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Huge snowstorm, but it perhaps is enough to cause some
flick spots out on the road. Part of the problem is,
obviously we have a lot of cold air in place,
so a little bit of that precipitation could cause some
icy spots, especially on untreated surfaces. So maybe if you're
walking out to the bus stop or going for your
morning walk, watch out for a few flick spots out there.
So let's get into the details here. You can see
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that winter weather advisory does encompass a lot of the
WLKY viewing area, but not all of it. So for
our northern communities you're not under that winter weather advisory,
but for all of our areas basically right along Clark
County into portions of Trimble County back through Crawford County
and Harrison County, that's where we have the purple shade
you can see here. That's where we have the winter
weather advisory. So what are we talking about here. A
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little bit of a mixture of some snow, a bit
of freezing rain, perhaps some sleep pellets, and even some
plane rain will be possible. Right now kind of knocking
on the door of Riche County and Grayson County, you
can see some of those flurries and snowshowers trying to develop.
But keep in mind, because our air is super dry,
some of that's going to evaporate before it reaches the ground,
so it may look a little bit more impressive on
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radar than what's actually happening. As we make our way
throughout the morning hours, you'll notice that cluster of a
wintery mix over spreading the region for the morning hours.
It's short lived, though, it moves out very quickly, and
then we're left with a few scattered rain showers for
some of our southern communities. Obviously, the more significant event
that we're going to be watching for is that winter
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storm potential. As we head into the weekend, notice that
we are going to.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Have bitterly So that tells me that one if we
do end up getting what is appearing to be on
its way, it's going to be short lived. Also, what
you see on the radar, not to put words in
our mouth, but it may be a little more timidating
than what it actually is if you look at the radar.
So I'm not here to tell you that, hey, nothing
to worry about, because hey, you never really know what's
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going to happen. But I do know we'll keep you
updated as best we can. So it sounds like this
weekend though, is what is really the the worry as
far as just having some weather that could really impact us.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
We'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Nick, I appreciate you keeping it real too.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
By the way, And if I hear one more conversation
on my media feet about the three maps that are
out there, It's interesting because I'm a weather nerd. I
just like weather, really, I just like it. I just
like to watch it unfold. So I subscribe to a
lot of weather folks, which I'm going to reduce that
tremendous gonna say, that's a choice.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's right.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
It became mind numbing yesterday the number of weather people
that would go, I'm here to tell you. This map
shows you this. This map shows you that it seemed
like back in the day when we were kids, our
weather guys would go with like maybe one map and
trust their gut it.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Well, they didn't have to compete with each other on
social media back in.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Those days, right right?
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Or how about those that just want you to know
they are the official authority and decisions that are going
to be made in regards to you know, how events
will be impacted by weather.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I mean, I can't get into I can't. I tried
to following one weather person. They would literally a twenty
three minute discussion on these three weather maps.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I was like, I can't do and I don't want to. Yeah,
and trust me, I clearly there's a lot that goes
into what they do, sure, and they know going in
that sometimes you just can't predict it. It's just unknown.
But I guess my lack of interest in it compared
to yours would be more so just because I see
it as such a wildly unpredictable thing exactly that if
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there was a lot of interest and a lot of
looking into it and then to see that oftentimes it
doesn't play out that way, I would just feel like, yeah,
I'm wasting my time. But that's not to knock what
they do. Clearly, there's a lot that goes into it.
They're they're trained, they're professionals, and they're doing the best
they can. But it's just it's a gig that oftentimes,
you know, you get it wrong and it doesn't matter right.
Sometimes you get it wrong and it's a good thing
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because you know, terrible weather that could have caused some
real damage didn't end up happening. We'll keep you updated
throughout the morning on that. But yeah, it sounds like
any anything falling from the grind is going to be
a little bit later on once the sun comes up
and could be short lived. And also some rain a
little bit later in the afternoon, and at that point
looks like we will be above freezing temperature. So again
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we'll keep you updated throughout the morning. We've got the
full crew here today. You heard Scott Fitzgerald, I'm Nick Coffee.
Our national champion John Alden's in the house. He sounds
like a national champion. You heard those pipes he officially stitched. Jersey.
Josh Shannon also alongside, and we got a response last night.
Yet last week we heard about the plan from doctor
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Brian Yearwood at JCPS, and yesterday we heard what with
the board and what some principles and teachers think of it.
We'll talk about that next right here, it's News Radio
eight forty Whas So, the JCPS board accepted a draft
budget last night at a meeting. There was one hundred
and forty two million dollars in cuts proposed last week
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by Superintendent doctor Brian Yearwood. And obviously, as you likely know,
there was some pushback, so the plan was revised and
that the changes that mental mental health practitioners are that
that that's that's the shift here. So obviously teachers and
staff they rallied and last night you could see that
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they wore I think it was the mint. Yeah, they
were green. I thought it was green. I just want to
make sure I did to get that wrong. But it's
the mental health awareness color, and of course just trying
to emphasize how important mental health is in classrooms. So UH,
that is where Vice vice Chairman James Craig introduced the
motion to preserve mental health practitioners and revert to cutting
instructional coaches. So that motion passed five to two, reversing
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the initial plan by doctor Yearwood. So that's that's really
the only big change. But the board did finalize the
closure of King Elementary UH and Zachary Taylor Elementary, and
not surprising, there were people there opposed to that, families
from both schools letting it be known that they they
didn't want to see that happen. But here here's just
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a breakdown of of the numbers. Forty four million dollars
is being cut from Central Office, forty one million is
being cut from the school budget funds, and that's not
directly tied to instruction. And then you've got union negotiations
that is apparently going to cut thirty million dollars, thirteen
million in operation and transportation, nine million in contract and subscriptions,
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and five million in facilities and underutilized assets. So again
eighty percent of the cuts come from central office supplemental
programs and the union contract changes. So principles last night.
They raised concerns at this meeting about a variety of things,
including how they were not consulted in these decisions. So
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they also wanted it to be known that regardless of
how it's being labeled, students or classrooms essentially are going
to be impacted. This is not just cuts being made
that is going to be only at the at the
high level in that central office. So I'll let you
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hear a little bit of a back and forth between
doctor Brian Yearwood and I believe a principle here, and
obviously the closing of the elementary schools. Nobody wants that
to happen, but certainly things you're going to have to
make decisions. And you heard doctor Brian Hewood a little
bit here sort of emphasize that, and I'll just let
you hear it from here. I'll let you hear it
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for yourself from him rack that they were able to
defeat the security mechanisms. Well, that's not the right sound.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Whoop.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
See here we go.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
When you talk about closing King Elementary, not only is
there a food desert in that area, and now we're
getting ready to create a school desert because there will
be no elementary school in the shiny area. And when
I look at these numbers, I cannot justify Zacharytaylor and
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King biting the bully this.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
And I feel your passion.
Speaker 6 (09:05):
I you know, if I were in your shoes out
and be making the same decision. You know, I, like
I told said, I don't envy you for that, but
I'm handed this, given this hand, and I've got to
move on it. If not again, the narrative is going
to be well, doctorjou knew about the deficit. He knew
about this. I needed nothing about it. That's gonna be
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what it's gonna be said.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
When you talk about so I shouldn't be surprised at all,
because that's just what comes with this stuff. As far
as just how people choose to react, but we should
not lose sight that this guy, doctor brad yearwould He
didn't cause any of this. He literally showed up and
the mess was already made. In fact, the mess was
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worse than he knew it was when he took the job.
And any decision he's making here to trim one hundred
and forty plus million dollars is going to lead to
countless pushback about certain things within the school system that
certain people, certain families, maybe certain schools they view as
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a real necessity. But hey, he got to cut one
hundred and forty plus million dollars. It's got to come
from somewhere. So, as I've said many times, I do
not envy his position at all. All right, let's see
how the roadways are looking as we get this Wednesday
morning started at news Radio eight forty whas. We'll also
get an update on the forecast for the day. Right now,
it is twenty seven degrees feels like twenty at five
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a news update. We've also got John Alden back. Did
you sleep at all on Monday night?
Speaker 7 (11:36):
It's funny I was. I was on social media late
after the championship game, not for the after, the the
entirety of it, but like into the wee hours of
the morning. There was a point where I realized, if
I had to be here yesterday, I would have only
gotten maybe an hour and a half two hours of sleep.
So I was very thankful that I took off yesterday. Yeah,
but it was it was an unbelievable experience.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Well, you just said the word experience. You got to
experience your team winning a national championship in any sport,
at really any level. That's awesome. It's something that sports
fans will cherish. But it being your Indiana Hoosiers doing
it in football, it certainly makes it just different. I
don't I can't think of a comparison as far as
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a team unexpectedly winning it all in a short amount
of It's just something unheard of.
Speaker 7 (12:26):
The only thing that I heard, and I was not
a live for this, but I heard an analyst say
that it reminded them of the miracle on ice back
whenever the US defeated Russia and the semi finals and
then won the entire thing. They said, that's really the
only thing, and they could think of that even comes
close to this because of the history of being the
losingest program in football of all time to winning the
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national championship. I mean, we've heard people reiterated a million
times now over the last twenty four to forty eight hours,
and then even a lot before then. It's still hard
for it to kind of sink in, yeah, and here
and everybody make all these comparison, not comparisons, but say like, oh,
this is going to be a movie someday. It really
does kind of feel like, as a fan, I'm living
a movie, if that makes sense. It sounds kind of corny.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Look, there's parts of this that that I guess some
would call it corny, but it's just it's too perfect
to not absolutely to not just kind of stop you
on your tracks and think, is this real? This? This
is the this is a I think it was Dave
Portenoy of Barstol Sports, So I heard say this yesterday.
I think he's right. When this is made to a
movie and it is completely laid out the way it
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completely happened in real life, those who didn't know anything
about it would say, yeah, well, clearly they're just doctoring
it up for the movie. No, this is really the
way I mean to see Carson Beckla not Carson Beck.
He threw the interception that was fitting in the movie
as nobody woul doubt if that was real or not,
the interception that that cost them the game, which, by
the way, did you hear this stat that I shared yesterday?
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This is crazy. Carson Beck only lost six games in
his entire time as a college football starting quarterback. In
four of those six games, those games ended with him
throwing an interception. Oh my god, on the last play
on the last drive where they could have won the game.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
Mister unclutch.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
I mean, it's crazy. But anyways, Portnoy said this that
you know, when it comes to just the the details
of it, like it would, it's almost stuff that like
there's an element here, in an element there that if
you watched it in a movie, you would say, come on,
they're really forcing it here because this is not realistic.
The fact that Mendoza is scrambling, putting his body on
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the line, seemingly his life on the line against the
Miami defense, diving in for a touchdown. He's from Miami,
got rejected to walk on at Miami. He's doing it
in a program that he joined that was the losingest
program in the history of high level college football before
the head coach arrived, and his mother can't stand in
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the stands because she's battling ms. I mean, it's it's insane.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
Yeah, there's too many elements of it that make it
seem like something would be embellished at some point. But
it was that that play that you just described in
the moment, it was so intense, Like the excitement of
it was was so fun. But the amount of times
that I've replayed that fourth and five or whatever it
was that ended up being the most important touchdown and
really played the entire season. I didn't get emotional really
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during the gaming. I did, but like I didn't cry
or anything. But for some reason, watching the replay of
that and hearing Chris Fowler the way that he announced
it during the game, the more. There was a time
yesterday where I watched it so many times that it
did make me a little emotionals, Like everything just seemed
so perfect with whatever that the way that play lined up,
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and then of course we have the result end up
being what it was, it makes it that much more special.
But that that play of course will be you know,
remembered forever.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
When you think back on this game. I think that's
the play you'll probably think of, right for sure.
Speaker 7 (15:52):
I texted people even that was with nine minutes left.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
This sad.
Speaker 7 (15:55):
I think that's it right there. Yeah, I think that's
gonna be what gets it for.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
And I mean even just the call at that moment,
the trust in what you do as you're as a
head coach, and then the way in which he didn't
just convert, he went and scored in the fashion that
he did. I mean it just it signifies sort of
what this whole thing is. It's a group of guys who,
to quote one of the linemen yesterday in the postgame
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press conference or I guess Monday night. You know, this
is just guys who show up, put their head down
and go to work, and they got a good guy
leading them. You can see that they are a reflection
of Signetti and just a great story. And I think
when college sports turned to pro sports, which it did,
we need we needed a team to do it the
way Indiana did it. And you know, right now you've
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got people lining up to get in line at nine o'clock.
When you effectively can get in line at Dick Sporting
Goods in Bloomington, because only two hundred and fifty people
are going to be able to get an autograph of Mendoza,
and they'll be probably thirty times the people they thirty
times the amount of people that they allow in. We'll
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be waiting to get in because that's just what this is.
It's a reminder of what makes college sports great. And yeah,
he was only there for a year, but college sports
is just different. And Indiana huge fan base that has
been brought to life as a football powerhouse fan base,
which is again something when you say it out loud,
it just in a way that's not real, is it? It
is real? So congrats to you, my friend. You are
(17:23):
I mean, you didn't you didn't score any touchdowns, but
you had an impact. You were supporting them. Good stuff.
All right, let's get to a quick time out. We'll
check on traffic and weather. Currently we're looking at twenty
nine degrees feels like twenty one. Gonna warm up a
little bit later, but we could see some snow, some
wintery mix. We'll get the details right now. From Suzanne
Horgan of WLKY, Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, it is
(17:45):
coffee and company with you here in news Radio eight
forty whas we are fueled by Thornton's here on this
Wednesday morning, and we are now joined by Rory O'Neill,
Rory Donald Trump. He's promoting an America First economic agenda.
What can you tell us about this pitch from Trump
after he spoke spoke recently here at DEVO, his Devo's speeches.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yeah, so Davos, that big speech is coming up in
a few hours. You know, he arrived late to Switzerland,
was arriving late to Yeah, because he is. His plane
broke down, so I had to go back and get
another plane. So that's complicated everything. But yeah, it's a
big speech, and actually we expect a lot of domestic
policy to be announced, you know, that controversial stuff and
(18:28):
the way that a lot of Europeans are upset and
the leaders over the US stance with Greenland. A lot
of that's going to happen away from the microphones. So
we'll have to see exactly how this goes. Even the
President said this meeting, the two day trip is quote interesting,
So we'll see how that goes. It should be fascinating.
But yeah, we're also expected to hear about affordability here
(18:51):
in the US and more details, not too manymore, but
some more details on this idea that maybe you could
use your four oh one K to help by.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
So when it comes to the government shutdown that could
be happening, I guess there's a possibility of one. Is
that something folks should at this point be worried about actually.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Be a little bit encouraged. And boy, we don't say
that very much, but Congress may be getting attack together
this time around because there is not an appetite for
a government shutdown at this point, right We just went
through the longest one on record, and I don't think
there's a lot of patience these days. So in Congress,
the House has been making a lot of significant progress.
By the way, there is another healthcare bill working its
(19:34):
way through, not the one the president wants, but some
goodies attached to it. So yeah, they're getting some work
done now. The Senate is still out of session. They'll
come back in a couple of days and then we'll
see if they can meet the deadline, which is the
end of the month.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Roy O and Neils Arguesty joins us here at News
Radio eight forty Whas, We've got a new report that
ranks the best and worst states for drivers in twenty
twenty six. Who's feeling good about their driving ability and
who's feeling like they need to make some real improvement. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
So this survey from wallet hub looks at the cost
of owning and maintaining a car. What's the traffic light
in that state, what's the safety ranking? What about your
ability to find car lots and dealerships, repair shops, even
car washes, So sort of a little bit of everything,
And I guess the message is, Kentucky, you can do better.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Okay, Hey, the biggest room in the world's room for improvement.
Rory right now there.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
It is, coming in number thirty on the survey, all
the numbers sort of right there, hovering around in the middle.
You don't do as well when it comes to access
to vehicles and maintenance numbers. Best in the country is Vermont,
followed by Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Indiana. Well, you only
got Ben and Jerry driving who all does a car,
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And Hawaii is actually the worst on the list because
everything's so expensive there.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Yeah, I mean I wouldn't have considered the access to
body shops dealers, ships, that kind of stuff. But hey,
it certainly falls within the within the you know, underneath
the umbrella of having a vehicle, maintaining it and of
course driving. I imagine, uh, the the traffic issues. Obviously
that's got to be a factor too here, right.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Yeah, So they took a look at the traffic and
infrastructure with the condition of roads and bridges, things like that.
I did. The colder states would tend to do worse,
but Vermont scored pretty well in here. So yeah, other
states at the bottom, Washington State, Montana. California is near
the bottom because of it's you know, the famous notorious
(21:35):
traffic jams there. Maryland and Colorado are also in the
mix near the bottom. Georgia's got bad traffic, but they
rank eleventh best.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
So there you go, Rory. Last question for you in
your in your career. I know you've covered a lot
of things in the industry, been a lot of places,
and you.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Want to send me to Javo, Switzerland. I'll get on
a plan right now.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
No I'm not, I'm not I'm not sending you there,
but I was gonna ask where have you experienced the
worst traffic.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Ever in the know anywhere. Okay, Well, you know what
gets weird when you're in Asia everyone's on a scooter?
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Yeah that could cost.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Yeah, you get that whole thing where it's just a
mess and it's like a family of four is riding
one little best I'm not kidding.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Uh yeah, no, it's a distraction among many issues.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah that yeah, that's just like what are you people doing?
Sort of a thing is my my experience in Asia.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Yeah that sounds bad. Again, it's not just if we're
not used to seeing it, and you see that that
could certainly.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
I'm looking at you Vietnam. Uh yeah, that was that
was the rough one.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Rory is always we appreciate your time, my friend, enjoy
your day. We'll talk tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Thanks, Nick, talk to you then.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
He is Rory O'Neal, NBC News. Yeah. I can imagine
seeing something that you don't see every day when you're
driving a vehicle and you've got folks out there on
a on a on a scooter and they've got two
toddlers just hanging on for dear life on the back.
Just just another day for them, not not necessarily the
case in most places. All right, let's get to a
traffic and weather update, also what I'm going to do
(23:05):
here coming on the other side. We've got some NTI
and some school closings that have just come in. We'll
get the details and share that with you in just
a moment here at news Radio eight forty whas
All right, good morning, and welcome in. It is news
Radio eight forty whas five six here on a Wednesday morning,
coffee and company with you, and we are fueled by
Thornton's and we are currently as of four am in
a winter weather advisory. So started at four am and
it is going to end at eleven am. And I'm
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going to tell you what they warned us of last night,
freezing drizzle or rain with possible snow after sunrise, and
of course that could lead to with the temperatures being
what they've been, well below freezing yesterday and last night,
could freeze, could cost some slick roads during the morning commute.
So we will get you all the information you need
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as best we can to get through this. However, not
to put out some bad karma here, but nothing right now,
and I'll give you the latest. This is from Susanne
Horrigan of our partners with our partners at WKY. She
was just wrapping up their their four thirty newscast and
this is the latest as far as what we are
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expecting this morning in regards to this winter weather advisory.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
This is not a.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Huge snowstorm, but it perhaps is enough to cause some
flick spots out on the road. Part of the problem is,
obviously we have a lot of cold air in place,
so a little bit of that precipitation could cause some
icy spots, especially on untreated surfaces. So maybe if you're
walking out to the bus stop or going for your
morning walk, watch out for a few flick spots out there.
So let's get into the details here. You can see
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that winter weather advisory does encompass a lot of the
WLKY viewing area, but not all of it. So for
our northern communities you're not under that winter weather advisory,
but for all of our areas basically right along Clark
County into portions of Trimble County back through Crawford County
and Harrison County, that's where we have the purple shade
you can see here. That's where we have the winter
weather advisory. So what are we talking about here. A
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little bit of a mixture of some snow, a bit
of freezing rain, perhaps some sleep pellets, and even some
plane rain will be possible. Right now kind of knocking
on the door of Riche County and Grayson County, you
can see some of those flurries and snowshowers trying to develop.
But keep in mind, because our air is super dry,
some of that's going to evaporate before it reaches the ground,
so it may look a little bit more impressive on
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radar than what's actually happening. As we make our way
throughout the morning hours, you'll notice that cluster of a
wintery mix over spreading the region for the morning hours.
It's short lived, though, it moves out very quickly, and
then we're left with a few scattered rain showers for
some of our southern communities. Obviously, the more significant event
that we're going to be watching for is that winter
(02:32):
storm potential. As we head into the weekend, notice that
we are going to.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Have bitterly So that tells me that one if we
do end up getting what is appearing to be on
its way, it's going to be short lived. Also, what
you see on the radar, not to put words in
our mouth, but it may be a little more timidating
than what it actually is if you look at the radar.
So I'm not here to tell you that, hey, nothing
to worry about, because hey, you never really know what's
(02:57):
going to happen. But I do know we'll keep you
updated as best we can. So it sounds like this
weekend though, is what is really the the worry as
far as just having some weather that could really impact us.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
We'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Nick, I appreciate you keeping it real too.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
By the way, And if I hear one more conversation
on my media feet about the three maps that are
out there, It's interesting because I'm a weather nerd. I
just like weather, really, I just like it. I just
like to watch it unfold. So I subscribe to a
lot of weather folks, which I'm going to reduce that
tremendous gonna say, that's a choice.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's right.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
It became mind numbing yesterday the number of weather people
that would go, I'm here to tell you. This map
shows you this. This map shows you that it seemed
like back in the day when we were kids, our
weather guys would go with like maybe one map and
trust their gut it.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Well, they didn't have to compete with each other on
social media back in.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Those days, right right?
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Or how about those that just want you to know
they are the official authority and decisions that are going
to be made in regards to you know, how events
will be impacted by weather.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I mean, I can't get into I can't. I tried
to following one weather person. They would literally a twenty
three minute discussion on these three weather maps.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I was like, I can't do and I don't want to. Yeah,
and trust me, I clearly there's a lot that goes
into what they do, sure, and they know going in
that sometimes you just can't predict it. It's just unknown.
But I guess my lack of interest in it compared
to yours would be more so just because I see
it as such a wildly unpredictable thing exactly that if
(04:28):
there was a lot of interest and a lot of
looking into it and then to see that oftentimes it
doesn't play out that way, I would just feel like, yeah,
I'm wasting my time. But that's not to knock what
they do. Clearly, there's a lot that goes into it.
They're they're trained, they're professionals, and they're doing the best
they can. But it's just it's a gig that oftentimes,
you know, you get it wrong and it doesn't matter right.
Sometimes you get it wrong and it's a good thing
(04:50):
because you know, terrible weather that could have caused some
real damage didn't end up happening. We'll keep you updated
throughout the morning on that. But yeah, it sounds like
any anything falling from the grind is going to be
a little bit later on once the sun comes up
and could be short lived. And also some rain a
little bit later in the afternoon, and at that point
looks like we will be above freezing temperature. So again
(05:10):
we'll keep you updated throughout the morning. We've got the
full crew here today. You heard Scott Fitzgerald, I'm Nick Coffee.
Our national champion John Alden's in the house. He sounds
like a national champion. You heard those pipes he officially stitched. Jersey.
Josh Shannon also alongside, and we got a response last night.
Yet last week we heard about the plan from doctor
(05:32):
Brian Yearwood at JCPS, and yesterday we heard what with
the board and what some principles and teachers think of it.
We'll talk about that next right here, it's News Radio
eight forty Whas So, the JCPS board accepted a draft
budget last night at a meeting. There was one hundred
and forty two million dollars in cuts proposed last week
(05:52):
by Superintendent doctor Brian Yearwood. And obviously, as you likely know,
there was some pushback, so the plan was revised and
that the changes that mental mental health practitioners are that
that that's that's the shift here. So obviously teachers and
staff they rallied and last night you could see that
(06:14):
they wore I think it was the mint. Yeah, they
were green. I thought it was green. I just want to
make sure I did to get that wrong. But it's
the mental health awareness color, and of course just trying
to emphasize how important mental health is in classrooms. So UH,
that is where Vice vice Chairman James Craig introduced the
motion to preserve mental health practitioners and revert to cutting
instructional coaches. So that motion passed five to two, reversing
(06:37):
the initial plan by doctor Yearwood. So that's that's really
the only big change. But the board did finalize the
closure of King Elementary UH and Zachary Taylor Elementary, and
not surprising, there were people there opposed to that, families
from both schools letting it be known that they they
didn't want to see that happen. But here here's just
(06:58):
a breakdown of of the numbers. Forty four million dollars
is being cut from Central Office, forty one million is
being cut from the school budget funds, and that's not
directly tied to instruction. And then you've got union negotiations
that is apparently going to cut thirty million dollars, thirteen
million in operation and transportation, nine million in contract and subscriptions,
(07:22):
and five million in facilities and underutilized assets. So again
eighty percent of the cuts come from central office supplemental
programs and the union contract changes. So principles last night.
They raised concerns at this meeting about a variety of things,
including how they were not consulted in these decisions. So
(07:47):
they also wanted it to be known that regardless of
how it's being labeled, students or classrooms essentially are going
to be impacted. This is not just cuts being made
that is going to be only at the at the
high level in that central office. So I'll let you
(08:07):
hear a little bit of a back and forth between
doctor Brian Yearwood and I believe a principle here, and
obviously the closing of the elementary schools. Nobody wants that
to happen, but certainly things you're going to have to
make decisions. And you heard doctor Brian Hewood a little
bit here sort of emphasize that, and I'll just let
you hear it from here. I'll let you hear it
(08:28):
for yourself from him rack that they were able to
defeat the security mechanisms. Well, that's not the right sound.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Whoop.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
See here we go.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
When you talk about closing King Elementary, not only is
there a food desert in that area, and now we're
getting ready to create a school desert because there will
be no elementary school in the shiny area. And when
I look at these numbers, I cannot justify Zacharytaylor and
(09:01):
King biting the bully this.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
And I feel your passion.
Speaker 6 (09:05):
I you know, if I were in your shoes out
and be making the same decision. You know, I, like
I told said, I don't envy you for that, but
I'm handed this, given this hand, and I've got to
move on it. If not again, the narrative is going
to be well, doctorjou knew about the deficit. He knew
about this. I needed nothing about it. That's gonna be
(09:27):
what it's gonna be said.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
When you talk about so I shouldn't be surprised at all,
because that's just what comes with this stuff. As far
as just how people choose to react, but we should
not lose sight that this guy, doctor brad yearwould He
didn't cause any of this. He literally showed up and
the mess was already made. In fact, the mess was
(09:51):
worse than he knew it was when he took the job.
And any decision he's making here to trim one hundred
and forty plus million dollars is going to lead to
countless pushback about certain things within the school system that
certain people, certain families, maybe certain schools they view as
(10:11):
a real necessity. But hey, he got to cut one
hundred and forty plus million dollars. It's got to come
from somewhere. So, as I've said many times, I do
not envy his position at all. All right, let's see
how the roadways are looking as we get this Wednesday
morning started at news Radio eight forty whas. We'll also
get an update on the forecast for the day. Right now,
it is twenty seven degrees feels like twenty at five
(10:33):
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a news update. We've also got John Alden back. Did
you sleep at all on Monday night?
Speaker 7 (11:36):
It's funny I was. I was on social media late
after the championship game, not for the after, the the
entirety of it, but like into the wee hours of
the morning. There was a point where I realized, if
I had to be here yesterday, I would have only
gotten maybe an hour and a half two hours of sleep.
So I was very thankful that I took off yesterday. Yeah,
but it was it was an unbelievable experience.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Well, you just said the word experience. You got to
experience your team winning a national championship in any sport,
at really any level. That's awesome. It's something that sports
fans will cherish. But it being your Indiana Hoosiers doing
it in football, it certainly makes it just different. I
don't I can't think of a comparison as far as
(12:20):
a team unexpectedly winning it all in a short amount
of It's just something unheard of.
Speaker 7 (12:26):
The only thing that I heard, and I was not
a live for this, but I heard an analyst say
that it reminded them of the miracle on ice back
whenever the US defeated Russia and the semi finals and
then won the entire thing. They said, that's really the
only thing, and they could think of that even comes
close to this because of the history of being the
losingest program in football of all time to winning the
(12:47):
national championship. I mean, we've heard people reiterated a million
times now over the last twenty four to forty eight hours,
and then even a lot before then. It's still hard
for it to kind of sink in, yeah, and here
and everybody make all these comparison, not comparisons, but say like, oh,
this is going to be a movie someday. It really
does kind of feel like, as a fan, I'm living
a movie, if that makes sense. It sounds kind of corny.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Look, there's parts of this that that I guess some
would call it corny, but it's just it's too perfect
to not absolutely to not just kind of stop you
on your tracks and think, is this real? This? This
is the this is a I think it was Dave
Portenoy of Barstol Sports, So I heard say this yesterday.
I think he's right. When this is made to a
movie and it is completely laid out the way it
(13:32):
completely happened in real life, those who didn't know anything
about it would say, yeah, well, clearly they're just doctoring
it up for the movie. No, this is really the
way I mean to see Carson Beckla not Carson Beck.
He threw the interception that was fitting in the movie
as nobody woul doubt if that was real or not,
the interception that that cost them the game, which, by
the way, did you hear this stat that I shared yesterday?
(13:54):
This is crazy. Carson Beck only lost six games in
his entire time as a college football starting quarterback. In
four of those six games, those games ended with him
throwing an interception. Oh my god, on the last play
on the last drive where they could have won the game.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
Mister unclutch.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
I mean, it's crazy. But anyways, Portnoy said this that
you know, when it comes to just the the details
of it, like it would, it's almost stuff that like
there's an element here, in an element there that if
you watched it in a movie, you would say, come on,
they're really forcing it here because this is not realistic.
The fact that Mendoza is scrambling, putting his body on
(14:32):
the line, seemingly his life on the line against the
Miami defense, diving in for a touchdown. He's from Miami,
got rejected to walk on at Miami. He's doing it
in a program that he joined that was the losingest
program in the history of high level college football before
the head coach arrived, and his mother can't stand in
(14:54):
the stands because she's battling ms. I mean, it's it's insane.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
Yeah, there's too many elements of it that make it
seem like something would be embellished at some point. But
it was that that play that you just described in
the moment, it was so intense, Like the excitement of
it was was so fun. But the amount of times
that I've replayed that fourth and five or whatever it
was that ended up being the most important touchdown and
really played the entire season. I didn't get emotional really
(15:20):
during the gaming. I did, but like I didn't cry
or anything. But for some reason, watching the replay of
that and hearing Chris Fowler the way that he announced
it during the game, the more. There was a time
yesterday where I watched it so many times that it
did make me a little emotionals, Like everything just seemed
so perfect with whatever that the way that play lined up,
(15:40):
and then of course we have the result end up
being what it was, it makes it that much more special.
But that that play of course will be you know,
remembered forever.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
When you think back on this game. I think that's
the play you'll probably think of, right for sure.
Speaker 7 (15:52):
I texted people even that was with nine minutes left.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
This sad.
Speaker 7 (15:55):
I think that's it right there. Yeah, I think that's
gonna be what gets it for.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
And I mean even just the call at that moment,
the trust in what you do as you're as a
head coach, and then the way in which he didn't
just convert, he went and scored in the fashion that
he did. I mean it just it signifies sort of
what this whole thing is. It's a group of guys who,
to quote one of the linemen yesterday in the postgame
(16:18):
press conference or I guess Monday night. You know, this
is just guys who show up, put their head down
and go to work, and they got a good guy
leading them. You can see that they are a reflection
of Signetti and just a great story. And I think
when college sports turned to pro sports, which it did,
we need we needed a team to do it the
way Indiana did it. And you know, right now you've
(16:40):
got people lining up to get in line at nine o'clock.
When you effectively can get in line at Dick Sporting
Goods in Bloomington, because only two hundred and fifty people
are going to be able to get an autograph of Mendoza,
and they'll be probably thirty times the people they thirty
times the amount of people that they allow in. We'll
(17:01):
be waiting to get in because that's just what this is.
It's a reminder of what makes college sports great. And yeah,
he was only there for a year, but college sports
is just different. And Indiana huge fan base that has
been brought to life as a football powerhouse fan base,
which is again something when you say it out loud,
it just in a way that's not real, is it? It
is real? So congrats to you, my friend. You are
(17:23):
I mean, you didn't you didn't score any touchdowns, but
you had an impact. You were supporting them. Good stuff.
All right, let's get to a quick time out. We'll
check on traffic and weather. Currently we're looking at twenty
nine degrees feels like twenty one. Gonna warm up a
little bit later, but we could see some snow, some
wintery mix. We'll get the details right now. From Suzanne
Horgan of WLKY, Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, it is
(17:45):
coffee and company with you here in news Radio eight
forty whas we are fueled by Thornton's here on this
Wednesday morning, and we are now joined by Rory O'Neill,
Rory Donald Trump. He's promoting an America First economic agenda.
What can you tell us about this pitch from Trump
after he spoke spoke recently here at DEVO, his Devo's speeches.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yeah, so Davos, that big speech is coming up in
a few hours. You know, he arrived late to Switzerland,
was arriving late to Yeah, because he is. His plane
broke down, so I had to go back and get
another plane. So that's complicated everything. But yeah, it's a
big speech, and actually we expect a lot of domestic
policy to be announced, you know, that controversial stuff and
(18:28):
the way that a lot of Europeans are upset and
the leaders over the US stance with Greenland. A lot
of that's going to happen away from the microphones. So
we'll have to see exactly how this goes. Even the
President said this meeting, the two day trip is quote interesting,
So we'll see how that goes. It should be fascinating.
But yeah, we're also expected to hear about affordability here
(18:51):
in the US and more details, not too manymore, but
some more details on this idea that maybe you could
use your four oh one K to help by.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
So when it comes to the government shutdown that could
be happening, I guess there's a possibility of one. Is
that something folks should at this point be worried about actually.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Be a little bit encouraged. And boy, we don't say
that very much, but Congress may be getting attack together
this time around because there is not an appetite for
a government shutdown at this point, right We just went
through the longest one on record, and I don't think
there's a lot of patience these days. So in Congress,
the House has been making a lot of significant progress.
By the way, there is another healthcare bill working its
(19:34):
way through, not the one the president wants, but some
goodies attached to it. So yeah, they're getting some work
done now. The Senate is still out of session. They'll
come back in a couple of days and then we'll
see if they can meet the deadline, which is the
end of the month.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Roy O and Neils Arguesty joins us here at News
Radio eight forty Whas, We've got a new report that
ranks the best and worst states for drivers in twenty
twenty six. Who's feeling good about their driving ability and
who's feeling like they need to make some real improvement. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
So this survey from wallet hub looks at the cost
of owning and maintaining a car. What's the traffic light
in that state, what's the safety ranking? What about your
ability to find car lots and dealerships, repair shops, even
car washes, So sort of a little bit of everything,
And I guess the message is, Kentucky, you can do better.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Okay, Hey, the biggest room in the world's room for improvement.
Rory right now there.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
It is, coming in number thirty on the survey, all
the numbers sort of right there, hovering around in the middle.
You don't do as well when it comes to access
to vehicles and maintenance numbers. Best in the country is Vermont,
followed by Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Indiana. Well, you only
got Ben and Jerry driving who all does a car,
(20:49):
And Hawaii is actually the worst on the list because
everything's so expensive there.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Yeah, I mean I wouldn't have considered the access to
body shops dealers, ships, that kind of stuff. But hey,
it certainly falls within the within the you know, underneath
the umbrella of having a vehicle, maintaining it and of
course driving. I imagine, uh, the the traffic issues. Obviously
that's got to be a factor too here, right.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Yeah, So they took a look at the traffic and
infrastructure with the condition of roads and bridges, things like that.
I did. The colder states would tend to do worse,
but Vermont scored pretty well in here. So yeah, other
states at the bottom, Washington State, Montana. California is near
the bottom because of it's you know, the famous notorious
(21:35):
traffic jams there. Maryland and Colorado are also in the
mix near the bottom. Georgia's got bad traffic, but they
rank eleventh best.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
So there you go, Rory. Last question for you in
your in your career. I know you've covered a lot
of things in the industry, been a lot of places,
and you.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Want to send me to Javo, Switzerland. I'll get on
a plan right now.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
No I'm not, I'm not I'm not sending you there,
but I was gonna ask where have you experienced the
worst traffic.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Ever in the know anywhere. Okay, Well, you know what
gets weird when you're in Asia everyone's on a scooter?
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Yeah that could cost.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Yeah, you get that whole thing where it's just a
mess and it's like a family of four is riding
one little best I'm not kidding.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Uh yeah, no, it's a distraction among many issues.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah that yeah, that's just like what are you people doing?
Sort of a thing is my my experience in Asia.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Yeah that sounds bad. Again, it's not just if we're
not used to seeing it, and you see that that
could certainly.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
I'm looking at you Vietnam. Uh yeah, that was that
was the rough one.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Rory is always we appreciate your time, my friend, enjoy
your day. We'll talk tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Thanks, Nick, talk to you then.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
He is Rory O'Neal, NBC News. Yeah. I can imagine
seeing something that you don't see every day when you're
driving a vehicle and you've got folks out there on
a on a on a scooter and they've got two
toddlers just hanging on for dear life on the back.
Just just another day for them, not not necessarily the
case in most places. All right, let's get to a
traffic and weather update, also what I'm going to do
(23:05):
here coming on the other side. We've got some NTI
and some school closings that have just come in. We'll
get the details and share that with you in just
a moment here at news Radio eight forty whas
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