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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is seven oh five here on a Wednesday morning,
coffee in company with you on whose Radio eight forty
whas take us with you wherever you're going, whatever you're doing.
You can always listen live on the iHeartRadio app. You
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I will recommend this as well, because I was telling
my stepdad on how he can he can tune in
(00:21):
whenever he's out, when he's out working in his garage,
because this is just something I'd never even I mean,
I'm aware that you could do it, I just hadn't
thought of it.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
But he has a big.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
TV out in his garage, as a lot of men do, right,
And he's got a Roku and you can download the
Ahart Radio app on the Roku and listen to us
live there. So if you've got a connection, some type
of connectivity, you can find us, and we hope you
do exactly that, all right. So, in my first few
months in the big chair here on WHAS crime, violent
(00:54):
crime I should say that involves juveniles that are either
the victims of violent crime or the perpetrators. That has
been a big talking point, probably one of the most
talked about things, just because it's clearly an issue, and
I feel like, thankfully, it's still something that does stand
out differently than any other crime. If it's a child
that is the victim of violent crime or that is
(01:14):
involved in it, it's still I think society still realizes
that's not something that's impossible, but it's alarming. It's not
good to say the least. Let me just give you
four recent stories in the last four days. I believe
it is teen killed, eighteen year old charged with murder
after triple shooting in Valley Station. Third juvenile charged in
(01:36):
deadly June shooting in Louisll's Newburg neighborhood. Police charge second
teenager with February murder at louisvill Park. Louisville police arrests
thirteen year old for allegedly assaulting elderly woman on her porch.
Those are four different stories in roughly four days. And
I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know
that the violent crime with juveniles is a real issue.
But what I really something's got to give when it
(01:58):
comes to opening a juvenile detention center here in Louisville.
I mean, it's been closed for quite some time and
makes total sense that lawmakers are saying that the projected
twenty twenty seven completion date is really unacceptable as youth
gun violence continues to be a major issue. And I mean,
(02:23):
if you really look into it, that no one at
the state level is telling you that it's not appri
that that it's not needed. Because it's clearly needed. However,
there needs to be submergency, I would say, right, I mean,
it's not really a debate about is it needed. It's
it's state officials needing to get the ball rolling. And
(02:47):
I won't pretend to know any of the steps in
that process to you know, as I mentioned, get the
ball rolling here. But having a juvenile detention center here
in Louisville can only help, right. I can't predict the future,
but I don't see a scenario where this would be
harmful in any way, and I don't think anybody would
with a straight face try to make that argument. But
(03:08):
what's happening now is, yeah, if you commit some of
these crimes, the ones I just referenced, where you're being
charged in a deadly shooting, you're being locked up. But
things that aren't nearly that severe but yet still a crime,
still maybe somewhat violent or maybe getting close to the
line of being violent. Those things are happening, and these
(03:28):
kids are being let are being picked up, and they're
just back out doing god knows what. So I just
think currently the way things are, we've got a cycle
I think in place here to where in every kid's
situation I'm sure is different, But I would not be
shocked at all if a lot of these children that
(03:49):
are living this lifestyle of violent crime, they clearly don't
have well I shouldn't say that. Maybe some of them
do have parents that are trying their best. They just
they they cannot control their kid. Their kid is going
to live their life the way they want and they
have no control.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
And you know what, I bet if some of those.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Parents who are in that situation right, they're trying their best,
They're doing everything they can to keep their kids from
being exposed to that lifestyle, but they can't do it.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
On their own.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
They probably prefer their child be in a juvenile detention
center then be running the street and you wake up
every day not knowing if they're going to be dead
or alive. But those that don't have good parental figures,
good guidance in their home. They may have found for
the first time in their lives, acceptance, a purpose, feel
(04:38):
like they belong to something, and it could be a
violent gang. And if you don't think gangs are using
this to their advantage, you're foolish. Well wouldn't they, right
the system set up for them. Oh yeah, we can
have these young, naive kids who really probably know better,
but they they're still team they're still children, so they
don't quite comprehend that they're putting their life on the
(04:59):
line to to do these things. But we make them
feel important, so they'll do it. I mean, we're setting
it up to become a more violent city without there
being some level of and not to say that if
we have a juvenile, attention centered Wolve is going to
become the safest city in the world. Trust me, it's
not that easy. But clearly something's got to give. Right
So again, right now, it just comes down to when
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does it get started. When are they going to actually
start working on this project, because I mean, lawmakers, I
think are right that the completion date of twenty twenty
seven is just not acceptable when you look at where
things are headed. All right, we're going to head to
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With us right here on news Radio eight forty.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Whas, if we're being honest, professional athletes, they're not relatable
to the common man or woman, really, right, I mean
being able to make a living playing a sport that
you love and at the highest level, make not just
a living, but make a lot of money, be famous.
(06:08):
Not many can relate to that, right, So when we
see these professional athletes seem relatable with something that they experience,
just like you experience, I find that to be interesting.
And we have an NFL player who had something happened
to him that I'm sure many parents have had happen
at some point, especially if you've got younger kids in
(06:29):
this new world of where they all have iPads, tablets
and screen time is at a maximum. So Hunter renfro
is a former Clemson receiver and he's now playing for
the Carolina Panthers. But he ended up missing a bunch
of calls about a job offer, so he was cut
(06:52):
and then I guess signed to the practice squad. But Anyways,
he almost missed out on his NFL return because his daughter,
she ignored he ten phone calls from the brass within
the Carolina Panthers organization while she was busy doing something
really important that was more important than her dad maintaining
a career in the NFL. She was watching Blueie. So
(07:14):
the calls came from Panthers GM Dan Morgan and head
coach Dan Canalis and Renfro's agent, all trying to finalize
his re signing. Now, he'd been cut from the team
when they trimmed that roster to fifty three, but was
brought back after a trade and an injury opened to spot.
So again it's not he's actually now with the team
on the fifty three man roster. So they made some
room for him, and they were probably really really excited
to tell him, Hey, don't get your head down. Not
(07:36):
only we bringing you back, we're not just going to
put you on the practice squad. We've made some moves,
some transaction to get you on the fifty three man
roster because that's how much we we appreciate you and
we value you. And they called ten times only to
get only to be denied, probably hitting that hater button,
because again, she's doing more important things. She's watching Blueie.
(07:57):
I have not had that type of thing happen to
me just yet, but I'm sure many parents or maybe
even grandparents listening have handed over the phone or the
tablet to I mean, I guess it would have to
be your phone if you're going to get a phone
call on your direct number, but you've handed it over
just to keep them quiet, maybe just to entertain them,
and they don't. They don't care who's calling. I mean,
(08:19):
I guess it depends upon the age. But and I
don't know the age of his daughter, but I have
I've yet to and I'm hoping that I never do.
But my wife, I don't want to say she made
a mistake because I guess I'm happy that it's her,
not me, to be honest with you, But I've never
made it to where my kids feel like if they're bored,
(08:39):
they can be on my phone. I've always had the
paranoia of them doing something where they end up posting
something that God forbid, you know, could never be posted.
And with social media being a component in what we do, it,
I mean, it could ruin my life, right, I mean,
not to say that, like there's things about me that
if people found out, I would be ruined. But I
(09:00):
mean they could just end up, you know, typing something
that somebody found offensive because they're just hitting buttons trying
to get back to Blueye rather than being on Twitter
or something like that. So again it's more paranoid than anything.
But I mean my wife, I think she's had work
emails sent from her email on her phone because my
daughter was just pushing stuff, trying to get back to
(09:23):
what was important, which was probably watching something like Blueie
or you know, something like that. So it happens to
not just you, it happens to professional athletes as well. John,
You're not there yet. You're a little one. She's not
grabbing devices just yet, not quite, but she'll be there
at some point. And finding the balance is what I
think most parents probably are trying to juggle, if you
(09:44):
even think about it at all, because yeah, there's things
you could benefit from your kids being on devices, tablets
where they can learn things, they can teach themselves things,
and yes they can entertain themselves and you don't have
to do it quite as much. But also finding that
balance again because you can't do it too much. But
when it's convenient, it's hard to just you know, it's
(10:07):
hard to say, hey, no, no more tablet time.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
No, that's one thing that they're being punished.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
But like a lot of kids, they just you know,
they probably keep to themselves and stay busy. And you
know with that that that you know, out of sight,
out of mind. But the amount of screen time a
lot of kids have this day and age, I can't
assume that it's that it's a good thing. I will
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on what you're reading about the current market. Obviously, interest
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if you really have someone on your side that you
can trust, that can really tell you everything you need
to know throughout this process, you may realize now is
a perfect time to buy a home, or maybe the
perfect time to sell a home, because you could really
when it comes to selling your home, you could really
(10:53):
cash in on the current value that your home has
because of what the market is. And I can tell
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That's how you deliver.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
A newscash, John Shennon, Well done, sir. It is seven
thirty five here at Kentucky and it's Morning News Coffee
and Company.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
That's us.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
We've got the full crew here today as we are
up and running on a Wednesday. The ding dong ditching
story out of Texas, of course turned tragic, and that's
been a national story since it became a story, and
it'll it'll probably stay that way just because there will
be many that ask, hey, is this something that this
(12:07):
guy you know? Should he be charged with murder? Did
he have justification to think that maybe he was in danger?
And I don't necessarily want to get into that today,
but what I think is super important to know in
this entire situation is.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Ding dong ditching.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Let me just take you back in my time, and
by the way, for those who don't know the story,
eleven year old in Texas was fatally shot during a
ding dong ditch prank and a forty two year old
shot him and has since been charged with murder. And
obviously that's a big story, and there's ding dong ditching
and in my youth when I heard people mention that,
(12:50):
And my mom may be listening now, so I'll let
her know I did participate, and and here's what I did.
I didn't have the stones, I was chicken, but me
and a few buddies. It was I don't know, middle
of the afternoon on a Saturday, maybe I don't think
it was either it was school wasn't in, But nonetheless,
we just decided to go ring the doorbell at somebody's
(13:13):
house that lived like down the street, and the payoff
for us was them opening the door, looking around and
then realizing nobody's there. We got them. It is amazing
what we were. We said we didn't have the tablets
back then. That's what we did to amuse ourselves. So
that's not something we should have done, and it's really stupid.
I don't know why we enjoyed it, and the person
(13:34):
who we did it to, I'm pretty sure knew we
were doing it and kind of played along. So that's
what I think of when I think of ding Dong ditch.
That is not the same thing as what is allegedly
happening across the country where kids teenagers are doing the
door kick challenge where they walk up to the door
and kick it as hard as can be. Maybe some
of them their goal is to actually break the door
(13:57):
open and then run. I don't know, but that is
a totally different thing. So when I hear people mention
ding dong ditching leading to somebody getting shot. I mean,
I think back to it being still stupid and something
you shouldn't do, because again, you just never know whose
door you're gonna you know who's gonna be at that
door and what they may do. So I think that's
(14:19):
an important distinction as far as what took place in Houston. Again,
the louisvill connection here is is a story wk why
or a Louisville residents has shared that they were around
two hundred teens that left a house party recently running
through yards near her home and ended up kicking her door,
violently kicking her door, leading one thousand dollars in damages.
(14:42):
And of course since then, this woman is fearful of
something like that happening again. And even if it happened
twice and you knew it was neighborhood knuckleheads, I still
think you would have part of you that says, I'm
not taking that risk. I'm gonna you know, maybe it's
not them, Maybe it is somebody that's trying to pull
off a home invasion. Do I need to go grab
(15:02):
my firearm or whatever it may be. But I think
those things are are very much different So John, let's
say you are at home with your lovely wife, baby Daisy.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
And it's ten fifteen. You're in bed because you got
to get up early, like it's true fifteen.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
And let's say your wife Alicia, she's she's up feeding
the baby, about to call it a night, but you've
been in bed for for you know, thirty forty minutes
whatever it may be, and you wake up because you
hear something that is not a knock, but it's it's
it's clearly like a loud boom. I mean, I don't
think anybody truly knows exactly what they would do in
that moment, but I mean, I think we would all
(15:43):
assume that this is like, this is not good, right,
like you would have I mean, I just don't think
you could be in a situation that it wouldn't inject
some level of fear in you.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Right. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
So I keep a metal bat near our bedside, and
my heart be.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Coming towards the all in residence. He's got his metal bat.
It hits you up side there.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
So I don't know, I don't really know how I
would react. I know, if I heard a loud thump,
i'd probably grab the bat and try to slowly work
my way towards the living room. We don't have a
big house by any means, but hopefully it wouldn't sound
like somebody actually breaking in. But I definitely i'd make
my way towards the front and I'd probably eventually figure
out that nothing was there. We have one of those,
I guess ring cameras. It's not a ring brand, but
(16:20):
it's one of those where you can see who's at
the doorbell. That actually would probably be the smartest thing
to do. Let check that before I even leave, to
see if anybody's at the front door, and then go
from there.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Yeah, I just and don't We have one of those,
but the battery's dead. But those are really valuable in
a lot of ways now and most I feel like
a lot of I don't know how many people have them,
but they become I think they've become more and more
common over the years for good reason. So I just
if you are trying to get through to your kids,
who am I to give you parenting advice? It's it's
(16:50):
a challenge for me every day, like it is everybody else.
But I would just try to and I don't have
to worry about this just yet. But if my son
was older and he was participating in any of this,
I mean, first well, it be something he'd be reprimanded
for in a major way.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
He'd be punished.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
But to just try to get through to them take
away the punishment, but just try to get through to
him about why he shouldn't do this. Is just to say,
you doing that might get a laugh out of you
and your buddies, and you could talk about it on
the school bus tomorrow. But somebody may be in fear
for their safety, for the livelihood of themselves and their family,
their children, to where they take action without even really
(17:29):
thinking because they're scared. I mean that that I think
that should then scare a kid from knowing what they're
getting into, right, I mean I don't know, just doing
if you ring the doorbell and then you know, walk
away and then wait for somebody to come out and say, hey, gotcha,
I mean you still shouldn't do that. That's stupid, that's rude,
that's in you know, it's inconsiderate. But that, to me
(17:51):
is what I think of ding dong ditching. Maybe not
sticking around to say to say hello, but when you
kick somebody's door.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
And damage it, or just kick it as hard as
you can and run off.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I mean, you were really opening up a door where
you have no clue what's coming outside of that door. Literally,
I mean no pun intended. I mean you're you're opening
up a can of worms. I guess that's a better
way to put it as far as just the different
reactions you could get from people. And it's just stupid.
But hey, kids do stupid stuff. Now we just have
(18:22):
the Internet and these challenges where we really learn how
stupid kids can be. I'm sure we were just as
stupid when we were kids. I don't know, maybe not,
who knows. All right, we've got another update of traving
weather coming your way right here right now on New's Radio.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Eight forty WHS.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
We've got mostly cloudy skies currently and looks like it's
going to be another beautiful day. And I tell you what,
Mother Nature's been good to us as of late. And
yesterday where I reside, we got some I thought it
was unexpected, but again maybe I just wasn't paying close
enough attention, but we got some pretty good rain. But
it was actually rain, and I felt like we kind
of needed and it did. It did call off football
(18:57):
practice for my little one, but we have I feel
like we're coming up on about two weeks time here
where we've just been really, really fortunate with some beautiful
weather and I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna ride it out
as long as we as we possibly can. All Right,
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It is seven oh five here on a Wednesday morning,
coffee in company with you on whose Radio eight forty
whas take us with you wherever you're going, whatever you're doing.
You can always listen live on the iHeartRadio app. You
can also check us out at whas dot com. And
I will recommend this as well, because I was telling
my stepdad on how he can he can tune in
(00:21):
whenever he's out, when he's out working in his garage,
because this is just something I'd never even I mean,
I'm aware that you could do it, I just hadn't
thought of it.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
But he has a big.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
TV out in his garage, as a lot of men do, right,
And he's got a Roku and you can download the
Ahart Radio app on the Roku and listen to us
live there. So if you've got a connection, some type
of connectivity, you can find us, and we hope you
do exactly that, all right. So, in my first few
months in the big chair here on WHAS crime, violent
(00:54):
crime I should say that involves juveniles that are either
the victims of violent crime or the perpetrators. That has
been a big talking point, probably one of the most
talked about things, just because it's clearly an issue, and
I feel like, thankfully, it's still something that does stand
out differently than any other crime. If it's a child
that is the victim of violent crime or that is
(01:14):
involved in it, it's still I think society still realizes
that's not something that's impossible, but it's alarming. It's not
good to say the least. Let me just give you
four recent stories in the last four days. I believe
it is teen killed, eighteen year old charged with murder
after triple shooting in Valley Station. Third juvenile charged in
(01:36):
deadly June shooting in Louisll's Newburg neighborhood. Police charge second
teenager with February murder at louisvill Park. Louisville police arrests
thirteen year old for allegedly assaulting elderly woman on her porch.
Those are four different stories in roughly four days. And
I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know
that the violent crime with juveniles is a real issue.
But what I really something's got to give when it
(01:58):
comes to opening a juvenile detention center here in Louisville.
I mean, it's been closed for quite some time and
makes total sense that lawmakers are saying that the projected
twenty twenty seven completion date is really unacceptable as youth
gun violence continues to be a major issue. And I mean,
(02:23):
if you really look into it, that no one at
the state level is telling you that it's not appri
that that it's not needed. Because it's clearly needed. However,
there needs to be submergency, I would say, right, I mean,
it's not really a debate about is it needed. It's
it's state officials needing to get the ball rolling. And
(02:47):
I won't pretend to know any of the steps in
that process to you know, as I mentioned, get the
ball rolling here. But having a juvenile detention center here
in Louisville can only help, right. I can't predict the future,
but I don't see a scenario where this would be
harmful in any way, and I don't think anybody would
with a straight face try to make that argument. But
(03:08):
what's happening now is, yeah, if you commit some of
these crimes, the ones I just referenced, where you're being
charged in a deadly shooting, you're being locked up. But
things that aren't nearly that severe but yet still a crime,
still maybe somewhat violent or maybe getting close to the
line of being violent. Those things are happening, and these
(03:28):
kids are being let are being picked up, and they're
just back out doing god knows what. So I just
think currently the way things are, we've got a cycle
I think in place here to where in every kid's
situation I'm sure is different, But I would not be
shocked at all if a lot of these children that
(03:49):
are living this lifestyle of violent crime, they clearly don't
have well I shouldn't say that. Maybe some of them
do have parents that are trying their best. They just
they they cannot control their kid. Their kid is going
to live their life the way they want and they
have no control.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
And you know what, I bet if some of those.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Parents who are in that situation right, they're trying their best,
They're doing everything they can to keep their kids from
being exposed to that lifestyle, but they can't do it.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
On their own.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
They probably prefer their child be in a juvenile detention
center then be running the street and you wake up
every day not knowing if they're going to be dead
or alive. But those that don't have good parental figures,
good guidance in their home. They may have found for
the first time in their lives, acceptance, a purpose, feel
(04:38):
like they belong to something, and it could be a
violent gang. And if you don't think gangs are using
this to their advantage, you're foolish. Well wouldn't they, right
the system set up for them. Oh yeah, we can
have these young, naive kids who really probably know better,
but they they're still team they're still children, so they
don't quite comprehend that they're putting their life on the
(04:59):
line to to do these things. But we make them
feel important, so they'll do it. I mean, we're setting
it up to become a more violent city without there
being some level of and not to say that if
we have a juvenile, attention centered Wolve is going to
become the safest city in the world. Trust me, it's
not that easy. But clearly something's got to give. Right
So again, right now, it just comes down to when
(05:22):
does it get started. When are they going to actually
start working on this project, because I mean, lawmakers, I
think are right that the completion date of twenty twenty
seven is just not acceptable when you look at where
things are headed. All right, we're going to head to
a quick break and get you caught up on the weather,
get you caught up on the roadways. Bobby Ableson, tell
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us how traffic's looking out there, and hope you stick.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
With us right here on news Radio eight forty.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Whas, if we're being honest, professional athletes, they're not relatable
to the common man or woman, really, right, I mean
being able to make a living playing a sport that
you love and at the highest level, make not just
a living, but make a lot of money, be famous.
(06:08):
Not many can relate to that, right, So when we
see these professional athletes seem relatable with something that they experience,
just like you experience, I find that to be interesting.
And we have an NFL player who had something happened
to him that I'm sure many parents have had happen
at some point, especially if you've got younger kids in
(06:29):
this new world of where they all have iPads, tablets
and screen time is at a maximum. So Hunter renfro
is a former Clemson receiver and he's now playing for
the Carolina Panthers. But he ended up missing a bunch
of calls about a job offer, so he was cut
(06:52):
and then I guess signed to the practice squad. But Anyways,
he almost missed out on his NFL return because his daughter,
she ignored he ten phone calls from the brass within
the Carolina Panthers organization while she was busy doing something
really important that was more important than her dad maintaining
a career in the NFL. She was watching Blueie. So
(07:14):
the calls came from Panthers GM Dan Morgan and head
coach Dan Canalis and Renfro's agent, all trying to finalize
his re signing. Now, he'd been cut from the team
when they trimmed that roster to fifty three, but was
brought back after a trade and an injury opened to spot.
So again it's not he's actually now with the team
on the fifty three man roster. So they made some
room for him, and they were probably really really excited
to tell him, Hey, don't get your head down. Not
(07:36):
only we bringing you back, we're not just going to
put you on the practice squad. We've made some moves,
some transaction to get you on the fifty three man
roster because that's how much we we appreciate you and
we value you. And they called ten times only to
get only to be denied, probably hitting that hater button,
because again, she's doing more important things. She's watching Blueie.
(07:57):
I have not had that type of thing happen to
me just yet, but I'm sure many parents or maybe
even grandparents listening have handed over the phone or the
tablet to I mean, I guess it would have to
be your phone if you're going to get a phone
call on your direct number, but you've handed it over
just to keep them quiet, maybe just to entertain them,
and they don't. They don't care who's calling. I mean,
(08:19):
I guess it depends upon the age. But and I
don't know the age of his daughter, but I have
I've yet to and I'm hoping that I never do.
But my wife, I don't want to say she made
a mistake because I guess I'm happy that it's her,
not me, to be honest with you, But I've never
made it to where my kids feel like if they're bored,
(08:39):
they can be on my phone. I've always had the
paranoia of them doing something where they end up posting
something that God forbid, you know, could never be posted.
And with social media being a component in what we do, it,
I mean, it could ruin my life, right, I mean,
not to say that, like there's things about me that
if people found out, I would be ruined. But I
(09:00):
mean they could just end up, you know, typing something
that somebody found offensive because they're just hitting buttons trying
to get back to Blueye rather than being on Twitter
or something like that. So again it's more paranoid than anything.
But I mean my wife, I think she's had work
emails sent from her email on her phone because my
daughter was just pushing stuff, trying to get back to
(09:23):
what was important, which was probably watching something like Blueie
or you know, something like that. So it happens to
not just you, it happens to professional athletes as well. John,
You're not there yet. You're a little one. She's not
grabbing devices just yet, not quite, but she'll be there
at some point. And finding the balance is what I
think most parents probably are trying to juggle, if you
(09:44):
even think about it at all, because yeah, there's things
you could benefit from your kids being on devices, tablets
where they can learn things, they can teach themselves things,
and yes they can entertain themselves and you don't have
to do it quite as much. But also finding that
balance again because you can't do it too much. But
when it's convenient, it's hard to just you know, it's
(10:07):
hard to say, hey, no, no more tablet time.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
No, that's one thing that they're being punished.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
But like a lot of kids, they just you know,
they probably keep to themselves and stay busy. And you
know with that that that you know, out of sight,
out of mind. But the amount of screen time a
lot of kids have this day and age, I can't
assume that it's that it's a good thing. I will
tell you about a good thing, and that is my
friend Bob Sicoler with the Secolar team at Remax Properties East.
I'm telling you right now, don't make decisions based solely
(10:32):
on what you're reading about the current market. Obviously, interest
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if you really have someone on your side that you
can trust, that can really tell you everything you need
to know throughout this process, you may realize now is
a perfect time to buy a home, or maybe the
perfect time to sell a home, because you could really
when it comes to selling your home, you could really
(10:53):
cash in on the current value that your home has
because of what the market is. And I can tell
you there's nobody that can help you out with that
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Speaker 2 (11:39):
That's how you deliver.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
A newscash, John Shennon, Well done, sir. It is seven
thirty five here at Kentucky and it's Morning News Coffee
and Company.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
That's us.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
We've got the full crew here today as we are
up and running on a Wednesday. The ding dong ditching
story out of Texas, of course turned tragic, and that's
been a national story since it became a story, and
it'll it'll probably stay that way just because there will
be many that ask, hey, is this something that this
(12:07):
guy you know? Should he be charged with murder? Did
he have justification to think that maybe he was in danger?
And I don't necessarily want to get into that today,
but what I think is super important to know in
this entire situation is.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Ding dong ditching.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Let me just take you back in my time, and
by the way, for those who don't know the story,
eleven year old in Texas was fatally shot during a
ding dong ditch prank and a forty two year old
shot him and has since been charged with murder. And
obviously that's a big story, and there's ding dong ditching
and in my youth when I heard people mention that,
(12:50):
And my mom may be listening now, so I'll let
her know I did participate, and and here's what I did.
I didn't have the stones, I was chicken, but me
and a few buddies. It was I don't know, middle
of the afternoon on a Saturday, maybe I don't think
it was either it was school wasn't in, But nonetheless,
we just decided to go ring the doorbell at somebody's
(13:13):
house that lived like down the street, and the payoff
for us was them opening the door, looking around and
then realizing nobody's there. We got them. It is amazing
what we were. We said we didn't have the tablets
back then. That's what we did to amuse ourselves. So
that's not something we should have done, and it's really stupid.
I don't know why we enjoyed it, and the person
(13:34):
who we did it to, I'm pretty sure knew we
were doing it and kind of played along. So that's
what I think of when I think of ding Dong ditch.
That is not the same thing as what is allegedly
happening across the country where kids teenagers are doing the
door kick challenge where they walk up to the door
and kick it as hard as can be. Maybe some
of them their goal is to actually break the door
(13:57):
open and then run. I don't know, but that is
a totally different thing. So when I hear people mention
ding dong ditching leading to somebody getting shot. I mean,
I think back to it being still stupid and something
you shouldn't do, because again, you just never know whose
door you're gonna you know who's gonna be at that
door and what they may do. So I think that's
(14:19):
an important distinction as far as what took place in Houston. Again,
the louisvill connection here is is a story wk why
or a Louisville residents has shared that they were around
two hundred teens that left a house party recently running
through yards near her home and ended up kicking her door,
violently kicking her door, leading one thousand dollars in damages.
(14:42):
And of course since then, this woman is fearful of
something like that happening again. And even if it happened
twice and you knew it was neighborhood knuckleheads, I still
think you would have part of you that says, I'm
not taking that risk. I'm gonna you know, maybe it's
not them, Maybe it is somebody that's trying to pull
off a home invasion. Do I need to go grab
(15:02):
my firearm or whatever it may be. But I think
those things are are very much different So John, let's
say you are at home with your lovely wife, baby Daisy.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
And it's ten fifteen. You're in bed because you got
to get up early, like it's true fifteen.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
And let's say your wife Alicia, she's she's up feeding
the baby, about to call it a night, but you've
been in bed for for you know, thirty forty minutes
whatever it may be, and you wake up because you
hear something that is not a knock, but it's it's
it's clearly like a loud boom. I mean, I don't
think anybody truly knows exactly what they would do in
that moment, but I mean, I think we would all
(15:43):
assume that this is like, this is not good, right,
like you would have I mean, I just don't think
you could be in a situation that it wouldn't inject
some level of fear in you.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Right. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
So I keep a metal bat near our bedside, and
my heart be.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Coming towards the all in residence. He's got his metal bat.
It hits you up side there.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
So I don't know, I don't really know how I
would react. I know, if I heard a loud thump,
i'd probably grab the bat and try to slowly work
my way towards the living room. We don't have a
big house by any means, but hopefully it wouldn't sound
like somebody actually breaking in. But I definitely i'd make
my way towards the front and I'd probably eventually figure
out that nothing was there. We have one of those,
I guess ring cameras. It's not a ring brand, but
(16:20):
it's one of those where you can see who's at
the doorbell. That actually would probably be the smartest thing
to do. Let check that before I even leave, to
see if anybody's at the front door, and then go
from there.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Yeah, I just and don't We have one of those,
but the battery's dead. But those are really valuable in
a lot of ways now and most I feel like
a lot of I don't know how many people have them,
but they become I think they've become more and more
common over the years for good reason. So I just
if you are trying to get through to your kids,
who am I to give you parenting advice? It's it's
(16:50):
a challenge for me every day, like it is everybody else.
But I would just try to and I don't have
to worry about this just yet. But if my son
was older and he was participating in any of this,
I mean, first well, it be something he'd be reprimanded
for in a major way.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
He'd be punished.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
But to just try to get through to them take
away the punishment, but just try to get through to
him about why he shouldn't do this. Is just to say,
you doing that might get a laugh out of you
and your buddies, and you could talk about it on
the school bus tomorrow. But somebody may be in fear
for their safety, for the livelihood of themselves and their family,
their children, to where they take action without even really
(17:29):
thinking because they're scared. I mean that that I think
that should then scare a kid from knowing what they're
getting into, right, I mean I don't know, just doing
if you ring the doorbell and then you know, walk
away and then wait for somebody to come out and say, hey, gotcha,
I mean you still shouldn't do that. That's stupid, that's rude,
that's in you know, it's inconsiderate. But that, to me
(17:51):
is what I think of ding dong ditching. Maybe not
sticking around to say to say hello, but when you
kick somebody's door.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
And damage it, or just kick it as hard as
you can and run off.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I mean, you were really opening up a door where
you have no clue what's coming outside of that door. Literally,
I mean no pun intended. I mean you're you're opening
up a can of worms. I guess that's a better
way to put it as far as just the different
reactions you could get from people. And it's just stupid.
But hey, kids do stupid stuff. Now we just have
(18:22):
the Internet and these challenges where we really learn how
stupid kids can be. I'm sure we were just as
stupid when we were kids. I don't know, maybe not,
who knows. All right, we've got another update of traving
weather coming your way right here right now on New's Radio.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Eight forty WHS.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
We've got mostly cloudy skies currently and looks like it's
going to be another beautiful day. And I tell you what,
Mother Nature's been good to us as of late. And
yesterday where I reside, we got some I thought it
was unexpected, but again maybe I just wasn't paying close
enough attention, but we got some pretty good rain. But
it was actually rain, and I felt like we kind
of needed and it did. It did call off football
(18:57):
practice for my little one, but we have I feel
like we're coming up on about two weeks time here
where we've just been really, really fortunate with some beautiful
weather and I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna ride it out
as long as we as we possibly can. All Right,
is seven forty nine here a Kentucky in this morning
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