April 8, 2025 • 27 mins
Officials say even though the floodwaters in Frankfort are starting to go down, conditions in the city remain dangerous, Versailles Municipal Utilities shuts down intake from the Kentucky River due to flooding and safety concerns, and a USDA program that helped get fresh, local food into Kentucky school cafeterias will soon come to an end.
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>> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS RESCUE
AFTER RESCUE AFTER RESCUE.
>> Christie (00:10):
THE RAIN HAS
STOPPED.
THE PROBLEMS HAVEN'T.
>> THE COMMON PEOPLE WANT TO BE
THE GOOD GUYS BUT WE HAVE
LEADERS WHO ARE FAILING US.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
KRITD PARTICULARS RALLY ACROSS
THE NATION AND KENTUCKY.
>> IT'S STRAIGHT OUT OF OUR DIRT
AND COMING RIGHT TO YOU.
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BUT A PROGRAM
BUTTING KENTUCKY FOOD IN
KENTUCKY SCHOOLS IS NOW ON THE
CHOPPING BLOCK.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
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GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION"
FOR MONDAY APRIL 7TH I'M
CHRISTIE DUTTON IN OUR
LOUISVILLE STUDIOS FILLING IN
TONIGHT FOR RENEE SHAW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW TWO AFTER
FOUR DAYS OF RAIN, STORMS AND
FLOODING.
WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK ABOUT A
CHILD SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS
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IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
NOW A WOMAN DIED IN WILSON
COUNTY.
AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS
WARNING PEOPLE THIS ISN'T OVER.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (01:28):
I JUST
WANT TO STRESS THAT WE DO NOT
WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE DO, IS
GOING TO DEPEND ON THE DECISIONS
THAT PEOPLE MAKE HERE UNTIL THE
EVENT IS OVER.
REMEMBER, THIS EVENTS IS NOT
OVER UNTIL THE WATERS HAVE
RECEDED.
UNTIL THE AREAS THAT ARE FLOODED
ARE FULLY DRY, UNTIL WE DON'T
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HAVE SATURATED GROUND THAT COULD
CREATE MUDSLIDES OVER ROADS AND
BRIDGINGS.
SO I'M ASKING EVERYBODY, JUST BE
CAREFUL.
WE ARE NOW JUST LOOKING AT A
PERIOD OF DAYS MAYBE THE REST OF
THIS WEEK.
REMEMBER, IF THOSE WATEREDS ARE
RECEDING IT'S STILL DANGEROUS TO
DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH THEM N
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FEBRUARY STORMS WE LOST 24
KENTUCKIANS.
MANY OF THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN
AVOIDED.
SO TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE,
REMEMBER, BEING THERE TOMORROW
OR NEXT WEEK WITH YOUR FAMILY IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRY TO GET
TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER.
DO NOT MOVE BARRICADES YOU ARE
NOT MAKING A BAD DECISION FOR
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YOURSELF, YOU CAN CAUSE HARM OR
DEATH TO THE NEXT PERSON THAT
COMES ALONG.
>> Christie (02:37):
TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY JIM GRAY SAYS THERE
WERE 538 STATE ROADS CLOSED AS
OF THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF
FLOODING.
THAT IS JUST STATE ROADS IT DOES
NOT INCLUDE CITY AND COUNTY
ROADS.
KENTUCKY IS GETTING HELP FROM
OTHER STATES, VERMONT, GEORGIA,
NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND
MARYLAND SENT TEAMS TO KENTUCKY.
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>> IN FRANKFORT PEOPLE ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE KENTUCKY
LIVER HAS APPROACHED ALMOST
RECORD HEIGHTS.
DRONE FOOTAGE SHOW MUCH OF THE
CITY BURIED AFTER SEVERAL DAYS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE RIVER CRESTED AT A NEAR
REPORT LEVEL FORCING PEOPLE FROM
THEIR HOMENESS THE CLOSURE OF
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HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
AS THE WATERS START TO GO DOWN,
CONDITIONS REMAIN DANGEROUS.
>> FRANKFORT IS A RIVER TOWN
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE RIVER DOES
AT WHAT LEVELS.
SO THE THINGS WE DEAL WITH ARE
THE ELK HORN CREEK THIS TIME THE
RAIN DID NOT COME FROM EASTERN
KENTUCKY WHERE THE CREEK GETS IN
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TROUBLE.
WHEN THEY CHANGE THE PREDICTION
FROM 47 TO 49-AND-A-HALF, A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE COUNTY GOT
IN TROUBLE.
THEY WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT AND
TAKEN THE TIME BECAUSE THEY LIVE
ALONG THE RIVER THEY KNOW WHAT
THE RIVER DOES.
THEY HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO MOVE
EVERYTHING FROM THE FIRST LEVELS
TO THE SECOND LEVELS.
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 5:30 THE
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NEXT MORNING WE GOT THE
NOTIFICATION THE RIVER CAME UP
SO FAST AND THE ROADS WERE
CLOSED QUICKLY, THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE LOST A LOT OF THINGS.
>> THIS IS A CONTINUALLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION,
PARTICULARLY ON THE WATERS EDGES
AND IT'S IMPACTING A LOT OF OUR
RESIDENTS, THEIR HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE MAKING
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SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO GET
THROUGH THESE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BECAUSE THE HARD WORK'S ABOUT TO
BEGIN.
FIRST THING IS TO GET, WELL, GET
PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.
TODAY, WE'RE STUDYING THE FLOOD
WALL THAT WE HAVE WHICH PROTECTS
MOST OF THE FRANKFORT BUILT IN
THE EARLY 90s AND THAT HELPED
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US OUT HERE IN THE CITY.
WE'RE TESTING THAT AND MAKING
SURE THERE'S NOTHING WE NEED TO
BE CONCERNED ABOUT THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO
THINK THERE WILL BE ISSUES WITH
THE FLOOD WALL ONCE WE KNOW AND
FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IS OKAY, WE
CAN MOVE PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR
HOMES.
UTILITIES WERE
TURNED OFF IN PARTS OF CITY
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SUNDAY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
FLOODING.
THE CITY OF FRANKFORT ISSUED A
CURFEW THAT WAS LIFTED EARLY
THIS MORNING.
>>> FLOODWATERS FORCED SEVERAL
FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES IN
WOODFORD COUNTY OVER THE
WEEKEND.
OFFICIALS SAY FLOODING DESTROYED
OR DAMAGING 250 HOMES IN THE
COUNTY.
PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE KENTUCKY
RIVER WERE ADVISED TO LEAVE
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THEIR HOMES AS RAINFALL PUSHED
THE RIVER TO THE LEVEL.
THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO
HELP THE PEOPLE AFFECTED.
>> THE RETENTION BASINS ARE
FILLED WITH WATER SO WE'RE JUST
ALL HANDS ON DECK HERE IN THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE SUPPORT
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THEY NEED AS THEY RECOVER.
>> WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE DOWN ON
THE KENTUCKY RIVER WHO HAVE
HOMES DOWN THERE ARE IN PRETTY
BAD SHAPE.
THEIR HOMES FLOODED THEY'VE LOST
POSSESSIONS.
SO WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEM AND
TRYING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
HERE ON THE CITY SIDE, EXCEPT
FOR THE WATER PLANT, ASKING
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PEOPLE TO CONSERVE UNTIL WE CAN
GET THE ELECTRIC UP AND RUNNING.
THE OVERABUD DENSE
OF WATER HAS THE CITY OF
VERSAILLES ASKING PEOPLE TO
CONSERVE WATER.
THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
ANNOUNCED IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN
THE INTAKE FROM THE KENTUCKY
RIVER DUE TO FLOODING AND SAFETY
CONCERNS.
THE WATER IS SAFE TO CONSUME BUT
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THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE USING TOO
MUCH THAT COULD LOWER LEVELS AND
FORCE A BOIL-WATER LEVEL.
TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF, THE
CITY HELD A FREE BOTTLED WATER
DISTRIBUTION AT THE WOODFORD
COUNTY PARK.
>> IT'S BEEN REALLY WELL
RECEIVED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY
HAVE COME TOGETHER AND WANT TO
KNOW HOW THEY CAN HELP.
TODAY WE HAVE A CONCRETE EXAMPLE
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HOW TO HELP.
CONSERVE YOUR WATER AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN.
WE'VE HAD A HUGE RESPONSE AND
WE'RE COMING ON PROBABLY 100
RESIDENTS SO FAR AND WE HOPE
THAT GOES UP.
WE HOPE WE HAVE NO MORE WATER
LEFT SO PEOPLE TAKE THIS HOME
AND RELY ON IT AND KEEP THEIR
TAPS CLOSED UNTIL WE CAN GET
EVERYTHING BACK ON-LINE.
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CITY OFFICIALS SAY
WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT TWO
DAYS.
>>> EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN
LIFTED FOR TWO NORTHERN KENTUCKY
CITIES.
CONCERNS OVER HEAVY FLOODING
PROMPTING MANDATORY EVACUATION
ORDERS FOR THE CITIES OF
FALMOUTH AND BUTLER.
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE FLOODING IN
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FALMOUTH.
FLOODING FROM THE LICKING RIVER
CUTOFF PARTS OF THE CITIES.
PENDLETON COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT LIFTED THE EVACUATION
AT NOON TODAY AND BUTLER'S WAS
LIFTED AT 4:00 P.M.
CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE,
ELECTRIC, WATER AND NATURAL GAS
SERVICES TO ALL THE RESIDENTSES.
>>> EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH
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METEOROLOGIST SHANE HOLINDE WITH
THE KENTUCKY MESONET ABOUT THIS
RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL AND OUR
NEXT WEATHER WARNING AT THAT
TIME GOES INTO EFFECT OVERNIGHT.
>> SHANE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS
RAINFALL HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT OVER A FIVE-DAY
PERIOD THROUGHOUT THE STATE?
>> WELL, INCREDIBLE RAINFALL
TALLIES FROM BOTH COOPERATIVE
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OBSERVERS FOR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE, ALONG WITH THE
KENTUCKY MESONET TO THE TUNE OF
DOUBLE-DIGITS COMING BETWEEN
APRIL 3-5.
AND IN SOME CASES WE SAW MORE
THAN A FOOT OF RAIN MARSHALL
COUNTY BEING THE WINNER WITH 15
INCHES OF RAINFALL IN JUST THREE
DAYS' TIME NEAR BENTON KENTUCKY.
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AND THIS WAS
DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST FLOODING
EVENTS WHEN EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS
HIT HARD THEY HAD LIGHTER
RAINFALL TOTALS WHICH WE'RE
THANKFUL FOR.
WESTERN KENTUCKY SEEING THE
MOST.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEALING
WITH ONGOING RIVER FLOODING.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> ALL THAT WATER HAD TO GO
SOMEWHERE AND THE RIVERS,
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CREEKS, TRIBUTARIES THAT IS
WHERE IT'S GOING.
WE'VE SEEN THE LAKE CREST AT A
RECORD LEVEL AT 585.7 FEET.
THE RECORD SET IN MARCH 1989.
THE GREEN RIVER IS CONTINUING TO
RISE.
AND HAS YET TO CREST IN PARADISE
AND ALSO IN CALHOUN IN McCLAIN
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COUNTY.
THAT WILL COME LATER THIS WEEK.
THAT IS BECAUSE THE RIVER IS
BACKED UP RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE TRIBUTARIES ARE
WATERLOGGED SO IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE GREEN RIVER
TO CREST AT ALL POINTS AND THEN
SEVERAL DAYS BEYOND THAT TO
GRADUALLY FALL.
AND THE SAME CASE
GOES FOR THE OHIO RIVER NEAR THE
LOUISVILLE AREA.
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WE'RE EXPECTING A CREST IN THE
NEXT COUPLE DAYS, PERHAPS ON
WEDNESDAY.
IT COULD GO UP TWO OR THREE FEET
FROM WHERE IT IS NOW.
AND THAT IS TYPICAL AND THIS IS
A GOOD TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE
ABOUT TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN
ABOUT CROSSING THOSE FLOODED
ROADWAYS, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY.
WE SAW NUMEROUS ROADWAYS THAT
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ARE IMPASSABLE THAT IS THE CASE
FOR MANY COUNTIES ACROSS CENTRAL
AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
EVEN IF A ROADWAY IS NOT
BARRICADED IT DOES NOT MEAN IT
IS PASSABLE BY MY MEANS.
IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN A BIG FORD
F150 YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO MAKE IT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW
DEEP THAT WATER IS AND IT ONLY
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TAKES ONE FOOT OF WATER TO LIFT
VEHICLES OFF THE ROADWAY.
TWO FEET WILL LIFT ANY VEHICLE
OFF THE ROADWAY.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SWITCHING GEARS
FROM RAIN TO THE TEMPERATURES,
WE GO INTO THE DEEP FREEZE
TONIGHT.
WHAT'S THAT GOING TO BE ABOUT?
>> TALK ABOUT WEATHER WIN LASH.
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WHIPLASH A FREEZE WARNING FOR
THE COMMONWEALTH INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP 25-30° RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE STATE.
THANK YOU, SHANE.
FROM FLOOD TO FREEZE AS YOU
HEARD THE TEMPERATURES FOR MOST
OF THE STATE WILL DROP TO THE
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20s OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
AND FOR SOME, THE 20s AGAIN
OVERNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT.
FOR SOME EASTERN KENTUCKY
COUNTIES THE LATEST FLOODING
COMES LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER
A FLOOD EVENT LEFT 22 DEAD AND
DESTROYED HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
THE FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN
KENTUCKY WILL HOLD A RELIEF
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CONCERT IN HAZARD TO BENEFIT
THOSE IMPACTED.
THE HEADLINER, MUSICIAN AND
FORMER DUKES OF HAZZARD STAR
JOHN SCHNEIDER WHO TELLS US THIS
IS ONE WAY TO PAYBACK A
COMMUNITY THAT HAS SHOWN HIM
SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
>> AS SOON AS WE HEARD ABOUT THE
FLOODS, IT WAS OKAY WE HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING.
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BUT THEN DIDI SAID YOUR BIRTHDAY
IS ON APRIL 8TH, I'VE HAD 64 OF
THEM SO FAR I REMEMBER.
WHY DON'T WE GO AND DO THIS ON
YOUR BIRTHDAY?
AND I SAID THAT IS THE BEST IDEA
I'VE EVER HEARD IF YOU ARE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE GIVEN ANY
KIND OF CELEBRITY YOU SHOULD DO
SOMETHING GOOD WITH IT.
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AND HAZARD HAS DONE WONDERFUL
THINGS FOR ME BY BEING HAZARD.
I AM FOREVER ASSOCIATED THEY
SPELLED IT BRONC.
BUT I'M FOREVER ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR
COUNTRY.
THE RESPONSE ON FACEBOOK, THE
RESPONSE ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS HAS BEEN JUST
WONDERFUL.
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PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.
I TOLD THEM ON FACEBOOK THE
OTHER DAY I SAID COME HELL OR
HIGH WATER WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT BACK TO HAZARD.
WE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GOING TO
BE THIS WEATHER ON THIS TRIP BUT
WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
LIKE I SAID IF I HAVE TO PADDLE
A CANOE WITH MY GUITAR WE WILL
BE THERE.
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>> WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT HE IS
WILLING TO DO A BENEFIT CONCERT.
HE IS DONATING HIS TIME AND HIS
TALENT AS WELL OF HIS BAND.
THEY HAVE TRAVELED ON THEIR OWN
DIME TO COME TO HAZARD AND SETUP
AND PLAY AND PERFORM A CONCERT.
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SO THIS IS FOUR VICTIMS FROM THE
FEBRUARY 2025 FLOOD AND THEN
ALSO IF ANYTHING DOES HAPPEN IN
THESE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH
FLOODING IN THE REGION THAT
MONEY WILL ALSO GO TO BENEFIT
ANYONE IMPACTED BY THAT AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE
FOR ANY CONTINGENCY THAT MIGHT
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BE HAPPENING TO BE PREPARED FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED BY
THEIR REACTION AND I HOPE THAT
WHAT WE DO ON MY BIRTHDAY, I
HOPE COME APRIL 9TH, WE WILL
HAVE ALL BEEN PART OF THE SINGLE
GREATEST FUNDRAISING EFFORT IN
THIS ENTIRE AREA.
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BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER WE ARE
HEADED TO HAZARD.
I HEAR THE RAIN.
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WEEKEND RAINS COULD
NOT DETER TRUMP CRITICS FROM
TAKING TO THE STREETS.
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THE GROUP INDIVISIBLE ORGANIZED
RALLIES NATIONWIDE.
IN LOUISVILLE THE CROWD OF
HUNDREDS RANGED FROM DIEHARD
DEMOCRATS TO PRO PALESTINIAN
ACTIVISTS.
THE COMMON SENTIMENT, SLOW DOWN
THE TRUMP AGENDA.
>> I'M SO THRILLED TO BE A PART
OF THIS TODAY, BECAUSE I HAVE
KIDS AND I HAVE GRANDKIDS AND
THIS IS THAT THE COUNTRY I WANT
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TO LEAVE THEM WITH.
HANDS OFF ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT
YOU CAN THINK OF.
HANDS OFF MEDICARE, HANDS OFF
SOCIAL SECURITY.
HANDS OFF IMMIGRATION.
HANDS OFF OUR ECONOMY.
[CHEERING].
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>> WE ARE AT WAR.
A CONVICTED FELON SITS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE AND UNELECTED
BILLIONAIRES AND ALLOWS THEM TO
DISMANTLE OUR COUNTRY.
THEY ARE DESTROYING THE
FOUNDATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF
EVERYTHING WE HAVE BUILT,
EVERYTHING WE RELY ON.
THEY ARE AT WAR WITH OUR WORKING
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FAMILIES.
THEY ARE AT WAR WITH OUR
VETERANS, OUR SENIORS OUR
TEACHERS, OUR NURSES OUR
FARMERS.
WE CANNOT LET THIS STAND AND
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
>> TRUMP IS AN IDIOT AND HE HAS
NO SOUL, NO CONSCIENCE HE WANTS
TO GIVE RICH PEOPLE AND MORE
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WEALTH AND I HATE HIM.
>> POWER WITH THE PEOPLE.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET
DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK TAKE
THAT AWAY FROM US.
GOOD NEWS FOR US DEMOCRATS.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN WISCONSIN
JUST THIS WEEK.
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ELON MUSK GIVEN ME THAT $25
MILLION I WOULD HAVE DONE A LOT
MORE WITH IT.
>> AS WE WATCH IT IT'S LIKE
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
OUR HOUSE AND SENATE FIGHTING
BACK?
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
LIKE.
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
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LIKE.
>> EVERYBODY HERE OUGHT TO
APPOINT YOURSELF AS A COMMITTEE
OF ONE.
AND YOUR JOB IS TO EXTEND YOUR
REACH AS FAR AS YOU CAN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS
TO HAPPEN AGAIN FOR YOU TO DO
WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO DEMOCRACY.
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YOU ARE THE ANSWER.
YOU HAVE THE KEY.
SO HANDS OFF.
HANDS OFF.
HANDS OFF.
HANDS OFF.
>> WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL THEY
TAUGHT US TO BE PROUD OF THE
UNITED STATES.
AND THAT WE WERE THE GOOD GUYS.
WE ARE NOT THE GOOD GUYS
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ANYMORE.
WE WANT THE COMMON PEOPLE WANT
TO BE THE GOOD GUYS BUT WE HAVE
LEADERS WHO ARE FAILING US.
WE NEED THEM TO STAND UP FOR OUR
DEMOCRACY.
WE NEED THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS
AND NOT WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT
WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BE
REELECTED OR NOT.
THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THEY WERE
ELECTED TO DO WHICH IS TO DEFEND
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THE CONSTITUTION.
CROWDS POPPED UP
ELSEWHERE IN KENTUCKY FROM
PADUCAH TO ASHLAND.
THE GROUP INDIVISIBLE LISTED
MORE THAN A DOZEN RALLIES HELD
LAST SATURDAY.
>>> A USDA PROGRAM WILL SOON
COME TO AN END THAT HELPED GET
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FRESH LOCAL FOOD INTO SCHOOL
CAFETERIAS.
THE LOCAL FOOD FOR SCHOOLS
PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2020.
THERE HAD BEEN PLANS TO EXTEND
IT FOR THREE YEARS WHICH MEANT
$5.8 MILLION FOR KENTUCKY.
THAT FUNDING WAS RECENTLY CUT BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
LAURA ROGERS LEARNED MORE ABOUT
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THE IMPACT OF LFS AND A PRODUCER
WHO HAS SEEN ITS ADVANTAGES.
>> BOTH MY WIFE AND I HAVE
ALWAYS FELT STRONGLY ABOUT
NUTRITION.
>> TRACK COACH JONATHAN VAUGHN
AND HIS WIFE MOLLY ARE FORMER
COLLEGE ATHLETES.
>> THE LESS PROCESSED FOODS WE
HAVE AND THE MORE NATURAL,
LOCAL, PRODUCE AND MEATS AND
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OTHER FOODS THAT WE HAVE, THE
HEALTHIER OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO
BE.
>> Laura (19:02):
VAUGHAN HAS BEEN
HELPING TO KEEP KENTUCKY KIDS
HEALTHY PROVIDING FOOD TO SCHOOL
CAFETERIAS IN SEVEN COUNTIES.
>> THE KIDS LOVE IT.
VAUGHAN SAYS THE
OPERATION HELPED HIM SURVIVE THE
WINTER SEASON.
>> IT LITERALLY SAVED THE
BUSINESS.
ONCE I GOT INTO THE SCHOOL
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SYSTEMS THIS WILL HOLD US UNTIL
SUMMER WHEN WE CAN GROW MORE AND
PROVIDE FOR RESTAURANTS AND
INDIVIDUALS.
THE KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ADMINISTERED THE LOCAL FOOD FOR
SCHOOLS PROGRAM WITH
PARTICIPATION FROM 200 FARMERS
AND 90 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> WE'VE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION
FROM THAT OFFICE THAT THE GRANT
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HAS ENDED.
AND THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE.
>> THE BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN
PURCHASING FOOD FROM FARMERS FOR
A DECADE THIS GRANT HELPED THEM
SPEND MORE.
>> I ENJOY BEING ABLE TO TELL MY
BABIES THE LETTUCE THEY ARE
EATING IN THEIR SALAD BAR
EVERYDAY IS GROWN IN FOUNTAIN
RUN KENTUCKY OR BENTON KENTUCKY.
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WE TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING SURE WE
ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMONWEALTH.
>> THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVES
3800 DAILY MEALS WHICH INCLUDES
VEGETABLES FROM NEED ANOTHER
ACRES AND BEEF.
>> IT ALLOWS US TO CAPITALIZE ON
SUSTAINING OUR COMMUNITY AND
HAVING THE PARTNERSHIPS LOCALLY.
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PROVIDING THOSE FOOD ITEMS TO
OUR STUDENTS.
>> IT DOES COME AT AN EXPENSE.
EVERY PENNY COUNTS WHEN
BUDGETING FOR SCHOOL MEALS.
>> IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY
LOCAL BECAUSE IT IS A SMALL
PRODUCTION VERSUS BUYING FROM A
BIG MANUFACTURER.
HIGH QUALITY, HIGH COST PRODUCT.
>> IT'S COMPLETELY STRAIGHT OUT
OF THE FIELD AND THAT IS SO GOOD
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FOR OUR KIDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT
ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SITTING
ON A SHELF OR RIPE ENDED
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT'S OUT OF OUR DIRT AND COMING
TO YOU.
>> BETH MILLER IS A FOOD
DIRECTOR AT A SMALL SCHOOL
DISTRICT WITH LESS THAN 1500
STUDENTS.
>> WE RECEIVE A THOUSAND POUNDS
OF BLUEBERRIES AND WE WILL BUY A
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TON OF APPLES AS WELL.
METCALF COUNTY HAS
RECEIVED $5 STOIN,000 AND IT HAS
A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT.
>> NOT ONLY IS IT FEEDING OUR
KIDS BUT YOU ARE PAYING A LOCAL
FARMER TO MAKE THOSE THINGS AND
IT JUST CONTINUES THE ECONOMY IN
YOUR AREA.
THAT'S PUTTING THE FUNDS BACK IN
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HIS POCKET AS WELL.
THE KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS
THE LFS PROGRAM SUPPORTED
KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE AND
DELIVERED FRESH LOCAL PRODUCTS
TO OUR COMMUNITIES IN NEED.
KDA IS DEDICATED TO THE GOALS
AND STATE'S FARMERS WE ARE
OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS AND FUTURE
ADMINISTRATIONS WILL PRIORITIZE
SIMILAR INITIATIVES.
>> WE ARE REALLY HOPING, PRAYING
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AND POSITIVELY THINKING THAT THE
GRANT WILL BE RENEWED IN SOME
FORM OR FASHION.
>> JOHN IS OPTIMISTIC THE
EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE.
>> I ALSO FEEL LIKE PART OF THE
NEW ADMINISTRATION IS ACTUALLY
VERY PRO NUTRITIONAL FOOD, LOCAL
FOOD.
>> AND HE HOPES TO SEE AN
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EXPANSION OF ENDEAVORS TO GET
THAT LOCAL NUTRITIOUS FOOD INTO
SCHOOLS.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA
ROGERS.
>> Christie (22:26):
THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WE SPOKE WITH SAY THEY
WILL STILL SPEND MONEY LOCALLY
AS MUCH AS THEY ARE ABLE.
THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE SAYS IT'S WORKING ON
NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE
THESE EFFORTS.
THE STATE WAS AWARDED MORE THAN
$3 MILLION FOR THE LOCAL FOODS
FOR SCHOOLS AGREEMENT WHICH IS
SCHEDULED TO END APRIL 30TH.
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[♪♪]
OF COURSE WE ALL WANT CONFIDENCE
THAT THE FOOT WE EAT IS SAFE AND
YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
AVIAN FLU HOW IT AFFECTS OUR
MEAT.
YOU WILL HEAR ANSWERS SUNDAY ON
KENTUCKY HEALTH.
>> WHERE IS THIS VIRUS COMING
FROM?
THAT IS EVERYBODY'S FIRST
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QUESTION.
THE VIRUS IS COMING FROM
WILDLIFE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE MIGRATING
BIRDS THAT FLY SOUTH FOR THE
WINTER AND NORTH FOR THE SUMMER
THEY COVER HUNDREDS OF MILES.
WHEN THEY ARE SICK ANYTHING THEY
FLYOVER THEY PUT THOSE ANIMALS
AT RISK.
NOW, MOST OF OUR COMMERCIAL,
THOSE BIG FARMS WITH A MILLION
(23:33):
CHICKENS MOST OF THOSE CHICKENS
ARE RAISED INDOORS.
I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE
WANT THE CHICKENS TO BE ABLE TO
BE OUTSIDE.
BUT BY RAISING THEM INDOORS IT
DECREASES THE RISK OF DISEASES.
SUCH AS AVIAN FLU.
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EXPOSED TO
THE WILDLIFE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHEN YOU
(23:56):
HAVE A FEWER LARGE FARMS AND A
DISEASE DOES AFFECT ONE OF THEM,
IT AFFECTS THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A
GREATER IMPACT ON EGG PRICES.
WHEN ONE OF THESE LARGE FARMS
DOES BECOME INFECTED.
VERSUS OUR SMALL BACKYARD
(24:19):
PRODUCERS, THEIR ANIMALS ARE AT
A GREATER RISK, BUT YOU PROBABLY
WON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT WHEN
ONLY 10 CHICKENS GET SICK.
MORE ABOUT THE
AVIAN FLU AND INDUSTRIAL MEAT
PRODUCTION THIS SUNDAY ON
KENTUCKY HEALTH WITH Dr. WAYNE
(24:39):
TUCKSON AT 1:30 PM EVEN AND
12:30 CENTRAL ON KET.
AND WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM
TONIGHT ABOUT HELPING FRIENDS
AND LOVED ONES ON MULTIPLE
MEDICATIONS.
JOIN US FOR SENIORS AND
MEDICATION, THE NEXT CHAPTER
FORUM.
TONIGHT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN 7:00
P.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.
(25:05):
TONIGHT WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE KENTUCKY
CAPITOL'S FAMED FLORAL CLOCK A
DUEL INVOLVING HENRY CLAY AND
KENTUCKY'S FIRST EVER FOOTBALL
GAME WITH AN UNUSUAL SCORE.
TOBY GIBBS HAS MORE IN THIS LOOK
AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY
HISTORY.
(25:26):
[♪♪]
>> SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY CLAY
FOUGHT SENATOR JOHN RANDOLF IN A
DUEL ON APRIL 8TH, 1826 AFTER
RANDOLPH INSULTED CLAY IN A U.S.
SENATE SPEECH.
THE DUEL WAS IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA.
BOTH MEN MISSED WHEN FIRING
THEIR FIRST SHOTS.
CLAY'S SECOND SHOT ALSO MISSED.
(25:47):
RANDOLPH FIRED HIS SECOND SHOT
INTO THE AIR AND THE MEN SHOOK
HANDS.
THE OLDEST HIGH SCHOOL IN
KENTUCKY OPENED APRIL 7, 1856.
LOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE
RENAMED LOUISVILLE MALE HIGH
SCHOOL AS OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS
BEGAN TO OPEN.
IT'S BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST
(26:09):
ORGANIZED FOOTBALL GAME IN
KENTUCKY AS KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
CALLED TRANSYLVANIA BEAT CENTER
COLLEGE APRIL 9TH, 1880.
THE FINAL SCORE WAS 13 AND
THREE-FOURTHS TO NOTHING.
KENTUCKIANS ENJOYED THE VIEW OF
A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL
(26:29):
7, 1940 AS THE MOON BLOCKED
THREE-FOURTHS OF THE SUN.
ON APRIL 10TH, 1961, GOVERNOR
BERT T. COMBS OK'd $50,000 TO
BUILD A FLORAL CLOCK ON THE
CAPITOL GROUNDS.
HE HAD SEEN A SIMILAR CLOCK IN
SCOTLAND.
FORMER GOVERNOR A.B. "HAPPY"
CHANDLER MADE FUN OF THE CLOCK
(26:51):
BUT IT WENT ON TO BECOME A VERY
POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION.
AND THAT IS WHAT WAS HAPPENING
THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.
I'M TOBY GIBBS.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN
US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EVEN
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(27:13):
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THAT'S ALL FOR US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
[♪♪]
(00:04):
>> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS RESCUE
AFTER RESCUE AFTER RESCUE.
>> Christie (00:10):
THE RAIN HAS
STOPPED.
THE PROBLEMS HAVEN'T.
>> THE COMMON PEOPLE WANT TO BE
THE GOOD GUYS BUT WE HAVE
LEADERS WHO ARE FAILING US.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
KRITD PARTICULARS RALLY ACROSS
THE NATION AND KENTUCKY.
>> IT'S STRAIGHT OUT OF OUR DIRT
AND COMING RIGHT TO YOU.
(00:31):
BUT A PROGRAM
BUTTING KENTUCKY FOOD IN
KENTUCKY SCHOOLS IS NOW ON THE
CHOPPING BLOCK.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]
(00:56):
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION"
FOR MONDAY APRIL 7TH I'M
CHRISTIE DUTTON IN OUR
LOUISVILLE STUDIOS FILLING IN
TONIGHT FOR RENEE SHAW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW TWO AFTER
FOUR DAYS OF RAIN, STORMS AND
FLOODING.
WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK ABOUT A
CHILD SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS
(01:16):
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
NOW A WOMAN DIED IN WILSON
COUNTY.
AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS
WARNING PEOPLE THIS ISN'T OVER.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (01:28):
I JUST
WANT TO STRESS THAT WE DO NOT
WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE DO, IS
GOING TO DEPEND ON THE DECISIONS
THAT PEOPLE MAKE HERE UNTIL THE
EVENT IS OVER.
REMEMBER, THIS EVENTS IS NOT
OVER UNTIL THE WATERS HAVE
RECEDED.
UNTIL THE AREAS THAT ARE FLOODED
ARE FULLY DRY, UNTIL WE DON'T
(01:48):
HAVE SATURATED GROUND THAT COULD
CREATE MUDSLIDES OVER ROADS AND
BRIDGINGS.
SO I'M ASKING EVERYBODY, JUST BE
CAREFUL.
WE ARE NOW JUST LOOKING AT A
PERIOD OF DAYS MAYBE THE REST OF
THIS WEEK.
REMEMBER, IF THOSE WATEREDS ARE
RECEDING IT'S STILL DANGEROUS TO
DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH THEM N
(02:08):
FEBRUARY STORMS WE LOST 24
KENTUCKIANS.
MANY OF THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN
AVOIDED.
SO TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE,
REMEMBER, BEING THERE TOMORROW
OR NEXT WEEK WITH YOUR FAMILY IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRY TO GET
TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER.
DO NOT MOVE BARRICADES YOU ARE
NOT MAKING A BAD DECISION FOR
(02:30):
YOURSELF, YOU CAN CAUSE HARM OR
DEATH TO THE NEXT PERSON THAT
COMES ALONG.
>> Christie (02:37):
TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY JIM GRAY SAYS THERE
WERE 538 STATE ROADS CLOSED AS
OF THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF
FLOODING.
THAT IS JUST STATE ROADS IT DOES
NOT INCLUDE CITY AND COUNTY
ROADS.
KENTUCKY IS GETTING HELP FROM
OTHER STATES, VERMONT, GEORGIA,
NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND
MARYLAND SENT TEAMS TO KENTUCKY.
(02:58):
>> IN FRANKFORT PEOPLE ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE KENTUCKY
LIVER HAS APPROACHED ALMOST
RECORD HEIGHTS.
DRONE FOOTAGE SHOW MUCH OF THE
CITY BURIED AFTER SEVERAL DAYS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE RIVER CRESTED AT A NEAR
REPORT LEVEL FORCING PEOPLE FROM
THEIR HOMENESS THE CLOSURE OF
(03:20):
HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
AS THE WATERS START TO GO DOWN,
CONDITIONS REMAIN DANGEROUS.
>> FRANKFORT IS A RIVER TOWN
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE RIVER DOES
AT WHAT LEVELS.
SO THE THINGS WE DEAL WITH ARE
THE ELK HORN CREEK THIS TIME THE
RAIN DID NOT COME FROM EASTERN
KENTUCKY WHERE THE CREEK GETS IN
(03:41):
TROUBLE.
WHEN THEY CHANGE THE PREDICTION
FROM 47 TO 49-AND-A-HALF, A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE COUNTY GOT
IN TROUBLE.
THEY WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT AND
TAKEN THE TIME BECAUSE THEY LIVE
ALONG THE RIVER THEY KNOW WHAT
THE RIVER DOES.
THEY HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO MOVE
EVERYTHING FROM THE FIRST LEVELS
TO THE SECOND LEVELS.
BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 5:30 THE
(04:03):
NEXT MORNING WE GOT THE
NOTIFICATION THE RIVER CAME UP
SO FAST AND THE ROADS WERE
CLOSED QUICKLY, THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE LOST A LOT OF THINGS.
>> THIS IS A CONTINUALLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION,
PARTICULARLY ON THE WATERS EDGES
AND IT'S IMPACTING A LOT OF OUR
RESIDENTS, THEIR HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE MAKING
(04:24):
SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO GET
THROUGH THESE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BECAUSE THE HARD WORK'S ABOUT TO
BEGIN.
FIRST THING IS TO GET, WELL, GET
PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.
TODAY, WE'RE STUDYING THE FLOOD
WALL THAT WE HAVE WHICH PROTECTS
MOST OF THE FRANKFORT BUILT IN
THE EARLY 90s AND THAT HELPED
(04:46):
US OUT HERE IN THE CITY.
WE'RE TESTING THAT AND MAKING
SURE THERE'S NOTHING WE NEED TO
BE CONCERNED ABOUT THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO
THINK THERE WILL BE ISSUES WITH
THE FLOOD WALL ONCE WE KNOW AND
FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IS OKAY, WE
CAN MOVE PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR
HOMES.
UTILITIES WERE
TURNED OFF IN PARTS OF CITY
(05:08):
SUNDAY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
FLOODING.
THE CITY OF FRANKFORT ISSUED A
CURFEW THAT WAS LIFTED EARLY
THIS MORNING.
>>> FLOODWATERS FORCED SEVERAL
FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES IN
WOODFORD COUNTY OVER THE
WEEKEND.
OFFICIALS SAY FLOODING DESTROYED
OR DAMAGING 250 HOMES IN THE
COUNTY.
PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE KENTUCKY
RIVER WERE ADVISED TO LEAVE
(05:29):
THEIR HOMES AS RAINFALL PUSHED
THE RIVER TO THE LEVEL.
THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO
HELP THE PEOPLE AFFECTED.
>> THE RETENTION BASINS ARE
FILLED WITH WATER SO WE'RE JUST
ALL HANDS ON DECK HERE IN THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE SUPPORT
(05:49):
THEY NEED AS THEY RECOVER.
>> WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE DOWN ON
THE KENTUCKY RIVER WHO HAVE
HOMES DOWN THERE ARE IN PRETTY
BAD SHAPE.
THEIR HOMES FLOODED THEY'VE LOST
POSSESSIONS.
SO WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEM AND
TRYING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
HERE ON THE CITY SIDE, EXCEPT
FOR THE WATER PLANT, ASKING
(06:12):
PEOPLE TO CONSERVE UNTIL WE CAN
GET THE ELECTRIC UP AND RUNNING.
THE OVERABUD DENSE
OF WATER HAS THE CITY OF
VERSAILLES ASKING PEOPLE TO
CONSERVE WATER.
THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
ANNOUNCED IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN
THE INTAKE FROM THE KENTUCKY
RIVER DUE TO FLOODING AND SAFETY
CONCERNS.
THE WATER IS SAFE TO CONSUME BUT
(06:34):
THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE USING TOO
MUCH THAT COULD LOWER LEVELS AND
FORCE A BOIL-WATER LEVEL.
TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF, THE
CITY HELD A FREE BOTTLED WATER
DISTRIBUTION AT THE WOODFORD
COUNTY PARK.
>> IT'S BEEN REALLY WELL
RECEIVED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY
HAVE COME TOGETHER AND WANT TO
KNOW HOW THEY CAN HELP.
TODAY WE HAVE A CONCRETE EXAMPLE
(06:55):
HOW TO HELP.
CONSERVE YOUR WATER AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN.
WE'VE HAD A HUGE RESPONSE AND
WE'RE COMING ON PROBABLY 100
RESIDENTS SO FAR AND WE HOPE
THAT GOES UP.
WE HOPE WE HAVE NO MORE WATER
LEFT SO PEOPLE TAKE THIS HOME
AND RELY ON IT AND KEEP THEIR
TAPS CLOSED UNTIL WE CAN GET
EVERYTHING BACK ON-LINE.
(07:16):
CITY OFFICIALS SAY
WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT TWO
DAYS.
>>> EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN
LIFTED FOR TWO NORTHERN KENTUCKY
CITIES.
CONCERNS OVER HEAVY FLOODING
PROMPTING MANDATORY EVACUATION
ORDERS FOR THE CITIES OF
FALMOUTH AND BUTLER.
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE FLOODING IN
(07:38):
FALMOUTH.
FLOODING FROM THE LICKING RIVER
CUTOFF PARTS OF THE CITIES.
PENDLETON COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT LIFTED THE EVACUATION
AT NOON TODAY AND BUTLER'S WAS
LIFTED AT 4:00 P.M.
CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE,
ELECTRIC, WATER AND NATURAL GAS
SERVICES TO ALL THE RESIDENTSES.
>>> EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH
(07:59):
METEOROLOGIST SHANE HOLINDE WITH
THE KENTUCKY MESONET ABOUT THIS
RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL AND OUR
NEXT WEATHER WARNING AT THAT
TIME GOES INTO EFFECT OVERNIGHT.
>> SHANE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS
RAINFALL HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT OVER A FIVE-DAY
PERIOD THROUGHOUT THE STATE?
>> WELL, INCREDIBLE RAINFALL
TALLIES FROM BOTH COOPERATIVE
(08:21):
OBSERVERS FOR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE, ALONG WITH THE
KENTUCKY MESONET TO THE TUNE OF
DOUBLE-DIGITS COMING BETWEEN
APRIL 3-5.
AND IN SOME CASES WE SAW MORE
THAN A FOOT OF RAIN MARSHALL
COUNTY BEING THE WINNER WITH 15
INCHES OF RAINFALL IN JUST THREE
DAYS' TIME NEAR BENTON KENTUCKY.
(08:44):
AND THIS WAS
DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST FLOODING
EVENTS WHEN EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS
HIT HARD THEY HAD LIGHTER
RAINFALL TOTALS WHICH WE'RE
THANKFUL FOR.
WESTERN KENTUCKY SEEING THE
MOST.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEALING
WITH ONGOING RIVER FLOODING.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> ALL THAT WATER HAD TO GO
SOMEWHERE AND THE RIVERS,
(09:06):
CREEKS, TRIBUTARIES THAT IS
WHERE IT'S GOING.
WE'VE SEEN THE LAKE CREST AT A
RECORD LEVEL AT 585.7 FEET.
THE RECORD SET IN MARCH 1989.
THE GREEN RIVER IS CONTINUING TO
RISE.
AND HAS YET TO CREST IN PARADISE
AND ALSO IN CALHOUN IN McCLAIN
(09:28):
COUNTY.
THAT WILL COME LATER THIS WEEK.
THAT IS BECAUSE THE RIVER IS
BACKED UP RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE TRIBUTARIES ARE
WATERLOGGED SO IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE GREEN RIVER
TO CREST AT ALL POINTS AND THEN
SEVERAL DAYS BEYOND THAT TO
GRADUALLY FALL.
AND THE SAME CASE
GOES FOR THE OHIO RIVER NEAR THE
LOUISVILLE AREA.
(09:49):
WE'RE EXPECTING A CREST IN THE
NEXT COUPLE DAYS, PERHAPS ON
WEDNESDAY.
IT COULD GO UP TWO OR THREE FEET
FROM WHERE IT IS NOW.
AND THAT IS TYPICAL AND THIS IS
A GOOD TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE
ABOUT TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN
ABOUT CROSSING THOSE FLOODED
ROADWAYS, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY.
WE SAW NUMEROUS ROADWAYS THAT
(10:12):
ARE IMPASSABLE THAT IS THE CASE
FOR MANY COUNTIES ACROSS CENTRAL
AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
EVEN IF A ROADWAY IS NOT
BARRICADED IT DOES NOT MEAN IT
IS PASSABLE BY MY MEANS.
IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN A BIG FORD
F150 YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO MAKE IT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW
DEEP THAT WATER IS AND IT ONLY
(10:34):
TAKES ONE FOOT OF WATER TO LIFT
VEHICLES OFF THE ROADWAY.
TWO FEET WILL LIFT ANY VEHICLE
OFF THE ROADWAY.
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SWITCHING GEARS
FROM RAIN TO THE TEMPERATURES,
WE GO INTO THE DEEP FREEZE
TONIGHT.
WHAT'S THAT GOING TO BE ABOUT?
>> TALK ABOUT WEATHER WIN LASH.
(10:55):
WHIPLASH A FREEZE WARNING FOR
THE COMMONWEALTH INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP 25-30° RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE STATE.
THANK YOU, SHANE.
FROM FLOOD TO FREEZE AS YOU
HEARD THE TEMPERATURES FOR MOST
OF THE STATE WILL DROP TO THE
(11:16):
20s OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
AND FOR SOME, THE 20s AGAIN
OVERNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT.
FOR SOME EASTERN KENTUCKY
COUNTIES THE LATEST FLOODING
COMES LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER
A FLOOD EVENT LEFT 22 DEAD AND
DESTROYED HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
THE FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN
KENTUCKY WILL HOLD A RELIEF
(11:36):
CONCERT IN HAZARD TO BENEFIT
THOSE IMPACTED.
THE HEADLINER, MUSICIAN AND
FORMER DUKES OF HAZZARD STAR
JOHN SCHNEIDER WHO TELLS US THIS
IS ONE WAY TO PAYBACK A
COMMUNITY THAT HAS SHOWN HIM
SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
>> AS SOON AS WE HEARD ABOUT THE
FLOODS, IT WAS OKAY WE HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING.
(11:59):
BUT THEN DIDI SAID YOUR BIRTHDAY
IS ON APRIL 8TH, I'VE HAD 64 OF
THEM SO FAR I REMEMBER.
WHY DON'T WE GO AND DO THIS ON
YOUR BIRTHDAY?
AND I SAID THAT IS THE BEST IDEA
I'VE EVER HEARD IF YOU ARE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE GIVEN ANY
KIND OF CELEBRITY YOU SHOULD DO
SOMETHING GOOD WITH IT.
(12:19):
AND HAZARD HAS DONE WONDERFUL
THINGS FOR ME BY BEING HAZARD.
I AM FOREVER ASSOCIATED THEY
SPELLED IT BRONC.
BUT I'M FOREVER ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR
COUNTRY.
THE RESPONSE ON FACEBOOK, THE
RESPONSE ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS HAS BEEN JUST
WONDERFUL.
(12:40):
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.
I TOLD THEM ON FACEBOOK THE
OTHER DAY I SAID COME HELL OR
HIGH WATER WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT BACK TO HAZARD.
WE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GOING TO
BE THIS WEATHER ON THIS TRIP BUT
WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
LIKE I SAID IF I HAVE TO PADDLE
A CANOE WITH MY GUITAR WE WILL
BE THERE.
(13:00):
>> WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT HE IS
WILLING TO DO A BENEFIT CONCERT.
HE IS DONATING HIS TIME AND HIS
TALENT AS WELL OF HIS BAND.
THEY HAVE TRAVELED ON THEIR OWN
DIME TO COME TO HAZARD AND SETUP
AND PLAY AND PERFORM A CONCERT.
(13:23):
SO THIS IS FOUR VICTIMS FROM THE
FEBRUARY 2025 FLOOD AND THEN
ALSO IF ANYTHING DOES HAPPEN IN
THESE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH
FLOODING IN THE REGION THAT
MONEY WILL ALSO GO TO BENEFIT
ANYONE IMPACTED BY THAT AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE
FOR ANY CONTINGENCY THAT MIGHT
(13:46):
BE HAPPENING TO BE PREPARED FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED BY
THEIR REACTION AND I HOPE THAT
WHAT WE DO ON MY BIRTHDAY, I
HOPE COME APRIL 9TH, WE WILL
HAVE ALL BEEN PART OF THE SINGLE
GREATEST FUNDRAISING EFFORT IN
THIS ENTIRE AREA.
(14:08):
BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER WE ARE
HEADED TO HAZARD.
I HEAR THE RAIN.
[♪♪]
WEEKEND RAINS COULD
NOT DETER TRUMP CRITICS FROM
TAKING TO THE STREETS.
(14:29):
THE GROUP INDIVISIBLE ORGANIZED
RALLIES NATIONWIDE.
IN LOUISVILLE THE CROWD OF
HUNDREDS RANGED FROM DIEHARD
DEMOCRATS TO PRO PALESTINIAN
ACTIVISTS.
THE COMMON SENTIMENT, SLOW DOWN
THE TRUMP AGENDA.
>> I'M SO THRILLED TO BE A PART
OF THIS TODAY, BECAUSE I HAVE
KIDS AND I HAVE GRANDKIDS AND
THIS IS THAT THE COUNTRY I WANT
(14:51):
TO LEAVE THEM WITH.
HANDS OFF ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT
YOU CAN THINK OF.
HANDS OFF MEDICARE, HANDS OFF
SOCIAL SECURITY.
HANDS OFF IMMIGRATION.
HANDS OFF OUR ECONOMY.
[CHEERING].
(15:13):
>> WE ARE AT WAR.
A CONVICTED FELON SITS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE AND UNELECTED
BILLIONAIRES AND ALLOWS THEM TO
DISMANTLE OUR COUNTRY.
THEY ARE DESTROYING THE
FOUNDATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF
EVERYTHING WE HAVE BUILT,
EVERYTHING WE RELY ON.
THEY ARE AT WAR WITH OUR WORKING
(15:35):
FAMILIES.
THEY ARE AT WAR WITH OUR
VETERANS, OUR SENIORS OUR
TEACHERS, OUR NURSES OUR
FARMERS.
WE CANNOT LET THIS STAND AND
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
>> TRUMP IS AN IDIOT AND HE HAS
NO SOUL, NO CONSCIENCE HE WANTS
TO GIVE RICH PEOPLE AND MORE
(15:57):
WEALTH AND I HATE HIM.
>> POWER WITH THE PEOPLE.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET
DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK TAKE
THAT AWAY FROM US.
GOOD NEWS FOR US DEMOCRATS.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN WISCONSIN
JUST THIS WEEK.
(16:24):
ELON MUSK GIVEN ME THAT $25
MILLION I WOULD HAVE DONE A LOT
MORE WITH IT.
>> AS WE WATCH IT IT'S LIKE
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
OUR HOUSE AND SENATE FIGHTING
BACK?
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
LIKE.
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
(16:46):
LIKE.
>> EVERYBODY HERE OUGHT TO
APPOINT YOURSELF AS A COMMITTEE
OF ONE.
AND YOUR JOB IS TO EXTEND YOUR
REACH AS FAR AS YOU CAN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS
TO HAPPEN AGAIN FOR YOU TO DO
WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO DEMOCRACY.
(17:07):
YOU ARE THE ANSWER.
YOU HAVE THE KEY.
SO HANDS OFF.
HANDS OFF.
HANDS OFF.
HANDS OFF.
>> WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL THEY
TAUGHT US TO BE PROUD OF THE
UNITED STATES.
AND THAT WE WERE THE GOOD GUYS.
WE ARE NOT THE GOOD GUYS
(17:29):
ANYMORE.
WE WANT THE COMMON PEOPLE WANT
TO BE THE GOOD GUYS BUT WE HAVE
LEADERS WHO ARE FAILING US.
WE NEED THEM TO STAND UP FOR OUR
DEMOCRACY.
WE NEED THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS
AND NOT WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT
WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BE
REELECTED OR NOT.
THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THEY WERE
ELECTED TO DO WHICH IS TO DEFEND
(17:51):
THE CONSTITUTION.
CROWDS POPPED UP
ELSEWHERE IN KENTUCKY FROM
PADUCAH TO ASHLAND.
THE GROUP INDIVISIBLE LISTED
MORE THAN A DOZEN RALLIES HELD
LAST SATURDAY.
>>> A USDA PROGRAM WILL SOON
COME TO AN END THAT HELPED GET
(18:14):
FRESH LOCAL FOOD INTO SCHOOL
CAFETERIAS.
THE LOCAL FOOD FOR SCHOOLS
PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2020.
THERE HAD BEEN PLANS TO EXTEND
IT FOR THREE YEARS WHICH MEANT
$5.8 MILLION FOR KENTUCKY.
THAT FUNDING WAS RECENTLY CUT BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
LAURA ROGERS LEARNED MORE ABOUT
(18:35):
THE IMPACT OF LFS AND A PRODUCER
WHO HAS SEEN ITS ADVANTAGES.
>> BOTH MY WIFE AND I HAVE
ALWAYS FELT STRONGLY ABOUT
NUTRITION.
>> TRACK COACH JONATHAN VAUGHN
AND HIS WIFE MOLLY ARE FORMER
COLLEGE ATHLETES.
>> THE LESS PROCESSED FOODS WE
HAVE AND THE MORE NATURAL,
LOCAL, PRODUCE AND MEATS AND
(18:56):
OTHER FOODS THAT WE HAVE, THE
HEALTHIER OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO
BE.
>> Laura (19:02):
VAUGHAN HAS BEEN
HELPING TO KEEP KENTUCKY KIDS
HEALTHY PROVIDING FOOD TO SCHOOL
CAFETERIAS IN SEVEN COUNTIES.
>> THE KIDS LOVE IT.
VAUGHAN SAYS THE
OPERATION HELPED HIM SURVIVE THE
WINTER SEASON.
>> IT LITERALLY SAVED THE
BUSINESS.
ONCE I GOT INTO THE SCHOOL
(19:23):
SYSTEMS THIS WILL HOLD US UNTIL
SUMMER WHEN WE CAN GROW MORE AND
PROVIDE FOR RESTAURANTS AND
INDIVIDUALS.
THE KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ADMINISTERED THE LOCAL FOOD FOR
SCHOOLS PROGRAM WITH
PARTICIPATION FROM 200 FARMERS
AND 90 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> WE'VE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION
FROM THAT OFFICE THAT THE GRANT
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HAS ENDED.
AND THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE.
>> THE BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN
PURCHASING FOOD FROM FARMERS FOR
A DECADE THIS GRANT HELPED THEM
SPEND MORE.
>> I ENJOY BEING ABLE TO TELL MY
BABIES THE LETTUCE THEY ARE
EATING IN THEIR SALAD BAR
EVERYDAY IS GROWN IN FOUNTAIN
RUN KENTUCKY OR BENTON KENTUCKY.
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WE TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING SURE WE
ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMONWEALTH.
>> THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVES
3800 DAILY MEALS WHICH INCLUDES
VEGETABLES FROM NEED ANOTHER
ACRES AND BEEF.
>> IT ALLOWS US TO CAPITALIZE ON
SUSTAINING OUR COMMUNITY AND
HAVING THE PARTNERSHIPS LOCALLY.
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PROVIDING THOSE FOOD ITEMS TO
OUR STUDENTS.
>> IT DOES COME AT AN EXPENSE.
EVERY PENNY COUNTS WHEN
BUDGETING FOR SCHOOL MEALS.
>> IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY
LOCAL BECAUSE IT IS A SMALL
PRODUCTION VERSUS BUYING FROM A
BIG MANUFACTURER.
HIGH QUALITY, HIGH COST PRODUCT.
>> IT'S COMPLETELY STRAIGHT OUT
OF THE FIELD AND THAT IS SO GOOD
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FOR OUR KIDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT
ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SITTING
ON A SHELF OR RIPE ENDED
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT'S OUT OF OUR DIRT AND COMING
TO YOU.
>> BETH MILLER IS A FOOD
DIRECTOR AT A SMALL SCHOOL
DISTRICT WITH LESS THAN 1500
STUDENTS.
>> WE RECEIVE A THOUSAND POUNDS
OF BLUEBERRIES AND WE WILL BUY A
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TON OF APPLES AS WELL.
METCALF COUNTY HAS
RECEIVED $5 STOIN,000 AND IT HAS
A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT.
>> NOT ONLY IS IT FEEDING OUR
KIDS BUT YOU ARE PAYING A LOCAL
FARMER TO MAKE THOSE THINGS AND
IT JUST CONTINUES THE ECONOMY IN
YOUR AREA.
THAT'S PUTTING THE FUNDS BACK IN
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HIS POCKET AS WELL.
THE KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS
THE LFS PROGRAM SUPPORTED
KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE AND
DELIVERED FRESH LOCAL PRODUCTS
TO OUR COMMUNITIES IN NEED.
KDA IS DEDICATED TO THE GOALS
AND STATE'S FARMERS WE ARE
OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS AND FUTURE
ADMINISTRATIONS WILL PRIORITIZE
SIMILAR INITIATIVES.
>> WE ARE REALLY HOPING, PRAYING
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AND POSITIVELY THINKING THAT THE
GRANT WILL BE RENEWED IN SOME
FORM OR FASHION.
>> JOHN IS OPTIMISTIC THE
EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE.
>> I ALSO FEEL LIKE PART OF THE
NEW ADMINISTRATION IS ACTUALLY
VERY PRO NUTRITIONAL FOOD, LOCAL
FOOD.
>> AND HE HOPES TO SEE AN
(22:16):
EXPANSION OF ENDEAVORS TO GET
THAT LOCAL NUTRITIOUS FOOD INTO
SCHOOLS.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA
ROGERS.
>> Christie (22:26):
THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WE SPOKE WITH SAY THEY
WILL STILL SPEND MONEY LOCALLY
AS MUCH AS THEY ARE ABLE.
THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE SAYS IT'S WORKING ON
NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE
THESE EFFORTS.
THE STATE WAS AWARDED MORE THAN
$3 MILLION FOR THE LOCAL FOODS
FOR SCHOOLS AGREEMENT WHICH IS
SCHEDULED TO END APRIL 30TH.
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[♪♪]
OF COURSE WE ALL WANT CONFIDENCE
THAT THE FOOT WE EAT IS SAFE AND
YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
AVIAN FLU HOW IT AFFECTS OUR
MEAT.
YOU WILL HEAR ANSWERS SUNDAY ON
KENTUCKY HEALTH.
>> WHERE IS THIS VIRUS COMING
FROM?
THAT IS EVERYBODY'S FIRST
(23:10):
QUESTION.
THE VIRUS IS COMING FROM
WILDLIFE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE MIGRATING
BIRDS THAT FLY SOUTH FOR THE
WINTER AND NORTH FOR THE SUMMER
THEY COVER HUNDREDS OF MILES.
WHEN THEY ARE SICK ANYTHING THEY
FLYOVER THEY PUT THOSE ANIMALS
AT RISK.
NOW, MOST OF OUR COMMERCIAL,
THOSE BIG FARMS WITH A MILLION
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CHICKENS MOST OF THOSE CHICKENS
ARE RAISED INDOORS.
I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE
WANT THE CHICKENS TO BE ABLE TO
BE OUTSIDE.
BUT BY RAISING THEM INDOORS IT
DECREASES THE RISK OF DISEASES.
SUCH AS AVIAN FLU.
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EXPOSED TO
THE WILDLIFE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHEN YOU
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HAVE A FEWER LARGE FARMS AND A
DISEASE DOES AFFECT ONE OF THEM,
IT AFFECTS THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A
GREATER IMPACT ON EGG PRICES.
WHEN ONE OF THESE LARGE FARMS
DOES BECOME INFECTED.
VERSUS OUR SMALL BACKYARD
(24:19):
PRODUCERS, THEIR ANIMALS ARE AT
A GREATER RISK, BUT YOU PROBABLY
WON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT WHEN
ONLY 10 CHICKENS GET SICK.
MORE ABOUT THE
AVIAN FLU AND INDUSTRIAL MEAT
PRODUCTION THIS SUNDAY ON
KENTUCKY HEALTH WITH Dr. WAYNE
(24:39):
TUCKSON AT 1:30 PM EVEN AND
12:30 CENTRAL ON KET.
AND WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM
TONIGHT ABOUT HELPING FRIENDS
AND LOVED ONES ON MULTIPLE
MEDICATIONS.
JOIN US FOR SENIORS AND
MEDICATION, THE NEXT CHAPTER
FORUM.
TONIGHT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN 7:00
P.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.
(25:05):
TONIGHT WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE KENTUCKY
CAPITOL'S FAMED FLORAL CLOCK A
DUEL INVOLVING HENRY CLAY AND
KENTUCKY'S FIRST EVER FOOTBALL
GAME WITH AN UNUSUAL SCORE.
TOBY GIBBS HAS MORE IN THIS LOOK
AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY
HISTORY.
(25:26):
[♪♪]
>> SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY CLAY
FOUGHT SENATOR JOHN RANDOLF IN A
DUEL ON APRIL 8TH, 1826 AFTER
RANDOLPH INSULTED CLAY IN A U.S.
SENATE SPEECH.
THE DUEL WAS IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA.
BOTH MEN MISSED WHEN FIRING
THEIR FIRST SHOTS.
CLAY'S SECOND SHOT ALSO MISSED.
(25:47):
RANDOLPH FIRED HIS SECOND SHOT
INTO THE AIR AND THE MEN SHOOK
HANDS.
THE OLDEST HIGH SCHOOL IN
KENTUCKY OPENED APRIL 7, 1856.
LOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE
RENAMED LOUISVILLE MALE HIGH
SCHOOL AS OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS
BEGAN TO OPEN.
IT'S BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST
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ORGANIZED FOOTBALL GAME IN
KENTUCKY AS KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
CALLED TRANSYLVANIA BEAT CENTER
COLLEGE APRIL 9TH, 1880.
THE FINAL SCORE WAS 13 AND
THREE-FOURTHS TO NOTHING.
KENTUCKIANS ENJOYED THE VIEW OF
A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL
(26:29):
7, 1940 AS THE MOON BLOCKED
THREE-FOURTHS OF THE SUN.
ON APRIL 10TH, 1961, GOVERNOR
BERT T. COMBS OK'd $50,000 TO
BUILD A FLORAL CLOCK ON THE
CAPITOL GROUNDS.
HE HAD SEEN A SIMILAR CLOCK IN
SCOTLAND.
FORMER GOVERNOR A.B. "HAPPY"
CHANDLER MADE FUN OF THE CLOCK
(26:51):
BUT IT WENT ON TO BECOME A VERY
POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION.
AND THAT IS WHAT WAS HAPPENING
THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.
I'M TOBY GIBBS.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN
US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EVEN
5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY
EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM,
CONNECT AND INSPIRE.
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(27:13):
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US.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
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