April 8, 2025 - Death Toll Rises Following Catastrophic Flooding

The state's death toll is now four after floods and storms hit Kentucky last week, officials with the city of Burgin in Mercer County are asking visitors to stop coming to the city to see the flooding devastation, and customers of a Lexington business owner show their support after she loses her home to flooding. 

Episode Transcript

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[♪♪]
>> WE CON FIRMTED TWO MORE
DEATHS BRINGING OUR TOTAL TO
FOUR INDIVIDUALS.

>> Kelsey (00:14):
THE DEALT TOLL RISES
AS RESCUES AND CLEAN UP CONTINUE
FOLLOWING HISTORIC WEATHER
EVENTS ACROSS KENTUCKY.
>> WE'RE STILL GOING TO HELP
THESE EIGHT BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENCES COME BACK.
THE FLOODWATERS
CONTINUE TO RISE.
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO WESTERN

(00:34):
KENTUCKY TO SEE THE IMPACT
THERE.
>> YOU LIVE NEAR THE KENTUCKY
RIVER, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO
GET WET.
A WOODFORD COUNTY
WOMAN EXPECTED TWO TO THREE FEET
OF WATER AND ENDED UP WITH NINE.
>> THE LODGER YOU'VE SMOKED THE

(00:57):
MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET
CANCERS IN THE ORAL CAVITY.
AND ORAL CANCER IT IS
A BIG PROBLEM IN KENTUCKY SO
WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW?
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]

(01:26):
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"KENTUCKY EDITION" FOR TUESDAY
APRIL THE 8TH I'M KELSEY STARKS
IN OUR LOUISVILLE STUDIO FILLING
IN FOR RENEE SHAW THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
FIRST TONIGHT, THE DEATH TOLL
CONTINUES TO RISE AFTER FLOODS
AND STORMS HIT KENTUCKY LAST
WEEK.
THE STATE'S DEAD TOLL IS NOW
FOUR.
A MAN MISSING IN MCCRACKEN

(01:46):
COUNTY HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD AND
ANOTHER MAN DIED IN TRIGG COUNTY
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR.
WE HEARD FROM HIM AND THE FEMA
ABOUT THE STATE AND FEDERAL
RESPONSE.
>> SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS
CONTINUE TO SAVE LIVES.
THIS WEEK WE'VE HAD TWO RESCUES
HERE IN FRANK FORWARD BY BOAT.
67 INDIVIDUALS WERE EVACUATEDDED

(02:07):
BY BOAT FROM A HOTEL IN
LOUISVILLE.
OVERALL WE'VE SEEN 142 RESCUES,
272 EVACUATIONS BY BOAT, 87
BOATS IN USE.
AGAIN, THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, ARE CARS
DRIVING THROUGH WATER.
ARE PEOPLE GOING AROUND

(02:27):
BARRICADES I SAW A NEWS STORY
ABOUT A RESCUE THAT HAD TO OCCUR
BECAUSE SOMEONE DROVE AROUND
BEAR KIDS.
WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU ARE PUTTING
YOUR LIFE IN DANGER AND PEOPLE
COMING TO RESCUE YOU IN
CANINGER.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO WAIT THIS OUT.
IN PLACES WE'VE SEEN RIVERS
CREST AND THE FLOODING WILL BE

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GOING DOWN.
PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
EITHER STANDING OR RUNNING
WATER, TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
>> WE'RE MAKING SURE THE
COMMONWEALTH AND KENTUCKY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT KNOWS WHAT
RESOURCES THE FEDERAL HAS TO
BRING TO BEAR AND MAKING SURE
THEY ARE ON THE TABLE.
AS THEY ARE REQUESTED WE STAND

(03:10):
READY TO SUPPORT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
KENTUCKY AND THE COMMONWEALTH
AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND AS
THE SUPPORT FLOWS THROUGH THEM
TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS, WE WILL CONTINUE
DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THIS FIRST
PHASE OF LIFE-SAVING.
ALSO TODAY, THE

(03:31):
GOVERNOR CRITICIZED THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY'S CAP ON DISASTER
RELATED SPENDING.
HE SAYS IT LIMITS HIS ABILITY TO
DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF
EMERGENCY.

>> Gov. Andy Beshear (03:43):
FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY PUT A CAP ON
RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES.
WE HAVE $3 BILLION PLUS IN RAINY
DAY FUND.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THEY
SAID NO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET
YOU DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO
RESPOND.
WE'LL PUT A CAP ON IT.
WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL

(04:04):
ASSISTANCE.
THE FACT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A
SPECIAL SESSION FOR A
LEGISLATURE TO SAY YES YOU CAN
HELP PEOPLE, THAT'S SILLY.
IN THE END WHAT DOES IT COST TO
PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM A
NATURAL DISASTER?
IT COSTS WHAT IT COSTS.
AS A COMMONWEALTH WE OUGHT TO BE
THERE FOR OUR PEOPLE EACH AND
EVERY TIME.

>> Kelsey (04:23):
THE SOUND OF WATERED
PUMPS WILL REPLACE THE SOUNDS OF
FIREWORKS AND AIRPLANES IN
LOUISVILLE THEY'VE CANCELED
"THUNDER ONEVER LOUISVILLE" IN
DERBY CITY.
WE ARE 23 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WE
EXPECT THAT THE OHIO RIVER WILL

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RISE ONE FOOT OVER THE COURSE OF
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AT WHICH POINT IT'S EXPECTED TO
CREST TOMORROW AT 37 FEET.
WHICH IS DEFINITELY A TOP 10
FLOOD IN LOUISVILLE'S HISTORY.
THE C.O.O. OF THE
LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY
METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT SAID

(05:08):
EIGHT BILLION GALLONS OF WATER
PASSED THROUGH THE PUMP STATIONS
SINCE FRIDAY.
THE FLOOD SYSTEMS BUILT IN THE
1950s ARE WORKING WELL AND
NOTED THAT IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO
THE SYSTEM AFTER THE HISTORIC
1997 FLOOD, PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
PROTECTING PEOPLE IN THIS LATEST
FLOOD.
>> BUT NORMALLY IF WE HADN'T

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BUILT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
MUCH MORE FLOODING.
THIS IS A MAJOR WIN FOR
COMMUNITY.
WE DID HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED
PEOPLE WHO HAD WATER IN THEIR
BASEMENTS AND A FEW THAT DID GET
FLOODWATERS IN THEIR HOMES.
BUT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
EVENT WITH HUNDREDS IF NOT
THOUSANDS OF HOUSES FLOODED.

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MAYOR GREENBERG WENT
ON TO SAY WHILE THE CITY STARTED
CLEAN UP EFFORTS HE EXPECTS TO
ISSUE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON LARGER
EFFORTS AS THE WATERS RECEDE.
HE ALSO NOTED OTHER DERBY
FESTIVAL EVENTS WILL CONTINUE
BUT SOME MAY HAVE TO CHANGE
LOCATION.
>>> WHILE THE ENTIRE STATE IS
DEALING WITH FLOODING THE
WESTERN REGION OF THE STATE BORE

(06:11):
THE BRUNTED OF SEVERAL DAYS OF
CONTINUOUS RAINFALL.
JUSTIN GIBBS LEAD FORECASTER AT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
PADUCAH SAYS SEVERAL AREAS IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY BROKE RECORDS,
AMONG THEM THE CITY OF DAWSON
SPRINGS, STILL RECOVERING AFTER
BEING HIT BY A TORNADO OUTBREAK

(06:32):
IN 2021.
>> IT'S VERY SERIOUS HISTORIC
TYPE FLOODING GOING ON IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY.
10 TO 15 INCHES OCCURS OVER THE
COURSE OF FOUR DAYS, WHICH IS
THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD IN OUR
AREA RECORDED GOING BACK AS FAR
BACK AS RECORDS GO.
FLOODING WAS SIGNIFICANT EVEN AT

(06:53):
STREET-LEVEL AND NEIGHBORHOOD
LEVEL.
AND NOW THAT WATER HAS COLLECTED
INTO PLACES LIKE THE TRIGG
RIVER, THE GREEN RIVER AND ALL
THE TRIBUTARIES THAT IT GOES TO
AND THAT IS CREATING MAYBE NEAR
RECORD FLOOD ON THE GREEN RIVER
ESPECIALLY AT PARADISE AND EVEN
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON THE OHIO

(07:13):
RIVER AT NEWBURGH AND EVANSVILLE
INCLUDING HENDERSON AND DAVIS
COUNTY IN KENTUCKY.
AND SIGNIFICANT UPSTREAM ON THE
OHIO RIVER AS WELL.
IT'S DOING SOMETHING THAT
IMPACTED A LOT OF KENTUCKIANS
AND FOLKS IN THE WESTERN PART OF
THE STATE AND FURTHER SOUTH INTO
PADUCAH, AND WESTERN KENTUCKY,

(07:34):
THE MAYFIELD CREEK, ALL WELL
EXCEEDED THEIR BANKS AND WE'VE
HAD FOLKS HAVE TO EVACUATE THEIR
HOMES EVEN IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY
DUE TO WATER GETTING INTO THEM
OR THREATEDENING TO CUT THEM OFF
FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE AT THIS
MOMENT WE HAVE EIGHT BUSINESSES
THAT WERE IMPACTED.
AND MAYBE TWO TO THREE

(07:55):
RESIDENCES THAT WERE IMPACTED.
THE ACTUAL FLOODING DID OCCUR IN
WHAT WE CALLED 1 100-YEAR FLOOD
PLAIN AREA.
AND THE THING THAT MADE IT
DEVASTATING IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE, NOT ONLY DID THE FLOODING
COME UP, BUT IT CAME UP PAST OUR

(08:18):
1 100-YEAR FLOOD LEVEL.
IT WAS WHAT WE CALL 402 FEET.
AND THIS FLOOD, AGAIN I'M NOT AN
ENGINEER BUT I'M TELLING YOU
THIS FLOOD CAME UP THREE FEET
OVER THAT.
SO IT IMPACTED --
IT CAME INSIDE BUSINESSES THAT
WERE NOT EXPECTING IT.
CERTAINLY CAME INSIDE RESIDENCES

(08:40):
THAT WERE NOT EXPECTING IT.
AND IT HAS DEVASTATED ONE OF OUR
PARKS.
WE HAD BUILT THAT PARK ALL OF
THE ELECTRICAL PANELINGS, ALL OF
THE --
PANTS ALL THE CONCESSION AREAS
ABOVE THE 1 100-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN
AND IT CAME FROM 402 TO 405.

(09:03):
IT IS A VERY BIG IMPACT AND A
LOT FOR A SMALL TOWN AND SMALL
FAMILY BUSINESSES TO SUSTAIN.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY
COMMUNITY IS EQUIPPED TO DEAL
WITH 10 OR 15 INCHES OF RAIN.
EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR FLOOD
MITIGATION SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
WE HAVE WARNING SYSTEMS IN
PLACE.
EVERYBODY DID WHAT THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT THERE'S JUST

(09:24):
LIMITS WHAT YOU CAN PREPARE FOR.
AND I THINK THIS SORT OF
ECLIPSED THAT IN SOME PLACES.
FORTUNATELY, THE HUMAN LOSS
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FAIRLY
MITIGATED BY THE WARNING SYSTEM
ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING ACTION AND
BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND
MOVING QUICKLY WHEN IT BECAME
CLEAR THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE

(09:44):
SAFE TO REMAIN WHERE THEY WERE
AT AND WE HOPE THAT STAYS THAT
WAY AND WE DON'T LEARN OF
ANYMORE LOSSES OF LIFE IN THAT
PART OF THE STATE.
>> TOTALLY DOWN, BUT PRETTY MUCH
ALL OF THE FLOODWATERS ARE OUT
OF THE BUILDINGS AT PRESENT.
AND THERE WAS ALMOST EVERYBODY'S

(10:05):
BASEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS
IMPACTED.
WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE FLOOD
PLAIN OR NOT.
IT WAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
RAIN.
>> IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE HARD TO COPE WITH
AND HARD TO RECOVER FROM AND
CAN'T BEGIN UNTIL EVERYTHING
DRAINS OUT WHICH MAY STILL TAKE
SEVERAL MORE DAYS.
THERE'S SO MUCH WATER, IT TAKES

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SEVERAL DAYS PROBABLY FOUR OR
FIVE DAYS WHEN EVERYTHING STARTS
TO GET CLEARED OUT AND SOME OF
THE RIVERS RETURN TO NOT
NECESSARILY NORMAL, BUT BELOW
THE CURRENT LEVEL WHICH IS SO
PROBLEMATIC.
>> WE ARE STILL STRUCK AND WE
WILL TRY TO HELP THESE EIGHT
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES COME
BACK.

(10:47):
BUT WE'RE RESILIENT.
WE'RE RESILIENT.
MEANTIME AT CHURCH
AND FRANKLIN COUNTY IS HOPING TO
SPREAD JOY AND FEEDED COMMUNITY
AFTER THE SEVERE FLOODING LEFT
PARTS OF FRANKFORT UNDERWATER.
>> THE RIVER HAS FLASH-FLOODED

(11:08):
MOST OF FRANKFORT IN A LOT OF
PLACES AND A LOT OF PLACES NEVER
FLOODED BEFORE GOT HIT.
THE HOTELS AND THINGS ARE FULL
OF PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OTHER
COUNTIES AND OTHER STATES TO
HELP OUT.
OF COURSE, THIS IS THE CAPITAL.
AND MY PASTOR DECIDED HEY WE'RE
GOING TO FEED EVERYBODY.
>> EVERYONE HAS BEEN AFFECTED IN
SOME WAY SHAPE, FOR ARE 0

(11:30):
FASHION.
WHETHER SOMEONE LOST A HOME,
SOMEONE HAS HAD TO EVACUATE OR
SOMEONE WHO IS HELPING OTHER
PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVE BEEN
FLOODED INSTEAD OF THEMSELVES.
WITH THAT BEING SAID WE JUST
WANTED TO FEED EVERYBODY.
WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF
EVERYBODY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
FOR THE PAST 48 HOURS.

(11:52):
>> I CAME DOWN HERE AND I SAW A
FEW PEOPLE THAT I KNOW.
SO IT'S NICE SEEING THE
COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND
HELPING EACH OTHER OUT.
MY GRANDPARENTS LIVE OFF OLD
LARGEBURG ROAD AND EVERY YEAR WE
GET A FLOOD IN THE DRIVEWAY AND
GET LIKE AFFECT THE HOUSE TOO
MUCH, BUT THIS TIME, MY GRANDDAD

(12:13):
THAT LIVED THERE ALL HIS LIFE HE
SAID HE NEVER SEEN IT THIS BAD
BEFORE IN HIS LIFE.
AND WRAPPED AROUND THE HOUSE AND
IT GOT WITHIN, PROBABLY, A FEW
INCHES FROM GETTING UP INSIDE OF
THE HOUSE.
BUT THE BASEMENT WAS COMPLETELY
FLOODED.
>> KEEP PUSHING.
KEEP FIGHTING.
KEEP TRYING AND KEEP LIVING, YOU

(12:35):
KNOW.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS HAS
HAPPENED BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW THE
FLOOD TO KEEP US FROM ACHIEVING,
SUCCEEDING, LIVING AND THE GOOD
THING ABOUT IT IS THE ENTIRE
CITY HAS COME TOGETHER TO HELP
EACH OTHER.
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL.

(12:57):
A SMALL CITY IN
MERCER COUNTY IS REELING FROM
THE FLOODS.
OFFICIALS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO
STAY AWAY BECAUSE TOURISTS
COMING TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF
THE HISTORIC FLOOD HAVE BEEN
GETTING IN THE WAY.
>> THIS IS WHERE WE CAME AND NOW
WE HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

(13:17):
THESE WERE OUR SAFE HAVEN HOMES
HERE AND WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT
IT WOULD FLOOD THIS FAR.
>> IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH FEW DAYS.
WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WATER
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF
AND TRYING TO MOVE.
WE HAVE FOLKS WITHOUT SEWER DUE
TO THE FLOODING KNOCKING OUT A
PUMP STATION.
AND WE'VE GOT 22 PEOPLE THAT ARE

(13:41):
DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES RIGHT
AT THE MOMENT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO
STRESS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, IS
THE CITY IS BEGGING FOR
SIGHTSEERS NOT TO COME INTO THE
AREA THAT IS FLOODED.
IT IS A SAFETY RISK AND IT'S
ALSO THE FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING
TO GET PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OUT

(14:02):
THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
IN AND OUT.
>> I HAD TO PARK HEAVY EQUIPMENT
ACROSS THE ROADS TO KEEP PEOPLE
OUT OF THE AREA.
IT'S THAT BAD.
>> DON'T PANIC SO MUCH.
WE KNOW THIS IS A DEVASTATION.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE YOUR LIFE AND
YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HOME.
AND IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET
IT BACK TOGETHER, BUT IT WILL
COME TOGETHER AND IF YOU NEED

(14:23):
HELP, JUST CALL, JUST HOLLER OUT
AND HELP WILL COME.
>> ONCE THE WATER GOES DOWN,
THEN WE CAN START CLEANING UP
HOMES.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LIST.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HELP CONTACT
CITY HALL REACH OUT TO US WE'LL
PUT YOUR NAME ON THE LIST AND
WE'LL CALL YOU WHEN WE'RE READY
TO START THAT PROCESS.

(14:45):
KRISSY FRASER OWNER
OF THE COURTYARD DELI IN
DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON IS DEALING
WITH THE AFTERMATH OF WEEKEND
FLOODING AT HER HOUSE IN
WOODFORD COUNTY.
WE SAT DOWN WITH HER TO SEE HOW
SHE PREPARED FOR THE FLOOD AND
HOW THE CUSTOMERS SHOWED UP TO
SERVE HER.
>> IT'S NINE FEET IN OUR HOUSE.

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WE LIVE IN WOODFORD COUNTY ON
BUCK RUN ROAD ON THE KENTUCKY
RIVER.
AND WE KNEW THE RIVER WAS GOING
TO COME UP.
AND WE HAD PREPARED FOR ABOUT A
TWO-THREE-FOOT FLOOD.
FRIDAY MORNING, WE LOOKED AT THE
NOAA FORECAST, THERE IS A PAGE

(15:27):
THAT DOES A FORECASTING THE
RIVER IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE LIKE
OUR SECTION OF THE RIVER, AND
SAW THAT 2-6S GOING TO BE
CONSIDERABLY HIGHER.
WE DASHED OFF TO U-HAUL AND GOT
A TRUCK.
HIRED MOVERS THAT WERE GOING TO
MOVE US OUT ON SATURDAY MORNING.
AND GOT OH, THIS IS GREAT.

(15:48):
BY FRIDAY AT NOON WE'RE GOING,
SO FORTUNATELY WE CALLED U-HAUL,
THE TRUCK WAS AVAILABLE.
CALLED THE MOVERS.
MOVERS CAME DOWN.
THESE GUYS WERE WONDERFUL.
AND THEY MOVED US OUT IN THREE
HOURS.
90% OF OUR FURNITURE OUT.
YOU LIVE ON THE KENTUCKY RIVER,

(16:08):
YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET
WET.
THERE ARE HOUSES DOWN THERE THAT
HAVE NEVER FLOODED THAT HAVE
BEEN EVACUATED AND COMING IN
BOATS TO GET SOME OF MY
NEIGHBORS OUT.
THIS IS DEVASTATING TO, IT'S
CLIFTON, BUCK RUN IN WOODFORD

(16:29):
COUNTY.
AND IT'S SO SAD.
SOME PEOPLE GOT CAUGHT UNAWARES,
YOU KNOW.
AND LOST SO MUCH MORE THAN WE
HAVE.
WE ARE REALLY IN THE BIG PICTURE
OF THINGS MORE FORTUNATE THAN
MOST.
AND I'M PRETTY PROACTIVE, I HAVE

(16:51):
SERVE PRO ON DECK TO GO IN THERE
ON FRIDAY AND THEY COME WITH THE
MACHINES THAT SUCK ALL THE WATER
AND MUD OUT AND PUT DEHUGH MILD
FISTERS --
DEHUMID PHIERS.
WE HAVE A FACEBOOK GROUP AND

(17:12):
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT
IS HAPPENING AT THEIR HOUSE AND
WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE.
IT'S CLOSE TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, RIVER PEOPLE WHO LOVE
THE KENTUCKY RIVER.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY OF US
LEAVING.
I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO JUST
CARRY ON AND GET IT FIXED.

(17:33):
>> WE'RE STAYING IN THE
VERSAILLES SWANKY HOLIDAY INN.
IT'S LOVELY AND THEY ARE BEING
ATTENTIVE A LOT OF FLOOD VICTIMS
IN THE HOTEL.
>> THE COURTYARD DELI MY HUSBAND
AND I OWN IT TOGETHER BUT I
STARTED IT.
WE'VE BEEN IN DOWNTOWN FOR 32

(17:55):
YEARS.
AND WE'VE BEEN IN THIS LOCATION
FOR EIGHT.
>> THEY CAME UP AND JUST DROVES
AND NOW WE DIDN'T EXPECT THIS SO
I DIDN'T BUY EXTRA BREAD I MADE
A USUAL DAY'S AMOUNT AND WE SOLD
OUT BY -- SOLD OUT EVERYTHING BY
QUARTER OF 1:00 P.M.

(18:15):
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS
AND KIND.
IT REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL ALL
WARM ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND HOW LOVED WE ARE AS A LITTLE
RESTAURANT.
THE LITTLE RESTAURANT THAT
COULD, YOU KNOW.
MANY, MANY YEARS.

(18:36):
[♪♪]
THE U.S. SENATE TODAY
CONFIRMED ELBRIDGE COLBY TO BE
UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR
POLICY.
IT'S CONSIDERED THE NUMBER THREE
JOB AT THE PENTAGON.
HE WAS CONFIRMED 54-45, DESPITE

(19:00):
THE OPPOSITION OF U.S. SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL OF KENTUCKY
WHO SAYS COLBY IS TOO FOCUSED ON
THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND NOT
FOCUSED ENOUGH ON UKRAINE OR THE
MIDDLE EAST.
SENATOR McCONNELL PUT OUT THIS
STATEMENT ABOUT COLBY.
QUOTE, ELBRIDGE COLBY'S LONG
PUBLIC RECORD SUGGESTS A
WILLINGNESS TO DISCOUNT THE

(19:21):
COMPLEXITY OF THE CHALLENGES
FACING AMERICA, THE CRITICAL
VALUE OF OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS
AND THE URGENT NEED TO INVEST IN
HARD POWER TO PRESERVE AMERICAN
PRIMACY.
ABANDONING UKRAINE IN EUROPE AND
DOWN-PLAYING THE MIDDLE EAST TO
PRIORITIZE THE INDO-PACIFIC IS
NOT A CLEVER CHESS MOVE.
>> SENATOR McCONNELL VOTED

(19:43):
AGAINST SEVERAL NOMINEES
INCLUDING PETE HEGSETH, TULSI
GABBARD AND ROBERT KENNEDY, JR.
AND SIGNED ON A BILL TO GIVE
CONGRESS MORE SAY IN TARIFFS
IMPOSED BY PRESIDENTS.
ALSO TODAY, McCONNELL'S
KENTUCKY COLLEAGUE RAND PAUL
INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD END
A PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY POWER
TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON INCOMING

(20:04):
GOODS.
IT IS A BIPARTISAN BILL
COSPONSORED BY A DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR FROM OREGON.
SENATOR PAUL SAYS QUOTE TARIFFS
ARE TAXES AND THE POWER TO TAX
BELONGS TO CONGRESS NOT THE
PRESIDENT.
OUR FOUNDERS WERE CLEAR TAX
POLICY SHOULD NEVER REST IN THE
HANDS OF ONE PERSON.
UNQUOTE.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED

(20:25):
EXECUTIVE ORDERS TODAY THAT HE
SAYS WILL HELP THE COAL
INDUSTRY, "THE ASSOCIATED PRESS"
REPORTING ONE OF THE ORDERS WILL
ALLOW OLDER COAL-FIRED POWER
PLANTS TO STAY OPEN PAST THEIR
RETIREMENT DATES.
ANOTHER ORDER WOULD LIFT
BARRIERS TO COAL MINING ON
FEDERALLY OWNED LAND.
AS THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THOSE

(20:46):
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THERE ARE NEW
CONCERNS ABOUT HOW FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CUTBACKS COULD AFFECT
MINE SAFETY.
OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS MORE ON THAT
IN OUR TUESDAY LOOK AT
"HEADLINES AROUND KENTUCKY."
>> ADVOCATES FOR COAL MINERS ARE

(21:07):
WORRIED ABOUT PLANS TO CLOSE
DOZENS OF MINE SAFETY FIELD
OFFICES.
THE KENTUCKY LANTERN REPORTS THE
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY PLANS TO CLOSE SEVEN
OFFICES IN KENTUCKY INCLUDING
BARBOURVILLE AND HARLAN.
IF THEY CLOSE AND INSPECTORS
HAVE TO TRAVEL FROM FARTHER
AWAY, A 30-MINUTE TRIP COULD

(21:27):
TURN INTO A THREE OR FOUR-HOUR
TRIP.
THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT MEANS
INSPECTORS WILL SPEND LESS TIME
IN THE MINES.
>>> ASCEND ELEMENTS SUPPLIER OF
VEHICLE BATTERIES IS PAUSING
CONSTRUCTION IN CHRISTIAN
COUNTY.
IT'S BECAUSE OF CHANGING MARKET

(21:47):
CONDITIONS AS SOME OF ASCEND
ELEMENTS CUSTOMERS ARE ASKING
FOR DELIVERRY DELAYS.
ASCEND SAYS IT WILL RESTART
CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR
WITH FACTORY OPERATIONS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN IN LATE 2026.
>>> CONGRATULATIONS TO MARK
EVITTS A MUSIC COMPOSER FROM

(22:08):
PADUCAH.
WKMS REPORTS HE WON A CHILDREN'S
AND FAMILY EMMY AWARD FOR HIS
WORK COMPOSING MUSIC FOR THE
ANIMATED TV SHOW FROG AND TOAD.
HE COMPOSED THE MUSIC FOR THE
TWO SEASONS.

(22:30):
WITH HEADLINES AROUND KENTUCKY
I'M TOBY GIBBS.
[♪♪]
APRIL IS ORAL CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH.
IT IS A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE
U.S. BUT ESPECIALLY IN KENTUCKY,
A STATE WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST
RATES OF ORAL CANCER BECAUSE OF

(22:52):
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SMOKE
OR USE SMOKELESS TOBACCO.
WHAT IS ORAL CANCER?
AND WHAT SHOULD YOU BE CONCERNED
ABOUT IT.
IN MEDICAL NEWS A CONVERSATION
WITH PAUL TENNANT A HEAD AND
NECK ONCOLOGIST WITH THE NORTON
CANCER INSTITUTE.
>> ORAL CANCER IS ANY CANCER

(23:15):
THAT IS PRESENTS IN THE MOUTH
TYPICALLY THAT COULD BE ON THE
TONGUE, BUT ALSO UNDERNEATH THE
TONGUE THAT CAN BE ON THE GUMS
ON THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH.
SO IT IS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
SITES GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS
BEING IN THE MOUTH.
WHEN SOMEONE DEVELOPS A CANCER
IN ORAL CAVITY OR IN THE MOUTH,

(23:36):
TYPICALLY A LESION DEVELOPS IT'S
OFTEN SOMETHING THAT LOOKS
ABNORMAL.
HAS A TEXTURE THAT WOULD BE
DESCRIBED AS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
MORE FIRM AND OFTEN PATIENTS
FEEL THE SYMPTOM OF PAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH A LESION THAT
ENDS UP BEING A CANCER.
I WOULD SAY ANY SORT OF MASS OR

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LESION THAT HAS FIRMNESS AND
PAIN, THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY AFTER
A PERIOD OF TWO OR THREE WEEKS,
LESIONS CAN ARISE IN THE MOUTH
THAT COME AND GO.
BUT A LESION THAT PERSISTS THAT
DOESN'T GO AWAY AFTER THREE
WEEKS, IS SOMETHING THAT
DEFINITELY OUGHT TO BE PRESENTED

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TO SOMEONE A MEDICAL PROVIDER.
SO CANCERS IN THE ORAL CAVITY
TEND TO BE MORE BEHAVIOR BASED.
THE MAIN RISK FACTOR FOR THESE
TYPES OF CANCERS IS SMOKING AND
THERE IS A RISK SO THE LONGER
YOU SMOKED AND THE HEAVIER YOU

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SMOKED THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE
TO GET CANCERS IN ORAL CAVITY.
CERTAINLY, IF SOMEONE USES
ALCOHOL REGULARLY, THAT ADDS TO
THAT RISK.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN RISK
FACTORS IN THE ORAL CAVITY.
>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
DETECTED EARLY AND CERTAINLY
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

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LESIONS IN THE MOUTH THAT COULD
BE CONCERNING FOR CANCER, THE
EARLIER YOU CATCH SOMETHING, THE
BETTER THE TREATMENTS ARE FOR
IT.
MEANING, THE LESS LIKELY THE
CANCER IS TO PROGRESS.
AND ALSO, THE LESS INTENSE THE
TREATMENT ENDS UP BEING.
WE FIND THAT WE WORK WITH MANY
OF OUR DENTAL PROVIDERS AS A

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FIRST LINE TO KIND OF ORAL
CAVITY DETECTION.
AND CERTAINLY, HAVING THOSE
CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH A
DENTAL PROVIDER THEY OFTEN PUT
THESE PATIENTS ON OUR RADAR WHO
MAY HAVE CONCERNING LESIONS AND
IN FACT NEED A BIOPSY.
THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF ORAL SURGEONS

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SAYS ORAL AND THROAT CANCERS
KILL NEARLY ONE PERSON EVERY
HOUR OF EVERYDAY.
EVEN MORE OF THOSE NEWLY
DIAGNOSED, ONLY 60% WILL LIVE
LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS.
[♪♪]

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WELL, THE INTO GATORS WON THE
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TITLE
BEATING HOUSTON 65-63.
THE GATORS FINISHED NUMBER ONE
IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEN'S POLL.
THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WHO
REACHED THE SWEET 16 UNDER MARK
POPE ARE 12TH IN THE POLL AND
THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS

(26:22):
FINISHED 21.
AND THE KENTUCKY WOMEN WERE 16TH
IN THE WOMEN'S POLL RELEASED
YESTERDAY.
>> RENEE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW
AS SHE TALKS POLITICS WITH NPR'S
RYLAND BARTON.
AN ART PROJECT THAT BEGAN IN
LEXINGTON IN 2016 IS NOW A
NATIONAL PHENOMENON.

(26:43):
>> I REALLY DON'T THINK WE ARE
AN ART PROJECT.
WE ARE REALLY A SPIRIT PROJECT.
THE I WAS HERE
PROJECT EMPHASIZES THAT PEOPLE
OF COLOR IN LEXINGTON ARE
SCENTEDS OF NATION BUILDERS MANY
WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US

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