July 11, 2025 • 28 mins
Gov. Beshear says the state will be out hundreds of millions of dollars for disaster relief without federal aid, a program is working to provide law enforcement officers with life-saving equipment, Renee Shaw goes one-on-one with Somerset Mayor Alan Keck, and a Kentucky soft drink teams up with KSU to offer a Kentucky-centric beverage.
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>> THE AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMS
LEAK THIS, THERE SHOULD BE NO
REASON FOR AN OFFICER TO BE
PATROLLING THEIR COMMUNITY
WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE BODY
ARMOR TO PROTECT THEM.
>> Renee (00:18):
KENTUCKY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE GETTING
AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION.
>> I'VE SAID FOR A LONGTIME IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR SMALL RURAL
COMMUNITIES TO TELL YOUR STORY
PROUDLY.
WE'RE ON THE ROAD IN
SOMERSET A TOWN MAKING
CREATIVITY HAPPEN.
>> THE FESTIVAL WAS FORMED TO
(00:43):
BRING MUSICAL EXCELLENCE TO
RURAL KENTUCKY WHERE IT WAS
OTHERWISE NOT READILY AVAILABLE
AND THAT IS STILL OUR MISSION
TODAY.
A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN
SOMERSET IS THE TALK OF THE
MUSIC WORLD.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]
(01:13):
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION"
FOR THIS THURSDAY, JULY THE 10TH
I'M RENEE SHAW WE THANK YOU FOR
SPENDING SOME OF YOUR THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH US.
WE ARE CONTINUING OUR ON THE
ROAD SERIES FROM SOMERSET IN
PULASKI COUNTY TODAY WE ARE
INSIDE THE CENTER FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT WHICH SERVES 45
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
KENTUCKY.
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HERE THERE ARE PROGRAMS FOCUSED
ON PUBLIC SAFETY, ARTS AND
CULTURE, LEADERSHIP AND
TECHNOLOGY.
IT ALSO SERVES AS A FEMA
DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER
FOLLOWING DEADLY TORNADOES THAT
HIT THE REGION BACK IN MAY.
COMING UP, WE'LL GO ONE-ON-ONE
WITH MAYOR ALAN KECK AND TAKE A
TRIP TO NEARBY WAYNE COUNTY TO
SEE HOW MONTICELLO IS CREATING
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OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO STAY IN THAT
COMMUNITY.
NOW, FIRST TO THE NEWS TODAY.
Governor Andy Beshear is again
asking President Donald Trump to
approve public assistance for
parts of Kentucky affected by
storms in April and May....
including the tornadoes that hit
Laurel and Pulaski Counties.
President Trump DID approve help
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for individuals, affected by
those storms.
But he hasn't acted yet on
public assistance for state,
city, and county governments.
The governor says if the state
gets federal help for cleanup
and rebuilding effort, the
state's share of the cost would
be tens of millions of dollars.
He says WITHOUT federal help....
the state would pay hundreds of
millions.
(02:36):
During his news conference
today, the governor said other
states are getting help.... as
they should....
but Kentucky needs that help as
well.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (02:46):
NOW, WHILE
I DID NOT THINK THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAD APPROVED ANY
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SINCE
FEBRUARY, HE DID APPROVE IT FOR
TEXAS AND I'M GLAD HE APPROVE TO
DO FOR TEXAS QUICKLY.
I HOPE WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS
OPENED THAT PROGRAM BACK UP.
THE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LOOK
AT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN
DENIED.
I WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR
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FEDERAL DELEGATION THAT GONE TO
BAT FOR US A NUMBER OF TIMES.
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT OUR NEED FOR IT.
AND WHAT IT MEANS.
AND I KNOW POLITICS WILL NEVER
COME INTO THESE DECISIONS BUT IF
YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
LAUREL COUNTY VOTED FOR THE
PRESIDENT 85% OF ALL VOTERS,
SOMERSET 80 PLUS PERCENT, I MEAN
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THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE
COUNTING ON THE PRESIDENT THAT
THEY VOTED FOR AND MY HOPE IS HE
WILL COME THROUGH WITH THE SAME
HELP PROVIDED IN HIS FIRST TERM
AS WELL AS UNDER THE LAST
PRESIDENT.
NO TIME FOR POLITICS WHEN WE
WILL ARE SUFFERING AND I HOPE WE
CAN GET THIS ASSISTANCE.
(03:52):
>> Also today....
Governor Beshear announced that
the state property tax rate will
go down for the fifth year in a
row.
He says for 2025, it will be
ten-point-six cents for every
100 dollars of assessed value.
It was ten-point-nine cents.....
in 2024.
The governor says every little
bit helps, as Kentuckians
continue to deal with high
prices.
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YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU HAD ABOUT
THE BODY ARMOR GRANT PROGRAM
THAT EXISTS TO PROVIDE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH
EQUIPMENT LIKE BULLET-PROOF
VESTS TONIGHT WE HAVE MORE ABOUT
THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT'S
AFFECTING POLICE FORCES ACROSS
THE STATE.
EMILY SISK WAS IN COVINGTON
YESTERDAY AND HEARD FROM STATE
LEADERS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS.
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>> I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE AS OF
TODAY, THAT WE HAVE ACCRUED
NEARLY 2,000 ITEMS OF BODY ARMOR
VESTS.
>> THAT WAS THE NEWS FROM
KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL
RUSSELL COLEMAN ACCESS TO
PROTECTED EQUIPMENT WAS MADE
POSSIBLE BY THE BODY ARMOR GRANT
PROGRAM CREATED LAST YEAR AFTER
THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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PROVIDED $15 MILLION.
STATE LEADERS AND REGIONAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT GATHERED IN
COVINGTON TO CELEBRATE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
SENATOR CHRIS MCDANIEL WHO
REPRESENTS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
CHAIRS THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE SPOKE ABOUT THE
MISSION BEHIND THE PROGRAM.
>> SOMETIMES, IN THE MOST
EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN OUR
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LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CALLED UPON
TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF, THEY HAVE
TO DO SO AT THE POINT OF A GUN.
WHEN THAT OCCURS, THOSE WHO ARE
CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING PEACE
NEED THE BEST PROTECTION THAT WE
CAN OFFER.
>> IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY 19 LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN
APPROVED FOR BODY ARMOR
THROUGHOUT BOONE, KENTON AND
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CAMPBELL COUNTIES.
FLORENCE'S POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE
EQUIPMENT COULD NOT HAVE COME AT
A BETTER TIME.
>> WE BECAME AWARE OF THE
PROGRAM, THE GRANT, AT AN IDEAL
TIME FOR US.
WE HAD SEVERAL OFFICERS THAT
WERE WEARING ARMOR THAT WAS
GETTING READY TO EXPIRE AND IN
THE PROCESS OF HIRING SEVERAL
NEW OFFICERS.
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN SAID
(06:02):
LAST YEAR, 20% OF KENTUCKY'S LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE EITHER
NOT WEARING A VEST OR WERE
WEARING ONE THAT WAS EXPIRED.
BULLET-PROOF VESTS EXPIRE EVERY
FIVE YEARS WHEN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL SAW THE NEED FOR THE
GRANT PROGRAM.
>> THE AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMS
LIKE THIS, THERE SHOULD BE NO
REASON FOR AN OFFICER TO BE
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PATROLLING THEIR COMMUNITY
WITHOUT APPROPRIATE BODY ARMOR
TO PROTECT THEM.
>> FOR CAMPBELL COUNTY SHERIFF,
MIKE JANSEN THE DEVELOPMENT HITS
CLOSE TO HOME.
HIS BROTHER ANTHONY JANSEN WAS
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY MORE
THAN 40 YEARS AGO.
HE WAS ONLY 25.
ANTHONY WASN'T WEARING BODY
ARMOR AT THE TIME BUT A VEST
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WOULD HAVE COVERED WHERE THE
BULLET HIT.
>> I CAN REMEMBER SITTING IN THE
KITCHEN WITH MY PARENTS
STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING A VEST, GETTING A VEST.
BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD.
>> BODY ARMOR BACK THEN AND
TODAY IS EXPENSIVE.
TODAY EACH VEST COSTS ABOUT
$800.
BUT AS SHERIFF JANZEN SAID IT'S
THE LEAST THAT CAN BE PROVIDED
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FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISK THEIR
LIVES ON THE JOB.
>> ALL DEPUTIES AND OFFICERS
DESERVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE
KNOWING THEY RETURN HOME SAFELY
TO THEIR LOVED ONES AFTER EACH
SHIFT THAT IS PRIORITY ONE GUYS,
PRIORITY ONE.
>> THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO
EQUIP EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IN THE STATE WITH A
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VEST.
THEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS
TO INVEST IN SHIELDS AND
HELMETS.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY
SISK.
>> THANK YOU.
CAMPBELL COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE
JANSEN'S FAMILY WAS THERE FOR
YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT
INCLUDING HIS NEPHEW WHO WAS
CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S LEGACY
BY SERVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
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NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
>>> STATE LAWMAKERS A MIXED
RESPONSE AS LLC OF HOPKINSVILLE
ASKED FOR STATE HELP TO FINISH A
$2 MILLION PROJECT TO MAKE
REPAIRS ON A FERTILIZERS AG PORT
IN EDDYVILLE IT HELPS SUPPLY
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100,000 TONS OF DRY AND LIQUID
FERTILIZER TO FARMERS.
THE COMPANY INSISTS THE NEW
FACILITY WOULD BE A BOON TO
WESTERN KENTUCKY FARMERS.
HERE IS THE REACTION THAT WAS
HEARD IN THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE.
>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE EXISTING
PORT THAT WOULD PICK THAT UP, IF
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THE FERTILIZER FACILITY CEASED
TO EXIST.
SO YOU HAVE TO REBUILD THIS OR
ANOTHER ONE BUILT ON ANOTHER
RIVER IF WE DO THAT THE FARMERS
ON THE SOUTHERN TIER, CHRISTIAN,
TODD, LOGAN, GRACE, CALLOWAY
THEIR FERTILIZER PRICES WILL GO
UP BECAUSE THERE'S MORE FREIGHT
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INVOLVED TO TRUCK IT DOWN FROM
THE OHIO RIVER DOWN TO IT.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY IN FAVOR OF
THIS.
BUT AS I THINK WE'VE GOT TO QUIT
NURSING ALONG PRIVATE BUSINESS.
WE'VE GOT TO QUIT AS A
GOVERNMENT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO
CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING IF
WE DO NOT GET THIS UNDER CONTROL
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BY HAVING TO SUBSIDIZE IT.
>> OUR COMMONWEALTH HAS MADE
MANY INVESTMENTS IN RECENTLY, IN
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE UNPROVEN,
THAT ARE UNRELIABLE THAT RELY ON
FOREIGN SOURCES, THE AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY AS YOU KNOW IS PROVEN.
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THE JOBS ALREADY EXIST.
THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALREADY
THERE.
AND ONLY POISED FOR MORE GROWTH.
I AM IN FAVOR OF IT.
>> Renee (09:43):
THE CURRENT EDDYVILLE
AGRICULTURAL PORT FACILITY WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 2015 AS A
TEMPORARY MEASURE FOLLOWING
DAMAGE TO THE PRIOR BUILDING
FROM SEVERE WEATHER.
[♪♪]
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FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THE
MASTER MUSICIANS FESTIVAL HAS
BEEN BRINGING SOME OF THE MOST
TALENTED MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD
TO SOMERSET AND IT HIGHLIGHTS
THOSE WHO ARE MASTERS AT THEIR
MUSICAL GENRES.
THE ONCE SMALL EVENT CONTINUES
TO DRAW BIGGER CROWDS AND BIGGER
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NAMES EVERY YEAR AND THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHARES IT WAS
A GAMBLE ON ONE MUSIC LEGEND
THAT PUT THEM ON THE MAP.
[♪♪]
>> THE FESTIVAL WAS FORMED TO
BRING MUSICAL EXCELLENCE TO
RURAL KENTUCKY WHERE IT WAS
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OTHERWISE NOT READILY AVAILABLE
AND THAT IS STILL OUR MISSION
TODAY.
THE LAST 32 YEARS WE'VE FOCUSED
MOSTLY ON FOLK LINEUP BUT WE ADD
A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO AT THAT
TIME WHETHER THAT'S BLUES, ROCK,
REGGAE, CELTIC, THIS YEAR WE'RE
DOING LATIN POP.
WE LIKE TO ADD A DIFFERENT GENRE
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IN THERE IN SOME OF THE SPOTS
BUT IT'S MOSTLY COUNTRY,
AMERICANA AND FOLK MUSIC.
THIS YEAR JAMIE JOHNSON IS THAT
AT WILL COUNTRY GUY WE HAVE A
LOT OF YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE
EXCITED ABOUT HIM COMING.
WE HONOR A MASTER AND THIS YEAR
IS DYLAN AND ONLY KENTUCKY HEAD
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HUNTERS AND WE'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT THEM FOR A LONGTIME AND
IT'S TIME TO GIVE THEM THE
CREDIT THAT IS DUE.
THEN WE HAVE BUFFALO WOLVES AND
THE PRICEVILLE HUSTLE OUT OF
OHIO FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SOMERSET
ARTISTS ON OUR LINEUP THIS YEAR.
HUNTER PLAN AND CODY ARE TWO
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FAMOUS LOCAL MUSICIANS RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE'RE GIVING THEM VERY BIG
SPOTS ON THE MAIN STAGE RIGHT
BEFORE THE TWO HEADLINERS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A COOL MOMENT
FOR OUR HOMETOWN U THIS IS MY
15TH YEARBOOKING THE FESTIVAL.
I'VE GOTTEN EVERYBODY THAT I'VE
WANTED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER UNLESS
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THEY ARE WAY OUT OF OUR LEAGUE.
[♪♪]
WE DECIDED TO GO AFTER WILLIE
NELSON IN 2013.
BEFORE THAT, OUR HEADLINER
BUDGET WAS 25% OF WHAT WILLIE
COSTS.
SO WE TOOK A HUGE LEAP OF FAITH
TO GET HIM AND BROUGHT ON NEW
SPONSORS AND WAS ABLE TO DO IT
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AND THAT YEAR ENDED UP BEING
AMAZING.
LOOKING BACK LOVE WE'VE HAD
WILLIE NELSON AND PEOPLE WEAR
THAT LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR AND
ANOTHER JOHN PRAWN WE HAD HIM
BEFORE COVID AND BEFORE HE
PASSED.
AND JUST I'LL NEVER FORGET HIM
DANCING ON THE STAGE TO PARADISE
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AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE
THINGS I'M GOING TO REMEMBER
THIS FOREVER.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY WINONA JUDD
BEING A LITTLE GIRLIESENING WITH
MY MOM AND GRANDMA DRIVING IN
THE COUNTRY WHERE WE LIVED
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SINGING THOSE SONGS AND FULL
CIRCLE BEING THE DIRECTOR AND
BRING WINONA BACK TO THIS AREA
AND THAT WAS A REAL COOL MOMENT
FOR ME.
IT IS A BIG GAMBLE TO SAY I WILL
PICK THIS ARTIST AND PAY THEM
SIX FIGURES AND THEN JUST COUNT
ON YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR FAN
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BASE TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THAT
UP.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR
DEMOGRAPHIC WELL TO TAKE THAT
KIND OF LEAP.
WE SEE ABOUT 7500 PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAYS AND
WHETHER THAT'S TICKET HOLDERS,
SPONSORS WE HAVE A HUGE
SPONSORSHIP CONTINGENCY BECAUSE
THAT IS HOW WE AFFORD TO KEEP
OUR PRICES LOWER THAN MOST
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FESTIVALS.
AND THAT IS WHERE OUR NONPROFIT
MISSION COMES IN WE WANT TO MAKE
OUR FESTIVAL AFFORDABLE FOR
EVERYONE.
WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE
SOMERSET COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS A
PARTNER.
THEY HAVE COINED RIGHT BEHIND US
FESTIVAL FIELD.
AND IT SAYS IT ON ALL OF THEIR
SIGNS THAT IS REALLY COOL THAT
WE HAVE A HOME THERE.
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[♪♪]
>> THE STATE TELLS US THAT WE
MAKE A $3 MILLION ECONOMIC
IMPACT ON THE TWO DAYS OF THE
FESTIVAL.
WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
WE USE THAT NUMBER A LOT WHEN
WE'RE MARKETING TO BUSINESSES TO
HELP SPONSOR AND IT REALLY HAS
BECOME PART OF OUR MISSION, TOO.
IT STARTED OFF TO BRING ARTS AND
CULTURE HERE.
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BUT WE HAVE ADDED THAT IN THAT
IT IS A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER.
EVERYBODY THAT IS TRYING TO
RECRUIT BUSINESSES HERE, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SAY LIKE
YOUR EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE AIATE
QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE LOOK AT
THIS FESTIVAL THAT THEY CAN BE A
PART OF.
THE MASTER MUSICIANS
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FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE THIS
WEEKEND IN SOMERSET.
THAT FESTIVAL IS JUST ONE OF
MANY ATTRACTIONS THAT LURE
VISITORS TO SOMERSET ALONG WITH
LAKE CUMBERLAND.
TOURISM IS BIG BUSINESS IN THIS
REGION.
SOMERSET MAYOR ALAN KECK BOASTS
OF MORE THAN OUTDOOR RECREATION
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AND ARTS BUT A THRIVING DOWNTOWN
AND MAJOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT.
I HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH
MAYOR ALAN KECK AT CITY HALL.
>> THE COVER STORY HEADLINE SAYS
SOMERSET PULASKI COUNTY CHARGES
AHEAD AS ONE OF KENTUCKY'S
LEADING ECONOMIC ENGINES AND
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TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE BECOME
SO NOT BY WAITING FOR CHANGE BUT
BY CREATING IT.
>> THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.
>> I LIKE THAT.
I DO LIKE THAT.
>> HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
>> WE'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY
INTENTIONAL FOR ANYONE THAT
KNOWS ME AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE
TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR STORY.
AND I'VE SAID FOR A LONGTIME
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THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SMALL
RURAL COMMUNITIES TO TELL YOUR
STORY PROUDLY.
TO BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE AND
NOT APOLOGIZE.
WE'RE SELLING OURSELVES.
NOT JUST REGIONLY BUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
AND SPECIFIC TO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT WE'VE SEEN VICTORIES
FROM COMPANIES FROM FLORIDA TO
CALIFORNIA LITERALLY CHOOSING
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SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY SOMERSET AS
THEIR HOME AND WE'RE PROUD AND
WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A FEW
YEARS.
YOU ARE IN YOUR SECOND
TERM WHEN YOU INHERITED THIS
OFFICE AND EARNED THIS OFFICE,
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
WHAT DID THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PICTURE LOOK LIKE
THEN?
>> STALE AND STAGNANT.
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WE WERE NOT INTENTIONAL AT ALL.
WE WOULD GET THE THINGS COMING
TO US ORGANICALLY.
GOOD THINGS WERE STILL HAPPENING
WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE A GREAT
COMMUNITY WE ARE LOCATED IN A
STRATEGIC SPOT IN A GREAT STATE.
KENTUCKY IS HAVING A LOT OF WINS
BUT WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING
PROACTIVELY.
WE HAD GIVEN UP ON WHAT I CALL
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THE HEART BEAT OF SMALL TOWN
AMERICA WHICH IS YOUR DOWNTOWN.
AND WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF FOCUS
ON ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE AND
QUALITY OF PLACE AND TELLING
THAT STORY OF WHY IT IS SUCH A
SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE.
NONE OF THAT WAS HAPPENING.
I DESERVE A LITTLE CREDIT BUT
CANDIDLY, WE HAD A COMMUNITY
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THAT WAS BUBBLING AND I TOOK THE
LID OFF AND LET'S LET OUR BEST
AND BRIGHTEST SHINE AND UNLEASH
THE POTENTIAL AND BEING
AGGRESSIVE.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND THAT LENT ITS TESTIFY
TO HAVE THE BOLD POSTURE.
>> I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR AND
BUSINESSMAN AT HEART.
MY FATHER IS AN ENTREPRENEUR MY
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GRANDDAD WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR.
WOULD MOVE TO LAKE COMMUNITIES
AND DEVELOP SMALL RESORTS AND
SELL LAND.
HE WAS A VISIONARY IN THAT ERA.
HE WAS A SIMPLE MAN.
AND DIDN'T LIKE ANY ATTENTION.
WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A RECLUES.
BUT I LEARNED A LOT.
I LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
FROM MY FATHER WHO HAD AN
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UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF GRIT AND
PERSEVERANCE STRUGGLED FOR A
LONGTIME.
LEFT A NICE CAREER TO START HIS
OWN THING.
AND I GOT TO WATCH THAT JOURNEY.
IT DID A LOT FOR ME, ONE TO
APPRECIATE HOW HARD THAT CAN BE
AND TO LOOK NOW IN THIS ROLE, TO
JUST BE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE
WILLING TO INVEST THEIR TIME,
TALENT, TREASURE, NOT JUST THE
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MONEY CAPITAL BUT THE EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT IT TAKES TO INVEST IN
THE BUSINESS.
AND I THOUGHT MAN, IT COULD BE
SPECIAL IF I COULD TAKE THOSE
LESSONS MY PRIVATE SECTOR
LESSONS AND PUT THEM INTO
PRACTICE EVERYDAY AS MAYOR.
NOT JUST FROM A GRATITUDE OF
APPRECIATION BUT A REAL
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TAKES TO
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CREATE JOBS AND POLITICIANS LOVE
TO TALK ABOUT HOW MANY JOBS
THEY'VE CREATED.
WE SHOULDN'T CREATE ANY.
THE PRIVATE SECTOR CREATES JOBS
WE CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT
CREATES JOBS.
AND DOWNTOWN
REVISITTIZATION HAS BEEN THE
THING WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
AND PEOPLE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE
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DOWNTOWN.
IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M SUPER PROUD OF IT.
I LOVE IT.
AND I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO YOU.
I'VE ADMIRED YOU FROM AFAR FOR A
LONGTIME.
I AM A GIRL DAD AND I LIKE TO
TELL THAT BECAUSE MOST OF THE
NEW BUSINESSES ARE FEMALE OWNED
AND OPERATED IN SMALL TOWN
AMERICA IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT
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WAY.
I TRULY BELIEVE REGARDLESS OF
RACE, GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC
STATUS, BACKGROUND EVERYONE
BELIEVES THEY HAVE A CHANCE IF
THEY INVEST THEIR HEART AND
CAPITAL TO SUCCEED AND THAT'S
COOL.
IT'S INSPIRING I GET GOOSE BUMPS
TALKING ABOUT IT MY GIRLS CAN
SEE THAT THEY CAN POINT TO.
AND I LOVE TO FREQUENT MOST OF
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THESE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AS
WELL AND SUPPORT THEM.
WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS?
THIS SOUNDS GREAT, BUT LET'S
TALK MONEY HERE DOLLARS AND
CENTS?
>> WE'VE BROKEN TOURISM RECORDS
EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE
EXCEPT COVID THAT IS A HUGE
CREDIT TO OUR TOURISM ECONOMY.
OUR POPULATION GREW IN THE LAST
DECADE IT DOUBLED THE STATE
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AVERAGE.
WE WERE ONE OF THE ONLY TWO
COUNTIES IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT
THAT GREW AND WE GREW FASTER
THAN THE COUNTY BY TWO X AS
WELL.
MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE.
MORE JOBS CREATED.
HALF A BILLION IN INVESTMENT IN
FIVE YEARS.
FOR SMALL TOWN KENTUCKY THAT IS
STAGGERING.
AND WHAT IS COOL ABOUT THAT
NUMBER, IT WASN'T ONE COMPANY AT
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450 MILLION AND LITTLE ONES.
WE'VE SEEN EXISTING BUSINESS
EXPANSION, MULTIGENERATIONAL
BUSINESSES EXPAND AND CORPORATE
HEADQUARTERS FROM CALIFORNIA
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HORSE SOLDIER
BOURBON WITH THEIR INVESTMENT.
PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS
AND WE CAN QUANTIFY IT REVENUE
AT THE CITY IS UP 4 MILLION A
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YEAR.
AND WE PASSED AN OCCUPATIONAL
TAX INCREASE THAT DOESN'T AFFECT
THAT INCREASE.
$4 MILLION OF NEW MONEY COMING
INTO CITY HALL WITHOUT A RATE
INCREASE.
THAT IS POWERFUL STUFF.
AND IT'S PROVED TO OTHER TOWNS
THAT THIS CAN WORK EMBRACE WHO
YOU ARE.
BE PROUD OF IT AND TELL THAT
STORY BOLDLY.
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AS YOU WILL RECALL,
THE MAYOR RAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION IN 2023
UNSUCCESSFULLY.
WILL HE SHOOT HIS SHOT AGAIN FOR
HIGHER OFFICE?
MONDAY I ASK HIM ABOUT HIS
ASPIRATIONS GOING FORWARD.
TUNE IN MONDAY TO HEAR THIS
ANSWER.
>>> KNOWN AS THE HEART OF LAKE
(21:39):
CUMBERLAND MONTICELLO IN WAYNE
COUNTY HAS FIVE MILLION VISITORS
A YEAR.
BUT THE SMALL TOWN WANTS TO BE
KNOWN FOR MORE THAN JUST THE
LAKE AND THEY HOPE THEIR
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION EFFORTS
WILL HELP THEM DO JUST THAT.
>> MONTICELLO IS A PRETTY
PERSONAL TYPE TOWN.
WE GOT A MIXTURE OF PEOPLE HERE.
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WE'RE IN-BETWEEN RIGHT ON THE
EDGE OF APPALACHIA.
WE HAVE THE MOUNTAINS TO THE
EAST AND STARTS FLATTENING OUT
AND RUN INTO THE LAKE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE
NOTICED IN MONTICELLO IN THE
PAST IS A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND
THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND GO
TO COLLEGE AND MOVE AWAY AND
DON'T COME BACK.
WE WORKED AS A COMMUNITY TO
CHANGE THAT CULTURE AND MINDSET.
WE WANT TO STAY SMALL TOWN BUT
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WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE CAN COME BACK TO.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE THINGS OF
THE BIG CITIES BUT WE HAVE
THINGS THAT BIG CITIES DON'T
HAVE LIKE OUR OLD TOWN POOL
HALL, AND MOM AND POP STORES
THAT HAD LEFT SOUTHERN AMERICA.
AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING.
(22:43):
>> OVER THE LAST FIVE TO
TEN-YEARS THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE
THAT MADE AN EFFORT I WANT TO BE
DOWNTOWN.
AND I THINK WE CAN OFFER
SOMETHING AND WE CAN MAKE IT DWO
ARE THAT WAY.
>> WE HAVE LIVED HERE OUR LIVES
AND FOR A LONGTIME THE ONLY
THING TO DO WAS GET A POOL HALL
(23:05):
BURGER.
EVERYTHING WAS ABANDONED OR
APARTMENTS THERE WAS NOTHING TO
DO DOWNTOWN.
SO JUST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS,
HAVING SIX NEW BUSINESSES POP-UP
HAS BEEN A BIG GAME CHANGER FOR
DOWNTOWN.
>> IN 2019, WE DECIDED WE WANTED
TO ADD-ON AT OUR HOUSE TO MAKE
MORE SPACE FOR OUR PROJECTS AND
(23:26):
EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE WERE
RUNNING OUT OF SPACE AND COVID
HIT AND EVERYTHING SKYROCKETED.
SO INSTEAD OF BUILDING A NEW
GARAGE WE SAID LET'S FIND AN OLD
BUILDING AND RENOVATE IT AND WE
HAD FRIENDS AT THE BOOKSTORE AND
OTHER PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THEY WERE
LOOKING AT THE AREA, TOO.
SO IT ALL HAPPENED AT ONCE
(23:46):
WITHOUT US EVEN KNOWING.
>> WE OPENED UP HAPPY HOPPERS
COFFEE AND MORE ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS AGO.
AND WE WANT TO HELP BUILD AND
GROW OUR DOWNTOWN IN MONTICELLO.
SO THE EMPLOYEES CREATED AN
OFFSPRING OF HAPPY HOPPERS AND
(24:07):
WE CALL IT THE LILLEY PAD.
THE LILLEY PAD IS A SMALL GRAB
AND GO SHOP IT HAS COFFEES FROM
HAPPY HOPPERS AND IT CARRIES
SOME TREATS SOME CANDIES.
>> WE HAVE STARTED THE
MONTICELLO MARKET DOWNTOWN EVENT
WHICH IS A VENDORS EVENT
DOWNTOWN THAT DRAWS IN VENDORS,
(24:28):
ARTS, CRAFTS, FOOD TRUCKS, A
DIFFERENT THEME EACH MONTH.
LIKE A CAR SHOW, A JEEP SHOW.
KIDS FEST, AGRICULTURE.
AND THOSE THINGS BRING DOWN
TOURISTS OFF THE LAKE AND INTO
TOWN.
IT IS A GOOD CULTURE INCREASE OR
CULTURE BOOST FOR THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS LIKE
THAT FOR A LONGTIME.
BUT WE WORKED TOGETHER BETWEEN
(24:49):
THE TOURISM COMMISSION, THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY, THE CITY
DOES A GREAT JOB AT MAINTAINING
DOWNTOWN.
THEY HUNG THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER
POTS THE LOTS DOWNTOWN.
LOCAL BUSINESSES PARTNERED WITH
TOURISM AND ARTS COUNCIL TO DO
THE MURALS DOWNTOWN.
IT IS A BIG JOINT EFFORT.
>> WE HAVE WORKED ON THE ALL THE
MURALS WE'VE FUNDED THEM AND GOT
(25:11):
SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THEM OR DONE
THEM OURSELVES.
WE'VE GOTTEN THE LAKE ONE ON THE
SIDE AND CITY HALL WE GOT THE
STAGECOACH FUNDED AND THE
RETAINING WALL ON THE BACK OF
OUR BUILDING THERE IS ATWO AND
THE DANCE STUDIO HAS ONE.
WE'VE TRIED TO BRING BACK AS
MUCH LIFE TO DOWNTOWN AS WE CAN.
>> WE'RE PROUD OF THE DOUGH BOY.
(25:32):
IT IS A BIG PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT REPRESENTED THE SOLDIERS THAT
WENT OFF TO WORLD WAR I AND
THERE'S BLACKS COMMEMORATING THE
PEOPLE.
>> YOU CAN COME THROUGH AT NIGHT
AND YOU SEE THE LIGHTS AND THE
SEE THE DOUGH BOY SITTING THERE.
THE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE A
(25:54):
GAME-CHANGER ON THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE NOW.
SO PEOPLES ALREADY TRAVELING TO
SEE THAT THEY ARE GETTING READY
TO DO A REVITALIZATION OF THAT
BUILDING AND THE HISTORIC MILL
SPRINGS WE HAVE A MILL THAT
GROUNDS CORN THAT IS A BIG DRAW
AND OF COURSE THE LAKE SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF.
(26:14):
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PULL FROM
THAT TO BRING THEM INTO OUR
COMMUNITY AND IT KEEPS OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES GOING.
THE TOWN IS NAMED
AFTER THOMAS JEFFERSON'S HOME
PRONOUNCED MONTICELLO THAT IS
ITALIAN FOR LITTLE MOUNTAIN.
[♪♪]
(26:42):
IF YOU LIKED PETE, CHERRY AND
BLACKBERRY ALE 8 GET SET FOR PAW
PAW.
IT WILL BE PUTTING OUT A PAW PAW
VERSION OF THE CLASSIC SOFT
DRINK IN AUGUST AND THE
WINCHESTER COMPANY PARTNERED
WITH KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
TO DO IT.
KSU RESEARCHERS DID THE PAW PAW
RESEARCH TO MAKE THE DRINK
(27:04):
POSSIBLE.
THE PAW PAW IS SOMETIMES CALLED
THE KENTUCKY BANANA.
KSU IS HOME TO THE ONLY PAW PAW
RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THE WORLD.
>>> WE'VE SPENT THE LAST THREE
DAYS COMING TO YOU FROM SOMERSET
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY A REGION
OF THE STATE WITH A VERY
INTERESTING HISTORY FROM THE
EARLY SETTLERS TO THE CIVIL WAR
AND BEYOND AND IT'S HOME TO SOME
(27:26):
INTERESTING PEOPLE FROM A COFFEE
MOGUL TO A MISS AMERICA WE'LL
TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT TOMORROW
FRIDAY ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN, 5:30
CENTRAL WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT
AND INSPIRE.
WATCH FULL EPISODES AND CLIPS AT
(27:48):
KET.ORG AND SEND US A STORY IDEA
AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG AND
LOOK FOR US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS.
INTEREST'S RENEE SHAW AND I WILL
SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.
[♪♪]
>> THE AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMS
LEAK THIS, THERE SHOULD BE NO
REASON FOR AN OFFICER TO BE
PATROLLING THEIR COMMUNITY
WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE BODY
ARMOR TO PROTECT THEM.
>> Renee (00:18):
KENTUCKY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE GETTING
AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION.
>> I'VE SAID FOR A LONGTIME IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR SMALL RURAL
COMMUNITIES TO TELL YOUR STORY
PROUDLY.
WE'RE ON THE ROAD IN
SOMERSET A TOWN MAKING
CREATIVITY HAPPEN.
>> THE FESTIVAL WAS FORMED TO
(00:43):
BRING MUSICAL EXCELLENCE TO
RURAL KENTUCKY WHERE IT WAS
OTHERWISE NOT READILY AVAILABLE
AND THAT IS STILL OUR MISSION
TODAY.
A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN
SOMERSET IS THE TALK OF THE
MUSIC WORLD.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]
(01:13):
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION"
FOR THIS THURSDAY, JULY THE 10TH
I'M RENEE SHAW WE THANK YOU FOR
SPENDING SOME OF YOUR THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH US.
WE ARE CONTINUING OUR ON THE
ROAD SERIES FROM SOMERSET IN
PULASKI COUNTY TODAY WE ARE
INSIDE THE CENTER FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT WHICH SERVES 45
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
KENTUCKY.
(01:34):
HERE THERE ARE PROGRAMS FOCUSED
ON PUBLIC SAFETY, ARTS AND
CULTURE, LEADERSHIP AND
TECHNOLOGY.
IT ALSO SERVES AS A FEMA
DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER
FOLLOWING DEADLY TORNADOES THAT
HIT THE REGION BACK IN MAY.
COMING UP, WE'LL GO ONE-ON-ONE
WITH MAYOR ALAN KECK AND TAKE A
TRIP TO NEARBY WAYNE COUNTY TO
SEE HOW MONTICELLO IS CREATING
(01:55):
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO STAY IN THAT
COMMUNITY.
NOW, FIRST TO THE NEWS TODAY.
Governor Andy Beshear is again
asking President Donald Trump to
approve public assistance for
parts of Kentucky affected by
storms in April and May....
including the tornadoes that hit
Laurel and Pulaski Counties.
President Trump DID approve help
(02:15):
for individuals, affected by
those storms.
But he hasn't acted yet on
public assistance for state,
city, and county governments.
The governor says if the state
gets federal help for cleanup
and rebuilding effort, the
state's share of the cost would
be tens of millions of dollars.
He says WITHOUT federal help....
the state would pay hundreds of
millions.
(02:36):
During his news conference
today, the governor said other
states are getting help.... as
they should....
but Kentucky needs that help as
well.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (02:46):
NOW, WHILE
I DID NOT THINK THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAD APPROVED ANY
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SINCE
FEBRUARY, HE DID APPROVE IT FOR
TEXAS AND I'M GLAD HE APPROVE TO
DO FOR TEXAS QUICKLY.
I HOPE WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS
OPENED THAT PROGRAM BACK UP.
THE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LOOK
AT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN
DENIED.
I WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR
(03:07):
FEDERAL DELEGATION THAT GONE TO
BAT FOR US A NUMBER OF TIMES.
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT OUR NEED FOR IT.
AND WHAT IT MEANS.
AND I KNOW POLITICS WILL NEVER
COME INTO THESE DECISIONS BUT IF
YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
LAUREL COUNTY VOTED FOR THE
PRESIDENT 85% OF ALL VOTERS,
SOMERSET 80 PLUS PERCENT, I MEAN
(03:30):
THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE
COUNTING ON THE PRESIDENT THAT
THEY VOTED FOR AND MY HOPE IS HE
WILL COME THROUGH WITH THE SAME
HELP PROVIDED IN HIS FIRST TERM
AS WELL AS UNDER THE LAST
PRESIDENT.
NO TIME FOR POLITICS WHEN WE
WILL ARE SUFFERING AND I HOPE WE
CAN GET THIS ASSISTANCE.
(03:52):
>> Also today....
Governor Beshear announced that
the state property tax rate will
go down for the fifth year in a
row.
He says for 2025, it will be
ten-point-six cents for every
100 dollars of assessed value.
It was ten-point-nine cents.....
in 2024.
The governor says every little
bit helps, as Kentuckians
continue to deal with high
prices.
(04:15):
YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU HAD ABOUT
THE BODY ARMOR GRANT PROGRAM
THAT EXISTS TO PROVIDE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH
EQUIPMENT LIKE BULLET-PROOF
VESTS TONIGHT WE HAVE MORE ABOUT
THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT'S
AFFECTING POLICE FORCES ACROSS
THE STATE.
EMILY SISK WAS IN COVINGTON
YESTERDAY AND HEARD FROM STATE
LEADERS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS.
(04:38):
>> I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE AS OF
TODAY, THAT WE HAVE ACCRUED
NEARLY 2,000 ITEMS OF BODY ARMOR
VESTS.
>> THAT WAS THE NEWS FROM
KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL
RUSSELL COLEMAN ACCESS TO
PROTECTED EQUIPMENT WAS MADE
POSSIBLE BY THE BODY ARMOR GRANT
PROGRAM CREATED LAST YEAR AFTER
THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(04:59):
PROVIDED $15 MILLION.
STATE LEADERS AND REGIONAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT GATHERED IN
COVINGTON TO CELEBRATE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
SENATOR CHRIS MCDANIEL WHO
REPRESENTS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
CHAIRS THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE SPOKE ABOUT THE
MISSION BEHIND THE PROGRAM.
>> SOMETIMES, IN THE MOST
EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN OUR
(05:20):
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CALLED UPON
TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF, THEY HAVE
TO DO SO AT THE POINT OF A GUN.
WHEN THAT OCCURS, THOSE WHO ARE
CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING PEACE
NEED THE BEST PROTECTION THAT WE
CAN OFFER.
>> IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY 19 LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN
APPROVED FOR BODY ARMOR
THROUGHOUT BOONE, KENTON AND
(05:41):
CAMPBELL COUNTIES.
FLORENCE'S POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE
EQUIPMENT COULD NOT HAVE COME AT
A BETTER TIME.
>> WE BECAME AWARE OF THE
PROGRAM, THE GRANT, AT AN IDEAL
TIME FOR US.
WE HAD SEVERAL OFFICERS THAT
WERE WEARING ARMOR THAT WAS
GETTING READY TO EXPIRE AND IN
THE PROCESS OF HIRING SEVERAL
NEW OFFICERS.
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN SAID
(06:02):
LAST YEAR, 20% OF KENTUCKY'S LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE EITHER
NOT WEARING A VEST OR WERE
WEARING ONE THAT WAS EXPIRED.
BULLET-PROOF VESTS EXPIRE EVERY
FIVE YEARS WHEN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL SAW THE NEED FOR THE
GRANT PROGRAM.
>> THE AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMS
LIKE THIS, THERE SHOULD BE NO
REASON FOR AN OFFICER TO BE
(06:24):
PATROLLING THEIR COMMUNITY
WITHOUT APPROPRIATE BODY ARMOR
TO PROTECT THEM.
>> FOR CAMPBELL COUNTY SHERIFF,
MIKE JANSEN THE DEVELOPMENT HITS
CLOSE TO HOME.
HIS BROTHER ANTHONY JANSEN WAS
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY MORE
THAN 40 YEARS AGO.
HE WAS ONLY 25.
ANTHONY WASN'T WEARING BODY
ARMOR AT THE TIME BUT A VEST
(06:44):
WOULD HAVE COVERED WHERE THE
BULLET HIT.
>> I CAN REMEMBER SITTING IN THE
KITCHEN WITH MY PARENTS
STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING A VEST, GETTING A VEST.
BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD.
>> BODY ARMOR BACK THEN AND
TODAY IS EXPENSIVE.
TODAY EACH VEST COSTS ABOUT
$800.
BUT AS SHERIFF JANZEN SAID IT'S
THE LEAST THAT CAN BE PROVIDED
(07:06):
FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISK THEIR
LIVES ON THE JOB.
>> ALL DEPUTIES AND OFFICERS
DESERVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE
KNOWING THEY RETURN HOME SAFELY
TO THEIR LOVED ONES AFTER EACH
SHIFT THAT IS PRIORITY ONE GUYS,
PRIORITY ONE.
>> THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO
EQUIP EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IN THE STATE WITH A
(07:26):
VEST.
THEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS
TO INVEST IN SHIELDS AND
HELMETS.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY
SISK.
>> THANK YOU.
CAMPBELL COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE
JANSEN'S FAMILY WAS THERE FOR
YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT
INCLUDING HIS NEPHEW WHO WAS
CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S LEGACY
BY SERVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
(07:47):
NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
>>> STATE LAWMAKERS A MIXED
RESPONSE AS LLC OF HOPKINSVILLE
ASKED FOR STATE HELP TO FINISH A
$2 MILLION PROJECT TO MAKE
REPAIRS ON A FERTILIZERS AG PORT
IN EDDYVILLE IT HELPS SUPPLY
(08:08):
100,000 TONS OF DRY AND LIQUID
FERTILIZER TO FARMERS.
THE COMPANY INSISTS THE NEW
FACILITY WOULD BE A BOON TO
WESTERN KENTUCKY FARMERS.
HERE IS THE REACTION THAT WAS
HEARD IN THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE.
>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE EXISTING
PORT THAT WOULD PICK THAT UP, IF
(08:29):
THE FERTILIZER FACILITY CEASED
TO EXIST.
SO YOU HAVE TO REBUILD THIS OR
ANOTHER ONE BUILT ON ANOTHER
RIVER IF WE DO THAT THE FARMERS
ON THE SOUTHERN TIER, CHRISTIAN,
TODD, LOGAN, GRACE, CALLOWAY
THEIR FERTILIZER PRICES WILL GO
UP BECAUSE THERE'S MORE FREIGHT
(08:51):
INVOLVED TO TRUCK IT DOWN FROM
THE OHIO RIVER DOWN TO IT.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY IN FAVOR OF
THIS.
BUT AS I THINK WE'VE GOT TO QUIT
NURSING ALONG PRIVATE BUSINESS.
WE'VE GOT TO QUIT AS A
GOVERNMENT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO
CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING IF
WE DO NOT GET THIS UNDER CONTROL
(09:13):
BY HAVING TO SUBSIDIZE IT.
>> OUR COMMONWEALTH HAS MADE
MANY INVESTMENTS IN RECENTLY, IN
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE UNPROVEN,
THAT ARE UNRELIABLE THAT RELY ON
FOREIGN SOURCES, THE AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY AS YOU KNOW IS PROVEN.
(09:33):
THE JOBS ALREADY EXIST.
THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALREADY
THERE.
AND ONLY POISED FOR MORE GROWTH.
I AM IN FAVOR OF IT.
>> Renee (09:43):
THE CURRENT EDDYVILLE
AGRICULTURAL PORT FACILITY WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 2015 AS A
TEMPORARY MEASURE FOLLOWING
DAMAGE TO THE PRIOR BUILDING
FROM SEVERE WEATHER.
[♪♪]
(10:04):
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THE
MASTER MUSICIANS FESTIVAL HAS
BEEN BRINGING SOME OF THE MOST
TALENTED MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD
TO SOMERSET AND IT HIGHLIGHTS
THOSE WHO ARE MASTERS AT THEIR
MUSICAL GENRES.
THE ONCE SMALL EVENT CONTINUES
TO DRAW BIGGER CROWDS AND BIGGER
(10:25):
NAMES EVERY YEAR AND THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHARES IT WAS
A GAMBLE ON ONE MUSIC LEGEND
THAT PUT THEM ON THE MAP.
[♪♪]
>> THE FESTIVAL WAS FORMED TO
BRING MUSICAL EXCELLENCE TO
RURAL KENTUCKY WHERE IT WAS
(10:46):
OTHERWISE NOT READILY AVAILABLE
AND THAT IS STILL OUR MISSION
TODAY.
THE LAST 32 YEARS WE'VE FOCUSED
MOSTLY ON FOLK LINEUP BUT WE ADD
A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO AT THAT
TIME WHETHER THAT'S BLUES, ROCK,
REGGAE, CELTIC, THIS YEAR WE'RE
DOING LATIN POP.
WE LIKE TO ADD A DIFFERENT GENRE
(11:09):
IN THERE IN SOME OF THE SPOTS
BUT IT'S MOSTLY COUNTRY,
AMERICANA AND FOLK MUSIC.
THIS YEAR JAMIE JOHNSON IS THAT
AT WILL COUNTRY GUY WE HAVE A
LOT OF YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE
EXCITED ABOUT HIM COMING.
WE HONOR A MASTER AND THIS YEAR
IS DYLAN AND ONLY KENTUCKY HEAD
(11:30):
HUNTERS AND WE'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT THEM FOR A LONGTIME AND
IT'S TIME TO GIVE THEM THE
CREDIT THAT IS DUE.
THEN WE HAVE BUFFALO WOLVES AND
THE PRICEVILLE HUSTLE OUT OF
OHIO FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SOMERSET
ARTISTS ON OUR LINEUP THIS YEAR.
HUNTER PLAN AND CODY ARE TWO
(11:54):
FAMOUS LOCAL MUSICIANS RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE'RE GIVING THEM VERY BIG
SPOTS ON THE MAIN STAGE RIGHT
BEFORE THE TWO HEADLINERS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A COOL MOMENT
FOR OUR HOMETOWN U THIS IS MY
15TH YEARBOOKING THE FESTIVAL.
I'VE GOTTEN EVERYBODY THAT I'VE
WANTED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER UNLESS
(12:14):
THEY ARE WAY OUT OF OUR LEAGUE.
[♪♪]
WE DECIDED TO GO AFTER WILLIE
NELSON IN 2013.
BEFORE THAT, OUR HEADLINER
BUDGET WAS 25% OF WHAT WILLIE
COSTS.
SO WE TOOK A HUGE LEAP OF FAITH
TO GET HIM AND BROUGHT ON NEW
SPONSORS AND WAS ABLE TO DO IT
(12:35):
AND THAT YEAR ENDED UP BEING
AMAZING.
LOOKING BACK LOVE WE'VE HAD
WILLIE NELSON AND PEOPLE WEAR
THAT LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR AND
ANOTHER JOHN PRAWN WE HAD HIM
BEFORE COVID AND BEFORE HE
PASSED.
AND JUST I'LL NEVER FORGET HIM
DANCING ON THE STAGE TO PARADISE
(12:55):
AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE
THINGS I'M GOING TO REMEMBER
THIS FOREVER.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY WINONA JUDD
BEING A LITTLE GIRLIESENING WITH
MY MOM AND GRANDMA DRIVING IN
THE COUNTRY WHERE WE LIVED
(13:16):
SINGING THOSE SONGS AND FULL
CIRCLE BEING THE DIRECTOR AND
BRING WINONA BACK TO THIS AREA
AND THAT WAS A REAL COOL MOMENT
FOR ME.
IT IS A BIG GAMBLE TO SAY I WILL
PICK THIS ARTIST AND PAY THEM
SIX FIGURES AND THEN JUST COUNT
ON YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR FAN
(13:36):
BASE TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THAT
UP.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR
DEMOGRAPHIC WELL TO TAKE THAT
KIND OF LEAP.
WE SEE ABOUT 7500 PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAYS AND
WHETHER THAT'S TICKET HOLDERS,
SPONSORS WE HAVE A HUGE
SPONSORSHIP CONTINGENCY BECAUSE
THAT IS HOW WE AFFORD TO KEEP
OUR PRICES LOWER THAN MOST
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FESTIVALS.
AND THAT IS WHERE OUR NONPROFIT
MISSION COMES IN WE WANT TO MAKE
OUR FESTIVAL AFFORDABLE FOR
EVERYONE.
WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE
SOMERSET COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS A
PARTNER.
THEY HAVE COINED RIGHT BEHIND US
FESTIVAL FIELD.
AND IT SAYS IT ON ALL OF THEIR
SIGNS THAT IS REALLY COOL THAT
WE HAVE A HOME THERE.
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[♪♪]
>> THE STATE TELLS US THAT WE
MAKE A $3 MILLION ECONOMIC
IMPACT ON THE TWO DAYS OF THE
FESTIVAL.
WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
WE USE THAT NUMBER A LOT WHEN
WE'RE MARKETING TO BUSINESSES TO
HELP SPONSOR AND IT REALLY HAS
BECOME PART OF OUR MISSION, TOO.
IT STARTED OFF TO BRING ARTS AND
CULTURE HERE.
(14:41):
BUT WE HAVE ADDED THAT IN THAT
IT IS A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER.
EVERYBODY THAT IS TRYING TO
RECRUIT BUSINESSES HERE, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SAY LIKE
YOUR EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE AIATE
QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE LOOK AT
THIS FESTIVAL THAT THEY CAN BE A
PART OF.
THE MASTER MUSICIANS
(15:02):
FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE THIS
WEEKEND IN SOMERSET.
THAT FESTIVAL IS JUST ONE OF
MANY ATTRACTIONS THAT LURE
VISITORS TO SOMERSET ALONG WITH
LAKE CUMBERLAND.
TOURISM IS BIG BUSINESS IN THIS
REGION.
SOMERSET MAYOR ALAN KECK BOASTS
OF MORE THAN OUTDOOR RECREATION
(15:22):
AND ARTS BUT A THRIVING DOWNTOWN
AND MAJOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT.
I HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH
MAYOR ALAN KECK AT CITY HALL.
>> THE COVER STORY HEADLINE SAYS
SOMERSET PULASKI COUNTY CHARGES
AHEAD AS ONE OF KENTUCKY'S
LEADING ECONOMIC ENGINES AND
(15:42):
TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE BECOME
SO NOT BY WAITING FOR CHANGE BUT
BY CREATING IT.
>> THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.
>> I LIKE THAT.
I DO LIKE THAT.
>> HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
>> WE'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY
INTENTIONAL FOR ANYONE THAT
KNOWS ME AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE
TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR STORY.
AND I'VE SAID FOR A LONGTIME
(16:03):
THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SMALL
RURAL COMMUNITIES TO TELL YOUR
STORY PROUDLY.
TO BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE AND
NOT APOLOGIZE.
WE'RE SELLING OURSELVES.
NOT JUST REGIONLY BUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
AND SPECIFIC TO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT WE'VE SEEN VICTORIES
FROM COMPANIES FROM FLORIDA TO
CALIFORNIA LITERALLY CHOOSING
(16:24):
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY SOMERSET AS
THEIR HOME AND WE'RE PROUD AND
WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A FEW
YEARS.
YOU ARE IN YOUR SECOND
TERM WHEN YOU INHERITED THIS
OFFICE AND EARNED THIS OFFICE,
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
WHAT DID THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PICTURE LOOK LIKE
THEN?
>> STALE AND STAGNANT.
(16:44):
WE WERE NOT INTENTIONAL AT ALL.
WE WOULD GET THE THINGS COMING
TO US ORGANICALLY.
GOOD THINGS WERE STILL HAPPENING
WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE A GREAT
COMMUNITY WE ARE LOCATED IN A
STRATEGIC SPOT IN A GREAT STATE.
KENTUCKY IS HAVING A LOT OF WINS
BUT WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING
PROACTIVELY.
WE HAD GIVEN UP ON WHAT I CALL
(17:05):
THE HEART BEAT OF SMALL TOWN
AMERICA WHICH IS YOUR DOWNTOWN.
AND WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF FOCUS
ON ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE AND
QUALITY OF PLACE AND TELLING
THAT STORY OF WHY IT IS SUCH A
SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE.
NONE OF THAT WAS HAPPENING.
I DESERVE A LITTLE CREDIT BUT
CANDIDLY, WE HAD A COMMUNITY
(17:26):
THAT WAS BUBBLING AND I TOOK THE
LID OFF AND LET'S LET OUR BEST
AND BRIGHTEST SHINE AND UNLEASH
THE POTENTIAL AND BEING
AGGRESSIVE.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND THAT LENT ITS TESTIFY
TO HAVE THE BOLD POSTURE.
>> I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR AND
BUSINESSMAN AT HEART.
MY FATHER IS AN ENTREPRENEUR MY
(17:47):
GRANDDAD WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR.
WOULD MOVE TO LAKE COMMUNITIES
AND DEVELOP SMALL RESORTS AND
SELL LAND.
HE WAS A VISIONARY IN THAT ERA.
HE WAS A SIMPLE MAN.
AND DIDN'T LIKE ANY ATTENTION.
WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A RECLUES.
BUT I LEARNED A LOT.
I LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
FROM MY FATHER WHO HAD AN
(18:08):
UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF GRIT AND
PERSEVERANCE STRUGGLED FOR A
LONGTIME.
LEFT A NICE CAREER TO START HIS
OWN THING.
AND I GOT TO WATCH THAT JOURNEY.
IT DID A LOT FOR ME, ONE TO
APPRECIATE HOW HARD THAT CAN BE
AND TO LOOK NOW IN THIS ROLE, TO
JUST BE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE
WILLING TO INVEST THEIR TIME,
TALENT, TREASURE, NOT JUST THE
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MONEY CAPITAL BUT THE EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT IT TAKES TO INVEST IN
THE BUSINESS.
AND I THOUGHT MAN, IT COULD BE
SPECIAL IF I COULD TAKE THOSE
LESSONS MY PRIVATE SECTOR
LESSONS AND PUT THEM INTO
PRACTICE EVERYDAY AS MAYOR.
NOT JUST FROM A GRATITUDE OF
APPRECIATION BUT A REAL
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TAKES TO
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CREATE JOBS AND POLITICIANS LOVE
TO TALK ABOUT HOW MANY JOBS
THEY'VE CREATED.
WE SHOULDN'T CREATE ANY.
THE PRIVATE SECTOR CREATES JOBS
WE CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT
CREATES JOBS.
AND DOWNTOWN
REVISITTIZATION HAS BEEN THE
THING WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
AND PEOPLE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE
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DOWNTOWN.
IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M SUPER PROUD OF IT.
I LOVE IT.
AND I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO YOU.
I'VE ADMIRED YOU FROM AFAR FOR A
LONGTIME.
I AM A GIRL DAD AND I LIKE TO
TELL THAT BECAUSE MOST OF THE
NEW BUSINESSES ARE FEMALE OWNED
AND OPERATED IN SMALL TOWN
AMERICA IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT
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WAY.
I TRULY BELIEVE REGARDLESS OF
RACE, GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC
STATUS, BACKGROUND EVERYONE
BELIEVES THEY HAVE A CHANCE IF
THEY INVEST THEIR HEART AND
CAPITAL TO SUCCEED AND THAT'S
COOL.
IT'S INSPIRING I GET GOOSE BUMPS
TALKING ABOUT IT MY GIRLS CAN
SEE THAT THEY CAN POINT TO.
AND I LOVE TO FREQUENT MOST OF
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THESE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AS
WELL AND SUPPORT THEM.
WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS?
THIS SOUNDS GREAT, BUT LET'S
TALK MONEY HERE DOLLARS AND
CENTS?
>> WE'VE BROKEN TOURISM RECORDS
EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE
EXCEPT COVID THAT IS A HUGE
CREDIT TO OUR TOURISM ECONOMY.
OUR POPULATION GREW IN THE LAST
DECADE IT DOUBLED THE STATE
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AVERAGE.
WE WERE ONE OF THE ONLY TWO
COUNTIES IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT
THAT GREW AND WE GREW FASTER
THAN THE COUNTY BY TWO X AS
WELL.
MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE.
MORE JOBS CREATED.
HALF A BILLION IN INVESTMENT IN
FIVE YEARS.
FOR SMALL TOWN KENTUCKY THAT IS
STAGGERING.
AND WHAT IS COOL ABOUT THAT
NUMBER, IT WASN'T ONE COMPANY AT
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450 MILLION AND LITTLE ONES.
WE'VE SEEN EXISTING BUSINESS
EXPANSION, MULTIGENERATIONAL
BUSINESSES EXPAND AND CORPORATE
HEADQUARTERS FROM CALIFORNIA
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HORSE SOLDIER
BOURBON WITH THEIR INVESTMENT.
PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS
AND WE CAN QUANTIFY IT REVENUE
AT THE CITY IS UP 4 MILLION A
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YEAR.
AND WE PASSED AN OCCUPATIONAL
TAX INCREASE THAT DOESN'T AFFECT
THAT INCREASE.
$4 MILLION OF NEW MONEY COMING
INTO CITY HALL WITHOUT A RATE
INCREASE.
THAT IS POWERFUL STUFF.
AND IT'S PROVED TO OTHER TOWNS
THAT THIS CAN WORK EMBRACE WHO
YOU ARE.
BE PROUD OF IT AND TELL THAT
STORY BOLDLY.
(21:18):
AS YOU WILL RECALL,
THE MAYOR RAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION IN 2023
UNSUCCESSFULLY.
WILL HE SHOOT HIS SHOT AGAIN FOR
HIGHER OFFICE?
MONDAY I ASK HIM ABOUT HIS
ASPIRATIONS GOING FORWARD.
TUNE IN MONDAY TO HEAR THIS
ANSWER.
>>> KNOWN AS THE HEART OF LAKE
(21:39):
CUMBERLAND MONTICELLO IN WAYNE
COUNTY HAS FIVE MILLION VISITORS
A YEAR.
BUT THE SMALL TOWN WANTS TO BE
KNOWN FOR MORE THAN JUST THE
LAKE AND THEY HOPE THEIR
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION EFFORTS
WILL HELP THEM DO JUST THAT.
>> MONTICELLO IS A PRETTY
PERSONAL TYPE TOWN.
WE GOT A MIXTURE OF PEOPLE HERE.
(22:01):
WE'RE IN-BETWEEN RIGHT ON THE
EDGE OF APPALACHIA.
WE HAVE THE MOUNTAINS TO THE
EAST AND STARTS FLATTENING OUT
AND RUN INTO THE LAKE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE
NOTICED IN MONTICELLO IN THE
PAST IS A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND
THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND GO
TO COLLEGE AND MOVE AWAY AND
DON'T COME BACK.
WE WORKED AS A COMMUNITY TO
CHANGE THAT CULTURE AND MINDSET.
WE WANT TO STAY SMALL TOWN BUT
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WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE CAN COME BACK TO.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE THINGS OF
THE BIG CITIES BUT WE HAVE
THINGS THAT BIG CITIES DON'T
HAVE LIKE OUR OLD TOWN POOL
HALL, AND MOM AND POP STORES
THAT HAD LEFT SOUTHERN AMERICA.
AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING.
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>> OVER THE LAST FIVE TO
TEN-YEARS THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE
THAT MADE AN EFFORT I WANT TO BE
DOWNTOWN.
AND I THINK WE CAN OFFER
SOMETHING AND WE CAN MAKE IT DWO
ARE THAT WAY.
>> WE HAVE LIVED HERE OUR LIVES
AND FOR A LONGTIME THE ONLY
THING TO DO WAS GET A POOL HALL
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BURGER.
EVERYTHING WAS ABANDONED OR
APARTMENTS THERE WAS NOTHING TO
DO DOWNTOWN.
SO JUST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS,
HAVING SIX NEW BUSINESSES POP-UP
HAS BEEN A BIG GAME CHANGER FOR
DOWNTOWN.
>> IN 2019, WE DECIDED WE WANTED
TO ADD-ON AT OUR HOUSE TO MAKE
MORE SPACE FOR OUR PROJECTS AND
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EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE WERE
RUNNING OUT OF SPACE AND COVID
HIT AND EVERYTHING SKYROCKETED.
SO INSTEAD OF BUILDING A NEW
GARAGE WE SAID LET'S FIND AN OLD
BUILDING AND RENOVATE IT AND WE
HAD FRIENDS AT THE BOOKSTORE AND
OTHER PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THEY WERE
LOOKING AT THE AREA, TOO.
SO IT ALL HAPPENED AT ONCE
(23:46):
WITHOUT US EVEN KNOWING.
>> WE OPENED UP HAPPY HOPPERS
COFFEE AND MORE ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS AGO.
AND WE WANT TO HELP BUILD AND
GROW OUR DOWNTOWN IN MONTICELLO.
SO THE EMPLOYEES CREATED AN
OFFSPRING OF HAPPY HOPPERS AND
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WE CALL IT THE LILLEY PAD.
THE LILLEY PAD IS A SMALL GRAB
AND GO SHOP IT HAS COFFEES FROM
HAPPY HOPPERS AND IT CARRIES
SOME TREATS SOME CANDIES.
>> WE HAVE STARTED THE
MONTICELLO MARKET DOWNTOWN EVENT
WHICH IS A VENDORS EVENT
DOWNTOWN THAT DRAWS IN VENDORS,
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ARTS, CRAFTS, FOOD TRUCKS, A
DIFFERENT THEME EACH MONTH.
LIKE A CAR SHOW, A JEEP SHOW.
KIDS FEST, AGRICULTURE.
AND THOSE THINGS BRING DOWN
TOURISTS OFF THE LAKE AND INTO
TOWN.
IT IS A GOOD CULTURE INCREASE OR
CULTURE BOOST FOR THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS LIKE
THAT FOR A LONGTIME.
BUT WE WORKED TOGETHER BETWEEN
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THE TOURISM COMMISSION, THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY, THE CITY
DOES A GREAT JOB AT MAINTAINING
DOWNTOWN.
THEY HUNG THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER
POTS THE LOTS DOWNTOWN.
LOCAL BUSINESSES PARTNERED WITH
TOURISM AND ARTS COUNCIL TO DO
THE MURALS DOWNTOWN.
IT IS A BIG JOINT EFFORT.
>> WE HAVE WORKED ON THE ALL THE
MURALS WE'VE FUNDED THEM AND GOT
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SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THEM OR DONE
THEM OURSELVES.
WE'VE GOTTEN THE LAKE ONE ON THE
SIDE AND CITY HALL WE GOT THE
STAGECOACH FUNDED AND THE
RETAINING WALL ON THE BACK OF
OUR BUILDING THERE IS ATWO AND
THE DANCE STUDIO HAS ONE.
WE'VE TRIED TO BRING BACK AS
MUCH LIFE TO DOWNTOWN AS WE CAN.
>> WE'RE PROUD OF THE DOUGH BOY.
(25:32):
IT IS A BIG PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT REPRESENTED THE SOLDIERS THAT
WENT OFF TO WORLD WAR I AND
THERE'S BLACKS COMMEMORATING THE
PEOPLE.
>> YOU CAN COME THROUGH AT NIGHT
AND YOU SEE THE LIGHTS AND THE
SEE THE DOUGH BOY SITTING THERE.
THE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE A
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GAME-CHANGER ON THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE NOW.
SO PEOPLES ALREADY TRAVELING TO
SEE THAT THEY ARE GETTING READY
TO DO A REVITALIZATION OF THAT
BUILDING AND THE HISTORIC MILL
SPRINGS WE HAVE A MILL THAT
GROUNDS CORN THAT IS A BIG DRAW
AND OF COURSE THE LAKE SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF.
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AND WE'RE TRYING TO PULL FROM
THAT TO BRING THEM INTO OUR
COMMUNITY AND IT KEEPS OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES GOING.
THE TOWN IS NAMED
AFTER THOMAS JEFFERSON'S HOME
PRONOUNCED MONTICELLO THAT IS
ITALIAN FOR LITTLE MOUNTAIN.
[♪♪]
(26:42):
IF YOU LIKED PETE, CHERRY AND
BLACKBERRY ALE 8 GET SET FOR PAW
PAW.
IT WILL BE PUTTING OUT A PAW PAW
VERSION OF THE CLASSIC SOFT
DRINK IN AUGUST AND THE
WINCHESTER COMPANY PARTNERED
WITH KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
TO DO IT.
KSU RESEARCHERS DID THE PAW PAW
RESEARCH TO MAKE THE DRINK
(27:04):
POSSIBLE.
THE PAW PAW IS SOMETIMES CALLED
THE KENTUCKY BANANA.
KSU IS HOME TO THE ONLY PAW PAW
RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THE WORLD.
>>> WE'VE SPENT THE LAST THREE
DAYS COMING TO YOU FROM SOMERSET
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY A REGION
OF THE STATE WITH A VERY
INTERESTING HISTORY FROM THE
EARLY SETTLERS TO THE CIVIL WAR
AND BEYOND AND IT'S HOME TO SOME
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INTERESTING PEOPLE FROM A COFFEE
MOGUL TO A MISS AMERICA WE'LL
TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT TOMORROW
FRIDAY ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN, 5:30
CENTRAL WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT
AND INSPIRE.
WATCH FULL EPISODES AND CLIPS AT
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KET.ORG AND SEND US A STORY IDEA
AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG AND
LOOK FOR US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS.
INTEREST'S RENEE SHAW AND I WILL
SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.
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