June 25, 2025 • 27 mins
How the war between Israel and Iran could impact Kentuckians, the state's federal delegation remains split on U.S. involvement, a well-known Democratic attorney says he plans to challenge Congressman Rogers, why a federal prison in Eastern Kentucky may be delayed yet again, and a multi-million dollar gift to JCPS.
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>> Motion's really high people
are trying to trying to
negotiate. And that seems like
what's happening here.
>> Well, the latest on the
conflict in the Middle East,
including U.S. involvement and
what it means for Kentuckians.
Plus Kentuckyian wants to go
from the courtroom to the
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Capitol.
>> And KET yourself hydrated.
Come ready. Come ready. Can
compare. I've seen that too
often come with a couple water
bottles and a gator. And you're
not gonna make it.
>> And how Lexington's waste
disposal workers are handling
the heat.
Production of Kentucky Edition
is made possible in part by the
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>> Good Evening and welcome to
Kentucky. Addition for Tuesday,
June 24th. I'm Kelsey starts
here in our KET Louisville
studio filling in tonight for
Renee Shaw.
>> First tonight, the latest
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from the Middle East after U.S.
strikes on Iran Saturday and
Israeli strikes that began last
week. This morning, President
Donald Trump blasted both
Israel and Iran claiming they
both violated. The cease-fire
announced yesterday. But later
the president said the
cease-fire appeared to be
holding. Netanyahu says Iran's
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nuclear program is now in
ruins. Thanks to Israel, but
the Associated Press reports
U.S. intelligence report.
That's as U.S. strikes setback
Iran's nuclear program by a
few months. Now. Earlier today
we spoke with Doctor Robert
Farley with the University of
Kentucky's Paterson School of
Diplomacy and International
Commerce. He says it appears
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both sides are now honoring the
cease-fire and he breaks down
how exactly this war could
impact. Kentuckians.
>> It looks like as of this
morning, something seems to be
holding that that the Iranians
more or less into of agreed, at
least implicitly to the
cease-fire. The Israelis seem
to be backing away from
additional strikes. And so it
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does look at that. Really, this
is not that unusual, but it is
not atypical for a cease-fire
to be broken in its first hours
and then people to pull things
back together. Emotions are
really high. People are trying
to trying to negotiate.
And that seems like what's
happening here that the
president got a little ahead of
events in terms of declaring
that there was a cease-fire,
but then essentially leverage
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that declaration to put
pressure on the Iranians with
threat of war bombing and put
pressure on the Israelis with
the threat of strong military
and financial support in order
to get to where we are in terms
of the cease-fire.
So yesterday when the Iranians
responded to the attack that we
launched on Saturday, they
responded by firing ballistic
missiles at a plea was called
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out to deed for space in Qatar.
And this is a U.S. facility.
It's been a U.S. facility for a
long time. It was definitely
response to the decision of the
United States to strike Iran,
Iranian nuclear facilities.
The Iranians gave notice and
the split tech itself is quite
small, but they want to escape
notice indicating that missiles
were coming and they probably
did that because they wanted
to convey to the United States,
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both the U.S. government in the
U.S. people and that we are
responding symbolically, but
we are we are intentionally
pulling out a punch on this
strike back because we want
this war to end. And I think
you can infer that the Iranians
probably have a pretty good
sense of what the balance of
power here is that the United
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States is vastly more powerful
and that the United States
could conduct all kinds of
attacks across Iran if it
wanted to. And we are trying to
very carefully calibrate the
diplomacy between the 2
countries and the Iranians are
indicating to us that we don't
want this fight right will
respond. But this is not a
fight that we want to fight
the deal. We were trying to
reroute arrive at this time and
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the deal we arrived to the
Obama administration concern
strictly the Iranian nuclear
program, right? So it was a
deal which was explicitly
designed just to arrest the
nuclear program right? It
didn't have anything to do with
their ballistic missile
programs and it didn't have
anything to do with all of the
militias that they have trained
and funded around the Middle
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East. That's not good enough
for Israel. Israel wants some
kind of restrictions on the run
and ballistic missile program
and also wants to disrupt their
relationships with the Houthis
and Hezbollah and Hamas tunnel.
This malicious and this new the
negotiations between the Trump
administration and run. We're
never going to arrive at that.
And so I think it's one of the
big reasons that we got an
attack.
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So the question of whether Iran
is going to continue to pursue
nuclear weapon, what's going to
come to some sort of
arrangement with the United
States and with Israel? It's a
pretty complicated one, but
it's also it's not either or
when people talk about the kind
of deals that we want to make
with Iran. I mean, that's a
question. The midterms 2 weeks
ago when the United States and
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Iran have been negotiating.
We were very close on the
terms. The terms are very
similar to a deal that we had
already struck a factor in the
Obama administration was called
the Iran deal. The jcpl it and
it was a deal that was supposed
to basically arrest the Iranian
nuclear program. Iran would
have certain rights. We were
really close to getting back
into that for 2 weeks ago.
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I am not sure now with the
content of any deal would be
between the United States and
Iran. We have blown up the
things that were really
problematic right to enrichment
facilities and some of the
other stuff.
Iran already has all of the
other equipment to human
expertise and so forth that
it needs in order to pursue
a small number of bombs, right?
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People estimate somewhere
between 8 and 10 weapons that
they have enough material for
that. So I don't think it's
impossible that Iran will try
to do both at the same time,
they'll try to come to some
kind of agreement with the
United States. The details of
that are pretty unclear while
at the same time devoting a lot
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more effort, too, attempting to
to sort of jump that last chasm
and actually build a nuclear
weapon. Said it wants to have
this matter for Kentucky.
You know, a couple ways.
One is the economic effects.
So thus far, the Iranians have
not decided to shut down the
Straits of Hormuz, which is
where a lot of the world's oil
goes to. We don't buy oil that
goes through the Straits of
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Hormuz in the United States.
But if there's any kind of been
right to disrupt shun, it will
affect oil prices globally,
which means the guests will get
more expensive here in
Kentucky. If prices stay up.
A longer period of time to know
that it will wreak more changes
and Kentucky's economy. The
other thing is that the economy
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of Kentucky is pretty
substantial, invested in the
defense industrial base.
We make a lot of aerospace
stuff here in Kentucky. And so
whenever there's anything like
an air power campaign, air
strikes like this when Kentucky
should be paying attention
because there are a lot of
firms around here that makes
the parts that go into those
plans.
And it does concern our economy
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functions.
>> One of America's most
visible war. Critics says he's
not worried about losing his
seat in Congress. Congressman
Thomas Massie of Kentucky's
4th district has criticized
President Trump's decision to
launch strikes on Iran's
nuclear program. He says the
move was unconstitutional
because the president didn't
get approval from Congress.
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The president lashed out at
Massey and said he will support
a Republican primary opponent
to Massey in Twenty-twenty 6
Congressman Massie says he's
not worried. He told the
Lexington Herald-Leader, quote,
I'm going to be running against
somebody nobody's ever heard
of. And I've got enough name ID
and brand right now that
somebody is going to have to
work really hard to erode that
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unquote. Massie also told the
newspaper that history will
look kindly on Donald Trump for
his actions in Iran. Another
critic of Saturday strike on
Iran. U.S. Senator Rand Paul
also from Kentucky questioning
whether the strike really
stopped Iran's nuclear program.
Senator Paul talked about that
this morning on CNBC.
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>> It's far as what happens in
this instance. It yet to be
determined. There are reports
of 400 kilograms of uranium
were moved in were affected by
this. And the problem with
enrichment as you don't, you
can't bomb away the knowledge.
But also once you get to
holyrood's uranium, it doesn't
take much. 400 kilograms is
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thought to be enough for 10
different bomb to about 40
kilograms of on. And so these
can be hidden anywhere. So they
may want to get out and they
may well negotiate well.
This goes on and on and did We
need to raise a you are asked
for more. So you are in that
now. We need to take out the
night and sought and got a good
sense inconsistent. You didn't
want to do and we need to get
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down to we didn't do enough.
No one. No. I think you're
mischaracterizing this again.
What I would say is that I'm
arguing that the intervention,
the military intervention would
may not have been successful
as people are saying. And also
that there may not be a
military answer that is that
ultimately the answer to the
end of the new government is
going to involve diplomacy.
>> Kentucky's other Senator
Mitch McConnell supports the
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U.S. actions in Iran. He's also
been a supporter of continuing
American aid for Ukraine and
its war against Russia. And
he's been an and for more
spending on defense overall,
Senator McConnell made that
case today during a hearing
on the Navy's proposed budget
for 2026. has he questioned
the secretary of the Navy?
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>> We need more munitions.
Their defense team
are centers.
>> reason. lows. We need a lot
more on this region. Experience
shows is our industry and that,
you know, the the the show or
the Navy and Marine Corps
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version. This chair on.
There isn't a budget fully
utilize the production capacity
of the defense industrial base.
The
>> fully funding our munitions
industrial base is essential
both for the near term in the
future. There's a guy who can
we in his opening statement.
We're looking at a number of
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different avenues, including
other parties and different
ways of making some of these
munitions. This is a huge
priority from the secretary
of defense in the president.
And we are putting as much
effort and time into this as we
are in shipbuilding. So it is
critical. I look forward to
coming back to you with some
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of the ideas and suggestions we
have. But your point is
absolutely will take its
something we need to focus on
and get fixed.
>> Senator McConnell is chair
of the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense.
>> 233 years ago today,
Governor Isaac Shelby formed
what would become the Kentucky
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National Guard. The guard held
its birthday party today in
Frankfort at a dedication
ceremony, declaring a section
of U.S. Highway one. 27 as the
Kentucky National Guard
Memorial Highway.
>> As we commemorate this 200
33rd anniversary, we also
gather to dedicate the Kentucky
National Guard Memorial Highway
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in honor of the brave men and
women. We have given their
lives in the line of duty.
The journey to create this
memorial began in 2004.
Following the tragic losses.
A sergeant Darren Potter.
Sergeant Glenn Stand feel.
And first we'll generado
Henderson. During the global
war on terrorism.
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Recognize a need for a lasting
tribute, dedicated group
established the Kentucky
National Guard Memorial Fund
in 2008 in a memorial, it
features a Granite Stone shape
by Kentucky that you see behind
me engraved with the names of
317 of our fallen heroes
beneath the very foundation of
this monument lies the soil
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collected from all 120 counties
across the commonwealth.
We further recognize the
recently designated Kentucky
Military Historic Monument,
a sacred and sacred ground that
stands as a lasting tribute
to the service, their sacrifice
and their enduring place.
And our commonwealth's history.
This designation ensures their
preservation of the memorial
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for future generations.
Safeguarding their stories and
sacrifices. It represents the
memorial behind me is where
we have memorialized that the
soldiers and airmen that we've
lost.
And as they've made an ultimate
sacrifice while serving as
members of the Kentucky Guard,
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whether overseas or whether
stateside at this junction.
We have members of the Kentucky
National Guard who are
currently serving over in the
Middle East. KET these folks in
your prayers and quite simply
all the other service members
who are currently in the Middle
East for they and their
families.
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>> Again, no, that that they're
serving us in the commonwealth
there serving our communities
at this junction. And it really
just sort of.
Exacerbates the idea of
community service and the
reason why a lot of these folks
initially joined the military
and joined the Kentucky
National Guard in particular.
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>> Since 2000, the Commonwealth
has celebrated Kentucky
National every year on June.
24.
A new federal prison in
Kentucky. That's been decades
in the making may be on pause
once again. The probe the Trump
administration is seeking to
claw back 500 million dollars
for the project in Letcher
County. The proposed rescission
was outlined in a Justice
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Department budget request
earlier this month. The project
was recently given a green
light by the Federal Bureau of
Prisons which started acquiring
land for the Medium Security
prison last year. The prison
was to be built in the rocks
and a community of Letcher
County, which is in Kentucky's
5th congressional district
that's represented by a
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congressman. How Rogers in a
statement he told KET in part
the people of Letcher County
have invested nearly 20 years
of planning and preparation for
a new federal prison to bring
more than 300 much needed jobs
to our region. The proposed
prison has surpassed multiple
environmental studies in every
ounce of red tape that's been
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doled out. I will continue
working to see it to
completion.
Well, looks like Congressman
Rogers will have a Democratic
opponent in Twenty-twenty 6.
Ned Heller, story of a
well-known eastern Kentucky
lawyer says he will run against
Rogers Pillar. Storer says he
will formally announce his
candidacy on July 4th in
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Prestonsburg on Facebook Killer
store criticized Congressman
Rogers for his vote in favor of
President Trump's tax and
budget bill. Quote, he voted
for this all-out assault on
the less fortunate in our
poverty stricken congressional
district, which included
slashing benefits in exchange
for tax cuts for billionaires,
unquote pillars. Dorf also
notes that Rodgers will be 89
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years old in 2026. and he
questions whether Rodgers will
be able to finish another
two-year term.
Today marks the 3rd anniversary
of the U.S. Supreme Court
decision in Dobbs versus
Jackson. That's the decision
that overturned Roe versus Wade
and led to new anti-abortion
legislation across the nation
and here in Kentucky as well.
Both sides are reacting to the
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anniversary today. David Walls
of the conservative Family
Foundation says his
organization's fight isn't
over. In a statement he wrote
today, abortion pill
traffickers are blatantly
undermining Kentucky laws while
Planned Parenthood continues to
use our federal tax dollars to
promote their abortion on
demand agenda, leaders in
Frankfort and Washington, D.C.,
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must take action to stop the
harmful mail order abortion
regime that is plaguing our
state and nation ending the
lives of the preborn in sending
mothers to the ER. We must
recommit ourselves to building
a pro life culture that values
the equal protection of each
and every human life created in
the image of God. And we have
this from the Kentucky
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Democratic Party. Quote,
Kentucky women have lived under
one of the most draconian laws
in the country. One that
provides women and girls with
no options, even if they're
victims of rape or incest or
are fading facing a non viable
pregnancy. The GOP war on
women's health care continues
in the form of cuts to
Medicaid. That would devastate
Kentucky communities and make
it harder for women and girls
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to get the critical care they
need, unquote. A group of
Kentucky superintendents say
the state is not putting enough
money into public schools.
It's a consistent critique from
the Council for Better
Education, which says public
schools buying power has only
dropped since 2008. The
council's latest back on track
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report says per pupil funding
stands at $4300, but it should
be 5700 to meet 2008 funding
levels considering inflation
lawmakers would need to
allocate 1.3 billion dollars
to reach that funding level.
Kentucky lawmakers created the
state's education funding
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formula known as seek in 1990,
the council wrote, quote, the
seek formula is working as
designed it fairly distributes
the funding that is provided.
However, the issue is not
formula itself. It is a lack
of adequate state funding being
placed into the formula.
The Kentucky Center for
economic policy and the
Prichard Committee have
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reported similar findings and
critiques Kentucky's Republican
controlled General Assembly
says it's made record
investments in K through 12
education critics say lawmakers
are giving themselves credit
for funding teachers pensions.
But that doesn't translate to
what happens in the classroom.
We'll some big news here in
Louisville. Young brands wants
to donate its headquarters to
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Jefferson County Public Schools
Superintendent Marty Pollio
says he will recommend to the
school board that it moved.
The district's central office
to the well known location.
The campus includes the
so-called White House as well
as a 5 story office building
back in February. brands
announced it was moving its
KFC, corporate offices to
Plano, Texas Superintendent
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Polio says the donation will
allow the district to
consolidate several district
buildings into one. He
estimated the gift is worth
more than 40 million dollars.
>> Instead of U.S. spending 20
to 40 million dollars on a new
central office facility.
We are now able to get this
facility donated to us and
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still be on plan to sell.
>> Our
>> central office facilities of
an who slam and CB Young and
consolidate our Central Office
administration under one
building. And I'll say this
again, this donation. From from
Young brands is the equivalent
of a brand new elementary
school in JCPS that we will be
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able to build as a result of
this. And that is just
absolutely amazing. And that
generation that generous gift
will impact generations of
young people here in this
community using.
>> The donations still needs to
be approved by the school
board, which is scheduled to
meet this evening. Doctor
Pollio said it was important
for him to find a new space for
central office before he leaves
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his post. He starts his new
job as president of Ivy Tech
community college in Indiana.
July 1st we asked what he
thinks the biggest check Lynch
will be for his successor.
>> Well, it's taken over a
wonderful district that is
filled with wonderful educators
and leaders throughout this
district. So I think amazing.
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Families and kids, I won't go
into any school building in
this district without being
absolutely inspired and
motivated by what you one of
the fuse been in all 155
schools many times over the
past 8 years. And I just can't
speak enough to our great our
school system is, but clearly
in any district now in
education, there's major
challenges and they will
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continue to be major
challenges. And so it's hard to
even know in today's education
space with the next challenges,
challenges going to be but
stood up here in 2018 or 19.
I would have never had the
ability to verbalize that we
were about to hit a pandemic
and possibly going to virtual
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school. But that happened.
And so I'm sure there's going
to be challenges. My goal was
to try to get as many real
difficult decisions made prior
to the new superintendent
stepping in so that there would
be some time before having to
make those difficult decisions.
And one of those was a central
office facility. So, okay, it's
hard to speak exactly what that
would be. I mean, I think the
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biggest challenge to any
education system or district
right now and in the future is
going to be staffing. So
staffing shortages will remain
a major challenge. And
unfortunately, I even think
probably will grow in the next
decade just because the amount
of educators who are retiring
versus those that are coming
into the field, I think we'll
continue to be the biggest
challenge for any educational
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later.
>> Brian Yearwood has been
named the next superintendent
for JCPS the Board of Education
approved his four-year contract
last month. He takes over the
state's largest public school
district one week from today.
Former state auditor has died.
Marion Tobin served as Kentucky
state auditor from 1984, to
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1988 and also served as a state
representative from the 18th
District from Breckenridge and
meet counties. She was a
Democrat. She ran for public
office as recently as 2020 when
she ran in the Democratic
primary for the U.S. Senate.
She also ran a wildlife
sanctuary explaining the deer
she's holding in this picture.
Governor Andy Beshear says she
served the people of the
Commonwealth with pride and she
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will be missed.
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Well, Kentucky continues to
face an intense heat wave with
heat indices topping 100
degrees in parts of the state.
And that means outdoor workers
find themselves in some very
challenging conditions.
Kentucky Edition caught up with
the waste disposal worker to
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see how they brace for the
scorching temperatures and the
hot garbage it leaves behind.
>> We take a little bit more
time and care whenever there's
a lot of heat and
we always KET water and
Gatorade on us. It's a plot
to us. But we also have a
supervisor that runs around and
make sure that we're all good
and they'll have ice and rain
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water on them as well. I would
say right around noontime is
where he's going to increase.
So that's where you're kind of
got to take more care. Make
sure you're hydrated. They give
us a lot of posters to monitor
whenever you are using the
restroom, you know, color
change things along those
lines. When you drink more
water when he didn't take some
more gator at Ford, like I
said, maybe take a break, get
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back out and
KET yourself hydrated. Come
ready. Come ready. Can compare.
I've seen that too often come
with a couple water bottles and
a gator. And you're not gonna
make it. Definitely invest in
a good backpacker, large high
smocks to stop and drinks and
food. We started at 04:00AM
this morning. So we'll get
about an hour. Go ahead on it.
And then we all try to help
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each other out as we finish to
get us out of here soon as
possible before the heat.
It.
>> One thing that we really
have appreciated as we have
no shortage of customers
around, give us a water bottle
specially in excited kid ready
to come, see the trash truck
and bring a water bottle.
It's it's a huge help.
I'm at a minimum that's and
appreciated gesture. But it's
the same at times.
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>> Well, of course, Kentucky is
not alone in all of this.
Today the Mercury reached 100
degrees in New York City.
The National Weather Service
is about 40 cities across
America set heat records just
yesterday with more records
expected to be broken today.
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A closed road closed campground
and a water warning our toe
begins has the details on.
>> All 3 and our Tuesday look
at headlines around Kentucky.
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>> The State reports a harmful
type of algae and paradise camp
on Harrington Lake. It's also
been found here 10 years.
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Grant also called Red Gate.
Harrisburg Herald says because
of the algae people are asked
to limit their exposure to the
water. Drinking water has not
been affected. The algae can
appear like bright green table.
The soup. It could have a
grainy sawdust like parents
when seen up close.
High water is the problem.
And the Green River Lake
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Campground in Taylor County,
the Central Kentucky News
Journal says recent heavy rains
and forced the camp to close
until at least August 1st, the
Green River Marina is also
closed because the parking lot
in other areas are still under
water in the county received
more than 40 inches of rain
through may. A record.
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A road is closing in Shelby
County because of a
disagreement with developers.
The Sentinel News reports the
traffic is up on Old Clark
Station Road because of the
development underway in
Jefferson County, Shelby County
Judge Executive Dan High Sun is
concerned. The road is too
narrow and has too many
drop-offs to handle the
increased traffic safely.
So he's ordering part of it
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closed, effective July. 1st,
he says he has developers to
widen that part of the road,
but they refuse.
Who Pete Radio in Hopkinsville
to 21 new law enforcement
officers just graduated.
>> The state's new police
training facility in
Madisonville. It was only
opened in February right now
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classes take place at the
Madisonville Police Regional
Training complex until the
completion of the new
50 Million Dollar Complex.
With headlines around Kentucky.
I'm Joe begin.
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>> People descended from the
enslaved say their heritage can
sometimes be misunderstood.
>> My ancestors, his team does
not begin on it, though, or as
insane people they reached.
He's clean
in signs.
>> Avery, I KET that I was
here. Project has another art
installation in downtown
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Lexington made with the help
from a group of local girls.
And you'll hear from them
tomorrow here on Kentucky
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>> Motion's really high people
are trying to trying to
negotiate. And that seems like
what's happening here.
>> Well, the latest on the
conflict in the Middle East,
including U.S. involvement and
what it means for Kentuckians.
Plus Kentuckyian wants to go
from the courtroom to the
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Capitol.
>> And KET yourself hydrated.
Come ready. Come ready. Can
compare. I've seen that too
often come with a couple water
bottles and a gator. And you're
not gonna make it.
>> And how Lexington's waste
disposal workers are handling
the heat.
Production of Kentucky Edition
is made possible in part by the
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>> Good Evening and welcome to
Kentucky. Addition for Tuesday,
June 24th. I'm Kelsey starts
here in our KET Louisville
studio filling in tonight for
Renee Shaw.
>> First tonight, the latest
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from the Middle East after U.S.
strikes on Iran Saturday and
Israeli strikes that began last
week. This morning, President
Donald Trump blasted both
Israel and Iran claiming they
both violated. The cease-fire
announced yesterday. But later
the president said the
cease-fire appeared to be
holding. Netanyahu says Iran's
(01:26):
nuclear program is now in
ruins. Thanks to Israel, but
the Associated Press reports
U.S. intelligence report.
That's as U.S. strikes setback
Iran's nuclear program by a
few months. Now. Earlier today
we spoke with Doctor Robert
Farley with the University of
Kentucky's Paterson School of
Diplomacy and International
Commerce. He says it appears
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both sides are now honoring the
cease-fire and he breaks down
how exactly this war could
impact. Kentuckians.
>> It looks like as of this
morning, something seems to be
holding that that the Iranians
more or less into of agreed, at
least implicitly to the
cease-fire. The Israelis seem
to be backing away from
additional strikes. And so it
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does look at that. Really, this
is not that unusual, but it is
not atypical for a cease-fire
to be broken in its first hours
and then people to pull things
back together. Emotions are
really high. People are trying
to trying to negotiate.
And that seems like what's
happening here that the
president got a little ahead of
events in terms of declaring
that there was a cease-fire,
but then essentially leverage
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that declaration to put
pressure on the Iranians with
threat of war bombing and put
pressure on the Israelis with
the threat of strong military
and financial support in order
to get to where we are in terms
of the cease-fire.
So yesterday when the Iranians
responded to the attack that we
launched on Saturday, they
responded by firing ballistic
missiles at a plea was called
(02:54):
out to deed for space in Qatar.
And this is a U.S. facility.
It's been a U.S. facility for a
long time. It was definitely
response to the decision of the
United States to strike Iran,
Iranian nuclear facilities.
The Iranians gave notice and
the split tech itself is quite
small, but they want to escape
notice indicating that missiles
were coming and they probably
did that because they wanted
to convey to the United States,
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both the U.S. government in the
U.S. people and that we are
responding symbolically, but
we are we are intentionally
pulling out a punch on this
strike back because we want
this war to end. And I think
you can infer that the Iranians
probably have a pretty good
sense of what the balance of
power here is that the United
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States is vastly more powerful
and that the United States
could conduct all kinds of
attacks across Iran if it
wanted to. And we are trying to
very carefully calibrate the
diplomacy between the 2
countries and the Iranians are
indicating to us that we don't
want this fight right will
respond. But this is not a
fight that we want to fight
the deal. We were trying to
reroute arrive at this time and
(03:58):
the deal we arrived to the
Obama administration concern
strictly the Iranian nuclear
program, right? So it was a
deal which was explicitly
designed just to arrest the
nuclear program right? It
didn't have anything to do with
their ballistic missile
programs and it didn't have
anything to do with all of the
militias that they have trained
and funded around the Middle
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East. That's not good enough
for Israel. Israel wants some
kind of restrictions on the run
and ballistic missile program
and also wants to disrupt their
relationships with the Houthis
and Hezbollah and Hamas tunnel.
This malicious and this new the
negotiations between the Trump
administration and run. We're
never going to arrive at that.
And so I think it's one of the
big reasons that we got an
attack.
(04:39):
So the question of whether Iran
is going to continue to pursue
nuclear weapon, what's going to
come to some sort of
arrangement with the United
States and with Israel? It's a
pretty complicated one, but
it's also it's not either or
when people talk about the kind
of deals that we want to make
with Iran. I mean, that's a
question. The midterms 2 weeks
ago when the United States and
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Iran have been negotiating.
We were very close on the
terms. The terms are very
similar to a deal that we had
already struck a factor in the
Obama administration was called
the Iran deal. The jcpl it and
it was a deal that was supposed
to basically arrest the Iranian
nuclear program. Iran would
have certain rights. We were
really close to getting back
into that for 2 weeks ago.
(05:23):
I am not sure now with the
content of any deal would be
between the United States and
Iran. We have blown up the
things that were really
problematic right to enrichment
facilities and some of the
other stuff.
Iran already has all of the
other equipment to human
expertise and so forth that
it needs in order to pursue
a small number of bombs, right?
(05:45):
People estimate somewhere
between 8 and 10 weapons that
they have enough material for
that. So I don't think it's
impossible that Iran will try
to do both at the same time,
they'll try to come to some
kind of agreement with the
United States. The details of
that are pretty unclear while
at the same time devoting a lot
(06:05):
more effort, too, attempting to
to sort of jump that last chasm
and actually build a nuclear
weapon. Said it wants to have
this matter for Kentucky.
You know, a couple ways.
One is the economic effects.
So thus far, the Iranians have
not decided to shut down the
Straits of Hormuz, which is
where a lot of the world's oil
goes to. We don't buy oil that
goes through the Straits of
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Hormuz in the United States.
But if there's any kind of been
right to disrupt shun, it will
affect oil prices globally,
which means the guests will get
more expensive here in
Kentucky. If prices stay up.
A longer period of time to know
that it will wreak more changes
and Kentucky's economy. The
other thing is that the economy
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of Kentucky is pretty
substantial, invested in the
defense industrial base.
We make a lot of aerospace
stuff here in Kentucky. And so
whenever there's anything like
an air power campaign, air
strikes like this when Kentucky
should be paying attention
because there are a lot of
firms around here that makes
the parts that go into those
plans.
And it does concern our economy
(07:07):
functions.
>> One of America's most
visible war. Critics says he's
not worried about losing his
seat in Congress. Congressman
Thomas Massie of Kentucky's
4th district has criticized
President Trump's decision to
launch strikes on Iran's
nuclear program. He says the
move was unconstitutional
because the president didn't
get approval from Congress.
(07:29):
The president lashed out at
Massey and said he will support
a Republican primary opponent
to Massey in Twenty-twenty 6
Congressman Massie says he's
not worried. He told the
Lexington Herald-Leader, quote,
I'm going to be running against
somebody nobody's ever heard
of. And I've got enough name ID
and brand right now that
somebody is going to have to
work really hard to erode that
(07:53):
unquote. Massie also told the
newspaper that history will
look kindly on Donald Trump for
his actions in Iran. Another
critic of Saturday strike on
Iran. U.S. Senator Rand Paul
also from Kentucky questioning
whether the strike really
stopped Iran's nuclear program.
Senator Paul talked about that
this morning on CNBC.
(08:14):
>> It's far as what happens in
this instance. It yet to be
determined. There are reports
of 400 kilograms of uranium
were moved in were affected by
this. And the problem with
enrichment as you don't, you
can't bomb away the knowledge.
But also once you get to
holyrood's uranium, it doesn't
take much. 400 kilograms is
(08:35):
thought to be enough for 10
different bomb to about 40
kilograms of on. And so these
can be hidden anywhere. So they
may want to get out and they
may well negotiate well.
This goes on and on and did We
need to raise a you are asked
for more. So you are in that
now. We need to take out the
night and sought and got a good
sense inconsistent. You didn't
want to do and we need to get
(08:57):
down to we didn't do enough.
No one. No. I think you're
mischaracterizing this again.
What I would say is that I'm
arguing that the intervention,
the military intervention would
may not have been successful
as people are saying. And also
that there may not be a
military answer that is that
ultimately the answer to the
end of the new government is
going to involve diplomacy.
>> Kentucky's other Senator
Mitch McConnell supports the
(09:18):
U.S. actions in Iran. He's also
been a supporter of continuing
American aid for Ukraine and
its war against Russia. And
he's been an and for more
spending on defense overall,
Senator McConnell made that
case today during a hearing
on the Navy's proposed budget
for 2026. has he questioned
the secretary of the Navy?
(09:40):
>> We need more munitions.
Their defense team
are centers.
>> reason. lows. We need a lot
more on this region. Experience
shows is our industry and that,
you know, the the the show or
the Navy and Marine Corps
(10:02):
version. This chair on.
There isn't a budget fully
utilize the production capacity
of the defense industrial base.
The
>> fully funding our munitions
industrial base is essential
both for the near term in the
future. There's a guy who can
we in his opening statement.
We're looking at a number of
(10:25):
different avenues, including
other parties and different
ways of making some of these
munitions. This is a huge
priority from the secretary
of defense in the president.
And we are putting as much
effort and time into this as we
are in shipbuilding. So it is
critical. I look forward to
coming back to you with some
(10:47):
of the ideas and suggestions we
have. But your point is
absolutely will take its
something we need to focus on
and get fixed.
>> Senator McConnell is chair
of the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense.
>> 233 years ago today,
Governor Isaac Shelby formed
what would become the Kentucky
(11:08):
National Guard. The guard held
its birthday party today in
Frankfort at a dedication
ceremony, declaring a section
of U.S. Highway one. 27 as the
Kentucky National Guard
Memorial Highway.
>> As we commemorate this 200
33rd anniversary, we also
gather to dedicate the Kentucky
National Guard Memorial Highway
(11:29):
in honor of the brave men and
women. We have given their
lives in the line of duty.
The journey to create this
memorial began in 2004.
Following the tragic losses.
A sergeant Darren Potter.
Sergeant Glenn Stand feel.
And first we'll generado
Henderson. During the global
war on terrorism.
(11:52):
Recognize a need for a lasting
tribute, dedicated group
established the Kentucky
National Guard Memorial Fund
in 2008 in a memorial, it
features a Granite Stone shape
by Kentucky that you see behind
me engraved with the names of
317 of our fallen heroes
beneath the very foundation of
this monument lies the soil
(12:13):
collected from all 120 counties
across the commonwealth.
We further recognize the
recently designated Kentucky
Military Historic Monument,
a sacred and sacred ground that
stands as a lasting tribute
to the service, their sacrifice
and their enduring place.
And our commonwealth's history.
This designation ensures their
preservation of the memorial
(12:36):
for future generations.
Safeguarding their stories and
sacrifices. It represents the
memorial behind me is where
we have memorialized that the
soldiers and airmen that we've
lost.
And as they've made an ultimate
sacrifice while serving as
members of the Kentucky Guard,
(12:56):
whether overseas or whether
stateside at this junction.
We have members of the Kentucky
National Guard who are
currently serving over in the
Middle East. KET these folks in
your prayers and quite simply
all the other service members
who are currently in the Middle
East for they and their
families.
(13:18):
>> Again, no, that that they're
serving us in the commonwealth
there serving our communities
at this junction. And it really
just sort of.
Exacerbates the idea of
community service and the
reason why a lot of these folks
initially joined the military
and joined the Kentucky
National Guard in particular.
(13:40):
>> Since 2000, the Commonwealth
has celebrated Kentucky
National every year on June.
24.
A new federal prison in
Kentucky. That's been decades
in the making may be on pause
once again. The probe the Trump
administration is seeking to
claw back 500 million dollars
for the project in Letcher
County. The proposed rescission
was outlined in a Justice
(14:00):
Department budget request
earlier this month. The project
was recently given a green
light by the Federal Bureau of
Prisons which started acquiring
land for the Medium Security
prison last year. The prison
was to be built in the rocks
and a community of Letcher
County, which is in Kentucky's
5th congressional district
that's represented by a
(14:21):
congressman. How Rogers in a
statement he told KET in part
the people of Letcher County
have invested nearly 20 years
of planning and preparation for
a new federal prison to bring
more than 300 much needed jobs
to our region. The proposed
prison has surpassed multiple
environmental studies in every
ounce of red tape that's been
(14:42):
doled out. I will continue
working to see it to
completion.
Well, looks like Congressman
Rogers will have a Democratic
opponent in Twenty-twenty 6.
Ned Heller, story of a
well-known eastern Kentucky
lawyer says he will run against
Rogers Pillar. Storer says he
will formally announce his
candidacy on July 4th in
(15:02):
Prestonsburg on Facebook Killer
store criticized Congressman
Rogers for his vote in favor of
President Trump's tax and
budget bill. Quote, he voted
for this all-out assault on
the less fortunate in our
poverty stricken congressional
district, which included
slashing benefits in exchange
for tax cuts for billionaires,
unquote pillars. Dorf also
notes that Rodgers will be 89
(15:24):
years old in 2026. and he
questions whether Rodgers will
be able to finish another
two-year term.
Today marks the 3rd anniversary
of the U.S. Supreme Court
decision in Dobbs versus
Jackson. That's the decision
that overturned Roe versus Wade
and led to new anti-abortion
legislation across the nation
and here in Kentucky as well.
Both sides are reacting to the
(15:48):
anniversary today. David Walls
of the conservative Family
Foundation says his
organization's fight isn't
over. In a statement he wrote
today, abortion pill
traffickers are blatantly
undermining Kentucky laws while
Planned Parenthood continues to
use our federal tax dollars to
promote their abortion on
demand agenda, leaders in
Frankfort and Washington, D.C.,
(16:10):
must take action to stop the
harmful mail order abortion
regime that is plaguing our
state and nation ending the
lives of the preborn in sending
mothers to the ER. We must
recommit ourselves to building
a pro life culture that values
the equal protection of each
and every human life created in
the image of God. And we have
this from the Kentucky
(16:30):
Democratic Party. Quote,
Kentucky women have lived under
one of the most draconian laws
in the country. One that
provides women and girls with
no options, even if they're
victims of rape or incest or
are fading facing a non viable
pregnancy. The GOP war on
women's health care continues
in the form of cuts to
Medicaid. That would devastate
Kentucky communities and make
it harder for women and girls
(16:51):
to get the critical care they
need, unquote. A group of
Kentucky superintendents say
the state is not putting enough
money into public schools.
It's a consistent critique from
the Council for Better
Education, which says public
schools buying power has only
dropped since 2008. The
council's latest back on track
(17:11):
report says per pupil funding
stands at $4300, but it should
be 5700 to meet 2008 funding
levels considering inflation
lawmakers would need to
allocate 1.3 billion dollars
to reach that funding level.
Kentucky lawmakers created the
state's education funding
(17:33):
formula known as seek in 1990,
the council wrote, quote, the
seek formula is working as
designed it fairly distributes
the funding that is provided.
However, the issue is not
formula itself. It is a lack
of adequate state funding being
placed into the formula.
The Kentucky Center for
economic policy and the
Prichard Committee have
(17:54):
reported similar findings and
critiques Kentucky's Republican
controlled General Assembly
says it's made record
investments in K through 12
education critics say lawmakers
are giving themselves credit
for funding teachers pensions.
But that doesn't translate to
what happens in the classroom.
We'll some big news here in
Louisville. Young brands wants
to donate its headquarters to
(18:14):
Jefferson County Public Schools
Superintendent Marty Pollio
says he will recommend to the
school board that it moved.
The district's central office
to the well known location.
The campus includes the
so-called White House as well
as a 5 story office building
back in February. brands
announced it was moving its
KFC, corporate offices to
Plano, Texas Superintendent
(18:35):
Polio says the donation will
allow the district to
consolidate several district
buildings into one. He
estimated the gift is worth
more than 40 million dollars.
>> Instead of U.S. spending 20
to 40 million dollars on a new
central office facility.
We are now able to get this
facility donated to us and
(18:59):
still be on plan to sell.
>> Our
>> central office facilities of
an who slam and CB Young and
consolidate our Central Office
administration under one
building. And I'll say this
again, this donation. From from
Young brands is the equivalent
of a brand new elementary
school in JCPS that we will be
(19:19):
able to build as a result of
this. And that is just
absolutely amazing. And that
generation that generous gift
will impact generations of
young people here in this
community using.
>> The donations still needs to
be approved by the school
board, which is scheduled to
meet this evening. Doctor
Pollio said it was important
for him to find a new space for
central office before he leaves
(19:41):
his post. He starts his new
job as president of Ivy Tech
community college in Indiana.
July 1st we asked what he
thinks the biggest check Lynch
will be for his successor.
>> Well, it's taken over a
wonderful district that is
filled with wonderful educators
and leaders throughout this
district. So I think amazing.
(20:02):
Families and kids, I won't go
into any school building in
this district without being
absolutely inspired and
motivated by what you one of
the fuse been in all 155
schools many times over the
past 8 years. And I just can't
speak enough to our great our
school system is, but clearly
in any district now in
education, there's major
challenges and they will
(20:22):
continue to be major
challenges. And so it's hard to
even know in today's education
space with the next challenges,
challenges going to be but
stood up here in 2018 or 19.
I would have never had the
ability to verbalize that we
were about to hit a pandemic
and possibly going to virtual
(20:44):
school. But that happened.
And so I'm sure there's going
to be challenges. My goal was
to try to get as many real
difficult decisions made prior
to the new superintendent
stepping in so that there would
be some time before having to
make those difficult decisions.
And one of those was a central
office facility. So, okay, it's
hard to speak exactly what that
would be. I mean, I think the
(21:07):
biggest challenge to any
education system or district
right now and in the future is
going to be staffing. So
staffing shortages will remain
a major challenge. And
unfortunately, I even think
probably will grow in the next
decade just because the amount
of educators who are retiring
versus those that are coming
into the field, I think we'll
continue to be the biggest
challenge for any educational
(21:29):
later.
>> Brian Yearwood has been
named the next superintendent
for JCPS the Board of Education
approved his four-year contract
last month. He takes over the
state's largest public school
district one week from today.
Former state auditor has died.
Marion Tobin served as Kentucky
state auditor from 1984, to
(21:51):
1988 and also served as a state
representative from the 18th
District from Breckenridge and
meet counties. She was a
Democrat. She ran for public
office as recently as 2020 when
she ran in the Democratic
primary for the U.S. Senate.
She also ran a wildlife
sanctuary explaining the deer
she's holding in this picture.
Governor Andy Beshear says she
served the people of the
Commonwealth with pride and she
(22:12):
will be missed.
♪
Well, Kentucky continues to
face an intense heat wave with
heat indices topping 100
degrees in parts of the state.
And that means outdoor workers
find themselves in some very
challenging conditions.
Kentucky Edition caught up with
the waste disposal worker to
(22:35):
see how they brace for the
scorching temperatures and the
hot garbage it leaves behind.
>> We take a little bit more
time and care whenever there's
a lot of heat and
we always KET water and
Gatorade on us. It's a plot
to us. But we also have a
supervisor that runs around and
make sure that we're all good
and they'll have ice and rain
(22:56):
water on them as well. I would
say right around noontime is
where he's going to increase.
So that's where you're kind of
got to take more care. Make
sure you're hydrated. They give
us a lot of posters to monitor
whenever you are using the
restroom, you know, color
change things along those
lines. When you drink more
water when he didn't take some
more gator at Ford, like I
said, maybe take a break, get
(23:16):
back out and
KET yourself hydrated. Come
ready. Come ready. Can compare.
I've seen that too often come
with a couple water bottles and
a gator. And you're not gonna
make it. Definitely invest in
a good backpacker, large high
smocks to stop and drinks and
food. We started at 04:00AM
this morning. So we'll get
about an hour. Go ahead on it.
And then we all try to help
(23:37):
each other out as we finish to
get us out of here soon as
possible before the heat.
It.
>> One thing that we really
have appreciated as we have
no shortage of customers
around, give us a water bottle
specially in excited kid ready
to come, see the trash truck
and bring a water bottle.
It's it's a huge help.
I'm at a minimum that's and
appreciated gesture. But it's
the same at times.
(23:57):
>> Well, of course, Kentucky is
not alone in all of this.
Today the Mercury reached 100
degrees in New York City.
The National Weather Service
is about 40 cities across
America set heat records just
yesterday with more records
expected to be broken today.
♪
(24:22):
A closed road closed campground
and a water warning our toe
begins has the details on.
>> All 3 and our Tuesday look
at headlines around Kentucky.
♪
>> The State reports a harmful
type of algae and paradise camp
on Harrington Lake. It's also
been found here 10 years.
(24:42):
Grant also called Red Gate.
Harrisburg Herald says because
of the algae people are asked
to limit their exposure to the
water. Drinking water has not
been affected. The algae can
appear like bright green table.
The soup. It could have a
grainy sawdust like parents
when seen up close.
High water is the problem.
And the Green River Lake
(25:04):
Campground in Taylor County,
the Central Kentucky News
Journal says recent heavy rains
and forced the camp to close
until at least August 1st, the
Green River Marina is also
closed because the parking lot
in other areas are still under
water in the county received
more than 40 inches of rain
through may. A record.
(25:26):
A road is closing in Shelby
County because of a
disagreement with developers.
The Sentinel News reports the
traffic is up on Old Clark
Station Road because of the
development underway in
Jefferson County, Shelby County
Judge Executive Dan High Sun is
concerned. The road is too
narrow and has too many
drop-offs to handle the
increased traffic safely.
So he's ordering part of it
(25:47):
closed, effective July. 1st,
he says he has developers to
widen that part of the road,
but they refuse.
Who Pete Radio in Hopkinsville
to 21 new law enforcement
officers just graduated.
>> The state's new police
training facility in
Madisonville. It was only
opened in February right now
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classes take place at the
Madisonville Police Regional
Training complex until the
completion of the new
50 Million Dollar Complex.
With headlines around Kentucky.
I'm Joe begin.
♪
(26:28):
>> People descended from the
enslaved say their heritage can
sometimes be misunderstood.
>> My ancestors, his team does
not begin on it, though, or as
insane people they reached.
He's clean
in signs.
>> Avery, I KET that I was
here. Project has another art
installation in downtown
(26:49):
Lexington made with the help
from a group of local girls.
And you'll hear from them
tomorrow here on Kentucky
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