June 5, 2025

How defunding the Job Corps program would impact Union County, Gov. Beshear renews his push for universal pre-K, the Make America Health Again Kentucky Task Force holds its first meeting, and we answer the question everyone's asking about those noisy cicadas.

Episode Transcript

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[♪♪]
>> THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING OF
THEMSELVES.
>> WE ARE IN LINE WITH MAKING
AMERICA SKILLED AGAIN.
THAT IS WHAT JOB CORPS DOES.

>> Renee (00:18):
BUT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION ISN'T CONVINCED
WITH THE PROGRAM'S FUTURE IN
QUESTION HOW IT'S AFFECTING
STUDENTS HERE IN KENTUCKY.
>> ABOUT 70% OF THE FACTORS THAT
AFFECT OUR HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR
PROVIDERS, OUR HOSPITALS.
SO-CALLED MAHA

(00:39):
LAWMAKERS LIST UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONCERNS.
>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
TRY TO ENJOY IT I KNOW IT'S LOUD
IT IS A LOT OF BUGS, MAYBE
BILLIONS OF TEENAGE INSECTS
SINGING IN YOUR TREES.
AND THEY ARE LOUD.
AND KENTUCKIANS HAVE A FRONT ROW
SEAT WITH THE SOUND OF CICADAS.

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>> PRESENTEDDION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THIS THURSDAY JUNE FIFTH I'M

(01:23):
RENEE SHAW WE THANK YOU FOR
SPENDING A LITTLE OF YOUR
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH US.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR CONTINUES
HIS PUSH FOR PRE-K EDUCATION FOR
ALL KENTUCKY CHILDREN.
YESTERDAY HE LAUNCHED HIS PRE-K
FOR ALL INITIATIVE WITH STOPS IN
LOUISVILLE, LEXINGTON AND
FLORENCE, KENTUCKY.
AT THIS NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY HE
TALKED ABOUT WHY KENTUCKY NEEDS

(01:45):
TO DO MORE.

>> Gov. Andy Beshear (01:48):
EVERY
CHILD DESERVES A GOOD START.
AND AS EXCITED AS I AM ABOUT OUR
RED HOT ECONOMY IN KENTUCKY,
WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THERE ARE
SOME RATINGS AND SOME RANKINGS
WHERE WE ARE NOT LIVING UP TO
THE PROMISE OF OUR FAMILIES AND
HERE OF OUR KIDS.
RIGHT NOW MORE THAN HALF OF
KENTUCKY'S CHILDREN SHOW UP FOR

(02:09):
KINDERGARTEN NOT KINDERGARTEN
READY.
AND SOMETIMES THEY NEVER CATCH
UP TO THAT ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
BEFORE THEY EVER EVEN STEP FOOT
THROUGH THE DOOR OF A PUBLIC
SCHOOL, THEY ARE BEHIND.
WHEN IT COMES TO PARENTS AND
CAREGIVERS THEY NEED MORE
OPPORTUNITY AND MORE OPTIONS.

>> Renee (02:27):
YESTERDAY, THE
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THE CREATION
OF A TEAM KENTUCKY PRE-K FOR ALL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH 28
LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
AND TODAY, THE GOVERNOR TALKED
ABOUT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
TARIFF POLICY IN RESPONSE TO

(02:48):
THIS QUESTION.
>> BROWN-FORMAN STOCK IS TAKING
A HUGE HIT DUE TO A WEAK
EARNINGS REPORT AND WE HAVE
HEARD THIS WEEK ABOUT THREE
DISTILLERIES THAT HAVE TAX LIENS
FILED AGAINST THEM.
IS KENTUCKY'S BOURBON BOOM
COMING TO AN END?

>> Gov. Andy Beshear (03:06):
I THINK
KENTUCKY'S BOURBON BOOM CAN AND
WILL CONTINUE BUT THE TYPES OF
TARIFFS THE WHAT IS GOING
ONCOMING OUT OF OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THE REACTION FROM
CANADA, AFTER THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES SAID IT SHOULD
BE THE 51ST STATE IS IMPACTED
OUR BOURBON INDUSTRY AND

(03:28):
SIGNIFICANTLY.
ON THIS TARIFF POLICY IS
DISASTROUS ALL THE WAY ACROSS
THE BOARD.
IT'S RAISING COSTS ON ALL OF OUR
AMERICAN FAMILIES.
AND THE PRESIDENT THAT'S DOING
IT THAT IS RAISING THE TARIFFS
TOLD US DURING THE CAMPAIGN HE
WAS GOING TO HELP MAKE PAYING
THE BILLS EASIER AND NOW HE IS
SAYING WELL MAYBE YOUR KIDS HAVE

(03:50):
TOO MANY TOYS.
WE NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO KNOCK IT OFF.
THE BOURBON INDUSTRY IS
IMPORTANT TO US NOT JUST TO THE
BIG DISTILLERIES BUT THE CRAFT
DISTILLERIES AS WELL.
THEYTHERE ISN'T AN ECONOMIST ATT
TIME THINKS THE TARIFF POLICY IS
ANYTHING OTHER THAN A DISASTER,
I HOPE THAT WASHINGTON D.C. WILL

(04:13):
LISTEN TO THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

>> Renee (04:16):
THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO DEFUND
THE JOB CORPS PROGRAM WITHIN THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SAYING
IT'S NOT COST-EFFECTIVE.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS BLOCKED THAT
MOVE FOR NOW.
JOB CORPS OFFERS FREE EDUCATION
AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR LOW
INCOME YOUTH.
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ARE IN
LIMBO CONCERNING THEIR FUTURE

(04:36):
CAREER PLANS.
OUR LAURA ROGERS HAS MORE FROM
ONE OF THE LARGEST JOB CORPS
CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT
HERE IN KENTUCKY.
>> AS LONG AS YOU HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED AND ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL,
THEN THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.
>> THAT IS NOW IN QUESTION FOR
JOB CORPS STUDENTS LIKE KHAELUM
NOEL.
>> IT'S MORE LIKE THE CALM

(04:57):
BEFORE THE STORM BECAUSE WE'RE
WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
>> THE EARLE C. CLEMENTS CENTER
IN UNION COUNTY HAVE PLANNED TO
CLOSE OPERATIONS BY THE END OF
JUNE FOLLOWINGED DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR'S DECISION TO SHUT DOWN
THE PROGRAM.
>> THE CENTER HERE IN
MORGANFIELD IS THE SECOND
LARGEST JOB CORPS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>> TESSA GOUGH IS DIRECTOR OF

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THE EARLIER WHERE 560 STUDENTS
ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED.
>> SO FOR THAT FUNDING TO BE
CUT, IT'S THOUSANDS OF YOUNG
PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
THAT WOULD NOT HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GET
THE EDUCATION THAT JOB CORPS
PROVIDES.
>> JOB CORPS IS FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE AMBITION BUT NO DIRECTION I

(05:41):
FEEL LIKE.
JOB CORPS IS FOR THOSE WITH
TALENT BUT NO OUTLET AND I'M ONE
OF THOSE.
>> NOEL STUDIED WELDING AND
DECKHAND AND WOULD LIKE TO BE
THE CAPTAIN.
A SHIP ONE DAY.
>> LIFE HAS NO GUARANTEES, THAT
MEANS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AS
LONG AS YOU TRY.
>> MY FUTURE GOAL I WANT TO BE A

(06:03):
GARNISHING CHEF.
I LOVE SEEING CUSTOMERS SMILE
WHEN I SERVE.
>> EMMA WILLOUGHBY IS STUDYING
CULINARY ARTS.
SHE WAS ADOPTED AS A YOUNG GIRL
FROM CHINA AND SHE HAS STRUGGLED
WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES BUT
THIS PROGRAM HAS GIVEN HER HOPE.
>> WHEN I HEARD ABOUT JOB CORPS,
I GOT A CHANCE TO CHANGE MY

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LIFE.
FROM HOPELESS INTO OH, I HAVE A
FUTURE.
I CAN LEARN STUFF AND TO GET A
JOB A STABLE JOB.
>> YOU'VE GROWN A LOT IT'S BEEN
GOOD FOR HIM TO HAVE THE
STRUCTURE AND ROUTINE.
>> DALE HART'S GRANDSON IS ON
THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND LEFT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR JOB CORPS
WHERE HE IS STUDYING INFORMATION

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TECHNOLOGY WHICH HE HOPED TO GET
HIS CERTIFICATION.
>> I WAS DISAPPOINTED FOR HIM
THAT THAT WASN'T GOING TO
HAPPEN.
NOW HE WILL BE COMING BACK WHERE
HE WAS SEVEN MONTHS AGO.
>> AND THAT CONCERNS DALE HART
NOT JUST FOR HIS GRANDSON BUT
THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS FACING
UNCERTAINTY.
A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE ON
THE STREET.
SAM WON'T BE BECAUSE HE HAS A

(07:07):
PLACE TO FALL.
HE WILL COME BACK HOME WITH ME.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF THESE KIDS
WON'T.
I THINK THEY ENDED UP THERE
BECAUSE THEY HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO
GO.
AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES.
>> ASIDE FROM THE STUDENT
IMPACT, TESSA GOUGH SAYS THE
CENTER'S CLOSURE WOULD DEAL AN
ECONOMIC BLOW AS WELL.

(07:28):
>> MORGANFIELD, KENTUCKY IS A
RURAL AREA.
THE JOB CORPS CENTER HERE IS ONE
OF THE THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> IT'S NOT JUST EMPLOYMENT BUT
STUDENTS SPEND MONEY IN THE AREA
AND PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE.
>> OUR CULINARY STUDENTS TO
INCLUDE EMMA, COOKED FOR OVER
100 VOLUNTEERS AND ASSISTED THE

(07:49):
FEMA ORGANIZATION WITH FEEDING
THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE STILL
HELPING WITH THE TORNADO RELIEF
HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY COUNTS ON US FOR A
LOT OF THINGS AND WE HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR 60 YEARS.
THE CENTER OPERATED FOR 60
YEARS.
>> WHETHER IT WILL CONTINUE FOR
ANOTHER 60 YEARS REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA
ROGERS.
THANK YOU LAURA.

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THE CENTER TELLS US NO STUDENTS
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY TO JOB
CORPS SINCE MARCH.
THE NATIONAL JOB CORPS
ASSOCIATION FILED A LAWSUIT ON
BEHALF OF ITS OPERATORS AND A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS
GRANTED YESTERDAY.
A HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE
17TH.
THE EARLE C. CLEMENTS CENTER IS
RESUMING NORMAL OPERATIONS UNTIL

(08:30):
TOLD OTHERWISE.
>>> THE MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY
AGAIN PROGRAM OR MAHA IS LOOKING
FOR WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE
HEALTHIER.
THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
VOTED THIS YEAR TO CREATE A MAHA
TASK FORCE THAT WOULD OFFER
IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR'S
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT
COMMITTEE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME
YESTERDAY.
AS OUR JUNE LEFFLER REPORTS, AT

(08:51):
THIS POINT, ALL IDEAS ARE ON THE
TABLE.
>> MAHA ISN'T JUST ONE THING AND
LAWMAKERS HAVE THEIR OWN IDEA
WHAT IS KENTUCKY SHOULD WORK ON.
>> I'M VERY CONCERNED AS THE
RISES OF AUTISM WE'VE SEEN OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES THAT
THE AUDITORY PROCESSING

(09:14):
DISORDERS ADHD WHY HAVE WE SEEN
THOSE GO UP SO MUCH.
>> CHOICES FROM THE START AND
EMPOWER THE PARENTS TO DO THAT,
WHETHER THAT IS MAKING THE FOOD
MORE AFFORDABLE OR AS LOCKETTE
SAID THE AVAILABILITY OF IT.
>> NOW, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT
PHYSICAL FITNESS IT IS A HEDGE
AGAINST POOR MENTAL HEALTH WE'VE

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SEEN THAT IN RESEARCH OVER AND
OVER AGAIN AND A HEDGE AGAINST
CHRONIC DISEASE ESPECIALLY THOSE
TIED TO OBESITY AND HEART
DISEASE.
AND MY CONCERN BEING AN EYE CARE
FOR 30 YEARS, IS THE EPIDEMIC OF
DIABETES.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE LEADING
CAUSES OF BLINDNESS.
>> FIRST GATHERING OF THE MAHA

(09:55):
TASK FORCE SUGGESTS FOOD COULD
BE THE FOCUS.
THIS REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND
PHYSICIAN SAYS ANYTHING
HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS
AND CLINICS IS FAIR GAME.
>> OUR PUBLIC HEALTH IS MORE
PERSONAL.
IT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING FOR
THEMSELVES.
AND WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT

(10:15):
HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES NOW WE START
INVOLVING OUR HOSPITALS AND OUR
OTHER PROVIDERS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY
IMPORTANT AND IT IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THOSE OF US IN THE
HEALTHCARE SPACE TO HAVE OUR
PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THAT IS YOU KNOW, AND I'M
BEING GENEROUS ABOUT 70% OF THE

(10:37):
FACTORS THAT AFFECT OUR
HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH OUR PROVIDERS, OUR
HOSPITALS.
>> KENNEDY'S MAHA COMMISSION
RELEASED A REPORT LAST MONTH
DETAILING HEALTH RISKS TO
TODAY'S CHILDREN.
THE REPORT SAYS STATE LAWMAKERS
CAN ACT NOW BY REQUIRING
NUTRITION TRANSPARENCY OR
BANNING FOOD ADDITIVES IN PUBLIC

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FOOD PROGRAMS.
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
THE CO-CHAIR OF THE MAHA TASK
FORCE SAYS LAWMAKERS ARE ALREADY
WORKING WITH KENNEDY'S TEAM ON
STATE LEGISLATION.
>> REPRESENTATIVE HART FILED A
BILL AROUND THAT WE ACTUALLY
NEED TO REMOVE FLUORIDE FROM
WATER RATHER THAN INGESTING IT

(11:20):
THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT YOU
MIGHT PUT FLUORIDE TO YOUR TEETH
AND PROVIDE YOUR TEETH SUPPORT.
I DON'T THINK YOU WILL HEAR THAT
IN OUR COMMITTEE.
BUT YOU WILL HEAR THAT DURING
THE LEGISLATIVE INTERIM.
>> DENTAL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE
REPEATEDLY TESTIFIED IN
FRANKFORT THAT FLUORIDE PREVENTS

(11:41):
INSTITUTION DECAY ESPECIALLY FOR
UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND
FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER IS
BELOW POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
LEVELS.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE
LEFFLER.
[♪♪]

(12:07):
IN OTHER NEWS THE
DEATH TOLL IS NOW 20 AFTER
STORMS HIT KENTUCKY IN MAY.
THE STATE SAYS A MAN DIED IN
MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN ADDITION TO
THE PEOPLE KILLED IN LAUREL,
PULASKI AND RUSSELL COUNTIES.
VETERAN REPORTER KARYN CZAR AT
U.K. YFM IN LEXINGTON COVERED
NATURAL DISASTERS FOR YEARS AND

(12:30):
TODAY'S REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK SHE
TALKS WITH US ABOUT A JOB THAT
REQUIRES OBJECTIVITY WITHOUT
SACRIFICING HUMANITY.
>> TALK TO US ABOUT HOW YOU
PREPARE FOR GOING INTO THE FIELD
TO DO THESE STORIES AND WHAT
YOUR PURPOSE IS AND YOUR GOALS
ARE WHEN YOU ARE ON THE GROUND?

(12:50):
>> .
>> I THINK OF WHEN I FIRST
STARTED IN NEWS MANY MOONS AGO
IT WAS THE ICE STORM IN
LEXINGTON AN 0-5 AND THAT WAS MY
FIRST TIME DOING SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
SO EACH TIME IT'S HORRIBLE TO
SAY BUT AS YOU KNOW YOU LEARN SO
MUCH EVERY SINGLE TIME.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE HAD SO
MANY BACK-TO-BACK RECENTLY.

(13:12):
I BELIEVE GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAID
IT THERE HAVE BEEN 16 DURING HIS
ADMINISTRATION ALONE.
AND WE HAVE A VERY SMALL NEWS
TEAM AND I'M THE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND REPORTER.
SO I'VE COVERED ALMOST ALL OF
THEM.
AND I THINK THE THING I ALWAYS
TRY TO REMEMBER GOING IN, FIRST
OF ALL, THE ADRENALINE KICKS IN
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU

(13:34):
GET THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY AS
QUICKLY, CORRECTLY FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS IS
THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
MAKING SURE THEY KNOW IF THEY
NEED EMERGENCY CARE RIGHT AWAY
WHERE DO THEY GO.
IF THEY NEED HOUSING THEY HAVE
NOWHERE TO GO.
AND THEY ARE WITHOUT A HOME
WHERE DO THEY GO IN THE NEXT 6

(13:54):
HOURS AND GET FOOD AND WATER ALL
THOSE THINGS AND REMEMBERING
THERE ARE PEOPLE BEHIND THE
STORY.
AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HURTING RIGHT NOW AND IT IS NOT
ABOUT ME GETTING SOMETHING ON
THE AIR IT'S ME MAKING SURE THAT
KENTUCKIANS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND BEYOND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
THE STORM VICTIMS, GETTING
INFORMATION TO OTHER KENTUCKIANS

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AND NATIONALLY SO THAT WE CAN
GET RELIEF THAT WE NEED.
WE'VE TALKED BEFORE
ABOUT HOW OFTEN OUR JOBS ARE
MEETING AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE
ON THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES.
AND YOU'VE BEEN IN THE SITUATION
MORE TIMES THAN YOU CAN PROBABLY
COUNT.
HOW DOES MAY 16TH COMPARE TO THE
OTHER EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'VE
REPORTED ON?

(14:35):
>> THEY ARE ALL SO DIFFICULT.
I THINK WHAT MADE MAY 16TH
DIFFERENT IS I LOOK BACK AT
MAYFIELD OR THE TORNADOES FROM
THAT YEAR, IT WAS SO WIDESPREAD
AND I THINK WHICH IS HORRIFIC IN
AND OF ITSELF.
WHAT MADE THIS DIFFERENT IT WAS

(14:56):
SO CONCENTRATED IN THAT AREA I
WAS IN SUNSHINE HILLS IN
PARTICULAR, YOU WERE LITERALLY
TALKING TO EVERYONE WHO WAS
AFFECTED INSTEAD OF PEOPLE IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES.
AND SO IT WAS AN ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN ONE SPOT.
AND TO TALK TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE
WHO WERE SO DEVASTATED, BUT

(15:17):
THERE WERE BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT
LIGHTS.
YOU WOULD SEE DOWN THE STREET
YOU COULD LITERALLY SEE WHERE
THE TORNADO CUT THROUGH AND YOU
COULDN'T TELL WHERE ONE HOUSE
USED TO BE UNTIL YOU SAW THE
DEBRIS.
AND A FEW STREETS OVER THERE
WERE FAMILIES LIKE YOU KNOW
WHAT?
LET'S OPEN THE GARAGE AND GET

(15:38):
THE SUPPLIES IN MY GARAGE AND
GET A.T.V.'S AND THEY BECAME THE
NEIGHBORHOOD POINTS FOR PEOPLE
TO COME GET SUPPLIES AND IT WAS
BEAUTIFUL TO SEE EVERYONE COME
TOGETHER.
RIGHT.
WHAT DOES FRED ROGERS SAY IN
THESE TIMES OF TRAGEDY AND
CRISIS LOOK FOR THE HELPERS N
THAT CASE, THE NEIGHBORS WERE
THE HELPERS ALONG WITH THE

(15:59):
DISASTER RESPONSE TEAM, OF
COURSE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
FIRST-RESPONDERS WERE
INCREDIBLE.
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU
SEE A WIDESPREAD DISASTER AS
OPPOSED TO SOMETHING, AGAIN THIS
WAS WIDESPREAD I'M NOT SAYING
IT'S NOT BUT HIGHLY
CONCENTRATED.
SO PEOPLE COULD REALLY FOCUS AND
BE THERE 24/7 AND PUT ALL THEIR

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ATTENTION ON THOSE AREAS WHICH
WAS NICE TO SEE.
YOU WERE THERE LAST
FRIDAY.
YOU WERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
AGAIN.
AND WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU
LEARNED THERE WHAT THAT
EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE?
>> THEY WERE FIRST OF ALL THANK
YOU TO THEM FOR ALLOWING ME TO
DO THAT.
THEY LET ME IN BED WITH THEM
THAT DAY.

(16:40):
FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARRIVED, I
WAS WITH THEM AS THEY TRAVELED
AROUND.
AND IT WAS SO FASCINATING TO SEE
HOW THEY FIGURE THINGS OUT.
BECAUSE I THINK IN MY HEAD I
ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY LOOK AT
MONITORS, AND THEY LOOK AT THE
RADARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND
GO ON THE GROUND AND SEE
DESTRUCTION.
IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

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THEY KNOW THAT IS AN OAK TREE
AND IT HAS INTERNAL DAMAGE SO I
CAN TELL THE WIND SPEED BASED ON
THE DAMAGE OF THE TREE OR IF IT
WAS CRACKED IN HALF AS OPPOSED
TO UPROOTED.
THEIR HORTICULTURISTS AS WELL
WHICH IS AMAZING.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS GROWN SO
MUCH.

(17:21):
THEY HAVE, OF COURSE, DRONES TO
GET A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF
EVERYTHING.
BUT THEY HAVE APPS NOW WHERE
THEY CAN CAN PLUG IN IT AGAIN
THAT WAS AN OAK TREE IT SNAPPED
SOME OF THE BARK IS MISSING.
THEY PUT IN ALL THE INFORMATION
ALONG WITH PICTURES AND THE ACLU
CAN GIVE THEM AN PROXIMATE WIND
SPEED OF THE TORNADO.
I WAS WITH THEM AND THEY

(17:43):
LITERALLY WITHIN THE FIRST 10
MINUTES OF THE FIRST POINT WERE
LIKE WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS AN
EF1 WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 110,
115.
AND AS THE DAY WENT ON THEY GO
TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POINTS
THEY HIT FIVE THAT DAY.
AT THEIR SECOND POINT THEY KNEW
IT WAS AN EF-2 AND THEY WERE

(18:04):
ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT ON THE
GROUND.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE THE WORK THEY
DO AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN DO
IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
EXCELLENT REPORTING.
[♪♪]
A KENTUCKY HEALTH
PROGRAM IS GOOD FOR PATIENTS AND
FARMERS.
AND A PLANNING BOARD BLOCKS A

(18:26):
PROPOSED AIRBNB AND THE PROPERTY
OWNERS DON'T LIKE IT.
OUR TOBY GIBBS TELLS US MORE IN
THIS LOOK AT HEADLINES AROUND
KENTUCKY.
[♪♪]
>> BIG SANDY COMMUNITY AND
TECHNICAL COLLEGE NEEDS A

(18:47):
PRESIDENT.
THE NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
ENDED WITHOUT A NOMINEE.
OF THE THREE FINALISTS ONE
WITHDREW AND THE COLLEGE'S BOARD
DECIDED AGAINST THE OTHER TWO.
RYAN QUARELS PRESIDENT OF THE
KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL
COLLEGE SYSTEM SAYS THEY REMAIN
COMMITTED TO FIND A SOLUTION
THAT BEST SERVES THE COLLEGE'S

(19:09):
NEEDS.
Dr. BRANT WILL CONTINUE AS
INTERIM PRESIDENT.
>>> A COUPLE IS SUING AFTER A
PLANNING BOARD IN SHELBYVILLE
DENIED THEIR REQUEST TO TURN
THEIR PROPERTY IN A SHORT-TERM
RENTAL KNOWN AS AN AIRBNB.
THE NEWS REPORTS PRESTON AND
MICHAELA DOWNING ARE SUING THE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND

(19:30):
APPEALS.
THE BOARD TURNED DOWN THE
REQUEST SAYING THE APPROVAL
WOULD CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CASE IS PENDING BEFORE THE
SHELBY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
>>> RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL WILL
BEGIN SERVING BEEF FROM STOCK
FARM IN DANVILLE.
THE TIMES GENERAL REPORTS THIS
IS PART OF KENTUCKY'S FOOD IS
MEDICINE INITIATIVE.

(19:51):
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND THE KENTUCKY
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
THE GOAL IS TO HELP PATIENTS BY
FEEDING THEM HEALTHY LOCALLY
GROWN FOOD.
JONATHAN SHELL CALL IT IS A WIN
FOR FARM FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY
HEALTH.
>>> WITH HEADLINES AROUND
KENTUCKY I'M TOBY GIBBS.

(20:16):
[♪♪]
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
PROVIDES BLOOD TO PATIENTS AND
HELP TO DISASTER VICTIMS.
ON WEDNESDAY, IT OPENED ITS
NEWLY RENOVATED REGIONAL
HEADQUARTERS IN LOUISVILLE.
>> EVERYDAY YOU REALLY DO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
FOR NEARLY 110 YEARS, A

(20:38):
LONGTIME, THE RED CROSS SERVED
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
AND FOR MORE THAN 50 OF THOSE
YEARS THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN THE
HEART OF OUR WORK IN LOUISVILLE.
MUCH HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
INCLUDING THIS SITE BECOMING OUR
REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
ONE THING REMAINS CONSTANT AND
THAT IS OUR MISSION TO PREVENTED
AND ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING IN

(20:59):
THE FACE OF EMERGENCIES THROUGH
THE POWER OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND
THE GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, DEVASTATING
FLOODS AND SEVERE STORMS ACROSS
THE COMMONWEALTH PUT THIS
BUILDING TO THE TEST WELL BEFORE
IT WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY
THIS LOCATION WAS SERVED AS A
MOBILIZATION CENTER TO HELP IN
THE EARLY DAYS FOR THE
COORDINATION OF OUR DISASTER

(21:20):
RESPONSE FOR THE FLOODING THAT
BEGAN IN APRIL.
MANY VOLUNTEERS FLEW FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY TO COME AND
MAKE THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING
ACROSS THE AREA POSSIBLE.
AND THAT IS THE FEATURE THAT WE
HAVE FOR THIS BUILDING HERE IT
IS TO BECOME A HUB OF THE
COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO
QUICKLY MOBILIZE RESOURCES TO

(21:42):
SUPPORT DISASTERS.
>> IN OUR FIVE-AND-A-HALF YEARS
IN OFFICE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 15
FEDERALLY DECLARED NATURAL
DISASTERS AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE
RECOVERED THE WAY WE HAVE AND
CONTINUE TO RECOVER, WITHOUT THE
SUPPORT OF THE RED CROSS.
AND LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
DURING THE FEBRUARY AND APRIL

(22:03):
FLASH-FLOODS THE RED CROSS
ASSISTED OVER 24,000 HOUSEHOLDS
ACROSS THE STATE.
BY SERVING NEARLY 145,000 MEALS.
PROVIDING MORE THAN 13,000
SHELTER OVERNIGHT STAYS AND
DISTRIBUTING OVER 86,000 RELIEF
ITEMS.

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MUCH OF THAT WORK WAS
COORDINATED AND CARRIED OUT
RIGHT HERE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST
PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE RED
CROSS AND TEAM AND VOLUNTEERS
WORK ON ARE THE THINGS THAT
DON'T GET THE HEADLINES
EVERYDAY.
THEY PARTNER WITH US AT METRO
GOVERNMENT AND THEY HELP SAVE
LIVES AND IMPROVE PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
IN LOUISVILLE EVERY YEAR, THEY

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ARE INSTALLING HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF NEW SMOKE ALARMS.
TEACHING PEOPLE FIRST AID, CPR,
WATER SAFETY, EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS SKILLS OVER 17,000
PEOPLE IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE
HAVE LEARNED THOSE SKILLS FROM
THE RED CROSS AND THEIR TEAM.
THE RENOVATION
INCLUDES IMPROVED CAPACITY AND

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CHANGES TO THE BLOOD DONATION
CENTER.
[♪♪]
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUTSIDE
LATELY THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE
PROBABLY HEARING.

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IT'S THE MATING CALL OF THE
CICADA KNOWN AS THE LOUDEST
INSECT ON EARTH HERE NOW FROM A
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
ENTOMOLOGIST ABOUT THE BROOD
MAKING THIS DEAFENING SOUND AND
WHEN HE SAYS ALL THE NOISE WILL
DIE DOWN.
>> WE TALK ABOUT BROOD OF
CICADAS THEY ARE ALL PERIODICAL

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CICADAS SOME THAT ARE 17 YEAR
BROODS AND SOME 13 YEAR BROOD.
A BROOD IS A WAY OF TALKING
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ONES THAT
EMERGE IN DIFFERENT YEARS.
NOT ALL OF THE PERIODICAL PUT
THEIR EGGS IN ONE BASKET SO THEY
DON'T ALL COME ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY WILL COME OUT IN THE
DIFFERENT CALENDAR YEARS AND WE

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SEPARATE THOSE OUT.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE BROOD
14 HERE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN
KENTUCKY THESE ARE CICADAS THAT
HAVE BEEN BELOW GROUND FOR 17
YEARS AND NOW THEY MAKE THEIR
RETURN ABOVE GROUND AND WE SAW
THIS AT THE END OF APRIL AND THE
END OF MAY.
THERE WAS COOL WEATHER AND WET
WEATHER AND DELAYED SOME FROM

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COMING OUT.
WE'VE HALFWAY THROUGH PROBABLY
SEE THESE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.
THESE WERE BORN IN 2008 AND NOW
THEY GET TO COME BACK AS ADULTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR THE
LAST 17 YEARS FEEDING IN THE
ROOT ZONE ON SAP.
WE ARE NICKNAMING THE BOURBON
BROOD BECAUSE BROOD 14 IT IS

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FOUND IN 12 DIFFERENT STATES IN
THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.
BUT THE EPICENTER IF YOU LOOK AT
THE MAP KENTUCKY HAS A LOT OF
OUR COUNTIES HIGHLIGHTED.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE THEIR HOME
TURF.
PERIODICAL CICADAS ARE DIFFERENT
BECAUSE THEY COME OUT EARLIER IN
THE SUMMER.
WHEREAS THE ANNUAL CICADAS COME

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OUT IN JULY AND AUGUST AND
SEPTEMBER THEY ARE SMALLER.
THEY ALSO ARE BLACK AND THEY
HAVE BRIGHT RED EYES AND THE
ANNUALS HAVE A GREEN, BROWN AND
BLACK MIXTURE.
THEY DON'T BITE OR STING THEY
LAND ON PEOPLE FREQUENTLY
ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY THAT WORKS
WITH POWER TOOLS OUTDOORS YOU
MIGHT EMIT NOISES THEY FIND
APPEALING.

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THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF
PERIODICAL CICADA THERE ARE
THREE ABOVE GROUND AND THEY DO
MAKE SONGS FROM ONE ANOTHER SO
THEY DON'T MATE WITH ONE ANOTHER
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NOISES YOU
MIGHT HEAR SOME SAYING FARROW
OVER AND OVER AGAIN THOSE ARE
THE LARGE HE HAVE PERIODICALS.
IN FAYETTE COUNTY I'VE NOTICED
MORE OF THE SMALLER ONES THAT

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MAKE THE GRINDING NOISE.
THE MALES ARE THE ONES THAT
SING.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRY AND
ENJOY IT.
IT'S MEDICALS OR BILLIONS OF
TEENAGE INSECTS BUT IT IS A
AMAZING PIECE OF NATURE.
I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE CAN
APPRECIATE IT IS A RARITY.
IT ONLY HAPPENS HERE IN THE

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UNITED STATES AND THAT IS
SOMETHING OF A BIOLOGICAL
PHENOMENON.
IF YOU HAVE SMALL TREES YOU
MIGHT CONSIDER PROTECTING THEM
IF THEY HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THE
LAST YEAR.
CAN YOU WRAP THEM WITH NETTING.
BEYOND THAT THEY WILL BE HERE
AND THEY WILL BE GONE.
WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT MORE
PERIODICAL CICADAS IN THE NEXT
FEW YEARS.
THE NEXT BROOD THAT WILL RETURN

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WILL BE BROOD 19 OR 10 THAT WILL
COME OUT PROBABLY IN 12 OR 13
YEARS.
CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT.
CERTAINLY.
AND CICADAS BELIEVE IT OR NOT
ALSO MAKE A GREAT SOURCE OF
PROTEIN FOR A VARIETY OF ANIMALS
SUCH AS TURKEYS AND SQUIRRELS
AND SOME HUMANS LIKE TO CHOMP ON
THEM FROM TIME TO TIME.

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WE WILL BE CHOMPING ON GREAT
STORIES TOMORROW NIGHT ON
"KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE
INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONNECT
WITH US BY FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM,
OR X TO KEEP IN THE LOOP AND
ALSO WE INVITE YOU TO SEND US A
STORY IDEA BY E-MAIL TO PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG.
WE GO INSIDE KENTUCKY POLITICS

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TOMORROW FRIDAY, AND WE HOPE TO
SEE YOU THEN.
UNTIL THEN TAKE REALLY GOOD
CARE.
SO LONG.