October 28, 2025 • 26 mins
How the government shutdown could impact Kentucky food banks, Governor Beshear makes another appearance on a late-night talk show, and the Hardin County Republican Party faces backlash for sharing a video depicting the Obama's as apes.
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Kentucky, my home state off
Medicaid that are able bodied
and into private health care.
>> Kentuckians in Congress talk
about the government shutdown,
health care and how to fix both.
>> You know, some of those
families now are struggling.
They used to donate, and now
they're standing in the line
that they used to donate to.
>> It's the worst of both
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worlds. More people need food
and fewer people can afford to
donate.
>> Sometimes just the right
connectors being in the room,
you know, can make a big
difference.
>> The Violence Reduction
Summit in Louisville is working
to create a network of
organizations fighting to
prevent gun violence.
>> I remember falling in love
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with the 1990 Corvette ZR1. The
King of the Hill. It was the
car.
>> And a love story that's
still going strong as the next
chapter unfolds for America's
sports car.
>> Production of Kentucky
edition is made possible in
part by the KET Millennium Fund.
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>> Good evening and welcome to
Kentucky Edition for this brand
new week. It is Monday, October
the 27th. I'm Renee Shaw and we
thank you for spending some of
your evening with us. It's day
27 of the federal government
shutdown, and it's unclear when
or how the government will
reopen. Democrats in Washington,
D.C. want tax credits that
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lower the cost of health care
to be extended. Republicans say
they won't negotiate until the
shutdown ends. Congressman
James Comber of Kentucky's
first congressional district,
is chair of the U.S. House
Oversight Committee, appearing
on CNN. He said the current
health care system is broken.
>> When you talk about the
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people that have received the
Obamacare subsidies, their
premiums are going to skyrocket.
Will the people that have been
paying full price, their
premiums have skyrocketed for
the last decade? So this is
this is specific to this. We've
been trying to have this
conversation for a long time,
and I think the Democrats have
intentionally waited until the
subsidies expire. We need to
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have a health care plan for
every American, for the small
business owners, because we've
got to get people in Kentucky,
my home state off Medicaid that
are able bodied and into
private health care. But
private health care goes up
twice as much as as people on
the Obamacare subsidies,
because somebody's got to pay
for those subsidies. So it's a
terrible situation. I think
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we've got to reopen the
government and then have public
hearings on how to fix a broken
health care system.
>> Nearly 100,000 Kentuckians
get their insurance through the
Affordable Care Act. Open
enrollment begins Saturday.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul of
Kentucky says President Donald
Trump should appoint a
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bipartisan group of senators to
a commission to look at ways to
end the shutdown. On Fox News
Sunday, Paul said the
government should reopen for a
month, and during that month,
the commission could discuss
ways to address the Affordable
Care Act tax credits that
expire at the end of the year.
That's been one of the sticking
points. Of course, preventing
Democrats from supporting the
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Republican budget plan. Today,
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell
welcomed a Senate colleague,
Senator Shelley Moore Capito of
West Virginia, to the McConnell
center at the University of
Louisville. Capito talked about
the continuing impact of the
federal government shutdown.
While McConnell talked about
the need to compromise in order
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to make the Senate function.
>> We are now at a point where
our SNAP benefits. And I know
Kentucky has a lot of Snap
benefit beneficiaries. This is
the health. This is the feeding
food for many families. Imagine
my state of West Virginia is
very impactful to my state.
This expires November the 1st.
Some Head Start programs TSA
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people have lost. Last time I
went through TSA, I was like,
hey, how are we doing? You know,
I was I was rushing through
there because, you know, small
town, five gates, everybody
knows you. And and so I, you
know, I we've got to do. I hope
we talked about this just
briefly. And we honestly don't
know what's going to happen
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this week. There's going to be
a point at which it can't it
the bubble's going to burst. I
would have thought it would
burst. My original prediction
was it would last a week, but.
So I'm out of the prediction
business. It's gone on a lot
longer and it's hurting a lot
more people.
>> Compromise is imperative.
Might say there are a lot of
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people running around these
days saying don't ever
compromise. That's absolutely
nuts. You have to compromise.
>> And as Senator Capito just
mentioned, if the shutdown
continues past November 1st,
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nearly 600,000 Kentuckians who
rely on Snap benefits will lose
access. More people are now
headed to Kentucky's food banks
for help. Our Kelsey Stark sat
down with the CEO of
Louisville's Dare to Care food
bank to find out how they're
adjusting to the increasing
need.
>> Vincent James is the CEO of
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Dare to Care Food Bank here in
Louisville. Thanks for being
here. And I know the effects of
this federal government
shutdown are having an effect
on everyone, but specifically
for the position that you all
are in serving the community as
a food bank. How so?
>> Yeah, it's been really
challenging in terms of when
we've been talking with our
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partners, really trying to
understand how the government
shutdown is impacting. We
received some data yesterday
that 48%, 47% of our partners
are talking with neighbors that
have been impacted by this
government shutdown. So we were
thinking, because we're not
we're not heavily we don't have
a lot of government workers in
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terms of other states do and
other regions that it was not
going to be as impactful. But
we're seeing on multiple levels,
we're thinking about various
tiers of impact that it's
happening, and we hadn't
thought about it that way
before. And so that's what
we're seeing. And that's what
our partners are expressing,
that that need is increasing.
And we haven't gone into the
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first paycheck. Or we might be
just at that point where
they're not receiving their
first paycheck. And so we're
only anticipating for it to
grow.
>> Yeah. And now we're hearing
a lot about the Snap benefits
that the money is going to
expire if this continues. Yes.
And an estimated 595,000
Kentuckians receive Snap
benefits. What's the impact of
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that if it happens?
>> If that happens November 1st,
it's funded through November
the 1st if the government is
still shut down November 1st,
all of those families that you
just described will no longer
have access to Snap benefits.
That provides them. A lot of
people will know Snap benefits
from the old food stamps.
That's what people remember as
they were growing up where they
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actually had this, the paper
that looked like a money, and
they gave it to the grocery
retailer Snap Benefits. They
receive a card and they're able
to purchase, you know, our
neighbors are able to purchase
food that's provided resources
through the government. But
what that does is for every
dollar that Snap benefits is
providing, it's nine meals for
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that family. And so they have
opportunities to be able to
take care of their families in
times where they normally could
not do it on their own.
>> And so the government
shutdown is one part of what's
happening with you all, but you
all are already seeing a
dramatic increase in need right
now.
>> We're already seeing it.
Just the past two years, we've
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seen a 48% increase. That's
before anything we're talking
about government related has
impacted the community. And so
with that, we are also now
anticipating even a greater
need than the 48% in the past
two years. And we haven't seen
these kinds of numbers since
2008, the Great Recession.
>> So why, why, why are we
seeing this dramatic increase
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right now?
>> Well, I think it's because
it's what I would call this
perfect storm, if you will. We
had post pandemic benefits that
were no longer in existence,
and then you had inflation
taking place at the same time.
So you had gas prices
increasing, food prices
increasing. And so and now that
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rising prices on other things
as well. And so when you have a
family that is already
struggling and now they don't
have the additional safety nets
and supports, and they're
experiencing the same increase
that everyone else is
experiencing all of a sudden
now you have a family of two
that that are working every day.
They can't afford to buy
groceries. And that's the kind
of situation we're hearing,
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unfortunately, more frequent
than not.
>> Yeah, and Dare to Care was
born out of a community coming
together to to address the need.
And I know a lot of the
community right now they're
struggling with their their own
increase in grocery prices
right now. So are you all
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seeing a decrease in donations
and community support?
>> We have we've seen a
decrease in smaller donations.
And that's been the challenge
because one of the things
anyone can support dare to care.
I mean, we have kids that will
host food drives that are on
the corner. Instead of having
to eliminate stand, they'll
have a food drive. And we you
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know, we've seen all kinds of
ways that people can help and
support. But when your budget
is tight and you don't have the
resources that you had in your
discretionary income is
dwindled to nothing, it's hard
for you to donate and give. And
so we've been seeing a lot of
the smaller gifts as we're
seeing inflation in the grocery
prices. We're seeing everything
else taking place. You know,
some of those families now are
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struggling. They used to donate,
and now they're standing in the
line that they used to donate
to.
>> Yeah. How is your
organization adjusting to
navigate this time?
>> We're doing a couple of
things in terms of what we're
doing. We're always thinking,
you know what I always identify
as I say, this thing with my
staff is that we got to look
around the corner and we got to
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see what's happening around the
corner before it happens so
that we can prepare. And so
we've been preparing for what
we're seeing now and what we're
experiencing, realizing that,
you know, we can't do it by
ourselves. And we've never
prepared to do it by ourselves.
Our preparation has been how do
we work better in partnership
with other organizations in the
community that are providing
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resources to families that are
in need and collectively
working together? We can create
opportunities for families that
don't have access to food, as
well as other resources that
may be needed.
>> How can those community
members help at this time?
>> Well, one of the ways that
they can help is simply go to
Dairy care.org, and they can
sign up to volunteer, volunteer
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at one of our food drives, or
volunteer at one of our food
pantries, mobile pantries. Or
they can volunteer at our
warehouse and where they can
help to prepare the food that's
actually going to be
distributed to our neighbors in
need. They can also go to Dare
to Care org and donate finances
or financial resources. One of
the things we like to talk to
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people about is our Apple Corps
program, where you can sign up
one time and have IT resources
taken out of your account
monthly, and then you don't
have to think about it. You
know you're always going to be
supporting dare to Care with
the work that you're doing. Or
you can give a one time
donation. We have multiple ways
in which you can contribute and
support the work of Dare to
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Care.
>> What do you see as what do
you see around the corner right
now? What do you think is
happening in the future, and
how is that going to impact you
all?
>> Well, the challenge in terms
of looking around the corner
and what I see, I wish I could
say I could see a much more
rosier picture. Unfortunately
not because there are some cuts
and decisions that have been
made and policies that have
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been made that are going to
even make it more challenging
in the coming year for families.
And so what we're going to have
to do is work not only with
legislators, working with our
partners, working with our
business community to say this
is a collective problem that we
have and a collective challenge.
And so how can we solve this
together? And that's what we
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really have been thinking about,
is we've been thinking around,
looking around the corner,
realizing that it's going to be
a multi-sector approach to
really addressing food
insecurity and some of the
other challenges that we face
in our community. And so that's
what we're building out the
infrastructure for that.
>> Right now. All right. Thanks
so much for being here. We
appreciate it.
>> Thank you Kelsey. It was my
honor.
>> And there are some new
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numbers out to that show. 1 in
5 children in Kentucky deal
with some type of food
insecurity. 1 in 7 adults. Back
to you. Yes.
>> Well, thank you, Vincent
James. And thank you, Kelsey.
Dare to care. Serves 150,000
people across 13 counties every
year. Last year alone, they
supplied meals to 22 million
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people. Kentucky's only
congressional Democrat, Morgan
McGarvey, signed a letter to
the Secretary of Agriculture
urging the department to find a
way to fund SNAP past Friday,
and he said this on X, quote,
food shouldn't be used as a
weapon, but that's what the
Trump administration is doing.
They're deliberately creating
this crisis. We're calling on
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the USDA to use contingency
reserve dollars and all legal
authority to fund SNAP during
this GOP shutdown, end quote.
And a programing note about a
different federal program,
Medicare, that is a health care
program that enrolls those 65
and over. Well, tonight I will
be joined by a panel of experts
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to discuss the open enrollment
period of Medicare that goes
through the 1st of December.
We'll answer your questions
about how the program works,
the coverage options,
supplemental plans, and so much
more. It is our Medicare call
in that is viewer driven. So
the content depends on what
questions you ask. That comes
on tonight at eight eastern,
seven central right here on KET.
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
continues to make appearances
on late night talk shows. He
was a guest on HBO's Real Time
with Bill Maher on Friday,
where he was asked how
President Trump so-called big
beautiful bill will impact
rural Kentucky.
>> It's basically punishing
rural America in the face. It
just is. It's going to
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devastate rural economies
because it's going to close or
significantly impact rural
hospitals. Every one of my
rural hospitals is the number
one payroll in their community.
And so if you eliminate a large
part of that payroll, you don't
just close the hospital, you
close the local restaurant, you
close local coffee shop, and
you close the local bank. You
can't take $1 trillion that's
flowing through rural America
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out of it and not expect people
to be impacted. But then
there's the workforce. So right
now, if you've got a clinic,
you can miss a couple hours of
work and see a doctor. But if
you have to drive 2 to 3 hours,
you're missing a day. And then
you take your kids and then you
take your parents. It's going
to profoundly impact America in
really negative ways.
>> Governor Beshear has been
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mentioned as a possible
Democratic presidential
candidate in 2028. He said he's
running. He said running for
the white House is a job he
would consider. The Hardin
County Republican Party chair
is apologizing for a video
showing former President Barack
Obama and former first lady
Michelle Obama as apes. The
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Courier-Journal reports the
video was posted to then
deleted from the county party's
Facebook account. Chair Bobby
Coleman says she did not
initially see the video as
racist. She says she saw it as
a video portraying President
Donald Trump as a Lion King,
triumphing over liberal
Democrats. She said, quote, as
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someone who does not engage
with racist tropes, I did not
consider the underlying meaning
that this video may have had. I
am not racist, and any
suggestion to the contrary does
not reflect my values or
character. End of her quote.
Robert Benvenuti, who is chair
of the Republican Party of
Kentucky, put out this
statement saying, quote, The
Republican Party of Kentucky
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condemns hate in all its forms.
This post is vile and
reprehensible, and is directly
adverse to all that we stand
for as a party and a nation.
End quote. Benvenuti says the
party is investigating.
Kentucky's attorney general,
Russell Coleman, is joining a
Republican effort against
birthright citizenship. The
idea that the U.S. Constitution
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guarantees citizenship to
anyone born in the U.S.
according to the Lexington
Herald leader, Coleman has
signed on to a brief filed
Friday by the Tennessee
attorney general, who is also a
Republican. The brief backs
President Donald Trump's
executive order ending
birthright citizenship, which
is now the subject of a court
case. Critics of birthright
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citizenship say the courts are
misinterpreting the meaning of
the 14th Amendment, passed in
1868, three years after the end
of the Civil War. That
amendment reads, quote, all
persons born or naturalized in
the United States and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United
States and of the state wherein
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they reside. End quote.
Kentucky's largest city is
seeing less violent crime, and
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city leaders are working to
build on that momentum.
Louisville's Office of Violence
Prevention just hosted its
annual Violence Reduction
Summit. Organizers say this
year's event was the biggest
yet, with more hands on
learning opportunities.
>> This is our third annual
citywide Gun Violence Reduction
Summit, designed to be an
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opportunity for people across
all aspects of this work to
reconnect as well as level up
their skills through a variety
of breakout rooms. We have, you
know, a diverse group because
that's the kind that's what's
needed when it comes to
violence prevention, right? So
we have nonprofits, city
agencies, elected officials,
even some businesses, and maybe
most importantly, concerned
citizens here in the building.
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We've tried to have sessions
that reflect all the aspects of
this type of work. We have 32
breakout sessions, which is
more breakout sessions than
we've ever had before. For
people just getting involved in
this type of work, maybe
they're just passionate about
this issue. A great way for
them to get started would be
learning about the public
health approach to violence,
maybe learning how adverse
childhood experiences work if
they're looking for more
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practical skills. We have
conflict resolution and
de-escalation trainings. We
have domestic violence
awareness. We even have some
simulations that are happening,
such as reentry simulation, or
how difficult it is to escape a
domestic violence situation,
even stop the bleed. How to
intervene as a bystander? When
we first started out, it was
just about like who all was in
the room? It was like finding
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those gaps in service. What are
you doing? What is your
referral process like? We're
able to map that out. And on
year two, we brought those same
organizations back together
with a much better
understanding of how our work
impacted others. And then this
year, it's all about, okay, so
we know who's in the room. We
know how to make this how this
work connects. Now, let's just
make sure that you have the
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tools to move your work forward.
Whatever will help you move the
needle. One thing that we're
offering this year that's
evolved is, you know, a lot of
people in this work, they
didn't ask to be involved in
this. They're just passionate
about this issue. So maybe
they've never learned budgeting.
Maybe they've never learned
grant writing, maybe they've
never learned mission and
vision statements. We have a
room of dedicated professionals
to help people with that. One
of the real fruits that we see
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from things like this is the
networking and the
collaboration. People involved
in violence prevention already
know they have to do a lot with
a little. And so sometimes just
the right connectors being in
the room, you know, can make a
big difference.
>> Participants at the summit
helped to create a community
mural, which will debut at the
Office of Prevention's Night of
Remembrance in January. The
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National Corvette Museum is
expanding. Construction is
underway on a new facility to
house its growing collection of
corvettes and other historic
items. Our Laura Rogers has
more from Bowling Green.
>> I love cars, I'm a car guy
for sure.
>> Michael especially loves
corvettes. He has five of them.
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>> There have been times where
I've come here and driven home,
you know, of course, in a new
Corvette.
>> No small feat considering
LaRocca lives in New York City.
>> As a native New Yorker.
There's something different and
refreshing coming to Bowling
Green, coming to see the museum.
>> The Corvette enthusiast and
incoming board chair has
pledged $500,000 for a new
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collections facility that will
help the museum showcase twice
as many cars as they do now.
>> It's gonna be a world class
collections facility. Very few
places in the world have a
facility of this level.
>> The museum's collection of
cars and artifacts is growing,
and the standards for
preservation are high.
>> When someone gives you the
car, you're doing all the
things you can to make sure
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that car is going to be around
for generations to come.
>> That includes protecting
that car from extreme and
changing temperatures.
>> It's bad. It's bad for
leather. It's bad for
dashboards. We're going to make
sure these cars are in an
environment where that doesn't
happen.
>> The new 66,000.
>> Square foot facility will
house 120 cars on day one. This
historic Corvette will be one
of the first in the new space.
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>> We have some amazing cars in
our collection. One that was
just donated to us is a 1967
Corvette Stingray that was
driven by Neil Armstrong.
>> Yes, that Neil Armstrong.
Years before he walked on the
moon, Armstrong was driving to
NASA and style.
>> So there's a program where
astronauts back in the Apollo
era got to drive a Corvette for
a dollar.
>> It is.
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>> Stories like this one that
serve as the drive to preserve
and conserve these cars and
artifacts.
>> We want to tell more stories.
So everything that we try and
do is educate people on the
history and legacy of Corvette.
>> And to share that history
and legacy with future
generations.
>> When someone walks in the
building in 60 years and they
see a car that was already 60
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years old, it's going to look
just like it did when it came
down the line.
>> This museum is a special
place. It's sort of, to me, the
nucleus of a wonderful
community.
>> A community that's given
more than $2 million to the
capital campaign supporting the
expansion on the Corvette
campus.
>> So many friendships come
through our passion for this
car. A car that we all love
also becomes this magnet that
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draws us all together.
>> Museum says the new
collections facility will
become home to 240 cars over
the next 30 years.
>> So we can tell more stories,
talk about more engineering,
and educate people on Corvette.
>> It's expected to be open to
guests in early 2027. For
Kentucky edition, I'm Laura
Rogers.
>> Thank you Laura. Aside from
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preservation and storage, the
museum will also offer behind
the scenes tours of the new
building for guests wanting to
see even more of the Corvette
collection. And finally,
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tonight, the first steamboat to
arrive in Kentucky. The first
meeting of the Kentucky General
Assembly in Frankfort, and the
Kentucky College involved in
one of football's biggest
upsets. Our Toby Gibbs has
those three stories and much
more in this look back at This
Week in Kentucky history.
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>> Explorer and frontiersman
Daniel Boone was born November
2nd, 1734, according to the
Gregorian calendar now in use.
Although he's synonymous with
Kentucky, Boone was born in
Pennsylvania. Virginia divided
the Kentucky territory into
three counties on November 1st,
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1780. Jefferson County named
for Thomas Jefferson Fayette
County, named for the Marquis
de La Fayette and Lincoln
County, named after General
Benjamin Lincoln. The Kentucky
General Assembly met in
Frankfort for the first time on
November 1st, 1793, as 47
lawmakers met in Major James
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Law's farmhouse. A steamboat
arrived in Louisville for the
first time on October 28th,
1811. Locals were skeptical
that the boat, called the New
Orleans, would be able to
travel upstream against the
Ohio River current, but it did,
leading many Louisvillians to
invest in the Fulton Steam
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Company. Senator College beat
Harvard in football six to
nothing on October 29th, 1921,
in one of the biggest upsets in
the history of college football.
Louisville native Muhammad Ali
beat George Foreman in the
Rumble in the jungle, a
heavyweight championship fight
in Zaire on November 30th, 1974.
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Ali won it in eight rounds, and
those are a few of the big
events this week in Kentucky
history. I'm Toby Gibbs.
>> Thank you, Toby Gibbs.
People who navigate through the
criminal justice and court
systems don't always know about
the resources available to them.
Someone's there to help.
>> If we don't assist these
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individuals, who's going to?
>> We'll hear more about
behavioral health liaisons and
what they do. That story and
much more tomorrow night on
Kentucky Edition at 630 eastern,
530 central. We'll be inform,
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ket.org. I'll see you in a
little bit on our Medicare call
Kentucky, my home state off
Medicaid that are able bodied
and into private health care.
>> Kentuckians in Congress talk
about the government shutdown,
health care and how to fix both.
>> You know, some of those
families now are struggling.
They used to donate, and now
they're standing in the line
that they used to donate to.
>> It's the worst of both
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worlds. More people need food
and fewer people can afford to
donate.
>> Sometimes just the right
connectors being in the room,
you know, can make a big
difference.
>> The Violence Reduction
Summit in Louisville is working
to create a network of
organizations fighting to
prevent gun violence.
>> I remember falling in love
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with the 1990 Corvette ZR1. The
King of the Hill. It was the
car.
>> And a love story that's
still going strong as the next
chapter unfolds for America's
sports car.
>> Production of Kentucky
edition is made possible in
part by the KET Millennium Fund.
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>> Good evening and welcome to
Kentucky Edition for this brand
new week. It is Monday, October
the 27th. I'm Renee Shaw and we
thank you for spending some of
your evening with us. It's day
27 of the federal government
shutdown, and it's unclear when
or how the government will
reopen. Democrats in Washington,
D.C. want tax credits that
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lower the cost of health care
to be extended. Republicans say
they won't negotiate until the
shutdown ends. Congressman
James Comber of Kentucky's
first congressional district,
is chair of the U.S. House
Oversight Committee, appearing
on CNN. He said the current
health care system is broken.
>> When you talk about the
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people that have received the
Obamacare subsidies, their
premiums are going to skyrocket.
Will the people that have been
paying full price, their
premiums have skyrocketed for
the last decade? So this is
this is specific to this. We've
been trying to have this
conversation for a long time,
and I think the Democrats have
intentionally waited until the
subsidies expire. We need to
(02:28):
have a health care plan for
every American, for the small
business owners, because we've
got to get people in Kentucky,
my home state off Medicaid that
are able bodied and into
private health care. But
private health care goes up
twice as much as as people on
the Obamacare subsidies,
because somebody's got to pay
for those subsidies. So it's a
terrible situation. I think
(02:49):
we've got to reopen the
government and then have public
hearings on how to fix a broken
health care system.
>> Nearly 100,000 Kentuckians
get their insurance through the
Affordable Care Act. Open
enrollment begins Saturday.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul of
Kentucky says President Donald
Trump should appoint a
(03:09):
bipartisan group of senators to
a commission to look at ways to
end the shutdown. On Fox News
Sunday, Paul said the
government should reopen for a
month, and during that month,
the commission could discuss
ways to address the Affordable
Care Act tax credits that
expire at the end of the year.
That's been one of the sticking
points. Of course, preventing
Democrats from supporting the
(03:30):
Republican budget plan. Today,
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell
welcomed a Senate colleague,
Senator Shelley Moore Capito of
West Virginia, to the McConnell
center at the University of
Louisville. Capito talked about
the continuing impact of the
federal government shutdown.
While McConnell talked about
the need to compromise in order
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to make the Senate function.
>> We are now at a point where
our SNAP benefits. And I know
Kentucky has a lot of Snap
benefit beneficiaries. This is
the health. This is the feeding
food for many families. Imagine
my state of West Virginia is
very impactful to my state.
This expires November the 1st.
Some Head Start programs TSA
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people have lost. Last time I
went through TSA, I was like,
hey, how are we doing? You know,
I was I was rushing through
there because, you know, small
town, five gates, everybody
knows you. And and so I, you
know, I we've got to do. I hope
we talked about this just
briefly. And we honestly don't
know what's going to happen
(04:37):
this week. There's going to be
a point at which it can't it
the bubble's going to burst. I
would have thought it would
burst. My original prediction
was it would last a week, but.
So I'm out of the prediction
business. It's gone on a lot
longer and it's hurting a lot
more people.
>> Compromise is imperative.
Might say there are a lot of
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people running around these
days saying don't ever
compromise. That's absolutely
nuts. You have to compromise.
>> And as Senator Capito just
mentioned, if the shutdown
continues past November 1st,
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nearly 600,000 Kentuckians who
rely on Snap benefits will lose
access. More people are now
headed to Kentucky's food banks
for help. Our Kelsey Stark sat
down with the CEO of
Louisville's Dare to Care food
bank to find out how they're
adjusting to the increasing
need.
>> Vincent James is the CEO of
(05:38):
Dare to Care Food Bank here in
Louisville. Thanks for being
here. And I know the effects of
this federal government
shutdown are having an effect
on everyone, but specifically
for the position that you all
are in serving the community as
a food bank. How so?
>> Yeah, it's been really
challenging in terms of when
we've been talking with our
(05:58):
partners, really trying to
understand how the government
shutdown is impacting. We
received some data yesterday
that 48%, 47% of our partners
are talking with neighbors that
have been impacted by this
government shutdown. So we were
thinking, because we're not
we're not heavily we don't have
a lot of government workers in
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terms of other states do and
other regions that it was not
going to be as impactful. But
we're seeing on multiple levels,
we're thinking about various
tiers of impact that it's
happening, and we hadn't
thought about it that way
before. And so that's what
we're seeing. And that's what
our partners are expressing,
that that need is increasing.
And we haven't gone into the
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first paycheck. Or we might be
just at that point where
they're not receiving their
first paycheck. And so we're
only anticipating for it to
grow.
>> Yeah. And now we're hearing
a lot about the Snap benefits
that the money is going to
expire if this continues. Yes.
And an estimated 595,000
Kentuckians receive Snap
benefits. What's the impact of
(07:03):
that if it happens?
>> If that happens November 1st,
it's funded through November
the 1st if the government is
still shut down November 1st,
all of those families that you
just described will no longer
have access to Snap benefits.
That provides them. A lot of
people will know Snap benefits
from the old food stamps.
That's what people remember as
they were growing up where they
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actually had this, the paper
that looked like a money, and
they gave it to the grocery
retailer Snap Benefits. They
receive a card and they're able
to purchase, you know, our
neighbors are able to purchase
food that's provided resources
through the government. But
what that does is for every
dollar that Snap benefits is
providing, it's nine meals for
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that family. And so they have
opportunities to be able to
take care of their families in
times where they normally could
not do it on their own.
>> And so the government
shutdown is one part of what's
happening with you all, but you
all are already seeing a
dramatic increase in need right
now.
>> We're already seeing it.
Just the past two years, we've
(08:08):
seen a 48% increase. That's
before anything we're talking
about government related has
impacted the community. And so
with that, we are also now
anticipating even a greater
need than the 48% in the past
two years. And we haven't seen
these kinds of numbers since
2008, the Great Recession.
>> So why, why, why are we
seeing this dramatic increase
(08:28):
right now?
>> Well, I think it's because
it's what I would call this
perfect storm, if you will. We
had post pandemic benefits that
were no longer in existence,
and then you had inflation
taking place at the same time.
So you had gas prices
increasing, food prices
increasing. And so and now that
(08:49):
rising prices on other things
as well. And so when you have a
family that is already
struggling and now they don't
have the additional safety nets
and supports, and they're
experiencing the same increase
that everyone else is
experiencing all of a sudden
now you have a family of two
that that are working every day.
They can't afford to buy
groceries. And that's the kind
of situation we're hearing,
(09:12):
unfortunately, more frequent
than not.
>> Yeah, and Dare to Care was
born out of a community coming
together to to address the need.
And I know a lot of the
community right now they're
struggling with their their own
increase in grocery prices
right now. So are you all
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seeing a decrease in donations
and community support?
>> We have we've seen a
decrease in smaller donations.
And that's been the challenge
because one of the things
anyone can support dare to care.
I mean, we have kids that will
host food drives that are on
the corner. Instead of having
to eliminate stand, they'll
have a food drive. And we you
(09:53):
know, we've seen all kinds of
ways that people can help and
support. But when your budget
is tight and you don't have the
resources that you had in your
discretionary income is
dwindled to nothing, it's hard
for you to donate and give. And
so we've been seeing a lot of
the smaller gifts as we're
seeing inflation in the grocery
prices. We're seeing everything
else taking place. You know,
some of those families now are
(10:14):
struggling. They used to donate,
and now they're standing in the
line that they used to donate
to.
>> Yeah. How is your
organization adjusting to
navigate this time?
>> We're doing a couple of
things in terms of what we're
doing. We're always thinking,
you know what I always identify
as I say, this thing with my
staff is that we got to look
around the corner and we got to
(10:35):
see what's happening around the
corner before it happens so
that we can prepare. And so
we've been preparing for what
we're seeing now and what we're
experiencing, realizing that,
you know, we can't do it by
ourselves. And we've never
prepared to do it by ourselves.
Our preparation has been how do
we work better in partnership
with other organizations in the
community that are providing
(10:56):
resources to families that are
in need and collectively
working together? We can create
opportunities for families that
don't have access to food, as
well as other resources that
may be needed.
>> How can those community
members help at this time?
>> Well, one of the ways that
they can help is simply go to
Dairy care.org, and they can
sign up to volunteer, volunteer
(11:18):
at one of our food drives, or
volunteer at one of our food
pantries, mobile pantries. Or
they can volunteer at our
warehouse and where they can
help to prepare the food that's
actually going to be
distributed to our neighbors in
need. They can also go to Dare
to Care org and donate finances
or financial resources. One of
the things we like to talk to
(11:38):
people about is our Apple Corps
program, where you can sign up
one time and have IT resources
taken out of your account
monthly, and then you don't
have to think about it. You
know you're always going to be
supporting dare to Care with
the work that you're doing. Or
you can give a one time
donation. We have multiple ways
in which you can contribute and
support the work of Dare to
(11:59):
Care.
>> What do you see as what do
you see around the corner right
now? What do you think is
happening in the future, and
how is that going to impact you
all?
>> Well, the challenge in terms
of looking around the corner
and what I see, I wish I could
say I could see a much more
rosier picture. Unfortunately
not because there are some cuts
and decisions that have been
made and policies that have
(12:19):
been made that are going to
even make it more challenging
in the coming year for families.
And so what we're going to have
to do is work not only with
legislators, working with our
partners, working with our
business community to say this
is a collective problem that we
have and a collective challenge.
And so how can we solve this
together? And that's what we
(12:40):
really have been thinking about,
is we've been thinking around,
looking around the corner,
realizing that it's going to be
a multi-sector approach to
really addressing food
insecurity and some of the
other challenges that we face
in our community. And so that's
what we're building out the
infrastructure for that.
>> Right now. All right. Thanks
so much for being here. We
appreciate it.
>> Thank you Kelsey. It was my
honor.
>> And there are some new
(13:01):
numbers out to that show. 1 in
5 children in Kentucky deal
with some type of food
insecurity. 1 in 7 adults. Back
to you. Yes.
>> Well, thank you, Vincent
James. And thank you, Kelsey.
Dare to care. Serves 150,000
people across 13 counties every
year. Last year alone, they
supplied meals to 22 million
(13:22):
people. Kentucky's only
congressional Democrat, Morgan
McGarvey, signed a letter to
the Secretary of Agriculture
urging the department to find a
way to fund SNAP past Friday,
and he said this on X, quote,
food shouldn't be used as a
weapon, but that's what the
Trump administration is doing.
They're deliberately creating
this crisis. We're calling on
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the USDA to use contingency
reserve dollars and all legal
authority to fund SNAP during
this GOP shutdown, end quote.
And a programing note about a
different federal program,
Medicare, that is a health care
program that enrolls those 65
and over. Well, tonight I will
be joined by a panel of experts
(14:03):
to discuss the open enrollment
period of Medicare that goes
through the 1st of December.
We'll answer your questions
about how the program works,
the coverage options,
supplemental plans, and so much
more. It is our Medicare call
in that is viewer driven. So
the content depends on what
questions you ask. That comes
on tonight at eight eastern,
seven central right here on KET.
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
continues to make appearances
on late night talk shows. He
was a guest on HBO's Real Time
with Bill Maher on Friday,
where he was asked how
President Trump so-called big
beautiful bill will impact
rural Kentucky.
>> It's basically punishing
rural America in the face. It
just is. It's going to
(14:45):
devastate rural economies
because it's going to close or
significantly impact rural
hospitals. Every one of my
rural hospitals is the number
one payroll in their community.
And so if you eliminate a large
part of that payroll, you don't
just close the hospital, you
close the local restaurant, you
close local coffee shop, and
you close the local bank. You
can't take $1 trillion that's
flowing through rural America
(15:07):
out of it and not expect people
to be impacted. But then
there's the workforce. So right
now, if you've got a clinic,
you can miss a couple hours of
work and see a doctor. But if
you have to drive 2 to 3 hours,
you're missing a day. And then
you take your kids and then you
take your parents. It's going
to profoundly impact America in
really negative ways.
>> Governor Beshear has been
(15:28):
mentioned as a possible
Democratic presidential
candidate in 2028. He said he's
running. He said running for
the white House is a job he
would consider. The Hardin
County Republican Party chair
is apologizing for a video
showing former President Barack
Obama and former first lady
Michelle Obama as apes. The
(15:49):
Courier-Journal reports the
video was posted to then
deleted from the county party's
Facebook account. Chair Bobby
Coleman says she did not
initially see the video as
racist. She says she saw it as
a video portraying President
Donald Trump as a Lion King,
triumphing over liberal
Democrats. She said, quote, as
(16:09):
someone who does not engage
with racist tropes, I did not
consider the underlying meaning
that this video may have had. I
am not racist, and any
suggestion to the contrary does
not reflect my values or
character. End of her quote.
Robert Benvenuti, who is chair
of the Republican Party of
Kentucky, put out this
statement saying, quote, The
Republican Party of Kentucky
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condemns hate in all its forms.
This post is vile and
reprehensible, and is directly
adverse to all that we stand
for as a party and a nation.
End quote. Benvenuti says the
party is investigating.
Kentucky's attorney general,
Russell Coleman, is joining a
Republican effort against
birthright citizenship. The
idea that the U.S. Constitution
(16:53):
guarantees citizenship to
anyone born in the U.S.
according to the Lexington
Herald leader, Coleman has
signed on to a brief filed
Friday by the Tennessee
attorney general, who is also a
Republican. The brief backs
President Donald Trump's
executive order ending
birthright citizenship, which
is now the subject of a court
case. Critics of birthright
(17:14):
citizenship say the courts are
misinterpreting the meaning of
the 14th Amendment, passed in
1868, three years after the end
of the Civil War. That
amendment reads, quote, all
persons born or naturalized in
the United States and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United
States and of the state wherein
(17:36):
they reside. End quote.
Kentucky's largest city is
seeing less violent crime, and
(17:57):
city leaders are working to
build on that momentum.
Louisville's Office of Violence
Prevention just hosted its
annual Violence Reduction
Summit. Organizers say this
year's event was the biggest
yet, with more hands on
learning opportunities.
>> This is our third annual
citywide Gun Violence Reduction
Summit, designed to be an
(18:17):
opportunity for people across
all aspects of this work to
reconnect as well as level up
their skills through a variety
of breakout rooms. We have, you
know, a diverse group because
that's the kind that's what's
needed when it comes to
violence prevention, right? So
we have nonprofits, city
agencies, elected officials,
even some businesses, and maybe
most importantly, concerned
citizens here in the building.
(18:39):
We've tried to have sessions
that reflect all the aspects of
this type of work. We have 32
breakout sessions, which is
more breakout sessions than
we've ever had before. For
people just getting involved in
this type of work, maybe
they're just passionate about
this issue. A great way for
them to get started would be
learning about the public
health approach to violence,
maybe learning how adverse
childhood experiences work if
they're looking for more
(18:59):
practical skills. We have
conflict resolution and
de-escalation trainings. We
have domestic violence
awareness. We even have some
simulations that are happening,
such as reentry simulation, or
how difficult it is to escape a
domestic violence situation,
even stop the bleed. How to
intervene as a bystander? When
we first started out, it was
just about like who all was in
the room? It was like finding
(19:20):
those gaps in service. What are
you doing? What is your
referral process like? We're
able to map that out. And on
year two, we brought those same
organizations back together
with a much better
understanding of how our work
impacted others. And then this
year, it's all about, okay, so
we know who's in the room. We
know how to make this how this
work connects. Now, let's just
make sure that you have the
(19:41):
tools to move your work forward.
Whatever will help you move the
needle. One thing that we're
offering this year that's
evolved is, you know, a lot of
people in this work, they
didn't ask to be involved in
this. They're just passionate
about this issue. So maybe
they've never learned budgeting.
Maybe they've never learned
grant writing, maybe they've
never learned mission and
vision statements. We have a
room of dedicated professionals
to help people with that. One
of the real fruits that we see
(20:03):
from things like this is the
networking and the
collaboration. People involved
in violence prevention already
know they have to do a lot with
a little. And so sometimes just
the right connectors being in
the room, you know, can make a
big difference.
>> Participants at the summit
helped to create a community
mural, which will debut at the
Office of Prevention's Night of
Remembrance in January. The
(20:36):
National Corvette Museum is
expanding. Construction is
underway on a new facility to
house its growing collection of
corvettes and other historic
items. Our Laura Rogers has
more from Bowling Green.
>> I love cars, I'm a car guy
for sure.
>> Michael especially loves
corvettes. He has five of them.
(20:57):
>> There have been times where
I've come here and driven home,
you know, of course, in a new
Corvette.
>> No small feat considering
LaRocca lives in New York City.
>> As a native New Yorker.
There's something different and
refreshing coming to Bowling
Green, coming to see the museum.
>> The Corvette enthusiast and
incoming board chair has
pledged $500,000 for a new
(21:19):
collections facility that will
help the museum showcase twice
as many cars as they do now.
>> It's gonna be a world class
collections facility. Very few
places in the world have a
facility of this level.
>> The museum's collection of
cars and artifacts is growing,
and the standards for
preservation are high.
>> When someone gives you the
car, you're doing all the
things you can to make sure
(21:40):
that car is going to be around
for generations to come.
>> That includes protecting
that car from extreme and
changing temperatures.
>> It's bad. It's bad for
leather. It's bad for
dashboards. We're going to make
sure these cars are in an
environment where that doesn't
happen.
>> The new 66,000.
>> Square foot facility will
house 120 cars on day one. This
historic Corvette will be one
of the first in the new space.
(22:01):
>> We have some amazing cars in
our collection. One that was
just donated to us is a 1967
Corvette Stingray that was
driven by Neil Armstrong.
>> Yes, that Neil Armstrong.
Years before he walked on the
moon, Armstrong was driving to
NASA and style.
>> So there's a program where
astronauts back in the Apollo
era got to drive a Corvette for
a dollar.
>> It is.
(22:21):
>> Stories like this one that
serve as the drive to preserve
and conserve these cars and
artifacts.
>> We want to tell more stories.
So everything that we try and
do is educate people on the
history and legacy of Corvette.
>> And to share that history
and legacy with future
generations.
>> When someone walks in the
building in 60 years and they
see a car that was already 60
(22:41):
years old, it's going to look
just like it did when it came
down the line.
>> This museum is a special
place. It's sort of, to me, the
nucleus of a wonderful
community.
>> A community that's given
more than $2 million to the
capital campaign supporting the
expansion on the Corvette
campus.
>> So many friendships come
through our passion for this
car. A car that we all love
also becomes this magnet that
(23:03):
draws us all together.
>> Museum says the new
collections facility will
become home to 240 cars over
the next 30 years.
>> So we can tell more stories,
talk about more engineering,
and educate people on Corvette.
>> It's expected to be open to
guests in early 2027. For
Kentucky edition, I'm Laura
Rogers.
>> Thank you Laura. Aside from
(23:23):
preservation and storage, the
museum will also offer behind
the scenes tours of the new
building for guests wanting to
see even more of the Corvette
collection. And finally,
(23:43):
tonight, the first steamboat to
arrive in Kentucky. The first
meeting of the Kentucky General
Assembly in Frankfort, and the
Kentucky College involved in
one of football's biggest
upsets. Our Toby Gibbs has
those three stories and much
more in this look back at This
Week in Kentucky history.
(24:04):
>> Explorer and frontiersman
Daniel Boone was born November
2nd, 1734, according to the
Gregorian calendar now in use.
Although he's synonymous with
Kentucky, Boone was born in
Pennsylvania. Virginia divided
the Kentucky territory into
three counties on November 1st,
(24:25):
1780. Jefferson County named
for Thomas Jefferson Fayette
County, named for the Marquis
de La Fayette and Lincoln
County, named after General
Benjamin Lincoln. The Kentucky
General Assembly met in
Frankfort for the first time on
November 1st, 1793, as 47
lawmakers met in Major James
(24:45):
Law's farmhouse. A steamboat
arrived in Louisville for the
first time on October 28th,
1811. Locals were skeptical
that the boat, called the New
Orleans, would be able to
travel upstream against the
Ohio River current, but it did,
leading many Louisvillians to
invest in the Fulton Steam
(25:06):
Company. Senator College beat
Harvard in football six to
nothing on October 29th, 1921,
in one of the biggest upsets in
the history of college football.
Louisville native Muhammad Ali
beat George Foreman in the
Rumble in the jungle, a
heavyweight championship fight
in Zaire on November 30th, 1974.
(25:29):
Ali won it in eight rounds, and
those are a few of the big
events this week in Kentucky
history. I'm Toby Gibbs.
>> Thank you, Toby Gibbs.
People who navigate through the
criminal justice and court
systems don't always know about
the resources available to them.
Someone's there to help.
>> If we don't assist these
(25:50):
individuals, who's going to?
>> We'll hear more about
behavioral health liaisons and
what they do. That story and
much more tomorrow night on
Kentucky Edition at 630 eastern,
530 central. We'll be inform,
connect and inspire. We hope
that you will connect with us
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