[♪♪] >>ED NUMBER SIX FLOOD I WENT THROUGH DOWN HERE WHICH I SHOULD HAVE LEFT ON THE FIRST ONE.

>> Renee: RECOVERY BEGINS AFTER THE FLOOD.

>> PEOPLE ARE JUST ANXIOUS TO GET BACK INTO THEIR HOMES AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.

>> Renee: WE ARE ON THE GROUND WITH THE RED CROSS AS THEY WORK TO ASSESS THE STORM DAMAGE.

>> WE ARE NOT HERE TO JUDGE YOU.

PROBLEMS GOING ON, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP NAVIGATE.

>> Renee: HOW MUCH ALCOHOL IS TOO MUCH?

HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS DISCUSS SOME OF THE TRENDS THEY'RE SEEING WHEN IT COMES TO DRINKING.

>> WE WANTED ITEMS AND DOCUMENTS THAT SO THE ORIGINALITY, THE QUIRKINESS, THE VITALITY OF COVINGTON.

>> Renee: PLUS, A NORTHERN KENTUCKY CITY TAKES A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO LEAVING ITS MARK FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO DISCOVER.

>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING.

AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS BRANDS NEW WEEK IT IS MONDAY, APRIL THE 14TH, I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR STARTING OFF YOUR MONDAY NIGHT WITH US.

CLEAN UP CONTINUES ACROSS KENTUCKY TODAY AFTER HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLOODING AND CLAIMED THE LIVES OF SEVEN PEOPLE.

AT LEAST 70 COUNTIES DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY LAST WEEK.

TODAY THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET REPORTS MORE THAN 200 ROADS ARE STILL BLOCKED BECAUSE OF FLOODING MOSTLY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

SINCE THE FLOODING BEGAN, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS HAD BOOTS ON THE GROUND COORDINATING DISASTER RELIEF.

LAST WEEK "KENTUCKY EDITION" TAGGED ALONG WITH SOME VOLUNTEERS TO GET A CROZIER LOOK AT THE FIRST STEPS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.

>> THIS ONE IS MORE DRASTIC, I THINK BECAUSE IT IS A PROLONGED FLOOD.

SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE UP FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS AND PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET BACK INTO THEIR HOMES TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.

A LOT HAVE NOT SPRNSED THIS.

THEY WILL BE IN THE DARK AND THAT IS WHERE THE RED CROSS WILL STEP IN AND HELP AND HELP WITH THE CASE WORK AND TRY TO GET THEM GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THEIR RECOVERY.

>> WHAT WE FOCUS ARE NEEDS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO STAY THAT WARM MEAL.

SOME PLACE THEY CAN GO DURING THE DAY IF THEY ARE CLEANING UP, CHARGE THEIR PHONE, TAKE A BREAK.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE CLOSE TO 400 RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS AND RESPONDERS ON THE GROUND ACROSS KENTUCKY FROM PADUCAH AND BOWLING GREEN TO LOUISVILLE AND FRANKFORT.

REALLY JUST BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS, OPERATING OVER A DOZEN SHELTERS JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE SOMEWHERE SAFE TO STAY AND A WARM MEAL TO EAT AND CHARGE THEIR PHONE, AS THEY FIGURE OUT THEIR NEXT STEPS.

SINCE THE FLOODS, HIT WE HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND OFFERING SHELTER, WE PREPOSITIONED SUPPLIES BEFORE THE RAINS STARTED.

BEFORE THE RAINS STARTED WE HAVE WORKED WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY SHELTERING LOCATIONS.

REALLY WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES.

AFTER WE'LL WORK WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS AND DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THEM AS THEY WORK ON THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY.

AND THAT CAN DIFFER DEPENDING ON THE PERSON AND DEPENDING ON THE COMMUNITY.

>> LOUISVILLE IS CENTRAL KENTUCKY WE HAVE WESTERN KENTUCKY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY ALL THE STUFF IN LOUISVILLE HAS TO GO DOWN TO PADUCAH.

SO IT'S WIDESPREAD.

NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE RIVER AND THE KENTUCKY RIVER YOU HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE STREAMS GOING INTO THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD OPERATION IT'S COVERING JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE STATE.

QUITE A FEW HOMES THAT WATER'S SIX, SEVEN FEET INSIDE THE HOMES.

AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF AREAS ARE STILL INACCESSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WALLET ACROSS THE ROADS.

WATER ACROSS THE ROADS.

THE DAMAGE IS OUT THERE WE HAVE TO FIND IT.

>> 90% OF OUR WORKFORCE ARE VOLUNTEERS THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR PERSONAL LIVES ON HOLD AND JUST WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS THEY COME, THEY SHOW UP.

THEY FAN OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP WHEREVER THE NEED IS.

AND THEY STAY USUALLY FOR TWO WEEKS AT A TIME SOMETIMES LODGER SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES IN NEED.

>> I'VE TAKEN SO MUCH OUT OF MY COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO GIVE BACK AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

IF I CAN DO THAT IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM THEN I'VE DONE MY JOB.

>> Renee: AND THANK GOODNESS FOR THEM.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM FRANKFORT, THE RED CROSS COMPLETED 600 DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SINCE THE FLOODS HIT.

FLOODING WAS WIDESPREAD AS YOU HEARD.

TODAY IN WARREN COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY RECOVERY CENTER OPENED AT A COUNTY PARK.

SEVERAL AGENCIES WERE ON-SITE TO CONNECT FLOOD VICTIMS TO RESOURCES.

OUR LAURA GLASSCOCK WAS THERE AND TELLS US MORE ABOUT RECOVERY EFFORTS IN THAT AREA.

>> WE HAD A HISTORIC FLOOD IN BOWLING GREEN.

>> WE HAD A TOTAL OF 10.1 INCHES.

>> THE FLOODWATERS CAUSED BY RIVERS, UNIQUE SINK HOLES AND WATER.

>> THERE ARE 36 SINK HOLES WITHIN BOWLING GREEN CITY LIMITS WHICH CREATE A FLOOD RISK.

>> THE BIGGEST ISSUE TODAY IS THE GROUND WATER SYSTEM WHICH IS A CARS TOPOGRAPHY AND GRAVES AND STREAMS.

>> THAT WATER WILL TRAVEL UNDERGROUND AND RISE AS OTHER FLOODWATERS MAY RECEDE.

>> WE HAD ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD THREE AND FOUR FEET OF WATER IN THE HOMES.

THE FIRST DEPARTMENT GOT ME OUT IN A BOAT.

>> SHARON MANNING LIVES IN WARREN COUNTY AND BECAME AWARE OF FLOODING AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING.

>> I LAID ON THE BED TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER, AND THEN I STARTED HEARING STUFF TURNOVER AND I GOT UP AND I WAS IN KNEE-DEEP WATER.

>> A CREEK OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS HER SON WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND CALLED 911.

>> I'M BLESSED I GOT OUT SAFELY ME AND MY SON AND MY DOGS.

>> BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN COUNTY GRAPPLED WITH NATURAL DISASTERS BEFORE, NAMELY THE 2021 TORNADOES AT THAT TIME TOOK 17 LIVES.

>> THEY HAD A PATH YOU COULD SEE A PATH.

WITH THIS, WE HAD FLOODING EVERYWHERE.

WE HAD FLOODING IN PLACES THAT NEVER FLOODED BEFORE.

>> IT WAS A WIDESPREAD EVENT.

>> THE CITY'S COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND GET INFORMATION TO FEMA AS THEY AWAIT A FORMAL DECLARATION, THEY'VE OPENED THE COMMUNITY RECOVERY CENTER TO CONNECT FLOOD VICTIMS TO RESOURCES.

>> IT IS A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE.

>> THE CENTER INCLUDES AGENCIES DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

>> WE ARE ADDRESSING MULTIPLE COUNTIES RIGHT NOW.

>> AND KENTUCKY BAPTIST CONVENTION.

>> ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE DO IS MASS FEEDINGS SO WE FEED THE PUBLIC.

>> AND THEY WILL HELP SHARON MANNING WITH FLOOD RECOVERY IN THEIR HOMES WHERE SHE LOST MOST ALL OF HER POSSESSIONS.

>> PICTURES THAT GOT RUINED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

MEMORIES SENTIMENTAL STUFF.

BUT I WON'T GET THAT STUFF BACK.

>> MANNINGS' HOME ONE OF 200 IN WARREN COUNTY THAT SUFFERED DAMAGE.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA ROGERS.

>> Renee: BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN COUNTY HOPE TO HAVE A FEDERAL DECLARATION NEXT WEEK.

WE ARE IN HENRY COUNTY WE WERE THERE LAST WEEK SPECIFICALLY IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT THAT SITS ALONG THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

JUST MORE THAN A DOZEN FAMILIES CALL THE RIVER TOWNHOME.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER WENT THERE AND SAW THE START OF CLEAN UP EFFORTS WHEN SHE VISITED ON FRIDAY.

>> THIS IS THE INSIDE OF DARRELL ARNOLD'S STORE.

>> ACE'S GROCERY AND HARDWARE.

AND I'M OPEN HERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 14 HOURS A DAY.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 45 YEARS.

>> ARNOLD MOVED STOCK AND COOLERS TO AN ELEVATED GARAGE NOT AN EASY TASK BUT NECESSARY ONE.

>> I'M ON THE RIVER I'M FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THIS ONE.

THIS ONE THROUGH ME BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, IT KEPT RAINING AND RAINING, IF IT QUIT RAINING I COULD HAVE DETERMINED WHAT IT COULD BE.

>> THIS WALL IN HIS STORE MARKS HOW HIGH THE WATER GOT IN 1997.

HIS HOME ON HIGHER GROUND IS FINE.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE FOR HERBIE CARROLL.

>> I LIVE IN LOCKPORT AND YOU SEE THE FLOOD.

THE STORE THAT I HAD WE GOT OUT SAFELY AND LIVING WITH MY SISTER-IN-LAW.

NUMBER SIX FLOOD I WENT THROUGH DOWN HERE.

WHICH I SHOULD HAVE LEFT ON THE FIRST ONE.

>> WHILE RESIDENTS FACE A NEW REALITY STATE WORKERS ARE RESTORING NORMALCY.

>> WE ARE OUT HERE CLEANING THE MUD AND THE DEBRIS OFF OF THE STATE HIGHWAYS WHERE THE FLOODWATER RECEDED AND WE'RE ALSO CHECKING THE ROADS FOR ANY DAMAGE AND CHECKING THE BRIDGES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN ACROSS THEM.

BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MUD ON THE ROAD.

AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO BRING US WATER TO RINSE THE ROAD OFF AND IT'S HELPED.

>> WHEN WATER STARTED RISING PEOPLE NEAR THE RIVER AND CREEK LEFT.

>> MY SON, MYSELF AND JUDGE WAS HERE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HELPING PEOPLE GET OUT THAT MORNING TO MOVE.

>> BRAD FISHER IS A HENRY COUNTY MAGISTRATE WHO GETS HIS HANDS DIRTY.

>> TODAY ALL OF OUR CREWS OUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GRAVEL ROADS MORE SO IN MY DISTRICT THAN ANYWHERE.

YOU GOT LOGS AND DEBRIS GET THEM OPENED UP AS QUICK AS WE CAN.

THEN WE'LL GO BACK NEXT WEEK AND PUT GRAVEL.

I THINK THE QUARRY IS GOING TO OPEN UP MONDAY AND LET US GET SOME.

THEY GOOD COVERED UP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE ROADS OPEN TODAY THAT WE CAN SO PEOPLE CAN GET OUT.

PEOPLE ON THE EASTERN SIDE THEY HAVE BEEN WITHOUT ELECTRIC FOR FIVE DAYS.

>> THE BUSIEST SOUNDS RING OUT FROM THE BAPTIST CHURCH.

CLEAN UP IS UNDERWAY.

>> THIS IS MY CHURCH THAT I WAS RAISED IN.

MY MOM AND DAD AND MY FAMILY ALL WENT HERE.

AND A LOT OF THEM STILL GO HERE.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WASHING THE WALLS.

WE'RE WASHING IT WITH SANITIZER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPRAY IT DOWN WITH BLEACH WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING OFF THE WALLS AND THE FLOORS CLEANED UP AND PRAY IT WITH BLEACH WATER AND LET THAT DRY.

AND WE WILL HAVE TO ASSESS IF WE HAVE TO REDO.

DRYWALL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAD NEW FLOOR PUT IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO WHEN IT FLOODED.

WE WERE BLESSED IT DIDN'T GET IN THE CHURCH THEN.

BUT THIS TIME IT PROBABLY GOT UP NINE FEET INSIDE THE CHURCH.

>> KIM PATTERSON SAYS THE CHURCH ONLY HELD THREE SERVICES SO FAR IN 2025.

BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER STORMS THIS YEAR.

A CHURCH MEMBER HAS OPENED HER BARN FOR WORSHIP AND EASTER FESTIVITIES THIS COMING WEEKEND.

WITH HELP FROM REPORTER JOE DURBIN OF THE HENRY COUNTY LOCAL, I'M JUNE LEFFLER FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION."

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR NIBBLELY REQUESTED FEMA ASSISTANCE FOR 13 KENTUCKY COUNTIES THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE HENRY COUNTY, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE IS CERTAIN MORE COUNTIES WILL BE ADDED.

>>> FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT AS SEVERAL RIVERS IN THE AREA REACH THEIR CRESTS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE THE PROCESS OF FLOOD CLEAN UP IS UNDERWAY.

KRISSY FRASER DISCUSSES THE LATEST -- CHRISTIE DUTTON LATEST UPDATES WITH METEOROLOGIST JOHN GORDON.

>> THE FLOODING FROM OVER A WEEK AGO IS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS IN KENTUCKY.

JOHN GORDON WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE STILL IMPACTED BY THAT RAIN?

>> THAT WATER TAKES TIME TO GET OUT OF THE STATE IT'S IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.

FOLKS TOWARDS CAIRO AND PADUCAH ARE CRESTING AS WE SPEAK AND IT WILL TAKE MORE TIME AND THEN IT WILL GET OUT OF HERE AND BE GONE.

THIS WAS A MAJOR SYSTEM, HISTORIC FLOOD, EIGHTH HIGHEST CREST IN LOUISVILLE AND MOVING AWAY SLOWLY.

>> VERY SLOWLY.

I MEAN, IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY THOSE RIVERS EVEN THE OHIO RIVER JUST CRESTING NOW.

AND WE HAD THAT HEAVY RAIN, 10 DAYS AGO?

THAT TOOK A LONGTIME.

BUT WHICH AREA OF THE STATE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN ON THAT WEEKEND?

>> DAWSON SPRINGS, GRAVES COUNTY TOOK THE MOST.

IMAGINE THAT KENTUCKY MESONET 15-AND-A-HALF INCHES AND AS FAR AS WHY IT HAPPENED SOMETIMES THERE'S BACK WATER WITH THE MISSISSIPPI WITH THE OHIO AND THE WATER TAKES FOREVER TO GET OUT OF THERE.

AND IT JUST YES IT IS GOING TO END VERY SOON.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

NOW, FOR AREAS WHERE THE RIVERS HAVE ALREADY CRESTED, THOSE WATER LEVELS ARE GOING DOWN, RECEDING, BUT THOUSAND THERE'S THE FLOOD CLEAN UP AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST DRYING OUT, IT LEAVES A MESS.

>> OH, IT'S A MESS.

THE FOLKS IN WEST POINT AND LOUISVILLE AND ALL ALONG THE RIVER ON THE GREEN RIVER ON THE KENTUCKY WHICH ALMOST HIT THE HIGHEST CREST EVER IN FRANKFORT IT IS A NIGHTMARE AND SO MANY THINGS YOU HAVE TO THROW OUT AND DEAL WITH INSURANCE.

IT'S A MESS.

>> YEAH.

SO THAT CLEAN UP WILL BE ONGOING THAT IS A LONG PROCESS.

AND WE HAVE SOME ACTIVE WEATHER GOING ON THIS EVENING.

BUT LOOKING BEYOND TONIGHT, WHAT DOES THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOK LIKE?

>> GOOD FRIDAY WILL BE GOOD.

IN MANY WAYS AND THIS WEEKEND LOOKS UNSETTLED WE HAVE A FRONT THAT IS SLOW-MOVING AND IT WON'T MOVE MUCH SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY LOOKS WET.

SORRY ABOUT THE EASTER EGG HUNTS.

MIGHT BE WET.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE AN UMBRELLA FOR YOUR EASTER SERVICE.

>> UMBRELLA FOR THE EASTER SERVICE, AND UMBRELLA FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNTINGS.

THANKS FOR THE INFO, JOHN.

>> TAKE CARE.

>> Renee: AND OUR THANKS TO JOHN AND KRISTY FOR THAT.

DRYER WEATHER TOMORROW THROUGH FRIDAY WILL ALLOW RIVERS IN FINALLY RECEDE.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE KENTUCKY RESPONSE TO THE FLOODS IN SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT ON "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" WE'LL HAVE PERSPECTIVES FROM THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD, STATE POLICE AND COUNTY LEADERS FROM AREAS MOST AFFECTED.

AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS AND COULDN'TS WE WILL HAVE THE NUMBER FOR YOU TO CALL IN TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

[♪♪] >> Renee: ONE OF THE LAST KNOWN SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR HAS DIED.

VAUGHN DRAKE, JR. WAS FROM WINCHESTER KENTUCKY.

AT 106 YEARS OLD HE WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST SURVIVOR.

DRAKE SERVED WITH HONOR IN THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN WORLD WAR II HE RETURNED HOME AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING.

HE WENT ON TO WORK FOR THE GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR 36 YEARS.

HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK.

A MILITARY BURIAL HONORING HIS LIFE AND LEGACY IS PLANNED IN WINCHESTER ON THURSDAY.

>>> APRIL IS ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH.

AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS ALMOST 5% OF THE YEARLY DEATH TOTAL CAN BE TRACED BACK TO ALCOHOL.

A NURSE PRACTITIONER WITH NORTON HEALTHCARE EXPLAINS THE PROLONGED EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND WHY SO MANY YOUNG ADULTS ARE STARTING TO DRINK LESS.

MORE ABOUT THAT IN TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.

>> MY NORMAL QUESTION THAT I ASK IS ARE WE DRINKING AND HOW MUCH, IS IT SOCIAL, OCCASIONAL?

I HAVE HONESTLY I COULD COUNT ON ONE HAND HOW MANY THAT DRINK EXCESSIVELY THAT I NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE I WOULD SAY 50 PLUS THAT I NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

IT CAN CAUSE INFLAMMATION GENERALLY IN THE BODY.

IT INCREASES YOUR RISK OF DIFFERENT CANCERS, ESOPHAGEAL, LIVER, COLON CANCER ON THE RISE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF MY POPULATION BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BOWL MOVEMENTS.

IT CAN AFFECT MENTAL HEALTH IT CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK OF LIVER FAILURE CIRRHOSIS, HEART ATTACK, STROKE, DEMEN SHOW, LOTS OF NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS IT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE BODY AND I THINK WITH THAT POPULATION BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION ON-LINE AND SEEING THAT THEMSELVES THEY ARE NOT AS APT TO DRINK THE ALCOHOL.

>> IF YOU DO FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A ALCOHOL PROBLEM IT'S BEST TO BE AWARE AND LET YOUR PROVIDER KNOW.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR I TELL MY PEOPLE I LISTEN I DON'T JUDGE, SHOCKER TIKTOK BUT WE LISTEN AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO JUDGE YOU.

EVERYBODY HAS LIFE PROBLEMS GOING ON AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP NAVIGATE THAT AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU SUCCEED FOR THE FUTURE.

>> Renee: IN OTHER MEDICAL NEWS, GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN ON A MEDICAL CANNABIS GROW FACTORY IN KENTUCKY.

THE FARMS IS BUILDING THE $25 MILLION FACILITY IN WAYNE COUNTY.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL CREATE UP TO 100 JOBS.

A LOTTERY WAS HELD LAST YEAR TO DETERMINE WHO COULD BUILD THE FACILITIES.

ACCORDING TO WKYT THIS IS THE FIRST GROUNDBREAKING SINCE LAST YEAR'S LOTTERY.

LEGISLATION ALLOWING FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS IN KENTUCKY WAS PASSED IN 2023 WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE BEING JANUARY FIRST OF THIS YEAR.

[♪♪] >> Renee: IT'S A SPECIAL YEAR FOR ONE NORTHERN KENTUCKY CITY.

COVINGTON IS CREATING A 50 YEAR CAPSULE TO BE BURIED THE THE SITE OF A RIVER FRONT DEVELOPMENT.

THE CITY WANTED THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF THE TIME CAPSULE.

OUR EMILY SISK HAS MORE.

>> COVINGTON IS OVER CONSIDERED THE CENTER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

IT'S THE LARGEST CITY IN THE REGION AND HAS A HISTORY WELL OVER 200 YEARS OLD.

THE CITY HAS BEGUN DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MULTIMILLION DOLLAR RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.

IN PREPARATION FOR THE PROJECT, THE CITY WANTED TO LEAVE BEHIND STORIES FROM THE PRESENT DAY.

>> USUALLY WHEN A TIME CAPSULE IS PUT TOGETHER IN PREVIOUS TIMES IT WAS USUALLY A CITY OFFICIAL OR COUNTY OFFICIAL OR A GOVERNMENT PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

AND COVINGTON WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.

WE WANTED ITEMS AND WANTED DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW THE ORIGINALITY, THE QUIRKINESS, THE VITALITY OF COVINGTON.

>> THE CITY INVITED RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DONATE ARTIFACTS FOR THE TIME CAPSULE U I BROUGHT THIS LITTLE HOUSE.

AND THIS IS OUR LOGO PEOPLE SEE THIS AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY KNOW IT'S THE EMERGENCY SHELTER IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

SO WE'RE HONORED THERE'S ONLY 150 OF THESE.

WE'RE HONORED TO GIVE ONE TO THE TIME CAPSULE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF COVINGTON BUT COVINGTON BECAUSE WE REMAINED THAT COMMUNITY-BASED SHELTERING.

>> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY WE THOUGHT PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN WHAT WE'RE USING NOW TOOLS TO MARKET THE CITY SO THEY CAN SEE THAT 50 YEARS FROM NOW.

>> SOME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED IN COVINGTON FOR GENERATIONS SHARED A PIECE OF THEIR FAMILY HISTORY.

ONE OF THOSE WAS ELAINE WHOSE FATHER SERVED AS COMMISSIONER AND RAN FOR MAYOR.

>> MY DAD'S WHOLE FAMILY WE HAD A DAIRY IN COVINGTON AND HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND THEY ALL LIVED AROUND THE DAIRY.

I WAS RAISED IN COVINGTON AND I'VE STAYED IN COVINGTON, I LOVE THE AREA AND I'M PROUD OF MY FATHER AND WHAT HE IS ACCOMPLISHED AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

>> A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LATINO CENTER WANTED TO SHARE A PIECE OF THEIR HISTORY.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT COVINGTON IS A LAND OF LAYERS OF LIFE.

AND IT WAVES OF PEOPLE COMING HERE AND HOW ALSO THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS PART OF THIS AS WELL.

>> WHILE MOST PARTICIPANTS BROUGHT ARTIFACTS AND HEIRLOOMS ANOTHER RESIDENT ABUSING RUFFLED A FEW FEATHERS.

>> IT IS PART OF MY IDENTITY.

PEOPLE SOMETIMES CALL ME CHICKEN ROB BECAUSE I'VE BEEN RAISING CHICKENS AND HENS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE ROOSTERS IN COVINGTON.

RAISING HENS FOR YEARS.

THIS CHICKEN IS COSMO AND SHE IS JUST ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD.

SHE WANTED TO COME OUT AND HONOR COVINGTON, TOO.

>> ALTHOUGH COSMO WON'T BE GOING INSIDE THE TIME CAPSULE OTHER ITEMS WILL.

A COMMITTEE OF RESIDENTS, CITY OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC LIBRARY SPECIALISTS WILL DECIDE WHAT MAKES THE CUT.

>> IT'S FUN TO FAST FORWARD IN MY MIND.

20, 2075, LIKE WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE?

WHAT WILL PEOPLE BE DOING AND OPENING THIS TIME CAPSULE AND WHAT THEY PULL FROM IT IS FUN TO THINK .

>> IT IS A DYNAMIC CITY AND A CITY THAT IS GROWING AND PROGRESSING AND MOVING FORWARD.

IT'S TRANSFORMED SO MUCH IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.

SO I THINK THE MOMENTUM IS GOING TO KEEP ON BUILDING.

COVINGTON HAS ALWAYS EVOLVED IT'S NEVER BEEN A STAGNANT PLACE IT'S OUR DUTIES OF RESIDENTS OF 2025 TO PRESERVE WHAT IS GOING ON NOW SO PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE WILL KNOW THAT.

>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY SISK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, EMILY.

THE TIME CAPSULE WILL BE DEDICATED ON MAY 13TH AT THE COVINGTON CENTRAL RIVER FRONT AND IT WILL REMAIN BURIED UNTIL 2075.

[♪♪] >> Renee: WHY A KENTUCKY GOVERNOR RESIGNED DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AND FIND OUT THE KENTUCKY CONNECTION TO THE TITANIC.

OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS THAT AND MORE IN THIS LOOK BACK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[♪♪] >> KENTUCKY ADOPTED ITS FIRST CONSTITUTION ON APRIL 19TH, 1792.

THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR KENTUCKY TO BECOME AMERICA'S 15TH STATE ON JUNE 1ST OF THAT YEAR.

KENTUCKY'S 21ST GOVERNOR, BERIAH MAGOFFIN, WAS BORN APRIL 18TH, 1815 IN HARRODSBURG AND HE WOULD SERVE UNTIL 862.

IN 1861 WHEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN CALLED FOR TROOPS TO PUT DOWN THE SOUTHERN REBELLION, HE REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY AND REFUSED TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFEDERACY AFTER THE ASSEMBLY VOTED TO KEEP KENTUCKY NEUTRAL.

WHEN THEY CAPTURED TWO-THIRDS OF A MAJORITY, BERIAH MAGOFFIN RESIGNED AS THE GOVERNOR.

HE IS THE NAMESAKE FOR MAGOFFIN COUNTY.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN THE ONLY KENTUCKY BORN PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN FORD'S LITERS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON APRIL 14TH, 1865 AND DIED THE NEXT MORNING.

WORKERS LAID THE LAST RAIL LINE ON THE SHORT LINE RAILROAD BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND COVINGTON ON APRIL 18TH, 1869.

THE FULL PROJECT COST ALMOST $4 MILLION.

THE TITANIC SANK ON APRIL 15TH, 1912 AND THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ONBOARD WITH KENTUCKY TIES.

GEORGETOWN NATIVE CHARLES ROMAINE AND LUTIE DAVIS PARRISH OF WOODFORD COUNTY WITH RESCUED.

Dr. ERNEST MORAWECK OF LOUISVILLE DIED.

AND THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.

TWO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE HELPING THEIR NEIGHBORS CLEAN OUT THEIR HOMES AFTER THE FLOODING IN FRANKFORT.

>> WE'RE ALL BETTER TOGETHER AND LET'S SPREAD LOVE AND LIGHT LIKE MY DAUGHTER.

>> Renee: YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GROUP'S CLEAN UP EFFORTS TOMORROW ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."

BUT WE HOPE YOU JOIN US TONIGHT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSE TO THE KENTUCKY FLOODS ON "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.

RIGHT HERE ON KET.

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THANKS VERY MUCH FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN ABOUT AN HOUR ON "KENTUCKY TONIGHT".

HOUR ON "KENTUCKY TONIGHT".

UNTIL THEN, TAKE GOOD CARE.