♪ >> We want to.

We think it's time we're most to step 2.

>> It's official coach John Calipari's is leaving the University of Kentucky.

My brother was a life of the party.

He would give you the shirt off his back even when it happened.

April is donate Life Month.

We hear from the family of an organ donor about what the sacrifice means to her.

And it was the day millions were looking up.

A look back at the great American eclipse and what you need to do with your glasses.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KU Team Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Tuesday.

April, the knife.

Thank you so much for joining us tonight.

>> I'm Renee Shaw.

The speculation is over today.

Coach John Calipari's coach of the UK men's basketball team for 15 years announced he is leaving the program.

>> Here's part of what the coach said this afternoon.

>> This is a dream job.

That was my dream job.

Any money into a profession.

Looks at the University of Kentucky in basketball.

And said that is the blue is.

>> Blue.

>> The last few weeks.

We've come to realize.

That this program probably needs to hear another voice that the university as a whole has to have been otherwise giving guidance about this program, too.

in the fans need to hear another.

Who was.

We love you?

But we think it's time for us to step one.

>> Coach Cal Perry did not mention the coaching job at the University of Arkansas.

There are media reports he is talking about a deal to coach there for 5 years.

Calipari's decision comes after the cats is first round loss in this year's NCAA tournament.

Some fans were unhappy about that and other early exits from the tournament in recent years.

It also comes after athletics director Mitch Barnhart said Cal Perry would return for another season yesterday we talked to longtime Kentucky sportscaster D*** Gabriel about what changed.

>> Cal Perry going into a meeting with Mitch Barnhart didn't have much leverage.

This had the leverage.

But now when you've got somebody else in your corner, who was a viable candidate for your services?

I mean, if you know, a junior college came in and tried, know this is Arkansas powerful school, deep, deep pockets and all kinds of booster money out there from Tyson Chicken and Walmart.

They come in and say we want your and we'll do it takes to get you.

That's leverage.

Now up area is on toll said here's what it's going to take to And UK said, I don't think so.

You've got a fan base.

It's unhappy.

You have an institution as not satisfied.

But what's been happening.

You've got another school that will be happy to have him.

So, you know, when you factor in the fans, this might be a win win, win.

It's such a thing is possible.

Now that all depends, of course, Kentucky ultimately hires.

As I understand it, they're going to make Danny Hurley say no, they do reach out to Nate Oats there in the conference in Alabama who just signed an extension.

But now there are funds available to buy him out because you don't have to spend twice as much to buy at Cal Perry I think you've got to look at Drew down and Baylor, you know, maybe Todd Golden at Florida.

You've got a hot coaching Iowa State, but you go through those names who are more than just names are accomplished.

Coaches.

But your Kentucky, you have what you believe to be the premier basketball program in the country.

So you all to yourself your to your fan base, to your tradition, to go out and get it.

What you believe is the best coach possible John Calipari came here from Memphis.

He had already gotten commitments from the likes of DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall.

And when Cal Perry switch to Kentucky.

So today fans need to remember that they followed him here.

And I got I think do follow him to Arkansas.

This job is a meat grinder.

In be Smith told me, well, he was still here and he had a conversation with blue holes left Notre Dame, South Carolina, and he said hopes told him privately, man, you got to get out of there because it's the kind of job he just wears.

A coach down.

And Cal Perry kind of kids around when he talks about uh in dog years.

A new coach in Kentucky, but he's not wrong.

I mean, when you look at the weight on his shoulders and he's carried quite frankly, he's carried well.

He's done more for the people in the state of Kentucky when it comes to the tornado relief.

Hurricane relief ahead.

Telethon for Haiti.

And we awk Y T is done so much for people across the commonwealth, but in this day and age was always been this way, Kentucky.

It's what have you done for me lately.

So now it is a chance for a fresh start at his age and Arkansas.

That doesn't happen very often.

>> On social media, Mitch Barnhart, thanks Cal Perry for his years at UK and said the university is working to hire quote, a proven highly dedicated coach who embraces the importance of this program, unquote.

>> Well, it's a fairly normal day in the solar system.

That's after yesterday's solar eclipse visible to many Kentuckians were clouds, didn't interfere.

This is a time lapse video showing the moon passing between the sun and Earth yesterday afternoon.

>> If you missed it, catch the next solar system visible in the contiguous United States on August.

23rd 20.

44.

KET was in Paducah yesterday.

One of the towns in the path of totality.

The eclipse proved to be a big boost to local tourism, the Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau says the governor's office estimates 150,000 people were in western Kentucky for the eclipse.

That means, of course, spending an area restaurants and shops and hotels.

>> We were just and with the amount of people who have come out to Paducah.

We have folks coming from all over the people and different different shops have talked about how they've met folks from different states, folks from different countries and they've all converged here on Paducah.

Of course, you know, they could sell for just last for a couple minutes, but I think they're going to find a place that they'll enjoy coming back to for a lifetime.

>> The Paducah CVB tells us they recorded guests in town from 22 states.

Plus Canada and Poland.

NASA has solar system ambassadors who travel the country, teaching people about space and other sciences and they're busy during eclipse is one was in Shelbyville last week to tell local space buffs about the significance of yesterday's solar eclipse.

>> 2017, I think was the first year I became a solar system.

Ambassador was actually a intensive interview process.

You know, I had to write a little essay where I wanted to be a solar system.

Ambassador, give them a few references of people that I've worked with in the past were not on NASA's payroll by any stretch of the imagination.

But we are offered a lot of support from them.

We get access to mission scientists and engineers.

We get a news fresh.

Fresh out of conferences every year is there's lots of training sessions and things like that.

So they they do their best to support us.

And it's a pretty small a portion of NASA as well.

>> It's a grassroots program.

We're going to plant the seeds and watching them spread.

And that's what we've done.

So we have ground troops.

16.

2, more than 1300 over the years.

They get to the topics that they know will be of interest to their communities.

To little said they couldn't.

It can be Earth science.

It could be the Webb telescope that could be rovers on Mars.

Human spaceflight, whatever they feel will be interesting to their communities.

>> We've been working with Dan Price for years.

We love working with him high-profile cosmic events like solar eclipses and days and the information about in an international space Station.

And it's a great reason to bring the community together.

>> I've written for a number of papers across the bluegrass, the paper has been the State Journal in Frankfort.

When we have events like kind of have a captive audience, I have people that are already enthusiastic about space exploration or whatever topic I have to happen to be discussing that evening.

But with the newspaper, it could be ranging in age from like 4 to 90.

>> And from a wide variety of backgrounds.

So they have to make sure that there's something in there for everyone.

When I present information, I do it to enhance people's experience, enhanced people's understanding of the world around them and help them to make better connections to start to think critically about some of the things that they observe a day-to-day basis for things they observe maybe once every 20 or 30 years were very busy.

Now with the eclipse coming out.

>> Essentially the eclipse is a star party.

In the daytime.

And yet we are the last eclipse that the that the total solar eclipse in 2017.

Ambassadors reached almost as many people in one day as we do generally been a year in person.

Please eclipse this.

Don't come along all the time.

They're pretty rare events is usually one about every 18 months somewhere in the >> But it's rare that we get one here in the United States said were able to is able to be seen by so many people the next big eclipse, the next big solar eclipse.

We have going across the nation is in 2045. so?

>> Because in now, while you can.

>> With the eclipse behind us, you may be wondering what to do with your special glasses.

Well, they are recyclable as long as you punch out the plastic lenses.

First.

But astronomers without Borders is a company take your donated glasses and take them to countries that may not have access to safe eclipse gear.

If you'd like to donate, you can take the glasses to any Warby Parker location through the end of April.

And of course, you can KET them as a souvenir or even save them for the next coast to coast.

Total solar eclipse in 2045?

They won't expire.

♪ >> Tomorrow marks one year since a mass shooting at Old National Bank in Louisville yesterday, families of some of the victims filed a new lawsuit.

>> The suit is similar to one filed in January in alleges the gun store River City firearms ignored obvious warning signs about the gunman when he purchased the AR 15 style rifle used in the shooting.

The Courier Journal reports this new lawsuit also targets 2 more companies that make and distribute guns and gun accessories.

In addition to the weapon, the gunman also bought 3.30, round magazines, a red dot sight to increase accuracy and a vertical grip that allows greater control of the weapon.

5 people were killed and 8 others wounded in last year's shooting.

Governor Andy Beshear, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and others are planning to honor the victims during a ceremony tomorrow.

>> Autonomous vehicles aren't getting the green light in Kentucky, at least not yet.

Details in Tonights legislative update.

>> On Friday, Governor Andy Beshear vetoed House Bill 7.

The bill that would have legalized and regulated self-driving vehicles in Kentucky.

The bill was sponsored by State Representative Josh Brayan Mount Vernon, a Republican governor Beshear says the legislation went and moved too fast.

He said it should have required a person to monitor an autonomous vehicle.

The bill did require a licensed driver for all semi trucks and other vehicles weighing more than 62,000 pounds for the first 2 years.

Lexington is getting 10 million dollars from the federal government to help pay for a 200 acre business park near Interstate 75 and Georgetown Road.

The city bought the land from the University of Kentucky in 2018.

The park has 23 lots and will be the future home of light manufacturing agribusiness and possibly corporate offices.

>> What we're talking about here is jobs and economic opportunity for the people of Fayette County in We need land for industrial development in Fayette County and this is an opportunity to bring new industry, new jobs, manufacturing and other tenants to the business It is estimated that this parking will create over 1700 high-quality jobs.

Annual local tax revenue is estimated at 2.9 million once the park is fully developed, developed in the city is already actively marketing to 23 loss in the industrial carry.

This is the last piece of funding that we need to complete the infrastructure.

>> Altogether, funding for the infrastructure that's roads and sewers, sidewalks, the things that the city puts an totals about.

22.4 million and it is a compilation of local, state and federal funds.

>> So our economy here in Fayette County is running full steam ahead right now fully recovered from the pandemic and breaking records for the number of people who are employed here.

There are almost 3,000 more people employed now in Fayette County than there were right before the pandemic.

>> The city says infrastructure work will begin this fall and should take about 18 months to complete.

Turkey hunters.

You'll have more land to work with 3 Kentucky state parks will be on national TV and 4 soldiers from Kentucky are headed to the Summer Olympics are to be gives has details in tonight's look at headlines around Kentucky.

♪ >> Kentucky officials launched a site to help people find and access naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, global public media reports.

Final walk sound now K why Dot org shows where naloxone is available for free.

The site features an interactive map where people can search by city, zip code or county.

Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife are sources say Turkey hunters will have more land a hot on this season.

The Sentinel Echo reports Hart's Mill Branch, Wildlife Management area in Morgan County now provides nearly 640 acres for hunting and recreation.

The John a cleaver WMA and Owen County has an additional 225 acres.

Hunting season is from April 13 to May 5th.

For Fort Knox soldiers will compete in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France this summer.

Wk MS reports U.S. Army sergeants Sagan Madalina and Ivan Row will compete in the 50 meter small-bore and 10 meter air rifle events.

Staff Sergeant Rachel Toes here and we'll Hinton will compete in trap shooting.

A photography exhibit about Pulitzer Prize winner money to sleet, junior will be displayed.

Kentucky State University.

The KSU alumnus was the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize and feature photography for his photo of Coretta Scott King.

At her husband's funeral, the State Journal reports case you will show a short documentary called a fine remembrance at the opening of the exhibit.

April 10th, the exhibit A witness to history will be on display through May 9th.

3 Kentucky State Parks will be featured in the upcoming season of the Discovery Channel's Recreational Travel Series RV there yet the Harlan Enterprise reports the show will feature Greenbelt like Carter Caves and great.

Some Lake State Park.

It comes as the Kentucky State Parks system celebrates its one 100th anniversary host Patrice and Kevin McCAbe hike golf and paddle boat fish in the 30 minute episode, the Kentucky State Parks episode airs on May 18th.

With headlines around Kentucky.

I told the kids.

♪ >> April is donate.

Life Month and U of L Health says more than 1000 Kentuckians are waiting for a lifesaving organ donation this year to raise awareness of this important need.

The hospital held a ceremony in honor of organ donors.

>> And recipients.

>> We took a moment of silence to remember those who have donated donated their organs.

And also remember those who are the recipients of those organs raise the to remember those and just memorialize the importance of a program like this.

>> My brother was 53 when he unexpectedly passed away from that first call, we automatically KET that he wanted to be an organ donor.

So what we did is, of course, said yes, and they literally took care of everything.

They took care of, bringing him back home and it was appropriate.

They took care of communicating to us the next 4 or 5 steps that we can expect in the process.

They surrounded us with compassion and care to make sure that we're OK in the process as well.

My brother was a life of the party.

He would give you the shirt off his back even when he did have a huge figure it out and really in our community, it's a big loss in our family.

His friends, and we absolutely feel it every day.

So we know and are very happy and why this is such an important mission to us to support because we know that this is amazing.

And this is I know he's happy that this is happening.

The enhanced the lives of 5 others, 3 of his organ tissue and eye donations.

We KET that he would want to help others and we didn't have to worry.

Is that the right decision?

Is it not?

>> The message that we're trying to get across today is those who want to donate to register to donate and what's even more important than registering to donate it to make sure you tell your family that you are registered as well.

>> there's your family can know what your wishes are.

Something should happen.

>> U of L health says a single organ donor can save up to 8 lives and they add that it's not just lives.

Donors save more than 1000.

Kentuckians have had their eyesight restored every year through cornea transplants.

With yesterday's total solar eclipse, many of us have space on our minds.

A Louisville based nonprofit is also looking to space to find a cure for to devastating diseases last month when Space-x rocket took off for resupply mission to the International Space Station.

It carried with it.

Research from the national Stem Cell Foundation.

We spoke to the CEO of the Foundation about their research.

>> The National Stem Cell Foundation actually does 3 different things, research, education and advocacy, and they are all interconnected.

But in our research platform, we fund research and for specific areas, neuro degenerative disease, autoimmune disease where childhood disorders and regenerative preparing for us.

That means orthopedics.

One of the most exciting things we're doing now is that since 2018 we've been funding a first in study of nerve degeneration on the International Space Station using three-day brain organoids derived from the cells of people with Parkinson's disease and primary progressive.

MS.

The ability to observe cells interacting in space in a way, not possible on Earth is providing valuable new insight into how these disorders developed and accelerating biomarker discovery for early diagnosis and opening the door to potential new selling drug therapies for these and other neurodegenerative diseases that affect 10's of billions of people worldwide.

We just launched for 6 time on Space.

6.30, on March.

21st and our next flights will include cells from patients with Alzheimer's disease and test drugs in development for treating or inflammation, which is common to all these disorders, about 30% of the cells in your brain and spinal cord or actually nerve cells.

Each nerve cell has a community of cells around it.

That water it be to take out the garbage can KET it healthy if those cells top talking to each other for any reason, then they will.

They will stop taking care of the nerve cell if they will neglected and it will began to degenerate.

And that is sort of the genesis of neuro degenerative disease.

Inflammation is a common marker for all neurodegenerative diseases.

So what you're trying to see is where inflammation begins and how to stop inflammation from impacting.

In a way that creates these disorders and keeps him progressing.

Nerd agenda.

Diseases include diseases like Parkinson's and MS and a less.

Alzheimer's dementia is of all kinds in space.

In 3 D you can see the cells talking to each other in a way that's not possible on earth.

And because you can see those cells interacting in a way that you've never seen them before.

And and because Major Asian is accelerated on the International Space Station, which means that you can see in an accelerated way what's happening with these diseases, which is especially important for us studying nerve degeneration, which is which are commonly diseases of older populations.

This this is a study of Parkinson's disease and primary progressive MS and what we hope to see what we're up there is a point at which you could enter beating with a new seller drug therapy that would stop that from happening and after 6 flights, these are integrated mission.

So we're gathered data from every flight and with every flight we learn something new that informs the next line going up.

>> Pretty cool.

The National Stem Cell Foundation says it will be involved in more space launches an will use information gathered on this mission to guide their research.

♪ >> Plenty of excitement at Rupp Arena in Lexington over the weekend.

And it didn't involve basketball dance blue 2024.

Is an annual fundraiser for the Kentucky Children's Hospital Hematology and Oncology Clinic.

Take a look at the moment when everyone found out this year's grand total.

>> Goes while that's more says than 2 million, $129,000.

Dance blue is a 24 hour dance marathon with no sitting and no sleeping.

The campaign has raised more than 22 million dollars since it began in 20 0, 6, Good for them.

>> Today we look back at the creation of the state capitols floral clock, the birth of a Triple Crown winner and a football game with an unusual final score.

Our Joe Gibbs has all that.

And this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> Henry Clay made history twice this week.

The congressman, senator secretary of state and presidential candidate was born April 12, 17.

77 in Virginia.

And he took part in a duel with John Randolph of Virginia on April 18, 18?

26 after Randolph insulted him in the speech on the Senate floor.

Both men fired shots missed, then shook hands.

Kentucky is coined the phrase.

Remember the Alamo during the war for Texas Independence.

An outfit called the Kentucky Rifles used the phrase during the Battle of San Jacinto on April 8th 18.

36 about a month after the siege of the Alamo in San Antonio.

>> April 9th 18, 80 Kentucky University now called Transylvania each center college in what's believed to be the first organized football game in Kentucky.

History.

The game was played in the cow pasture.

The final score was 13 3 boards to nothing next to a scoring system different than the one we use today.

Happy birthday citation.

1948.

Triple Crown winner was born.

April 11th 1945.

At Calumet Farm in Lexington Citation was the first race sources.

Winnings topped a million dollars.

On 4/10/1961.

Governor Barbour calms OK $50,000 to build the floral clock in the state Capitol.

Some made fun of the clock but eventually became a popular tourist attraction and remains so to this day.

And that's a look back at this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Joe begins.

>> Thank Youto bait.

April is national Poetry Month and we have an appropriate story for tomorrow's tapestry segment.

>> Kentucky has a really >> literary see in.

And I think that's as for me as a young person, it's really inspiring.

>> Hear from Lexington's First youth poet laureate tomorrow on Kentucky edition, which we hope you'll join us for 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central where we inform connect and inspire.

Thanks so much for watching.

I'm Renee Shaw and take really good care.

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