>> The federal government had the guts to do with Daniel Cameron.

It that.

>> An emotional response to the news for Louisville police officers face federal charges 2 years after the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Everyone needs to apply.

The governor says ignore the rumors about who should and who shouldn't apply for FEMA aid after the floods.

>> I was actually very scared of you know, anything to do with them.

But I kind of take it as a chance to get out of my comfort zone.

>> And there's boz about a Kentucky teen who's having fun and making money raising bees.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

Leonard Press Endowment for Public Affairs and the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION for this Thursday.

August, the 4th, I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for spending some of your Thursday evening with OSS full coverage of the Eastern Kentucky floods in just a moment.

But first, a major development today, 2 years after the deadly shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville today for Louisville police officers were charged with federal crimes over the botched drug raid that led to Taylor's death.

The 26 year-old Taylor was shot and killed in her Louisville home on March.

13th 2020 by police officers executing a search warrant.

Taylor's boyfriend shot at them.

He says he didn't know they were police.

They fired back killing Taylor.

No drugs were found.

The U.S. Justice Department accuses Joshua Jaynes and Kelly Goodlette of conspiring to falsify and investigative document Sergeant Kyle.

Many is accused of lying to the FBI.

Brett Hankison is accused of using excessive force James and Hankison were fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department.

LMPD officials announced today that they are beginning termination process is for goodlette and me.

In a statement released by the Federal Justice Department, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said members of the LMPD quote, 5.

The affidavit used to obtain the search Miss Taylor's home that this act violated federal civil rights laws and that those violations resulted in Miss Taylor's death.

Brianna, Taylor should be alive today.

End quote.

Members of Taylor's family along with local activists celebrated the charges and thanked federal officials.

They also had some harsh words for Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron who declined to take action against the officers.

>> I waited.

174 days.

For today.

We set this.

We've been saying it since 2020.

We've been saying they fly with us and Rihanna was not involved with this and they should not be at Breonna's home.

>> We've been saying that officer should be held accountable for Breonna Taylor's murder.

And today is the first day towards getting that justice.

We're so grateful.

>> To the Department of Justice because they fall where the facts when and where that you're Cameron.

When go.

>> The federal government had the guts to do with Daniel Cameron.

Did that.

♪ That's that the Kentucky attorney general's office showed and this case shows that his political career anything and they at.

♪ constituents in the state of He was dead wrong.

>> It didn't start with him.

He had the first he had the right to do the right thing and he chose not to.

We know the whole story now.

It is on us to continue to hope every body accountable today.

This is vindication.

>> It is the beginning of a new day, not just in Louisville, but in America.

This black woman's life always mattered to her mother.

This black woman's life always mattered to her family.

This black women's lives always matter to everybody here because the breonna Taylor.

We can say this is a day that black women.

>> So he quit justice and the United States of America.

>> Today's overdue.

But it's still hard.

>> That footage is courtesy of WDRB in Louisville.

We thank them for sharing that with us.

So far.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron has not responded to the charges or the criticism of him.

Charles Booker, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Louisville was very vocal about the Breonna Taylor killing during his failed 2020 U.S. Senate campaign.

He put out a statement today saying in part today is a critical and deeply needed inflection point in our pursuit of accountability and justice.

The work to realize true justice is far from complete.

But I pray this announcement strengthens our collective resolve to KET leading toward the healing we deserve.

We will never stop saying her name in, quote.

Now onto the latest on the eastern Kentucky floods.

The death toll is still 37 and hasn't changed in 2 days.

Governor Andy Beshear says 2 people are still missing.

He says there are now 11 cooling stations open as people deal with temperatures between 95 100 degrees in places.

The number of customers without electric power is down to about 3,000 as of today, people in Owsley County are now qualified for individual assistance from FEMA.

The governor's advice to everyone is apply for help.

If you need help.

>> There are a lot of rumors out there about will you qualify for FEMA?

Can you up live if you had insurance?

Even if you didn't have flood insurance can will you apply if you make this amount rather amounts, everyone needs to apply.

Everyone that has been significantly impacted in those 7 counties.

They all read out again needs to apply for It's it's a for a travel trailer program is going to be a requirement for a lot of other programs.

So if anybody is is asking whether they should apply whether hearing rumors about different things.

Yes, please apply.

>> Governor Beshear says 389 National Guard troops are now at work in eastern Kentucky.

Many are delivering water and the governor says that will continue until it's no longer needed during his news conference today, the governor was also asked about the charges in the Breonna Taylor case.

He says he hasn't been able to study the charges yet and he might offer some thoughts about the case later.

Perry County is among the eastern Kentucky counties trying to recover from the floods.

School is supposed to start in about a week, but the school superintendent Jonathan Jet told us today that that start date is being pushed back to the end of the Mott.

There are about 3900 students in the district and 2 schools were heavily impacted by the floods.

I asked him first about the safety of school personnel and students there.

>> At this point, it doesn't appear that we have was students or staff.

But that hasn't been confirmed.

Other counties have.

So I'm I'm so at the confirmation if we have lost 82 for our staff probably and ribbons students, displaced families many staff members this place as well.

>> So tell me about how you're handling the start of the school year.

When would you have started?

Do you still plan to continue that or is it being delayed?

>> We had planned actually honor school calendar that was approved last Our this was supposed to be a week from today.

So I had a special called board meeting yesterday and asked the board to push that start date back to all 20, not for students.

And I'm sure you're familiar with the vote DOT bill.

Which allows you to reached the number of hours and not 170 days instruction so that we were going to will go 400 minutes per day and that will our lives by to be, I think, may the force.

But that's not set in stone.

But also there could be some opportunity for us to make adjustments to the calendar.

And if if that's the case, we may come back and make even additional adjustments at that time.

>> And that was going to be my question superintendent about have you had discussions about getting more waivers considering that's just the start of the school year.

You've yet to know what could come and what could lie ahead.

So I guess those discussions are underway about that.

>> I talked with the commissioner on several occasions.

He's been really supportive and his staff.

And just especially what we made and, you know, we're just at this point we're just trying to take care of our families and make sure we're doing everything we can to KET them safe and hydrated and clothes to fade.

But we've got to get our facilities ready for kids.

And we know we've got kids are displaced and don't have a home to go to.

But we also know that we've got kids that have a home to go to.

That's that's not ideal situation and really conducive to living.

So we want to get him back and are still just quickly as for a lot of kids stay fit spice.

They are.

We will make sure we get them and providing 3 good meals a day warm, caring, nurturing environment.

We spent a lot of time talking social emotional needs of our students from COVID.

And then this just I mean, this just compounds that completely.

I mean, just a just the fear that the that hair that people existed by losing their homes and family members and things like that.

And that has to be it for us.

And we can address that for students.

If we're looking at a full-time virtual option for kids and I don't want to do that.

>> State lawmakers and the governor are in discussions about a possible special legislative session to provide financial assistance to the flood impacted counties in eastern Kentucky to help in the recovery and rebuilding efforts.

Eastern Kentucky University students affected by the floods can apply for help from the University Student Assistance Fund.

The fund is for people who need help with an unexpected emergency or crisis, including a property or income awards, usually don't exceed $300.

The Letcher County Sheriff's Office lost 6 of its cruisers during the floods, but donations from other police departments will take up the slack.

Nelson County is donating 2 cruisers from its retired cruiser fleet Jeffersontown police and other departments have also donated cars and fat.

So many cars have been offered.

Some of them will go to the Whitesburg Police Department.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare is collecting donations to take to those impacted by the flooding.

The health care system has hospitals and clinics throughout Eastern Kentucky are our age is asking for water, non-perishable, food, cleaning products, clothing fans and dehumidifiers volunteers say donations continue to come in and they have already taken more than 100,000 pounds of supplies to the affected area.

But they say that isn't enough to fill the need.

>> We're taking the donations that we're collecting here at our Lexington office out to our hospitals and Hazard Whitesburg and our highlands facility.

And then from there, they are deploying it to shelters and other needed areas in the community.

>> The need there is tremendous.

So yesterday they had delivered 2 26 foot box trucks that were completely full when we see left to return back to Lexington.

This prize been depleted.

They've been passed out to the community you need is so great that there's not a warehouse in a surprise.

It's as we push the supplies out, they're going to the people directly affected.

>> I would say.

But today we're probably closer to 150,000 pounds of goods that we have deployed on trucks, minivans, SUVs, starting, you know, last Thursday, up until today, the things we deal with here, our very uncommon our request for means a request for supplies sometimes are being met on horseback.

A lot of times people are reaching a point where they can drive no farther.

>> They're loading up on backpacks and hiking in several miles to deliver supplies to people.

It's it's one of those things where we can't just drive there.

And and dump everything.

All our focus and effort on a resource and just go to work.

It's it's a challenge.

And that's the that's the challenge of eastern Kentucky that constantly recognizing.

And it's it's one that's going to be need to be met.

But it's going to take time and effort.

>> They are ages says the donation drive will last through Sunday.

Famed Kentucky writer Wendell Berry has said that no institution has done more to enhance the self-awareness and self respect of Eastern Kentucky in Appalachia as Apple shop.

Apple Shop started as a community film workshop in 1969.

But over time it evolved into a mega media arts and education center that celebrates the culture of Appalachia and raises its concerns situated in Whitesburg.

It's one of the landmarks that suffered immense flood damage.

I talked with filmmaker Mimi Pickering and her husband, Dee Davis, who runs the center for Rural Strategies about their efforts to salvage history.

>> There's been spending the days trying to pull out, you and video and anything that we try to get it in the freezer trucks and stop mold and everything we can the aid.

50 years of documentary the following, the band's places here in the Mountains.

>> All of our our finished films, which is, you know, some 100 plus films.

Those are are in the lab does or did you times those are of play?

I'm in a lot of other material as did was, but still a lot of material never has been.

And so will be rolled out right there.

Things that didn't, you know, make it into the that are then in our cars that were really worried about him.

>> But that arc of this from around the country, including at the Smithsonian, Get in touch with how they can help us.

You know, people can donate to Apple's shop.

You know what?

We're going to try the breeze material.

So it doesn't mold and get it too restoration of preservation places too.

Biden saying as much as we possibly can.

>> Yeah, you outside this, it's been a while since I was a that was shocked.

I was there for 25 years is a second petition shutdowns and there's a kind the transaction are the.

You know, you go ask people for theirs Dorries, you pay interest you and they bet on you being able to do some been with them and take care of theirs or you can stand any though those.

>> People >> chain too.

>> Forces sense to be part of the bones and the television shows are no longer with sadness lie.

So this it's an important trust any and it's critical.

2.

Hang on to much much of that footage and its too many stories as possible because those in real time your son, the Syrian, you need to show in went through the toughest times and learn the art of us lessons and we're willing to So so and on publication to hang on to those stories leaves and to share.

>> Yeah, I really appreciate all that love that come our way from around the country on this far as we know last area.

And, you know, we want to reveal the store deserve everything.

We can be sure that everybody's love and support.

>> The stories we tell and you know, the hands we shake to be around the communities and the culture.

And the history.

>> Or >> what?

People here are comfortable with is.

>> It may be true poor than other parts of the country.

>> we're not been a full.

>> Many of the films produced by Apple Shop have aired on KET and its family of channels over the years.

♪ ♪ >> The rain over the past week has changed Kentucky's drought picture.

>> This was the situation a week ago.

Remember, yellow is abnormally dry.

Brown is moderate drought, oranges, severe drought and red is extreme drought.

And as you can see, many parts of the state were to dry with the drought at its worst and western Kentucky.

This is the map completed 2 days ago and released today.

As you can see, there's no drought at all, most of Kentucky, but there's still some drought in the western part of the state, including a small section of Cali.

What Callaway County with an extreme drought.

So it can change its boil water advisory within the next week.

According to WPSD, the town has been under a boil water advisory because of a water shortage caused by the draining of Lake George to prevent a levee failure.

Recent drought hasn't helped.

As we told you earlier in the week, more than 2 inches of rain has helped the situation.

But conservation is still needed.

And aluminum foil plant will mean 122 new jobs for Elizabeth Town.

The state says lot aluminum Materials, USA will invest 238 million dollars.

The company will make a type of foil used in electric vehicle batteries.

The plan is expected to open in 2025.

The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to allow Sweden and Finland to join NATO.

The vote was 95 to one U.S.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky who has been critical of efforts to expand NATO, voted present.

The one no vote was from Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri.

♪ >> A teenager in Logan County is reaping a sweet reward from her hobby and FFA project Katherine Woodward started an AP area on her family's farm in the Auburn community, a farm that's now a buzz with activity.

>> I was actually very scared of Didn't know anything to do with them.

But I kind of take it as a chance to get out of my comfort zone.

>> After my first year teaching I came out here to the pharmacy with Katherine and we stood under the trees over there and her grandma's yard, me and her and her parents.

And she told me, I think I want to be a beekeeper.

>> I said, okay, I can help you out.

And so she just jumped in.

She started taking beekeeping classes.

It's definitely outside of the traditional things that I'm used to.

As an agriculture teacher.

>> So it can be around 80,000 bees in a house.

>> Sometimes a lot more.

A lot of people, you know, like they're scared of honey bees.

But I don't think they realize they pollinate a lot of the crops.

We eat that on your corn beans.

A blueberry bushes was the first trees.

>> It's a great thing to see young people like Catherine who are taking on an entrepreneur role.

>> Starting a business from scratch and doing something that's a little bit.

>> Different than the traditional agriculture splash year.

I harvested a little over 250 pounds.

I did 250 in the summer.

>> And then a probably about 40 in the fall.

Just a small portion.

And then this year has been around 200 pounds to 250 is what I've gotten.

That's another chill.

That is a very >> she was right.

Steve Penny, which Canela field and is just across the creek.

And so I think the bees really pollinated on that.

And so it kind of made have like a sweeter taste to it.

Her work ethic.

>> Sean, through when her name was mentioned to be the star and agribusiness for the state of Kentucky and for the state.

If association.

And for me that that was a highlight just because I've never had a student in my career to be named either star Farmer starting a business or star emplacements.

>> Being involved in agriculture.

So important I think there's not a lot of young people that are.

I just think it's very beneficial to you.

And you are in a ball a lot about where your food comes from.

>> You know how high school kids are.

They've got 100 things going on and for her to sacrifice like she has to build a project like this to showcase her passion for education and for supporting not only local AG but Kentucky, proud.

>> Agriculture.

It did.

It did me a lot of good.

With her being able to take on her AP area.

>> Raise the Bees extract Connie sale.

Honey, that is a tremendous thing that opens up new markets for young entrepreneurs like Katherine, who are selling their products here in her store.

>> It's just like a good reward to because you feel like once the like get out there and soon you're sweating so much.

Then it's like at the end of the summer, like you have like this where Ward.

♪ >> There's a place in Wolfe County known as Turtle Farm.

They do raise turtles.

They make pottery meet the artists and see their work.

In tonight's look at Kentucky Life.

>> We start to a farm in 2015.

That's when the first piece of pottery was made here.

Turtle Farm pottery right now is 3 potter's myself.

My wife, Laura Gregory and our good friend.

Know field.

>> I moved out here to work with Casey and Laura around the year 2018, I guess my memory of the early days of Carol Farm started with meeting Casey M. >> College.

I went to 3 a college to study ceramics.

I was very lucky to be able to get into that school.

They're both in the ceramic apprenticeship program there as our labor position as students.

And we became.

Pretty fast friends.

It was our job.

Every student.

Every has a job.

What you're going to school and my job there and nose job was to make pottery.

That they stalled in their catalog to people that want to support the college.

>> I went along cases journey as he went to Berea College.

But I stayed the home said and I was working in a job here.

So I would go there on the weekends and help him in the studio making sculptures.

We make a wide variety of items here.

I think we make upwards towards 50 different forms.

We do mugs.

Honey pots, different kinds of bowls, all different kinds of sizes serving bowls, bean soup in bowls.

>> There's I could go on and on their salt.

There's a lot of things we do.

Most counties in Kentucky don't have a lot of funding for the arts.

My first art class wasn't until my first semester of college and it was just an incredible way for me to gain a framework.

>> Of how to think about.

What happens to me in my life and think about the world and how to address the kind of my own creative way.

>> I would like to see turtle from pottery grow more in the community.

I'm not just making and selling pots, but getting to offer workshops and classes having a mobile unit that we could take into schools as well as just having a larger studio where folks can come.

We have folks asking us all the time to do that.

And I think that all 3 of us are passionate about teaching people about pottery.

About creativity in general and just encouraging them to experience that for themselves.

>> The court is one of the most magical places I've ever been.

We settle down here because because of that, because we like the rock climbing here originally the beauty of the area, but also the way that we could access a intimate way.

We wanted to live a simple life going big gardens and living in this intimate way with nature.

And we wanted to learn how to do that and experience at ourselves.

When we were doing in-person crash shows we're meeting people all the time that we're saying that they have bought or pottery, they take it home and it's become their favorite.

Fay is part of their daily routine.

You know, they start their mornings.

Drinking out of a turtle farm mug and it makes them happy.

And when people start telling us that we realize that.

We had a gift.

It's like we're almost accepted into their family or their home in a way.

You know, that's like it's a real gift s really that's what keeps me going, knowing that we have this opportunity to make a positive impact in our local community and around the country.

>> And indeed, they are.

That's all for us tonight.

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