>> It is one of the most contagious diseases we know about.

>> Kentucky has another confirmed case of measles who health officials say may have been exposed.

>> It was inspiring for me is a trooper to see this next generation of troopers and see so many of them there.

>> Why Kentucky State Police is saying its largest class of cadets and nearly a decade.

>> I had never seen this from the man in the moon.

And they're trusting your whole love the hood to a couple stranger.

>> A southern Kentucky farmer heads west to help farm families in crisis.

>> AI is like really intelligent, really cool in.

It's only going to get better and better.

>> And while new technology has panicked, some educators, Kentucky teacher is embracing it.

How he's using chatgpt in the classroom.

>> 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 into Kentucky EDITION on this Monday, February, the TWENTY-SEVENTH, I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for starting off your work week with us U.S.

Congressman James Comer of Kentucky is launching another investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, representative calmer sent several letters to senior leadership at the White House Department of Defense, State Department and others requesting documents related to the end of America's longest war.

In a statement, Komar said, quote, the Biden administration was tragically on prepared for the Afghanistan withdrawal and their decisions and the region directly resulted in a national security and humanitarian catastrophe.

Every relevant department, an agency should be prepared to cooperate and provide all requested information, end quote, When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, many Americans and thousands of Afghans who helped them over the years were left behind.

A longtime Kentucky minor died in a mining accident over the weekend.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice identified the victim as 73 year-old William Freeborn Kentuckyian Pike County Mapes had 53 years of mining experience.

He was working as a contractor for Lsm Contracting and Mingo County, West Virginia near the Kentucky border.

According to the mine Safety and Health Administration.

This is the first coal mining deaths in the U.S. this year.

There were 10 deaths last year, including 4 in West Virginia and 2 in Kentucky.

In health news today, State health officials are reporting a confirmed case of the measles and a Jessamine County resident who attended a weekslong revival at Asbury University, the Cabinet for health and Family Services said the person was on vaccinated and attended the event on February.

18th.

Health officials said any unvaccinated person who was at the event that day should quarantine for 21 days and schedule a measles vaccination.

They also recommend everyone there on that day to watch for measles symptoms.

According to the state health Cabinet.

This is the 3rd confirmed measles case in Kentucky in the last 3 months.

The other cases were in Powell and Christian counties which were linked to a measles outbreak in Ohio.

Doctor Chris Bryan with Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville said the outbreak in Ohio demonstrates the importance of measles vaccination.

>> It is one of the most contagious diseases we know about >> if 10 people who are susceptible.

>> 10 people who essentially not been vaccinated are exposed to someone with need measles.

9 of them are going to get sick in late fall of 2022, there was an outbreak of measles in Columbus, Ohio, there where 85 cases and they were all in children so that people under 18 years of age.

a majority of cases where in kids one to 5 years of age and out of those 85 cases.

80 kids had not received any measles vaccine.

And 4 kids had only received one the vaccination status for the last child was unknown.

And so we can look at that and who's getting measles?

People who have not been protected by vaccine.

>> According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky ranks among the lowest in the nation when it comes to measles, vaccinations and kindergartners.

Kentucky State police has been concentrating its largest class of cadets and nearly a decade.

A statement from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet says the agency welcomed 103 cadets on Sunday, which is the largest class to arrive for training since 2014.

It comes amid heavy recruiting efforts in our recent to $15,000 salary increase for sworn personnel.

>> Could a class 103, reported to the Kentucky State Police Academy in Frankfort yesterday afternoon.

We had 103 cadets, a report which is pretty exciting.

It's the most we've had since all the way back in 2014, I was actually again be for a little while yesterday and it was inspiring for me as a trooper to see this next generation of troopers and see so many of them, their hope that the side of of the direction that we are going because we have been struggling to feel maybe 60, 70 spots for some of these classes.

It's been a little bit more of a challenge the last few years to recruit.

But we just had our race went into effect in July of 2022, and this was the first today class that was recruited after that went into effect.

So I think certainly that shows that, you know, those efforts were definitely helpful and us having more success in recruiting.

There's also the efforts of our recruitment branch.

They are working extremely hard.

They're going all over the state of Kentucky to try to recruit at 120 counties in the state of Kentucky.

53 are represented by this cadet class.

Also, there are 4 states besides Kentucky that are represented.

Gore trying new different avenues to try to reach different people.

Try to recruit for the agency is a very rewarding career to be a Kentucky State Police trooper.

We're trying to give these guys the best training we can give them the best equipment that we can give them so that they are prepared to go out to serve the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

So it's a 24 week academy this over 1000 hours worth of training, both and field training skills.

Training is very challenging, both mentally and physically.

But I would strongly encourage and is to stick with it.

Hard to predict.

Where will be for the next could a class.

But I mean, yes, certainly we hope that that we can continue to have large cadet classes were cited.

This is good news for us.

The more troops we have on the road, the better we can better service.

We can provide.

>> This recruiting class will be the first to receive training on a recently purchased integrated video recording system and they'll be equipped with body-worn cameras when they graduate.

Join us for Kentucky tonight.

Tonight.

As we discuss gambling proposals and the Kentucky General Assembly will talk about skill games often called gray machines and efforts to legalize and regulate sports betting.

We welcome your questions and Give us a call tonight at 8 Eastern 7 central right here on KET for Kentucky tonight.

Kentucky currently has about 500 electric vehicle charging stations.

But experts say the state will need to increase that number to meet demand with the surge of electric vehicles on the road.

Our Casey Parker Bell spoke with the director of the University of Kentucky's advanced motor drives power electronics and renewable energies lab about electrification across the Commonwealth.

>> Compared to other states which like Ohio and Tennessee, I think a little bit behind.

So we needed to have a mole public charging across the whole state, including both urban and rural onto 7 to every us.

>> We have an estimate of how many charging stations Kentucky might need to meet demand.

>> So called the I remember some has of like a rifle with a tattoo right states like I would say.

And now.

Why sell them to solve the stations to be available in the next 2 years would be a vehicle.

Number 2 starts.

It's going to have a public today stations to focus on poking highway every 15 mouse because one time station right across the whole state of the highway.

Interstate.

>> Kentucky is one of few states that doesn't incentivize the purchase of electric vehicles.

What what are other states doing to incentivize people to purchase them?

Yeah.

>> Most out of state says the EU, as you know, they provide to Toews rebate tax credits to encourage mole rats tends to precede it because and to that, as far as I know, is a no use until a rent.

A Citi turn to some dollars to $7.

>> If Kentucky is a little bit behind some of our neighboring states, you mentioned Ohio and Tennessee.

How hard could it be for us to catch up so that we are where they are?

>> I think a states and the Fed are supposed to be able to mold public hair charging station, tardy infrastructure I don't think it's a very tough right.

Fossil catch up and especially right to be have from EV might affect tree companies in our state.

So that's easy for us to you may I my factory and, you know, supply chain.

So as I on the other hand, as we discussed for our state compra like to know some rebate, these and paves full feature a full consumers to We have to be cautious.

It's an awesome to know me.

We'll be probably not the top right hook to catch up with other states.

So I sent it to me.

I'm optimistic.

>> And September Governor Andy Beshear announced Kentucky received more than 70 million dollars to develop an electric vehicle charging network the plan to develop the easy network does.

It makes Kentucky's 11 interstates and 8 parkways as alternative fuel corridors fc's on those routes charging stations must be located.

No more than 50 miles apart, specific locations for the stations are still being determined.

Most new members of the Kentucky General Assembly have been there since the beginning of the session started in January.

But that's not the case for a senator-elect who's moving from City Hall to the state House.

Kasey Chambers, Armstrong was just elected to the state Senate in a special election last week.

She joins the upper chamber a few days after the session marks its midpoint learn more about her in tonight's freshman legislator profile.

♪ ♪ >> I'm Kasey Chambers, Armstrong and the senator for the 19 Senate District.

I have love serving on Metro Council.

I'm so proud of the work I've been able to do.

I believe that I have past policies that will help families in our community.

And so I decided to run for Senate honestly, because I was still believe government can be a force for good that we can do big things in government and that by moving from just Louisville to working on behalf of the Commonwealth, I can help more people.

I was born into poverty and eastern Kentucky.

Both of my parents were college students of the time period.

College and I spent my childhood in Berea and also and Owsley County, Kentucky, where my family is from.

And so I have seen what it's like to live in very rural Kentuckyian the challenges in those communities and what poverty looks like in those areas.

I've also represented one of the most urban areas in the entire state in my Metro Council district.

And so I believe these divisions we create of urban rule in the way we try to pitch struggling communities against each other because we won't actually put for the resources to really solve our problems.

Those are the kinds of divisions holding our entire state back.

And so I hope to be a voice that can speak to, you know, the different types of challenges we see across the commonwealth and how it can come together to solve them.

I believe that a lot of politics is about building relationships.

It's about meeting people on the other side of the aisle and trying to understand where they're coming from and what they care about.

So I'm excited to dive right in and build relationships with folks in my own party.

Build relationships with folks of different parties and understand the things their communities care about so that we can work together to deliver solutions for all of Kentucky.

I'm concerned about legislation I see moving that is targeting kids picking on kids.

It's not the direction that we need to be going in as a state.

We need to be providing vulnerable kids with resources and support instead of targeting them with legislation.

I think that there are a lot of good things that we can do in this session.

And in future sessions, we can't fund universal Pre-K. We can work on day care access.

We can make sure that we were thinking about our economy.

We are investing in solutions for working families.

These are the sorts of things that when I was on people's doors recently in my election, people said they cared about and they said go to Frankfort and deliver those types of things is so I believe we can do it.

I'm excited to be a part of it.

I went to Frankfort the very day after my special election and sir showed up and I saw all of these vehicles and I saw all of these people and it hit me that this was a place where you had all these folks coming from all corners of Kentucky to do really important work on behalf of our entire state.

And it's work that matters and it's work that changes lives.

It's work that changed my When I was young.

You know, my family was on those government programs for struggling families.

And I credit the opportunities I've had with that work that other people did for me.

And so it really hit me that this is a big deal.

This is very serious.

And I'm just I'm so grateful to get to have the opportunity to >> you can see more profiles of freshman lawmakers right now online on demand to KET DOT org.

Slash Kentucky edition.

♪ Artificial intelligence technology commonly referred to as a I is becoming more and more accessible every day.

Chatgpt is a popular AI tool capable of completing assignments and writing essays for students.

It's raising some big concerns about cheating.

But one Lexington educator is finding creative ways to incorporate chatgpt and to his 5th grade classroom while also promoting the importance of integrity.

More in tonight's Education matters.

>> let's see.

Sophia can include you.

So when people first see chatgpt, it looks very similar to Google searched his little bar.

We can type in, you know, just like on a Google search would.

>> However, unlike Google search where it goes and it searches the entire Internet to try to find information instead, it creates for you.

So if you ask it to write a paragraph about the history of the Kentucky Derby, it will do that.

If you tell it to write up home caches, clay, he'll do that.

So as a teacher, you know, I think there's obviously a lot of concerns and I'm also a lot of different ways that we can start to use it in the classroom as well.

>> It's very cool to learn about it because Mister Pearce, he talks to us all the time like even though Chatgpt is for 18 and older because I'm like the safeties and stuff like that.

He said he like he likes to expose us to it now.

So we have we've gotten used to it and we understand what it is and the dangers, but also what they can do and that's really cool for us to learn about.

I'm really just trying to come up with creative ways.

>> That we as educators can start to use AI not just to like have it right pieces for us.

But instead figure out some fun games.

We can play with it in the classroom.

I asked Chatgpt to 10 fairy tales with oh jeez put them up on the screen.

We try and cash.

>> Which fairy tale that is so like if it's princess and the frog we try.

And guess if it's purchasing from get fit.

Election Day band retrained dash and Fitch.

Tony, watching through there.

>> It was kind of a fun activity is more to get them, you know, engaged, really to get ideas.

Storytelling.

And then after we talked through, like what those emotions were, I said, oh, well, actually, let's turn this into a writing prompt today.

Just pick a story, something fun that you did with a friend and then not only just tell your story oh, jeez, but also include text.

So what went from just a fun little activity that you know it to spitting Chatgpt was oji's out at me.

I turned it into a classroom, writing activity and every single student here was engaged.

And, you know, secretly I'm teaching them how to like, you know, add personal touches to to their writing.

You have like a whole back story here in your >> I moving forward it can be used as a idea generator prompts generator.

So then we can use our own creative abilities to put out our creativity to the world.

It's like preparing us for what the future's going to be like.

Kuz AI is like really intelligent, really cool.

And it's only going to get.

>> Better and better.

>> All of us are just trying to figure out like what's the best way where we can incorporate these tools into our classrooms.

In creative ways for the same time.

Also letting our students know that.

No, it's not OK to cheat.

We need to have integrity.

We need to work on these things.

With fidelity.

And that's something that I think it's going to take time.

But the only way we're going to get there is by figuring out how we can incorporate it.

>> Just be ready for the future.

Because it's coming.

>> Well, the future is now Mister Food Fair See is a teacher at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington and was the 2021 Kentucky teacher of the year.

A retired Logan County farmer missed being out in the fields planting harvesting and feeding.

Then he came across an opportunity to do those things.

Again, for someone else.

He's now been recognized for his efforts in helping Midwestern farm families through a time of crisis.

>> When Kyle of Auburn first learned about an organization helping farmers in times of crisis fight.

Reading about it in a magazine.

>> I just read the article and I thought the Senate interested.

So I went online and and looked it up and filled out an >> when he got the call is help was needed.

He was initially going to be gone for a week.

>> She got a hold of me and she said, can you stay longer?

I said, yes, ma'am, how long you name it started.

She says as long as you kill you, I just coming back every year.

I KET going back after that.

>> Farm Rescue is a nonprofit founded in 2005 that supports 70 to 100 farm families a The whole goal is to basically extend the livelihood of farm and ranch families, especially during a time of crisis.

That's why we exist.

It's about bringing in volunteers and equipment to provide free planting, hang harvesting and livestock, feeding assistance to those families.

During a time of, you know, unexpected injury, illness or natural disaster.

It really keeps you humble about.

>> You're existed.

Your hail, you helping somebody else.

Robin Hood to paint on.

>> For volunteers like Ken and Kyle, it's about more than the farm work but also forging friendships and building relationships.

>> You KET up with people that you him but come family.

>> Kyle was recently recognized with farm Escuse Good Samaritan Award.

>> He's truly become, you know, indispensable for us.

It's incredible.

The time and the work that he devotes to our mission is touched a lot of lives a lot of honestly throughout the years and I'm truly been a blessing to farm rescue.

>> I don't consider myself a volunteer.

I'm just a farmer.

Help another farmer that needs help at the time.

>> Kenneth Kyle response to the Midwestern United States twice a year in the spring and in the fall off and to plant or harvest 1000 acres in a couple of weeks or more, the people he's helping are grateful.

>> He grabbed me and bear hug me.

Tears running down his cheeks and said I don't know what I would've done.

If you all can the county.

>> Workers are feeding the plain and each and every one of those farm families is important too, to their community and to the region to the country.

He is helping.

But the people which are tremendously enjoy.

But I get the farm again.

>> For Kentucky edition.

I'm Laura Rogers.

>> Thank you, Laura.

A prominent children's choir out of Chicago is saying their way to the Bluegrass State and not just for performance uniting Voices Choir is branching out and starting a new chapter right here in Lexington, we learn what the group is all about.

And this week's tapestry said much.

>> I focus on arts and culture.

♪ ♪ >> I started in back when it was called the Chicago Children's Choir.

And I went in.

The first thing I did was do music theory of like what in the world is this?

But then we started singing all different types of songs.

And I think one of the biggest things that drew me was that it was so many different people there, other than other people didn't look like me.

People with different interests and all the other good stuff.

And and that was exciting to me that intrigued me.

And that was as a child's 8th grade.

And so I went on to be a part of the choir throughout high school.

And I had a chance to to all around the world.

It was just a wonderful experience for young child to go through.

and I just kept with the kind with the choir throughout the years.

you know what I think about a few months ago, the choir change its name to unite and was a Chicago that really sparked something that was really great within me prior to that and going to have that type of experience from my ♪ >> This fire's been and in Chicago has been in existence for over 65 years.

>> And the fabric of what mission is to bring children from all walks of life from all backgrounds to teach them socially conscious music to teach the music theory to teach them all skills, music, education.

>> That has not changed in this and all these years.

It's already developed for Chicago.

But for Lexington, Lexington is different.

I mean, you know, we wanted to be we want this the whole point of having this organization here in Lexington is to bring children from all different walks of life from all different backgrounds to this entity of call.

United was Lexington.

I mean, we are we are growing culture and diversity is so important for what we're doing in our country in our city and our is so for our children to be a part of an understanding of that type of change.

And I think this type of organization will definitely nurture that for our children.

and I'm excited about what it what it would do.

And I'm really hoping and praying that the community gather around this concept.

and that we just floors like never said.

>> Michael Priestly imagines the Lexington Choir will include kids and 6th through 12th grade of all voice types.

The Paul Revere of the South and SEC Tournament News of Old Toby gives has a look at this week in Kentucky history.

>> You know the name Paul Revere.

You may not know Jack children, the man who became known as the Paul Revere of the South during the Revolutionary War.

He wrote 40 miles to warn Thomas Jefferson and the British Cavalry wanted to capture it.

He lived in Virginia at the time, but later moved to Kentuckyian represented part of the Kentucky territory in the Virginia Legislature.

March 4th is a significant day for Henry Clay.

He became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on March 4th, 18, 11 and was immediately elected speaker of the House.

>> On March 4th 18.

25 new president John Quincy Adams nominating clay to be secretary of state critics of client Adams claimed this was part of a corrupt bargain with Adams nominating clay in exchange for clay support in the 18 to 24 presidential election.

Both fly and Adams denied any wrongdoing.

Albert may fall became secretary of the interior on March 5th 1921.

He was a Frankfort native who later became a U.S. senator from New Mexico as secretary of the interior.

He was convicted of taking bribes as part of the Hardin Administration's Teapot Dome scandal.

Paul became the first cabinet member to go to prison for crimes committed in office.

Teams played in the first Southeastern Conference basketball tournament in February of 1933. the first championship game was February 20 made and the winner was the University of Kentucky beating Mississippi State.

And that's a look back at this week in Kentucky history, I'm told, begins.

>> As always, thank you to a big ads and that to do it for us tonight.

Hope to see you again tomorrow night 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central.

Take good care.

Have a good night.

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