♪ Another attack at the Kentucky Juvenile Detention Center, the second in the same place and less than a week.

>> I've been on so many different medications my entire life.

>> It's a topic.

People feel passionate about.

Is this the year Kentucky finally legalizes medical marijuana in the hospital?

A lot of the we're using music to address things like increasing anxiety, depression, pain.

>> Providing a lot of that emotional support.

>> Licenses, music, therapists and Kentucky right now.

No one.

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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Monday, January, the 30th, I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for winding down your Monday with us.

Our top story, another attack in a Kentucky juvenile detention center.

>> The state says Saturday night 3 juveniles at the war in Juvenile detention center attacked a youth worker, then barricaded themselves inside an office state police and a team from the Warren County Regional Jail responded.

They say the 3 juveniles used a filing cabinet to block the office store.

The youth worker wasn't hurt and police were able to and the incident without using force.

The 3 juveniles are all 16 years old.

They are not the same 3 involved in an attack on the center staff last Monday, January 23rd.

Some county jails are suing the state over the cost of housing state inmates.

The Kentucky jailers Association filed the suit against the state corrections department.

The jailers claim daily fees paid for state inmates serving time in county jails are way too low and turned the lawsuit claims Kentucky counties are unfairly stuck with the cost of housing feeding and providing medical care for state inmates and the suit.

Jailers are not asking to stop holding state inmates instead, they want more money to do so they want a judge to force the corrections department to sign contracts establishing how much it will pay instead of the department deciding the rate on its own as of December 15th, more than 21,000 people were in Kentucky.

Tales.

44% of them were state inmates.

Our recent hazing incidents on the Henderson County High School football team could lead to charges, according to the reporting by the Lexington Herald-Leader hazing itself is not a crime in Kentucky, but there's an effort underway to change that after a separate incident on the University of Kentucky campus.

Lofton Hazelwood died in 2021.

After being found unresponsive at a fraternity house.

The cause of death was acute alcohol poisoning.

Hazelwood was also from Henderson, a law being considered by the Kentucky General Assembly this year could establish hazing as a crime.

That Bill is called Lofton's Law Lofton's mother Tracy Hazelwood testified to legislators late last year about the law.

>> This is got to stop.

Chances are several of you here today in this room.

We're highs in a fraternity.

♪ You've done things that you probably never told anybody.

Kentucky needs a law, gets hazing.

Our hope for this law to pass.

Our hope for for this is for this long to pass and deter these paternity members from hazing.

It needs to be a misdemeanor and a felony for physical bodily damage and death since Lofton's death.

We've heard so many horror stories from parents whose children may actually made.

No parent should ever have to go and experience what we have experience with arson Lofton.

>> Henderson, senator and Republican Robby Mills has already filed Senate Bill 9, also known as Lofton's law.

The bill would make hazing that results in injury or death.

A Class D felony.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the operator of a Madison County private school has filed an application to open a charter school for the 2024.

25 school year.

The state believes this is the first application Gus LaFountain Ron's the L'Enfant Ain preparatory school in Richmond.

The newspaper reports LaFountain wanted to open a charter school in 2018, but didn't because there wasn't a funding mechanism at that time.

There is now after the Kentucky General Assembly passed House Bill 9 last year.

Kentucky is facing a major teacher shortage.

Governor Andy Beshear says there are currently 11,000 teacher vacancies across the state today.

The Kentucky Association of School Administrators released a report that includes 6 recommendations for retaining and recruiting teachers.

One recommendation calls for creating a quote, the Kentucky teacher portal that could help attract new teachers and walk them through the application process.

Speaking at today's event, Governor Beshear said Kentucky ranks 44th in the country when it comes to teacher pay something he hopes will change more in tonight's look at Education news.

>> But if we're serious about learning loss.

Not just use it as a political tool to attack each other, but to make up that learning loss.

I know this one simple fact.

You can't catch a cup on map if you don't have a math teacher.

You can't raise those reading scores.

If you don't have that English teacher and I still firmly believe that if we love our educators, we should be paying them a wage to where they don't have to work a second job just to do what we're asking them to do.

>> Republican Representative James Tipton was also at today's event.

The Republican from Taylorsville as chair of the House Education Committee.

He said recruiting quality teachers is necessary to ensure Kentucky has an educated workforce.

>> We talk about the teacher shortage issue.

One thing we have to recognize it as we have workforce issue in general, there's not an employer out there.

He will tell you they're not having difficulty hiring qualified employees, keeping employees.

But we also have an issue in our teachers across the state.

And if we're going to have that train workforce for the future for those good paying jobs are coming to Kentucky.

It's going to require a quality teacher and the classroom for our student across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

>> Representative Tipton said he is working on legislation that he hopes will help with the teacher shortage.

He said he anticipates filing that bill when lawmakers return to Frankfort next week.

Lawmakers could also consider Senate Bill 47 a bill to establish a medicinal cannabis program in Kentucky.

Supporters say medical marijuana can be suffering from debilitating diseases like PTSD, cancer, seizures, and more critics say it's an addictive drug that can lead to dangerous consequences.

We take a look at both sides of the argument.

>> I find that funny confront.

>> Preston, Cantwell was 4 years old when he was diagnosed with epilepsy.

>> He's a good boy.

He would have upwards about 200 seizures a day.

>> I've been on so many different medications my entire life.

We've been to the Mayo Clinic.

We've been all over and nothing when to stop his seizures in 2015, the Kent Wells turned to CBD.

>> They say within 6 weeks, Preston, seizures have stopped CBD worked really well for him for a couple years.

And then the seizures kind of started coming back.

It was then that Preston try whole plant.

Cannabis.

They say he hasn't had a seizure since October 2019, it has.

>> Basically just entirely carry every few months.

The Kent Wells make a 10 hour drive round trip to Michigan.

Every time we go, we spend thousands of dollars in another state and >> I mean, we would like to be able to spend that here.

Julie is a co-founder of Kentucky Moms for Medical Cannabis advocating for legalization.

We've got to let the science catch up to the mist that murder.

>> Perpetuated around his truck.

>> Those against legalizing it say we need more research.

What I rely on is not the anecdotal stories of individuals.

>> I rely and we rely on rigorous research and clinical trials.

>> That give us scientific data about the EP a sea of this dry.

>> And she Melia says he has concerns about the method people use.

>> And researchers acknowledge back in 2014 look smoking in vaping.

We've got to find a better delivery device.

So that's not a way to deliver mass.

>> And the potency.

>> If you look at policy makers, they got a lot of this on top of their head right here, their 60's and 70's product and their frame reference about marijuana is what it was when they experience it back.

Then.

But you have to understand this drug is changed dramatically since Colorado did what it did in 2012.

And we've seen a drug that's virtually unrecognizable in the last decade.

>> In the meantime, the Kent Wells have another family member now using medical marijuana.

Julie's mother learned last year she has a brain tumor.

>> Glioblastoma, it's called when I found out that I had this, she said, mom, you've got to let me talk to.

A cannabis friends and see what they recommend for.

You.

>> Lisa, Trump to news is full extract cannabis oil or FICO every evening before bed.

>> I'd like to be able to buy in Kentucky.

I'd like to know that it was ground here because I think it would help our John Melia says he is not yet convinced.

>> We're taking an adult stories.

And we're marginalizing the impacts that we're seeing across the country.

>> And he has concerns about the harmful consequences of marijuana use and THC.

>> The very first casualty.

Should we do this will be are you?

We've got a lot of pressing problems in this.

Commonwealth need to be addressed.

We do not need to add another addictive substance.

2.

Our repertoire problems.

We're trying to deal with.

>> He's in a great mood.

He's he sleeps, wonderful.

And most importantly, the seizures are gone.

So what more could I ask for?

Haha for Kentucky edition.

I'm Laura Rogers.

>> Thank you, Laura.

An executive order went into effect January.

1st of this year by Governor Andy Beshear that allows medical marijuana bought elsewhere to cross state lines into Kentucky.

You must have a doctor's note that confirms you have one of 21 qualifying conditions and she millions says it's up to the FDA to confirm the safety and efficacy of a drug not he says elected officials.

Medical marijuana is the topic on Kentucky tonight this evening.

Our panel includes and Jamel, you and others and critics and supporters of the legalization, including the man you just heard from mention million others.

And we want to hear your questions and comments by phone email and Twitter.

So join us tonight at 8 Eastern 7 central right here on KET.

♪ Building back after disastrous flooding isn't the only kind of recovery happening right now in eastern Kentucky, a group of artists and craftsmen and not county is helping Kentuckians who are forging a path toward sobriety.

They call it the culture of recovery program.

And it's offering more than just a creative outlet.

>> The culture of recovery was created to mitigate recidivism by teaching the arts to people who recover it.

It's important because there are so many people in this region in recovery that the region is in recovery.

I'm and >> I was scoliosis.

Spina bifida.

It was really easy for me to pay A doctor when it hard to get to come, the less likely a to find a resort to mention pendants.

Luckily, I got caught not a law C 3 and well, I've got to re had a it was a program that in place for you guys.

We re haven't 1000 record to kind of learn a new skill you know, get to back out into society show them, you know Thank you to be You know, I'm doing something creative and a structure, one of the most powerful needs and this community.

for jobs.

>> another and that probably was even more urgent.

addiction recovery and the need for.

People to find opportunity and acceptance and in completing recovery.

And we decided to bring groups and >> and struck them in our 3 students.

And that way you know, we would enhance their chances of recovering, you know, having a successful.

And we have well, when we first started, we were really I'm wondering ourselves, you know, if this would be of any effect, if it would, if it really work, you know, if we could pull it off, even I mean, we were not.

You know, when a therapist were were craftspeople artist.

When we when we dug into, we started to get a lot of response.

Resonated.

Pretty deeply 3 have us.

It is a great good environment to recover.

>> But having some to put yourself in that gives you something to do with your hands and KET you occupied.

For me.

That is the most important thing.

There's no instant gratification.

>> Guitar, me.

We have to work at it day after day week after week to get this piece, the When you buy into that when you commit to that.

It starts to take the place of some of the other things that you can focus.

I certainly didn't understand that the scope of it until support and I guess gratitude for just.

Caring enough about these people to work with them.

You you know, started pointing in the places, no judgment upon people.

That's coming from a.

>> A lot of addiction.

He sees the opportunity encourage that individual we only find the skill set and maybe a career when they vote just to encourage better >> You know, it's been so long.

You know, their experience has been so negative.

You know, it.

It's one hurdle that they crossed just.

When they decide that, you know, I can do this.

Listen, I'm proud every time what I see somebody, you know.

>> The troublesome creek stringed instrument company is still repairing damaged infrastructure, including machines and equipment from last year's flood, but hopes to be back in full swing later this year.

It's now been 6 months since the switch from a 10 digit suicide prevention hotline number to aid.

The three-digit 9, 8, 8, Governor Andy Beshear says in Kentucky that change is making a big difference.

More in tonight's look at medical news.

>> Counselors now responded to an average of 2,420 Kohl's.

Herman.

>> That means that since 9.88 has been instituted, we've had a 26% increase in calls per month in comparison to the 1st half of 2022.

But with higher numbers of calls, we've seen a 14% decrease in abandoned calls because you're not having to wait as long and 92% of call centers across the state and answered in less than 20 seconds.

You don't want to have somebody on hold when they're going through a mental health crisis.

This is great news.

That means the 9, 8, 8, help line is working.

I'm proud of everybody came together and made this possible.

And remember.

It's okay to not be OK. >> Now for more medical news, January is radon Awareness Month.

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that you cannot see smell or taste.

It's the second leading cause of cancer.

Kentucky leads the nation in new lung cancer cases and deaths from lung cancer.

According to the American Cancer Society.

And it turns out radon is a huge problem in Kentucky, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, the radon level in a typical home is 1.3 Pico carries.

That's one trillionth of a Curie.

The standard measure for the intensity of radio activity and Kentucky.

The average is 6.7 and radon is very prevalent in Kentucky.

The EPS estimates radon is in about 7% of all buildings in the U.S. and Louisville.

Radon is roughly 58% of all buildings and Lexington.

That number is 65% and in Bowling Green and 65% or higher.

Kyle Hoylman is president of the American Association of Radon Scientists and Technology.

Technologists.

He dispel some of the common myths about radon.

>> We are stuff all the time well, if if the building located over a basement, you that can operate on problem.

If you have a walkout basement you then you don't have a radon And the fact of the matter is, if you have a sores, if you have a pathway to the building and if you have a driving force, you will have a radon problem.

>> You can learn more about radon, including programs that offer free testing.

You can see that online on demand at K E T Dot Org.

Just search for fighting to breed akt form.

Kentucky won the big Blue Slam over Florida and come from behind fashion.

The big Blue Slam is a blood donation competition between the Kentucky Blood Center and a blood center in Florida.

Kentucky trailed going into the last day on Friday.

But when, you know, we pulled it out and big numbers to get to the win with 1340 donations.

Florida has 1294.

Now the real winners are the patients in both Kentuckyian Florida.

The Kentucky Blood Center provides blood to 70 Kentucky hospitals.

This is the 3rd consecutive win for Kentucky in this competition picked Lou.

♪ Music therapy has been shown to do everything from help with pain to enhance memory.

But as it now stands in Kentucky, anyone can hang their shingle and say they're a music therapist.

A bill currently in the state Senate aims to change this and Kentucky additions Chip Polston sat down with a music therapist who says creating a licensure board for the profession is very important.

>> There are several colleges in Kentucky who offer degrees in music therapy.

But from there, the state has no official oversight of anyone wanting to practice as a music therapist, Senate Bill 14, but establish a licensing board for the discipline in Kentucky covering everything from setting up administrative regulations to allowing for disciplinary actions.

So why is this important?

Aaron Sheena, the supervisor of music therapy for Norton, Audubon Health care is here to tell us why.

Aaron, thanks so much for being with us.

Thanks for having me.

So this uniform standard of care that you're really wanting to establish by having an oversight agency like this, why is that important for music therapist?

Sure.

>> I think the biggest impact it'll have is creating like you said that standard of care and making sure that the people that are providing music therapy have the training and qualifications that are necessary to make sure that they're providing the best care.

>> Because you and I had to talk about a little bit earlier.

You may be passionate about music, but there could be so many other things that you could unlock with a in music therapy that you need to have that training with how to deal with those other issues that can exactly.

>> There is potential for harm regardless what the intentions are like.

You said and having the training and the the background knowledge to know how to support someone through that and having the trauma informed care that's necessary a really large reason why licensure so important.

So your heart may be in the right place.

If you want to hang out your shingle as a music therapist, but if you don't know how to handle some dark stuff that could come up with a patient.

That's where the problems lie.

Correct?

Right?

Right.

So in looking at this, we found 16 states that currently have licensing in which think how low to me is it because it just really hasn't >> taken off in other states or is there an impediment to this licensure moving forward in other places?

>> Sure.

So we are certified by the certification board for Music therapists there.

A board and from there were were certified to practice in any state but because music therapy is relatively such a new We've been around since the 70's, but have really taken off in the last decade or 2 we just kind of haven't had the reach yet.

And so.

The things that are up and coming and exciting.

There are several states that are kind of in the same process right now.

It's such an exciting to expand the reach of So you you kind of self police this for a while and now you're looking for something a little >> Substantial at the state level, correct?

Exactly.

Yes.

So the the help that this gives the patients.

We talked a little bit about that that being able to respond to it, an issue that may happen.

How does this really benefit the patient?

So in the hospital, a lot of the we're using music to address things like increasing anxiety, decreasing pain.

>> Providing a lot of that emotional support I don't know if you've been in the hospital before, but it's not often the most And so being able to kind of normalize the environment as well, has such a big impact on someone's experience and their overall health and well-being even outside of the specific physical things that they're going through.

>> And what you're hearing in Frankfort this far, what's the temperature there in terms of this moving It does it appear positive.

What are you seeing there?

>> the response has been wonderful so far.

Senator so kindly kind of took us under his wing and and introduced the bill the responses we've got have only been Mostly people are kind of surprised that it isn't already happening.

So yeah, very positive will look to see how it winds its way through the General Assembly.

Erin Sheehan, a music therapist in or not.

And thanks so much for being with us.

Thank you.

Sure thing.

>> Renee, back to you.

>> Thank you.

Chip.

The Senate licensing and Occupations Committee is expected to consider the music therapist licensing bill when lawmakers resume the session February the 7th.

♪ >> This week, it's a mix of good news and bad from the assassination of the governor to the invention of flavored chewing gum.

>> Toby Gibbs has more in tonight's look at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> A sniper shot William Goble on January.

30th 1900 after the disputed election of 18.

99 Republican William Taylor won the most votes, but Democrats claim voter fraud and the General Assembly declared Goble the real winner.

Well, that would be sworn in as governor after being shot.

He would then die February second, Democratic Lieutenant Governor, J CW backup would eventually become governor.

First, Lieutenant Karl Henry Dodd of Harlan single-handedly destroyed a machine gun nest and a mortar position during fighting in Korea on January.

30th 1951.

>> Later in the year, President Harry S Truman would present dot with the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Blood forced hundreds of people to flee their homes on February.

First, 1950, as heavy rains cause creeks to rise from Frankfort to paints Volta The Ford Motor Company opened a plant in Louisville on February.

Second, 1925, 1000 employees made 400 model T's every day.

The planned move to a bigger location in 1955.

Country music superstar Loretta Lynn signed her first record contract on February second, 1960, he signed with the United Western recorders of Hollywood.

Our first song with the label.

I'm a H**** Tonk Girl.

We've got to number 14 on the country.

Music charts.

Global drug us John Cogan died February first, 1916, in 18, 73.

The mixed Schickel also I'm told to extract and powdered sugar and in the process invented flavored chewing gum and those are some of the big events this week in Kentucky history.

>> I'm Toby gives.

>> Thank you, Toby Gibbs.

And we hope you'll join us again tomorrow night at 5.30, Central 6.30, eastern for Kentucky edition, where we inform connect and inspire subscribe to our Kentucky Edition, e-mail news letter and watch full episodes Akt Dot Org.

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