[♪♪] >> EVERY WHICH WAY THERE'S NO GOOD THING THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT ANY OF IT.

I CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE IF.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO WRAP THEIR MIND AROUND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I JUST DON'T THINK THEY COULD.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT.

>> Renee: AS POLICE INVESTIGATE A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING AT A CENTRAL KENTUCKY CHURCH WE ARE HEARING FROM A WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE WAS THE INTENDED TARGET.

>> I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I'M ACTUALLY DOING IT.

>> Renee: NO PROTESTS HERE.

G.O.P.

VOTERS CELEBRATE TRUMP AND HIS KENTUCKY ALLIES.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN MOVE KENTUCKY FORWARD.

>> Renee: AND A SOUTHERN KENTUCKY MAYOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FUTURE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS.

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

>> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS MONDAY JULYED THE 14TH I'M RENEE SHAW HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE LATEST ON A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING IN KENTUCKY.

TWO WOMEN WERE SHOT AND KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WERE INJURED YESTERDAY IN LEXINGTON.

IT STARTED WITH A TRAFFIC STOP NEAR BLUEGRASS AIRPORT WHERE POLICE SAY GUY HOUSE SHOT A KENTUCKY STATE POLICE TROOPER.

WITNESSES STOPPED TO HELP AND THE TROOPER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND WHAT POLICE TODAY DESCRIBED AS QUOTE VERY SERIOUS INJURIES.

FROM THERE, POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN CARJACKED SOMEONE ON BELLEAU DRIVE AND DROVE THROUGH RICHMOND ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH.

THAT IS WHERE OFFICERS SAY HOUSE SHOT AND KILLED 72-YEAR-OLD BEVERLY GUMM, AND HER DAUGHTER 34-YEAR-OLD CHRISTINA COMBS.

FAMILY MEMBERS SAY BOTH OF THEIR HUSBANDS JERRY GUMM AND RANDY COMBS WERE ALSO SHOT.

THE VICTIMS REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

HOUSE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE AT THE CHURCH.

TODAY, THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN SAID HE CAME TO THE CHURCH LOOKING FOR HER BUT KILLED HER MOTHER AND SISTER INSTEAD.

>> I HAD REALLY HARD LIFE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WAS ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT WAS A COMBINATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG ADDICTION.

AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN HIS CHILDHOOD, HE FACED A LOT OF TRAUMA, TOO.

THAT'S JUST A LOT.

EVERY WHICH WAY.

THERE'S NO GOOD THING THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT ANY OF IT.

I CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE IT.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO WRAP THEIR MIND AROUND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I JUST DON'T THINK THEY COULD.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT.

>> Renee: POLICE OFFICERS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE SHOOTING THIS AFTERNOON.

KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAID OTHER PEOPLE WERE IN THE CAR WHEN HOUSE SHOT THE TROOPER AT THE AIRPORT.

INVESTIGATORS WOULD NOT ELABORATE WHO THE PEOPLE WERE, BUT SAID THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING ITSELF.

LEXINGTON POLICE CHIEF LAWRENCE WEATHERS DISCUSSED THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO YESTERDAY'S TRAGEDY.

>> JUST AS OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES DEVASTATING EVENTS, WE SAW OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.

FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO CALLED TO REPORT A KENTUCKY STATE TROOPER BEING SHOT, THE WORK OF OUR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE STEPPED UP OFFER SUPPORT WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

>> Renee: IN LIGHT OF YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING, WE SAT DOWN WITH THE FAYETTE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INCIDENT.

THE SUSPECT WAS SCHEDULED FOR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HEARING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE THIS MORNING.

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SHARED ABOUT THE GUNMAN'S CRIMINAL HISTORY AND DISCUSSED WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE.

>> WE'VE SINCE LEARNED HE DOES HAVE AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY IT DOES GO BACK TO AT LEAST 10 YEARS OR SO.

SO HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE COURT SYSTEM.

HE DID HAVE FELONY CONVICTIONS HE HAD MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS SOME OF THE FELONIES WERE A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.

AND IT DOES APPEAR HE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE HIS PROBATION WHEN YOU HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER YOU ARE NOT TO OWN FIREARMS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING KENTUCKY HAS DECIDED AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

BUT, YET, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO OBTAIN THEM AND THAT IS THE FRUSTRATING AND SCARY THING NOT JUST AS WE SEE HERE NOT JUST FOR THE PERSON WHO WAS THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS SET ON BEING VIOLENT, YOU KNOW, THE ORDER ISN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO STOP TESTIMONY.

SO -- THEM.

SO WE NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

WE DO NEED TO GET INVOLVED AS A SOCIETY.

WE NEED MORE SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO.

THAT IS A BIG REASON WHY PEOPLE TEND TO STAY IN THE RELATIONSHIPS.

THERE MIGHT BE CHILDREN.

THEY 0 MIGHT NOT HAVE OPERATION TO GO NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COURT SYSTEM OR THE POLICE OFFICER CAN FIX.

THIS TRULY IS A REFLECTION OF OUR SOCIETY AND WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

>> Renee: THE FAYETTE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PROSECUTED NEARLY 1,000 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER WAS UP BY MORE THAN 100 FROM THE YEAR PRIOR.

>>> TODAY WE LEARNED ONE OF THE WOMEN KILLED WAS WORKING TO BECOME A NURSE.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SAYS CHRISTINA COMBS WAS A NURSING STUDENT.

Dr. GREG FEENEY SAYS COMBS WAS A MOTHER OF FIVE.

QUOTE HER PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS WAS EVIDENTS IN EVERY ASPECT OF HER LIFE AND HER STRENGTH PERSEVERANCE AND COMPASSION INSPIRED EVERYONE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HER END QUOTE.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR COMMENTED ON THE SHOOTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE SAID QUOTE VIOLENCE LIKE THIS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR COMMONWEALTH OR COUNTRY.

HE ADDED QUOTE LET'S STAND STRONG TOGETHER AND SUPPORT OUR LEXINGTON NEIGHBORS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

>>> AND KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN IS REACTING TO THE NEWS.

IN A STATEMENT HE SAID IN PART QUOTE VIOLENCE INVADED THE LORD'S HOUSE WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AND LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO RAN TOWARD DANGER TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY.

THIS IS ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE GRAVE DANGER WE ASK LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

END QUOTE.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS GETTING HIGH PRAISE FROM HIS BASE IN KENTUCKY.

LAST FRIDAY, REPUBLICAN VOTERS GATHERED FOR FOOD AND FUNDRAISING IN MADISON COUNTY WHERE TRUMP WON 64% OF THE VOTE.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER TALKED TO SOME OF KENTUCKY'S TOP REPUBLICANS AT THE EVENTSDZ AND HAS THIS REPORT.

>> AT MADISON COUNTY'S FAIRGROUNDS LAST FRIDAY, REPUBLICAN VOTERS SHOW OUT.

ALONG WITH TWO KENTUCKY CONGRESSMEN WHO ARE CELEBRATING THE PASSAGE OF THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL.

>> YOU HAVE TOUGHEST BORDER SECURITY LEGISLATION IN HISTORY WHICH SURGES RESOURCES TO BORDER PATROL AGENTS, I.C.E.

AGENTS AND IT LOWERED TAXES IT ADDRESSED ENERGY POLICY.

IT TRIED TO DO THINGS GET A HANDLE ON THE AMOUNT OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

>> WITH THE BILL'S MEDICAID CUTS SET TO ROLL OUT IN 2027, CONGRESSMAN JAMES COOMER SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO GET MORE PEOPLE WORKING.

>> OUR GOAL IN KENTUCKY SHOULD BE TO SEEK MEN WHO ARE ABLE-BODIED WHO ARE ON MEDICAID AND HELP THEM GET A GOOD-PAYING JOB THAT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE.

>> HOWEVER, MOST ADULT KENTUCKIANS ON MEDICAID ALREADY WORK.

COOMER SAYS THAT IS ANOTHER PROBLEM.

>> THERE ARE BIG COMPANIES IN KENTUCKY THAT ONLY HIRE PEOPLE PART-TIME SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR HEALTHCARE.

AND THEY HELP THEM HE GET ON MEDICAID AND THAT'S LIKE THE TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZING BIG PROFITABLE COMPANIES, BIG HOUSEHOLD NAME COMPANIES FOR THE HEALTHCARE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS FAIR AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS IN KENTUCKY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

>> AT THE G.O.P.

LADYS' PICNIC THE CANDIDATES VIE FOR MITCH McCONNELL'S SEAT AND THEIR LOYALTY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS POLICY GOALS ARE THE WINNING CAMPAIGN STRATEGY.

>> MY TRACK RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF IN 2023 I WAS THE ONLY STATE-WIDE OFFICE HOLDER ELECTED OFFERINGS HOLDER WILLING TO ENDORSE PRESIDENT TRUMP THOUGH THERE WAS THE RAID IN MAR-A-LAGO AND I SPOKE ON HIS BEHALF AT THE TWENTSD RNC CONVENTION.

I'VE SUPPORTED HIS AGENDA BECAUSE THOSE ARE CORE CONVICTIONS FOR ME IN MY DAY JOB I'M FIGHTING D.E.I.

>> I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I'M ACTUALLY DOING IT.

I'M HELPING HIM DELIVER ON THIS AMERICA FIRST AGENDA PASSING AND HELPING WITH THE VOTES AND PASSING THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL.

WORKING WITH HIS CABINET.

>> ONE KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN NOT FOLLOWING TRUMP CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE.

THE PRESIDENT CALLED FOR SOMEONE TO PRIMARY MASSIE.

COMER WOULD LIKE THE TWO TO MAKEUP.

>> I WOULDN'T WISH A PRIMARY ON ANYONE.

I HOPE THAT IT ALL WORKS OUT.

I WOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THOMAS.

I THINK HE HAS A BIG FOLLOWING OUT THERE.

AND I HOPE THAT HE'SABILITY TO KIND OF RECONCILE SOME OF THIS DIFFERENCES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> COMER SAYS IF MASSIE SUFFERS A PRIMARY DEFEAT IT COULD HURT REPUBLICANS' SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU.

TURNING TO FRANKFORT IN 2022 THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY REQUIRED THE KENTUCKY COUNCIL ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TO CREATE A MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT UPDATE PLAN FOR KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY AS A RESULT OF MISMANAGED FUNDS.

THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED $23 MILLION TO THE SCHOOL TO OFFSET SHORTFALLS AND KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN.

TODAY THE JOINTSD COMMITTEE ON JOINTS EDUCATION GOT AN UPDATE.

OUR MACKENZIE SPINK EXPLAINS IN TONIGHT'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

>> THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN CREATED BY THE COUNCIL ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION OR CPE INCLUDED 143 OBJECTIVES FOR KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY.

THESE OBJECTIVES REQUIRED IMPROVEMENT IN AREAS LIKE STUDENT SUCCESS AND FINANCE.

AS OF APRIL, THE SCHOOL HAS COMPLETED 95 OF THESE OBJECTIVES.

SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE MOVING UNIVERSITY STAFF ON TO THE STATE HEALTHCARE PLAN AND CUTTING LOW-PERFORMING PROGRAMS.

BUT THE BULK OF THE WORK LIES IN THE SCHOOL'S FINANCES.

>> IT'S THE BASIC STUFF THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING EACH MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR CASH POSITION, YOUR FORECASTING YOUR CASH POSITION, YOU'RE MONITORING YOUR BUDGET AND YOU ARE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND IT'S ACCURATE.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF WHAT IS LEFT TO GET COMPLETED.

>> LAST YEAR, KSU ASKED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO FUND A NEW NURSING CENTER.

THE CANS WAS DECLINED BUT KSU'S PRESIDENT SAYS THEY EXPECT TO MAKE ANOTHER REQUEST IN 2026.

COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR SENATOR STEVEN WEST SAID HARD QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CAN GET TO THAT POINT.

>> I ASKED THIS QUESTION IN A POSITIVE LIGHT TO TRY TO HELP.

I WANT TO SEE KSU SUCCEED.

I WANT YOU ALL TO GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

WE'VE HEARD SO FAR THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CASH ON HAND.

CPE TESTIFIED THAT WE'RE JUST NOW IN YEAR FOUR STARTING TO INSTITUTE LOW LEVEL FINANCIAL CONTROLS.

WITH ALL THESE WHAT I WOULD CALL EXTREME HEADWINDS, WHY SHOULD WE AS A LEGISLATURE SEE THESE THINGS AND STILL STRIKE THAT CHECK FOR $50 MILLION OUTLAY FOR A NEW PROGRAM?

>> KSU PRESIDENT Dr. CAPO FEELS EVIDENCE ABOUT THE -- CONFIDENCE OF CONFIDENT ABOUT THE SCHOOL'S ABILITY TO SUCCEED HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE MANPOWER.

>> I'M SEARCHING FOR MY FOURTH BUDGET DIRECTOR IN TWO YEARS.

WE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE THIRD C.F.O.

IN TWO YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN GETTING ON THE PHONE CALLING PEOPLE CAN YOU COME WORK FOR ME PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR ME IN THE PAST.

THEY SAY YOU NEED TO CONVINCE ME THAT KSU WILL BE HERE A YEAR FROM TODAY.

IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY UNTIL LATELY.

WHEN I PUSH FOR THE C.F.O.

POSITION I GOT STRONG APPLICANTS.

SO I'M CONFIDENT THIS WEEK I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR C.F.O.

PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE SCHOOL IS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, WE ARE GOING TO FIX IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER AND GREATER THAN WE HAVE BEEN.

>> BY NOVEMBER FIRST, CPE WILL SUBMIT A THREE-YEAR PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE PROGRESS.

THE BILL THAT CREATED THIS PLAN INCLUDED $15 MILLION IN INCENTIVE FUNDING THAT THE SCHOOL COULD RECEIVE IF IT HITS CERTAIN BENCHMARKS.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M MACKENZIE SPINK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

KSU IS KENTUCKY'S ONLY PUBLIC FUNDED HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OR HBCU, THE JOINTS COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION MET WITH THE STATE'S TWO NEW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTINGS, Dr. JERRY GUMM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND Dr. RON PATTERSON ONLY ON HIS 15TH DAY ON THE JOB.

[♪♪] LAST WEEK WE BROUGHT YOU MORE THAN A DOZEN STORIES FROM SOMERSET AND LAKE CUMBERLAND AREA AND THAT INCLUDED A PART OF AN INTERVIEW WITH SOMERSET MAYOR ALAN KECK WHO YOU MAY RECALL RAN IN THE G.O.P.

PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR IN 2023.

HE ONLY GARNERED 2% OF THE VOTES IN THAT RACE.

I ASKED THE TWO-TERM MAYOR ABOUT HIS FUTURE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS AND IF WE MIGHT SEE HIM ON THE STATE STAGE AGAIN.

HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AS WE CONTINUE OUR ON THE ROAD COVERAGE FROM SOMERSET.

>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS HUMBLING AND FLATTERING WHEN FOLKS ASK.

I THINK IN SPITE OF WHAT I FELT LIKE WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE BALLOT BOX PEOPLE WOULD COMPLIMENT MY DEBATES AND INTERVIEWS AND THE MESSAGING AND HECK I WAS GOOD AT ALL THE STUFF EXCEPT GETTING THE VOTES.

I WAS CRUMMY IN THAT PART.

I THINK THE DISCUSSION GOT MORE SUBSTANTIVE.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE KENTUCKY STILL HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

YOU KNOW WE HAVE A SENATE RACE THAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE FOCUS IS ON WHO LIKES SENATOR McCONNELL THE LEAST AND PRESIDENT TRUMP THE MOST.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN MOVE KENTUCKY FORWARD.

I RECOGNIZE THAT IDENTITY POLITICS AND WE HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE MOMENT BUT WHATEVER I DO NEXT IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON SUBSTANCE.

IT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON EVENTS AND LIVELIHOODS LIKE WE HAVE HERE.

WHAT RACE THAT WILL BE I DON'T KNOW.

I DO INTEND TO SEEK HIGHER OFFICE SOME DAY.

IT MIGHT BE AFTER A BREAK INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

I'M STILL A BUSINESSMAN AT HEART.

I DON'T NEED TO BE IN GOVERNMENT.

FOR ME, IT WAS GENUINE PUBLIC SERVICE I GAVE UP A LOT TO DO THIS.

I DON'T FEEL SPECIAL FOR THAT BUT IT'S BEEN A SACRIFICE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.

TIFFANY AND I ARE PRAYING WHAT IS NEXT WHERE THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE TO SERVE.

IF THAT IS IN FRANKFORT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

IF IT'S IN WASHINGTON WE'LL LOOK AT THAT.

>> Renee: WE KNOW THAT CONGRESSMAN ROGERS IN THE 23rd TERM HE IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION BUT HE IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AS HE ADVANCES IN AGE.

WOULD THAT CONGRESSIONAL POSITION BE APPETIZING TO YOU?

>> IT WOULD BE.

FOR A LONGTIME I SAID I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE IN WASHINGTON AND I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH FRIENDS AND THEY SAID DON'T.

GO FOR A COUPLE TERMS AND COME BACK HOME.

I THINK WE HAVE THE TENDENCY TO ASSUME SOMEBODY GETS IN OFFICE THEY WILL STAY THERE FOREVER.

AND SENATOR PAUL IS IN HIS THIRD TERM AND CONTEMPLATING A FOURTH.

ORIGINALLY TWO TERMS AND NOW WE'RE TALKING A QUARTER CENTURY IN THE SENATE PERHAPS.

THAT IS SOMETHING I WON'T DO.

I MADE THIS PLEDGE TO SERVE AND SERVE WELL AND NOT MAKE A LIFE OF IT IN ONE PARTICULAR OFFICE.

I WILL HONOR THAT IN SOMERSET THAT IS MY INTENTIONS AND IF I WERE TO LOOK AT A HIGHER OFFICE I WOULD KEEP THAT SAME PLEDGE.

CONGRESS IT WOULD BE JUST A FEW TERMS SAME THING IF I WERE TO CONSIDER A RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE TWO-TERM PLEDGE AND GET BACK TO KENTUCKY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE AT HOME.

>> Renee: YOU CAN SEE MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR ALAN KECK ON-LINE AT KET.ORG.

NEARBY CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS TAKING A UNIQUE APPROACH TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY ALONG SIDE AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THE CIVICS CLUB IS A FULLY STAFFED FISCAL COURT FORMED BY THE STUDENTS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.

AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE ITS MEMBERS TAKE PART IN A VARIETY OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS TO HELP SHAPE THE COMMUNITY.

WE CONTINUE OUR ON THE ROAD COVERAGE WITH A TRIP TO BURKESVILLE.

>> WE'VE NOTICED FOR A WHILE SEVERAL DECADES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY LIKE A LOT OF RURAL KENTUCKY WE ARE LOSING OUR YOUTH OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST.

AND YOU CAN BLAME THAT ON A NUMBER OF THINGS ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IS PRIMARY PROBLEM IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY OUR FISCAL COURT GAVE THE YOUTH OF OUR COUNTY NOT JUST ONE SEAT AT THE TABLE BUT MUTUAL TELL SEATS AT THE TABLE.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY CIVICS CLUB AND INTERNS ARE INVOLVED WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS IN OUR COUNTY.

THEY'VE HELPED WITH USDA FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND HELPED WITH THE GIVEAWAY A TOY DAY WE GAVE AWAY TOYS.

THEY HELPED WITH OUR CHRISTMAS PARADES, HOSTEDDED THE TRIVIA NIGHTS HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

THEY HAVE PAINTED THE COURTROOM.

THEY PUT UP A WALL OF REMEMBRANCE AND A WALL OF RECOGNITION.

THEY'VE CUT TOWN TREES THEY HAVE TRIMMED ROSE BUSHES THEY DRAFT PRESS RELEASES.

THEY DO IT ALL.

>> WE ARE A SMALL COUNTY AND THERE'S OTHER COUNTIES AND MORE STUDENTS WE HAVE YOUNG BRIGHT MINDS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND I'M THANKFUL THEY HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE THE CIVICS CLUB WHAT IT IS AND WE'RE GETTING ALL THIS ATTENTION.

AND IT'S BUILDING AND BUILDING AS MORE SCHOOLS AND COUNTIES HEAR ABOUT IT AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE YOUTH IN KENTUCKY WANTING TO SEE LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT AND CREATING PROGRAMS TO STOP THE BRAIN DRAIN IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP A RELATIONSHIP WITH OLDER MEMBERS IN THE YOUTH, BUT TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP TO MOVE IT FORWARD IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP IT WOULDN'T BE AS PRODUCTIVE.

>> NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD GO TO GOVERNMENT MEETINGS SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, FISCAL COURT MEETINGS AND LEARN WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WITH OUR CIVICS CLUB HERE NOW IN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ELEVATE THAT EVERY SINGLE PEER IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL KNOWS IF THEY WANT THEY CAN HELP US OR THEY CAN DO THEIR OWN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT THEY CAN GO TO FISCAL COURT MEETINGS AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND GET INVOLVED AND THAT IS SOMETHING AMAZING FOR US TO HAVE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BEFORE.

>> ADDITIONALLY THEIR INVOLVEMENT CAN HIGHLIGHT CAREER PATHWAYS, CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH BUSINESSES, INDUSTRIES, CIVIC LEADERS AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE VIABLE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL THAT IS AVAILABLE HERE IN THE COUNTY THAT WOULD MAKE THEM EITHER STAY HERE OR RETURN HERE ONCE THEY ARE DONE WITH COLLEGE.

>> LET THE YOUTH OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY TODAY DESIGN WHAT CUMBERLAND COUNTY LOOKS LIKE 10, 20 YEARS OR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD SO THAT THEN THEY'VE GOT INVESTED INTEREST.

AND I THINK WITH THE GROUPS WE GOT AND THE GROUP THEY WILL HAVE I THINK WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP IN A GOOD POSITION.

>> Renee: AND WE TAKE "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" ON THE ROAD.

JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL EPISODE FROM SOMERSET.

WE DISCUSS THE PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION THAT'S TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

>>> HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT WITH GLOBAL IMPACT.

FOR THE SECOND TIME, THEY ARE BUILDING A CONTAINER CLINK THAT WILL PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES IN LIBERIA.

OUR LAURA ROGERS JOINED THEM ON-SITE WHERE THEY ARE USING SOME OF THEIR SUMMER BREAK TO GET THE JOB DONE.

MORE ABOUT THAT IN TONIGHT'S MEDICAL NEWS.

>> THIS IS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WALKING INTO PEOPLE GETTING VACCINES.

>> IT MAY LOOK LIKE A SHIPPING CONTAINER.

>> PEOPLE DELIVERING BABIES AND MEDICAL ISSUES THEY HAVE INJURIES, THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM.

>> THIS WILL BECOME A MEDICAL CLINIC FOR A REMOTE AREA OF THE IMPOVERISHED WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY OF LIBERIA.

>> IT'S HUMBLING FOR MYSELF AND OUR STUDENTS THE GOAL IS TO LET THE OPPORTUNITY OF CHANGING THE WORLD HAPPEN.

>> BRIAN WELCH ADVICES THE FFA CHAPTER AT MADISONVILLE NORTH HOPKINS HIGH SCHOOL THEY WERE AWARDED A $10,000 GRANT FROM HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS FOR THE SCHOOLS.

>> HELP SOMEBODY ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

>> THE STUDENTS TOOK ON THE FREIGHT BOX CHALLENGE.

>> WE WENT TO WORK AND GOT IT DESIGNED, FRAME TO DO OUT, DID THE ELECTRICAL AND THE PLUMBING.

>> YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS PARTICIPANTED WELCH'S GOAL IS FOR HALF THE STUDENT BODY TO TAKE PART.

>> WE BELIEVE WE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THE NATION DOING THE WORK LIKE THIS.

>> HE WAS INSPIRED BY A ALABAMA SCHOOL TURNING CONTAINERS INTO CLASSROOMS FOR CHILDREN IN HONDURAS.

>> WE TELL STUDENTS THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD BUT RARELY THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

>> THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING CONSTRUCTION SKILLS.

>> WE PULLED THAT INSULATION THROUGH THE CEILING AND PUT UP CEILING PANELS.

WE HAVE THE ELECTRICAL FOR THE LIGHTS AND OUTLETS.

>> A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED LIKE UTILITIES.

>> WE ARE ABLE TO TURN ON A WATER TAP AND WATER COMES OUT.

THE FOLKS ARE LIVING IN COMMUNITIES WHERE RUNNING WATER THAT IS ALMOST A LUXURY ITEM IN PLACES.

AND THERE ARE MOTHERS IN LIBERIA THAT RIDE TWO TO THREE MILES ON BIKE IN LABOR TO THE NEAREST FACILITY TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN OR ON THE FLOOR OF THEIR HOME.

>> THIS WILL EASE THOSE CHALLENGE IT IS COMINGS WITH SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSES WHO DONATED SUPPLIES AND SOS WHO HELPED WITH GETTING THE CLINIC WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.

>> WE MET A FRIEND FROM LIBERIA, HARRY AND HE WORKS FOR U.P.S.

AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TIES TO GET THE FREIGHT PAID FOR TO SHIP THIS.

>> IT TAKES A LOT OF COORDINATION FOR THE PROJECT TO COME TOGETHER BUT IT BEGINS WITH SWEAT EQUITY RIGHT HERE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.

>> AND IT'S REALLY A FULL COMMUNITY PROJECT FOR ANOTHER COMMUNITY IS WHAT I LIKE TO SAY.

>> ALL IN THE HOPES OF SAVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF MILINGS AND AN OCEANA WAY.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA ROGERS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU.

THE OFFICIAL STATE BLUEGRASS SONG IS NAMED AND KENTUCKY'S OLDEST RADIO STATION SIGNS ON FOR THE FIRST TIME.

OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS ALL OF THAT AND MORE IN THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[♪♪] >> 10 KENTUCKIANS DIED IN ONE DAY, JULY 16TH, 1950 WHILE FIGHTING IN THE KOREAN WAR.

GOVERNOR ALBERT BENJAMIN CHANDLER WAS BORN JULY 14TH, 1898.

HE WAS GOVERNOR TWICE IN THE 1930s AND THE 1950s.

HE WAS ALSO A U.S.

SENATOR AND BASEBALL COMMISSIONER.

HIS LAST DAY AS BASEBALL COMMISSIONER WAS JULY 15TH, 1951.

THE SONG BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY AS PERFORMED BY BILL MONROE BECAME KENTUCKY'S OFFICIAL BLUEGRASS SONG ON JULY 15TH, 1988.

THE TULIP POPULAR BECAME KENTUCKY'S OFFICIAL STATE TREE ON JULY 15TH, 1994.

JULY 19TH, 1865, LOUISVILLE HOSTED WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME WEST OF THE ALLEGHENIES PLAYED UNDER STANDARD RULES.

THE LOUISVILLE GRAYS BIT THE NASHVILLE CUMBERLANDS.

KENTUCKY'S FIRST RADIO STATION WHAS IN LOUISVILLE WENT ON THE AIR ON JULY 18TH, 1922.

SOME CLAIMED THE STATION'S CALL LETTERS STAND FOR WE HAVE A SIGNAL.

AND THAT IS A LOOK BACK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY I'M TOBY GIBBS.

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