[♪♪] >> Renee: THIS REPUBLICAN IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AND HE IS NOT THE ONLY NEW CANDIDATE IN THE RACE.

>> I OFTEN SAY WE SERVE PEOPLE WITH POSSIBILITIES THAT JUST NEED OPPORTUNITIES.

>> Renee: THE PEOPLE WHO CREATE A SAFE HARBOR HAVE PLANS TO DO MORE.

>> WE START AT 95° AND AS IT INCREASES WE CHANGE OUR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

>> Renee: PLUS, SEE HOW FOOTBALL PLAYERS TACKLING KENTUCKY'S SUMMER HEAT.

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

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS THURSDAY, JULY 17TH I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR THURSDAY NIGHT WITH US.

>>> CONGRESS IS ONE STEP AWAY FROM CUTTING MONEY ALREADY APPROVED BY CONGRESS FOR PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION AND FOREIGN AID.

A SO-CALLED RESCISSION BILL WOULD CUT $9 BILLION FROM CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING WHICH HELPS FUND KET.

EARLY THIS MORNING, THE U.S. SENATE VOTED 51-48 FOR THE CUTS.

BOTH SENATORS MITCH McCONNELL AND RAND PAUL VOTED YES.

BECAUSE THE SENATE MADE CHANGES THE HOUSE WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES BEFORE TOMORROW'S MIDNIGHT DEADLINE.

IF THE VOTE DOESN'T HAPPEN FRIDAY THE RESCISSION PACKAGE IS DEAD.

>>> ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN REPUBLICAN JOINS THE RACE FOR CONGRESS IN KENTUCKY'S SIXTH DISTRICT IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

RALPH ALVARADO A RM TOKER STATE LAWMAKER FROM CENTRAL KENTUCKY SAYS HE WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS IN 2026.

ALVARADO SERVED AS THE STATE SENATOR FROM 2015-2023 AND WAS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ON THE TICKET WITH GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN.

ALVARADO LEFT KENTUCKY TO SERVE AS COMMISSIONER AS THE TENNESSEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 2023.

TENNESSEE'S GOVERNOR SAYS ALVARADO LEFT THAT JOB LAST WEEK.

IN A STATEMENT, ALVARADO SAID QUOTE KENTUCKIANS ARE FED UP WITH OPEN BORDERS, SKY HIGH PRICES AND UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS WHO TRAMPLE OUR FREEDOMS.

I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS TO FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES, STOP THE INVASION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND FIGHT THE WOKE AGENDA.

END QUOTE.

ALVARADO JOINS A GROWING LIST OF CANDIDATES.

THE SEAT WILL BE OPEN NEXT YEAR AS INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN ANDY BARR RUNS FOR THE U.S. SENATE.

RYAN DOTSON AND DEANNA GORDON ARE ALREADY IN THE RACE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHERLYNN STEVENSON AND FORMER LEXINGTON COUNCILMEMBER DAVID KLOIBER ARE RUNNING ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE IN THAT PRIMARY.

>>> AND ANOTHER DEMOCRAT IS JOINING THE RACE, ZACH DEMBO IS GETTING IN.

DEMBOS WITH A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND POLICY ADVISER TO GOVERNOR BESHEAR.

HIS FOCUS WILL BE CREATING HIGH PAYING JOBS, FIGHTING MEDICAID CUTS AND OPPOSING TARIFFS HE SAYS ARE HURTING KENTUCKY BUSINESSES.

>> GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR WHO SAYS HE WILL LOOK AT A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN 2028 JUST SPOKE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA A.F.L.-C.I.O.

THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WON AS A DEMOCRAT TWICE IN A STATE THAT IS SOLIDLY VOTES REPUBLICAN.

ONE OF THE KEYS IS TALKING THE PEOPLE'S LANGUAGE.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: TAKE THIS BIG UGLY BILL IF WE WANT TO PUSHBACK AND TRY TO UNDO IT WE CAN'T SAY IT'S GOING TO LESSEN FOOD ASSISTANCE OR GOING TO MAKE MORE PEOPLE FOOD INSECURE.

WHAT IT WILL MAKE PEOPLE DO IS GO HUNGRY AT NIGHT WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO BED, IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY ARE WAKING UP.

MAKING SURE WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE SAME LANGUAGE AT THAT TIME THEY DO EVERYDAY.

DEMOCRATS CAN WIN AGAIN BY WINNING BACK THAT MIDDLE AND IT'S THERE FOR THE TAKING.

THERE'S SO MUCH DISCOURSE RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE MESSAGING AND HOW DEMOCRATS GET OUT OF THE WILDERNESS THEY DO IT BY SHOWING UP AND GETTING DIRT ON OUR BOOTS AND WE DO IT BY GOVERNING WELL.

THAT IS HOW WE REBUILD THE CONFIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, REWIN THE FAITH OF WORKING PEOPLE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK.

>> Renee: SOUTH CAROLINA IS HOME TO ONE OF THE KEY EARLY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED THE HALT ACT YESTERDAY A NEW LAW PROVIDING PUNISHMENTS FOR DEALING FENTANYL HERE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING THE SIGNING.

>> President Trump: WITH THIS BILL WE ARE OFFICIALLY AND PERMANENTLY CLASSIFYING ALL FENTANYL SUBSTANCES AT SCHEDULE 1 NARCOTICS A VERY BIG DEAL.

IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH IT IS A BIG DEAL AS THEY WILL TELL YOU.

MEANING ANYONE CAUGHT TRAFFICKING THESE POISONS WILL BE PUNISHED WITH A MANDATORY 10-YEAR MINIMUM SENTENCE IN PRISON.

WILL BE GETTING THE DRUG DEALERS, PUSHERS AND PEDDLERS OFF OUR STREETS AND WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL WE HAVE ENDED THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC AND IT'S BEEN GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT IT'S HORRIBLE, IT'S HORRIBLE.

WE ARE GOING TO END IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.

>> Renee: KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR AND BRETT GUTHRIE WERE THERE FOR THE BILL'S SIGNING.

>>> CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY'S FOURTH DISTRICT WANTS THE SO-CALLED EPSTEIN FILES MADE PUBLIC.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS A FINANCEER AND CONVICTED SEX OFFEND ARE WHO KILLED HIMSELF IN PRISON IN 2019.

THERE IS HE ATALK THAT HIS FILES CONTAIN A LIST OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY ENGAGED IN OR KNEW ABOUT SEX CRIMES.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS AMONG THOSE IN THE PAST SAYING THE FILES SHOULD BE RELEASED.

IN RECENT WEAKS HE HAS BACKED OFF THOSE REMARKS.

MASSIE IS JOINING A HOUSE DEMOCRAT TO PUSH FOR A DISCHARGE PETITION THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE HOUSE TO RELEASE THE FILES.

HOUSE MEMBERS VOTE TO BRING A MATTER TO THE FLOOR BYPASSING COMMITTEES.

MASSIE SAID THIS ON X QUOTE WE ALL DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES, WHO IS IMPLICATED AND HOW DEEP THE CORRUPTION GOES.

AMERICANS WERE PROMISED JUSTICE AND TRANSPARENCY WE ARE INTRODUCING A DISCHARGE PETITION TO FORCE A VOTE ON RELEASING THE COMPLETE FILES.

END QUOTE.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VOWING TO BACK A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CHALLENGER TO MASSIE NEXT YEAR OVER MACY'S OPPOSITION TO HIS BUDGET PLAN AND THE MILITARY STRIKE ON IRAN.

>>> YESTERDAY, WE BROUGHT YOU A STORY ABOUT IMMIGRANTS WHO LOST THEIR LEGAL STATUS TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE U.S.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENDED A PROGRAM FOR HALF A MILLION PEOPLE FROM HAITI, CUBA, NICARAGUA, AND VENEZUELA.

THAT'S PUT THE SQUEEZE ON KENTUCKY BUSINESSES WHO HAVE EMPLOYED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS AND THAT PROGRAM.

>> DHS ISSUED A NOTICE THEY WERE ENDING THE CHVN PAROLE PROGRAM WAS ISSUED.

THE SUPREME COURT DID DECIDE THAT THE PROGRAM COULD BE ENDED.

SO DURING THAT PERIOD OF THAT TIME, SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE COMMUNICATING WITH US THAT PEOPLE WERE RESIGNING OUT OF FEAR.

SO THEY WEREN'T SHOWING UP IN THE WORKFORCE AND THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN FOR BUSINESSES.

AND NOW THAT THE PROGRAM HAS ENDED, MANY PEOPLE HAVE RESIGNED AND THAT CREATED OBVIOUSLY CONCERN FOR THE WORKERS, BUT ALSO CREATED CHALLENGES FOR BUSINESSES WHO MUST REPLACE THOSE JOBS.

WE ULTIMATELY WANT THE CONGRESS AND THE FEDERAL DELEGATION TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THIS IMPORTANT SEGMENT OF THE WORKFORCE.

>> Renee: THIS WEEK, THE LOUISVILLE CHAMBER AND UNNAMED BUSINESSES ARE MEETING WITH KENTUCKY'S CONGRESSMAN TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE.

THE CHAMBER SAYS MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS COMPANIES ARE SEEKING LEGAL PATHWAYS FOR WORKERS THEY HAVE COME TO RELY ON.

IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY KENTUCKY WORKERS ARE IMPACTED.

THE UNION REPRESENTING WORKERS AT GE APPLIANCE PARK SAID 200 MEMBERS WERE ON THE PROGRAM.

>>> THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS RECOMMENDING A FORMER LOUISVILLE POLICE DETECTIVE INVOLVED IN THE RAID THAT KILLED BREONNA TAYLOR BE SENTENCED TO ONE DAY IN PRISON.

BRETT HANKISON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AND VIOLATING TAYLOR'S CIVIL RIGHTS DURING THE RAID IN 2020.

HE COULD GET SEVERAL YEARS IN PRISON WHEN HE IS SENTENCED NEXT WEEK.

ACCORDING TO THE COURIER-JOURNAL THE DOJ IS REQUESTING A ONE-DAY SENTENCE AND THREE YEARS OF RELEASE ADDING BRETT HANKISON IS NOT A THREAT TO OTHERS.

>>> FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE JEFF GREER HAS DIED.

GREER WAS FROM BRANDENBURG AND REPRESENTED THE 27TH DISTRICT SERVING MEADE AND HARD DIN COUNTIES.

HIS DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES SAY GREER WHO WAS CALLED FROG PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN I RAISING KENTUCKY'S HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE TO AGE 18.

JEFF GREER DIED TUESDAY.

HE WAS 61 YEARS OLD.

[♪♪] LEADERS ACROSS KENTUCKY GATHERED TO MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KENTUCKY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DIVISION OF PEDIATRIC FORENSICS CREATED IN 2015, THE CENTER OPENED A NEW SPACE THANKS IN PART TO A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR GIFT FROM CO-ZAIRE FOR KIDS.

>> IT IS AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU TODAY TO CELEBRATE THIS 10TH ANNIVERSARY.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS.

WE STARTED JULY OF 2015, AND WAS GROWN FROM A SEED PLANTED BY Dr. WALLACE SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THAT WHEN HE SAW THE NEED TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM AND HELP ADDRESS ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN OUR STATE.

>> CURRENTLY KENTUCKY IS FOURTH AS FAR AS OUR RATE OF CHILD MALTREATMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

FOR 10 YEARS WE WERE HAD THE HIGHEST OR THE SECOND HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY OF RATES OF CHILD MALL TREATMENT.

>> WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK.

THESE PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE SCOOPED DOWN TO SERVE THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE BLUEGRASS.

NOW, CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY ABUSE, BY NEGLECT, BY TRAUMA, CHILDREN WHO COME HERE ON THEIR WORST DAYS, THEY COME HERE AND THEY FIND A PATH TO HEALING, A PATH TO RECOVERY, AND FOR THOSE OF US IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WANT TO PREVENT FURTHER HARM, A PATH TO PROSECUTABLE CASES.

FACILITATED BY THE WORK THAT TAKES PLACE HERE.

>> PRIOR TO THIS SUBSPECIALTY, I WOULD FIND A LOT OF LIKE DCBS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRYING TO INTERPRET MEDICAL FINDINGS THAT THEY HAD NO EDUCATION ON INTERPRETING THOSE.

AND IT WAS REALLY HARD BECAUSE THEY A LOT OF PHYSICIANS DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO FIELDS.

SO I THINK THIS FIELD REALLY HELPS TO PUT THAT BRIDGE WHERE THAT GAP PREVIOUSLY EXISTED AND SO IT HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO BE THAT PROFESSIONAL TO PROVIDE █TE INTERPRETATION OF MEDICAL FINDINGS THAT DIDN'T EXIST PRIOR TO THIS PROGRAM.

>> I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING TO PLACES LIKE THIS AND DELIVERING ON PROMISES FROM TIME TO TIME TO SHARE THAT, YES, 475,000 IN GRANT FUNDING THAT IS AWESOME.

BUT THE PART THAT IS REALLY AWESOME IS THAT DRIVE TOWARD MAKING SURE THAT THE NEXT TIME THE CHILD MALTREATMENT REPORT COMES OUT, THAT MEMBERS NOW 14, 484 KIDS BUT THAT IS NUMBER IS FAR LESS AND THE NEXT YEARS CAN'S LESS.

>> THIS WORK IS HARD SINCE 2015 WE HAVE SEEN 51 CHILDREN THAT LOST THEIR LIFE.

>> IT IMPACTS US PERSONALLY AND OUR FAMILIES.

THIS IS A FIELD THAT WORK DOES GO HOME WITH YOU.

>> THROUGH THOSE DOORS BEHIND US, THE OBSTACLES ARE MANY.

CHILDREN OFTENTIMES TOO YOUNG TO RECOUNT WHAT HAPPENED, TOO SCARED TO SHARE IT, BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, THE TALENTED PRACTITIONERS HERE WORK THROUGH THE DAILY HORRORS THAT MOST OF US COULDN'T IMAGINE.

THINGS YOU DON'T UNSEE.

STORIES FROM LITTLE BROKEN ONES THAT YOU DON'T UNHEAR.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, NOT TO BE PRESUMPTUOUS PUT I CAN ONLY THINK THESE PRACTITIONERS DAY IN DAY OUT AS THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THESE WALLS?

WHAT IS HELPING TO REDUCE THIS?

THE WORK HERE DOESN'T OCCUR IN SPLENDID ISOLATION.

THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS COMMITTED TO WORKING TO HELP PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE.

WORKING WITH EXPERTS RIGHT HERE AT U.K. >> WHEN VISITS EXPERTS COMPLIMENT THE PROGRAM'S AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO IN THE NATION IT IS A REFLECTION OF THIS TEAM.

THEY HAVE CONDUCTED 6500 EVALUATIONS, WHICH DOING THE MATH SEEING THIS NEARLY EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR.

THE WORK DOESN'T STOP AT EVALUATIONS THE HOLISTIC TREATMENT MEANS WORKING WITH FAMILIES TO CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES, PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT WORKING WITH STATE AGENCIES AND FOLLOWING THE FAMILY'S WELL-BEING.

>> Renee: EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPING IN COVINGTON AS PART OF THAT PROJECT TWO NORTHERN KENTUCKY GRADUATE PROGRAMS ARE RELOCATING TO THE AREA KNOWN AS THE COVINGTON CENTRAL RIVERFRONT AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED $125 MILLION FOR THE MOVE.

THE MONEY WAS PROVIDED WITH 110 MILLION GIVEN IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WHICH STARTED THIS MONTH.

OUR EMILY SISK SAT DOWN WITH THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER WHO REQUESTED THE FUNDS.

>> THE CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY BRANCH OF U.K.'S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ARE LOCATED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE NKU'S CAMPUS IN CAMPBELL COUNTY.

SOON, THE PROGRAMS WILL FIND A NEW HOME IN KENTON COUNTY.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOVE IS NEW, THE IDEA IS NOT.

>> CHASE ORIGINATED IN COVINGTON SO THE LAW COMMUNITY HAS LONG HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT SHOULD THEY BE BACK IN COVINGTON.

THE MOST RECENT IDEA IT'S PROBABLY BEEN THERE FOR 15, 20 YEARS, THE CONVERSATION IS ONGOING.

>> LEADERS PROPOSED THE IDEA OF MOVING A LAW SCHOOL OVER A DECADE AGO.

AFTER PUBLIC DISAGREEMENT, MOSTLY FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY, THE PROPOSITION FELL THROUGH.

LAST YEAR, HOWEVER THINGS WERE DIFFERENT.

CHRIS McDANIEL CHAIRS THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTS KENTON COUNTY.

HE SPAINED THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE REQUEST TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND HOW THEY SECURED $125 MILLION.

>> WELL, WE ALL MAKE REQUESTS.

THERE IS 1:30 OWE 138 MEMBERS AND THERE'S 600 REQUESTS AND WE GO THROUGH ROUNDS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I TRY TO THINK THROUGH AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE LOCALLY ABOUT WHAT IS REALISTIC WHAT GETS US ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WHAT OTHER RESOURCES CAN THE LOCALS BRING TO BEAR AND THAT IS HOW WE ENDED UP IN A PLACE FOR THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT DID OCCUR AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH THIS PAST SESSION.

>> McDANIEL EXPLAINED THE REASONS BEHIND THE MOVE AND WHY THIS WAS THE RIGHT TIME.

>> IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE OCCURRING IN COVINGTON BOTH IN THE LIFE SCIENCES SPACE AS WELL AS THE LEGAL SPACE.

THERE IS NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S LARGEST FIRM MADE A MOVE TO COVINGTON AND WE HAVE COURTHOUSES IN COVINGTON AND CINCINNATI AND THAT IS WHERE IT CAME FROM.

>> THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY BRANCH OF U.K.'S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE ASSOCIATE DEAN SAYS MOVING TO COVINGTON WILL MEAN THEY CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY ACCEPT FROM 35 TO 50.

>> THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED IN REGARD TO GROWING OUR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE TRAIN PHYSICIANS IN A CONCERN LOCATION, THAT MANY OF THOSE PHYSICIANS WILL CHOOSE TO STAY AND BE A PART OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR REGION.

BEING WITHIN THAT URBAN CORE IN COVINGTON PLACES US IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MANY OTHER LIFE SCIENCE PARTNERS WHO OUR STUDENTS CAN PARTNER WITH ON RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD TO THE GROWTH OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND MEDICAL SCIENCE.

>> THE CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW DEAN SAID THE MOVE IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE TREND TO CREATE A SEPARATE SPACE FOR DOCKER TO RALE STUDENTS.

>> IT'S BEEN A TREND IN LEGAL EDUCATION FOR LAW SCHOOLS TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR SUBURBAN CAMPUS AND TO CREATE SPACE IN THE URBAN CORE DOWNTOWN AREAS.

>> SOME OPPONENTS TO THE MOVE SAYS THE GRADUATE SCHOOLS ARE INFUNCTIONAL FACILITIES.

AND THAT MONEY COULD BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE.

McDANIEL RESPONDED TO THAT ARGUMENT.

>> IF WE WANT TO RECRUIT WORLD CLASS TALENTS, WE CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY THAT'S FUNCTIONAL.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HAVING A FACILITY THAT CAN COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE BEST FACILITIES IN THIS NATION.

>> ULTIMATELY THE LEADERS SAID THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WANT TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CAN THRIVE.

>> I SEE IT ONLY AS A POSITIVE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S CERTAINLY WON'T HARM MY STUDENTS TO BE OFF OF CAMPUS AND IT WON'T HARM NKU.

>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY SISK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, EMILY.

THE COLLEGE DEANS SAID THEY ARE IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT THEY ARE DECIDING EXACTLY WHERE THE COLLABORATIVE CAMPUS WILL BE LOCATED DOWNTOWN.

THEY HOPE TO OPEN THE LOCATION IN 2028.

>>> HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AWAY, SO PRACTICE IS ALREADY STARTED AND IF YOU THINK IT'S HOT OUTSIDE FOR YOU, IMAGINE WEARING PADS AND HELMETS.

"KENTUCKY EDITION" WENT TO SENECA HIGH SCHOOL TO SEE HOW PLAYERS ARE TACKLING THE HEAT IN TONIGHT'S LOOK AT MEDICAL NEWS.

>> YOU'VE GOT HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.

HEAT STROKE IS THE RED FLAG 911 EMERGENCY.

HEAT EXHAUSTION IS THE STAGE BEFORE THAT.

TYPICALLY WHAT I WILL LOOK FOR FOR AN EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY SITUATION IS THAT THEIR BODY ISN'T SWEATING SO THEY CAN'T COOL DOWN ANYMORE AND A LITTLE DISORIENTED, DIZZY SIGNS OF DYSFUNCTION.

ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

HEAT STROKE IS 100% PREVENTIBLE.

SO WE ALWAYS COOL FIRST BEFORE WE CALL COOLING IS A MAIN THING THAT WE WANT TO DO.

WE CAN SAVE LIVES.

BY COOLING THEM DOWN.

WE TALK ABOUT HYDRATION.

HYDRATION STARTS THE DAY BEFORE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY CHUGGING A BUNCH OF WATER AT PRACTICE.

WHICH WATER IS AVAILABLE OBVIOUSLY BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE, WE TALK ABOUT URINE ANALYSIS IS IT CLEAR WHAT COLOR IS IT, IF IT'S DARK YELLOW STAY HYDRATED.

PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR BODY LET ME KNOW FIRST.

IT'S OUR DEFIBRILLATOR AND HOPEFULLY I DON'T HAVE TO USE IT SOON.

THIS IS THE GLOBE TEMPERATURE.

IT REQUIRES EVERYBODY TO USE IT WHICH IS GREAT.

BUT ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE ANY ACTIVITY STARTS YOU WANT TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD.

LET IT SIT OUT THERE FOR THREE MINUTES AND CHECK IT.

>> WE FOLLOW THE KHAA BY LAUS WE USE THAT HEAT INDEX RECORD SO THEY ARE RECORDING THE HEAT AND WE START THAT AT 95° AS IT INCREASES WE CHANGE OUR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE INDOORS IF IT GETS TOO HOT USUALLY WE HAVE THEM WEIGHT LIVING OR USING AIR-CONDITIONED GYMS IF THE HEAT RISES TOO MUCH.

>> WE PRACTICE IN THE MORNING FROM 8-10 HOWEVER WE PUT IN AN EXTRA WATER BREAK INTO OUR PRACTICE PLAN.

TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ATHLETES ARE HYDRATED.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY KIT.

THE BASIC ESSENTIALS FOR EVERYDAY.

FIRST AID, TAPE, OBVIOUSLY, THE KIDS LOVE FOAM ROLLERS.

I KEEP MY NOTEBOOK IN HERE SO I CAN WRITE DOWN ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AND I'VE GOT TAPE, EMERGENCY SUPPLIES, ICE BAGS, SPLINTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IN HERE I'VE GOT MY FULL TOWELS IN A COOLER WITH ICE AND WATER AND THEY ARE A QUICK WAY TO GET COOLED DOWN FEELING FUNKY OVERHEATING.

KIDS LIKE THESE BECAUSE THEY CAN COME OVER AND PUT IT ON, STAND ON THE SIDELINES.

WE ALSO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON FEEDING OUR KIDS AFTER PRACTICE GIVING THEM PROTEIN AND HAVE NUTRITION IN THEIR BODY.

FEEDING THEM BREAKFAST AND PUT AN EMPHASIS ON HYDRATION WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE.

>> Renee: WHILE FOOTBALL PRACTICE AT SENECA HIGH SCHOOL IS IN THE MORNINGS TO BEAT THE HEAT, PRACTICES WILL RESUME IN THE AFTERNOON ONCE SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION.

[♪♪] HARBOR HOUSE OF LOUISVILLE HAS BEEN SERVING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

BUT IT WILL SOON EXPAND TO SERVE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER NEXT MONTH.

OUR MACKENZIE SPINK TELLS US MORE ABOUT HOW HARBOR HOUSE HAS BEEN EXPANDING ITS MISSION ACROSS GENERATIONS.

>> HARBOR HOUSE OF LOUISVILLE WAS FOUNDED IN 1992 BY A GROUP OF FAMILIES WHO HAD CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WHO WERE AGING OUT OF THE CARE SYSTEMS.

THE PARENTS WANTED AN ORGANIZATION THAT COULD PROVIDE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AAND ENGAGING COMMUNITY THAT GAVE THEM A SENSE OF PURPOSE.

TODAY HARBOR HOUSE DOES JUST THAT.

OFFERING SKILLS TRAINING, ART AND MUSIC CLASSES AND MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES AT ITS INTERGENERATIONAL LIFE CENTER.

>> THE OLD IMAGE WAS YOU SIT IN A DAY PROGRAM AND SIT IN A ROOM ALL DAY AND THAT'S IT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.

WE DO HAVE FOLKS THAT LIGHT TO STAY ON-SITE THAT IS WHERE WE WORK HARD ABOUT BRINGING THE COMMUNITY IN TO PARTICIPATE AND TO BE INVOLVED WITH THEM.

IF WE CAN'T TAKE THEM TO THE COMMUNITY WE WORK HARD TO BRING COMMUNITY TO THEM.

>> ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AT HARBOR HOUSE IS MAIL FULFILLMENT CENTER WHERE PARTICIPANTS WITH EARN A PAYCHECK AND LEARN SKILLS.

>> MAYBE FOLKS ARE HIGH FUNCTIONING THEY WANT A JOB IN THE COMMUNITY BUT NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

I SAY THAT WE SERVE PEOPLE WITH POSSIBILITIES THAT JUST NEED OPPORTUNITIES.

SO YOU KNOW, THEY MAY START IN OUR MAIL CENTER AND THEY ARE WORKING ON LEARNING NOT JUST THE TASK AT HAND BUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, THEY MAY PRACTICE ROLE PLAY IN THE ROOMS ON HOW TO INTERVIEW FOR JOBS TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS.

>> WHILE SERVING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IS AT THE CORE OF THE HARBOR HOUSE MISSION, MANY PROGRAMS INCLUDING ITS MEDICAL CENTER ARE FOR ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH AN INTERGENERATIONAL MODEL IS A UNIQUE PART OF THE HARBOR HOUSE IDENTITY.

>> WE SILO SO MANY PEOPLE WE PUT THE SENIORS HERE AND PUT CHILDREN HERE AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HERE.

AND THEY DON'T MEET FOR PROGRAMS THEY WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING TO COMBINE THESE.

IT GOES BACK TO COMMUNITY SERVING COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE.

AND BEING HERE AND EVERYBODY HAS A PURPOSE FOR THAT.

AND WHETHER IT'S THE CHILDREN THAT NEED EXTRA LOVE AND ATTENTION AND CARE AND NURTURING I WATCHED MY GRANDMOTHER WITH MY KIDS AND THAT IS WHERE THE CONCEPT STARTED WITH ME.

AND I SAW IT LONG AGO THE SPARK IN BOTH MY CHILDREN'S EYES AND MY GRANDMOTHER'S EYES I WANTED TO BRING THE GENERATIONS TOGETHER.

WHEN WE ADDED THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO THE MODEL IT MADE IT SIZZLE.

>> LAST YEAR HARBOR HOUSE RECEIVED $4 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING TO EXPAND THE CAMPUS INCLUDING DEVELOPING THE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER WHICH WILL PROVIDE MONTESSORI STYLE EDUCATION TO CHILDREN.

CHILDREN WILL INTERACT AND FORM RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OTHER HARBOR HOUSE PARTICIPANTS.

EMBRACING THAT INTERGENERATIONAL MODEL.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT CHILDREN GROWING UP IN THIS MODEL THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO TURN TO DRUGS, LESS LIKELY TO BE ISOLATED JUST ON iPADS THEY WILL BE ENGAGED INTERACTING THEY WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SENIORS OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE FOLKS TOOK CARE OF THEM WHEN THEY NEEDED IT AS CHILDREN.

I THINK IT HAS HUGE OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE TRAJECTORY OF SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> IN ADDITION TO THE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER, THE STATE FUNDING IS EXPANDING HARBOR HOUSE'S RESPITE HOUSING WHICH PROVIDES UP TO TWO WEEKS OF SUPERVISED CARE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TIME OFF FOR CAREGIVERS.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M MACKENZIE SPINK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU.

THE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER WILL OPEN IN AUGUST AND SERVE JUST UNDER 100 CHILDREN.

[♪♪] ONE KENTUCKY REGION'S ECONOMY IS TAKING FLIGHT.

>> IT'S THE SIXTH LARGEST CARGO HUB IN NORTH AMERICA.

>> Renee: WE'LL TAKE YOU TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY'S MIDSUMMER SYMPOSIUM ON AN UPDATE ON NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S ECONOMY AND YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHICH INDUSTRIES ARE LEADING THE PACK THAT IS TOMORROW NIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHICH WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

MAKE SURE YOU ALSO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US AND CONNECT WITH US ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, FACEBOOK, X, AND INSTAGRAM TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND ALSO SEND US A STORY IDEA BY E-MAIL TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG.

AND LOOK FOR US ON THE PBS VIDEO APP AT THAT TIME YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ON YOUR SMART DEVICES.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

I'M RENEE SHAW TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE AND I WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN TOMORROW.