[♪♪] >> IT'S NOT A SUBPOENA.

IT'S NOT PRETTY PLEASE.

IT'S THE FORCE OF LAW.

>> A KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN STILL WANTS HOUSE ACTION TO FORCE THE RELEASE OF THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES.

>> OF COURSE I FELT EMBARASSED, I FELT STUPID, I FELT IGNORANT, I FELT ALL THOSE NEGATIVE THINGS AND I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF WHEN I FIRST REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

>> ONE PHONE CALL RUINED HER FINANCES.

LEARN WHAT SCAMMERS WILL DO TO GET AHOLD OF YOUR MONEY.

WE ARE AT AN INTERESTING TIME WHERE WE HAVE FOUR GENERATIONS IN ONE WORKPLACE LEARNING HOW TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> HEAR HOW YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ARE GETTING A HAND UP AND MEET KENTUCKY'S YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.

>> YOU'LL WANT TO WEAR DEET.

LONG SLEEVES.

LONG PANTS.

TUCK YOUR PANTS IN.

DO TICK CHECKS.> >> AND WE'RE TALKING TICKS AND HOW KEEP THEM OFF OF YOU.

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

[♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO KENTUCKY EDITION FOR MONDAY, JULY 28TH.

I'M KELSEY STARKS IN OUR KET LOUISVILLE STUDIO FILLING IN TONIGHT FOR RENEE SHAW.

A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO DEMAND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION.

EPSTEIN WAS A NEW YORK FINANCIER AND SEX OFFENDER WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN PRISON IN 2019.

THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR HIS FILES TO BE RELEASED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ENGAGED IN, OR KNEW ABOUT, SEX CRIMES.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED THE CASE A HOAX.

CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY'S FOURTH DISTRICT SAYS HE AGREES WITH CALLS TO SUBPOENA EPSTEIN'S ESTATE FOR DOCUMENTS.

AND MASSIE CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR A DISCHARGE PETITION REQUIRING A HOUSE VOTE THAT WOULD FORCE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

MASSIE APPEARED YESTERDAY ON 'THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOLOUS' ON ABC.

>> WHAT IS YOUR BILL DO EXACTLY AND WHY NOW?

>> IT WOULD FORCE A FULL RELEASE OF THE FILES.

IT HAS THE FORCE OF LAW.

IT IS NOT A SUBPOENA.

IT IS NOT A PRETTY PLEASE WOULD YOU RELEASE THE FILES.

IT IS THE FORCE OF LAW AND IT HAS PROTECTIONS TO REDACT VICTIMS' NAMES AND PREVENT RELEASE OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

WHY NOW?

IT WASN'T UNTIL NOW I REALIZED HOW INSINCERE THE PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS WERE.

THEY'VE TOLD US WE WERE GOING TO GET THESE FILES AND ONLY RECENTLY DID WE FIND OUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RELEASE THE FILES.

>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS, THOMAS MASSIE?

THEY DEVOTED WE TALKED ABOUT A THOUSAND F.B.I.

DODGE PERSONNEL WORKING ON THIS AND THE PRESIDENT IS REFERRING TO IT AS A HOAX AND SAYING NOBODY CARES.

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS A HOAX.

IT'S THE PROMISE PRESIDENT TRUMP BROUGHT TO HIM WITH THE WHITE HOUSE HOW HE ENERGIZED SO MANY PEOPLE WHO CHECKED OUT OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.

HE WAS GOING TO BE THE GUY HOLDING THE RICH AND POLITICALLY CONNECTED PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT.

I DOPTDZ'S THINK THE PRESIDENT IS IMPLICATED IN THE FILES.

BUT I DO THINK HE HAS FRIENDS WHO MAYBE EMBARRASSED BY THE RELEASE OF THESE FILES AND IT MAY NOT IMPLICATE THEM IT MAYBE EMBARRASSMENT BUT HE HE'S DECIDED TO DO A 180 ON THIS.

THE PRESIDENT HAS BLASTED MASSIE FOR HIS CONTINUED CRITICISM.

LAST WEEK, TRUMP CALLED MASSIE A LOSER AND AN AUTOMATIC "NO" VOTE ON EVERYTHING.

HE'S VOWED TO FIND AND ENDORSE A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OPPONENT TO RUN AGAINST MASSIE IN 20-26.

LAST YEAR, AMERICANS LOST MORE THAN 12 BILLION DOLLARS TO SCAMS, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

THE AGENCY FOUND THAT SENIORS IN THEIR 70'S LOST THE MOST.

ONE OF THESE VICTIMS IS MARY ELLEN STRANGE WHO LIVES ACROSS THE RIVER FROM LOUISVILLE.

SHE ENCOUNTERED A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED SCAM.

SINCE HER MONEY WAS STOLEN LAST YEAR, SHE HAS SPOKEN FREELY ABOUT HER LOSS• TO HER LOCAL WOMEN'S GOLF CLUB AND EVEN NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER MET HER AT HER HOME THIS SUMMER.

>> MARY ELLEN STRANGE LIVES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH HER DOG, BELLA.

LAST YEAR, SHE GOT A PESKY SPAM CALL CLAIMING TO BE AMAZON.

SHE WASN'T FALLING FOR IT.

>> AND I SAID, THIS IS CRAZY.

THIS IS NOT ME.

NO, I DIDN'T BUY A MACBOOK PRO AND SHIP IT TO NEW YORK AND I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.

AND I HUNG UP THE PHONE.

>> BUT HOURS LATER, SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS MAKING PURCHASES WITH HER ACCOUNT.

>> A GENTLEMAN ANSWERED THE PHONE AND HE SAID ALL THE SAME THINGS TO ME.

AND HE HE ADDED TO THAT THERE WERE SOME CHARGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PURCHASES MADE IN MY NAME.

AND THAT GOT MY ATTENTION, BECAUSE I DIDN'T CALL BACK THE ORIGINAL CALLER.

I GOOGLED AMAZON FRAUD UNIT AND CALLED THEM.

>> OVER SEVEN WEEKS, SCAMMERS POSING AS FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TOOK NEARLY $400,000 FROM STRANGE.

THEY CAME TO HER DOOR AND SHE GAVE THEM WHATEVER THEY ASKED FOR.

>> MY HANDLER KNEW WHERE THE NEAREST CRYPTO MACHINE WAS TO MY HOUSE TWO BLOCKS AWAY, AND HE INSTRUCTED ME WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO.

AND IT SEEMS CRAZY, OF COURSE, WHEN I LOOK BACK ON IT NOW.

BUT AT THE TIME HE GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS TRYING TO HELP ME.

THIS WAS HOW HE WAS DOCUMENTING MY MONEY TO PRESENT TO THE COURT THAT I WAS NOT MONEY LAUNDERING.

I HAD ACCESS TO THAT MONEY AND I COULD PROVE IT.

>> SHE THOUGHT THIS WOULD END WITH OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS PROVING HER INNOCENCE TO CRIMES SHE NEVER COMMITTED.

>> NO, HE NEVER CONFIRMED THE MEETING.

I NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN.

NO ONE SHOWED UP ON MONDAY AND THAT'S WHEN I REACHED OUT TO MY FAMILY MEMBER AND SAID, I THINK I'M IN TROUBLE.

OF COURSE, I FELT EMBARRASSED.

I FELT STUPID, I FELT IGNORANT, I FELT ALL THOSE NEGATIVE THINGS.

AND I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF WHEN I FIRST REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

>> WHAT MADE IT WORSE IS THAT SHE NOW HAS TO PAY $100,000 TO THE IRS FOR THE PRETAX MONEY SHE TOOK OUT OF HER RETIREMENT.

>> I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD EVER BE TAXED FOR MONEY THAT WAS STOLEN FROM YOU.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

>> SHE HOPES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION WILL SOLVE HER TAX SITUATION, BUT SHE NEVER EXPECTS TO RECOUP THE MONEY THAT WAS STOLEN.

>> SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TURN A ONCE SHAMEFUL SITUATION INTO A LESSON FOR OTHERS.

>> I THINK IT DOES HELP ME TO SHARE MY STORY.

FOR ONE, FOR ME, IT'S HEALING.

AND ALSO IT'S IT'S SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO DO TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.

>> STRANGE HAS PARTNERED WITH AARP TO SHARE HER CAUTIONARY YET EMPOWERING TALE FAR AND WIDE.

FOR KENTUCKY EDITION, I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> THOUGH HER SCAMMERS SWORE HER TO SECRECY, MARY ELLEN STRANGE DID CONFIDE IN HER FAMILY ONCE SHE REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED.

INCLUDING A RELATIVE WHO SHE SAYS IS A FORMER FBI AGENT.

SHE IS NOW WORKING WITH THE FBI ON AN INVESTIGATION, THOUGH SHE DOES NOT EXPECT TO GET HER MONEY BACK.

SEE OTHER STORIES OF SENIORS WHO WERE BILKED OUT OF MONEY, THE NEW SCHEMES TO LOOK FOR, AND WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF ON A SPECIAL ONE-HOUR PROGRAM SENIOR SCAMS, A NEXT CHAPTER FORUM THAT AIRS TONIGHT AT EIGHT, SEVEN CENTRAL RIGHT HERE ON KET.

A U.S. ARMY CADET DIED AT KENTUCKY'S FORT KNOX DURING TRAINING LAST THURSDAY.

THE ARMY SAYS CADET NEIL EDARA OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE DURING LAND NAVIGATION TRAINING.

HE RECEIVED TREATMENT AND WAS FLOWN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL... WHERE HE DIED.

THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THIS HAPPENED DURING CADET SUMMER TRAINING.

EDARA WAS PRAISED AS A DEDICATED AND PROMISING YOUNG LEADER.

>> STATE LAWMAKERS WANT DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE HOUSES AND APARTMENTS IN KENTUCKY.

THEY SAY GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS WILL GET MORE HOUSING ON THE MARKET.

KENTUCKY'S BANKERS TOLD STATE LAWMAKERS TODAY THEY WOULD COMMITMENT 20 MILLION DOLLARS TO A STATE BUILDING FUND, IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACCEPTS.

>> AGAIN, BANKS CAN ADDRESS THE INTEREST RATE CHALLENGE.

AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A $20 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM BANKS TO GO TOWARDS A REVOLVING FUND WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY ADDRESS A LOT OF THIS HOUSING CRISIS, WHICH AGAIN IS THIS 70% BELOW THE WORKFORCE IN THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.

AND THIS IS, I THINK, IN A CRITICAL PORTION OF THIS, WHICH WE TALKED TO VARIOUS MEMBERS, INCLUDING YOU, ALL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN THE SPRING, IS THAT THIS IS ABOUT CREATING NEW DOORS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT REFINANCES.

IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FLIPPING THINGS OUT.

THIS IS CREATING NEW HOUSING TO REALLY TACKLE THE CRISIS.

>> THE KENTUCKY BANKERS ASSOCIATION PROPOSED THE FUND, WHICH IT SAYS SHOULD BE MANAGED BY HOPE OF THE MIDWEST.

THAT'S A CONSORTIUM OF BANKS THAT ISSUE LOANS SPECIFICALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS DISCUSSION, INCLUDING REACTION FROM LAWMAKERS, TOMORROW ON KENTUCKY EDITION.

[♪♪] >> 220 NEW, FULL-TIME JOBS ARE HEADED TO FRANKFORT.

NITTO MAKES ELECTRONICS AND PARTS FOR CARS, AEROSPACE, HOUSING, AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE COMPANY PLANS A NEW FACILITY ON FORTUNE DRIVE IN INDUSTRIAL PARK NUMBER THREE.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR WAS ON HAND FOR TODAY'S RIBBON CUTTING.

HE SAYS THE 220 JOBS WILL MEAN A BOOST TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR KENTUCKIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE RECIEVE OVER A THOUSAND REFERRALS REGARDING ONLINE BULLYING, CYBERTHREATS, AND SEXTORTION EVERY MONTH.

KSP AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE KENTUCKY JOINED FORCES TO CREATE A SERIES OF ONLINE TRAINING VIDEOS THAT TEACH PARENTS AND GUARDIANS HOW TO RESPONSIBLY MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN'S ONLINE ACTIVITY.

>> IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOUR CHILD HAS ACCESS TO THE WORLD.

THE WORLD HAS ACCESS TO YOUR CHILD.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS OUT THERE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT INTENTIONS THEY MAY HAVE TO YOUR CHILDREN OR TO THE CHILDREN IN YOUR CARE.

>> PREVENT CHILD ABUSE KENTUCKY WE ARE ABOUT PREVENTION.

>> AS A PARENT MYSELF I HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HAVING THE HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INTERNET SAFETY.

>> SO WE HOPE THAT THESE VIDEOS WILL HELP PREVENTED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

IF WE ARE TRYING TO GET AT THE DIGITAL AGE AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN CONTACT WITH KIDS AND YOUTH TO UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF THE INTERNET, WHILE ALSO UNDERSTANDING ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE ON THE INTERNET.

WE NEED TO KIND OF BRING IT TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF MEET EVERYBODY WHERE THEY'RE AT.

>> IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF GIVING OUR KIDS A CELLPHONE AND SAYING HEY DON'T DO ANYTHING I WOULDN'T DO.

HAVE FUN.

>> THE SHORTEST ONE IS TWO OR THREE MINUTES LONG.

THE LODGEST IS SIX OR SEVEN MINUTES.

HOW MANY OF US DON'T JUST SIT ON THE COUCH OR SIT IN OUR CHAIR AND JUST SCROLL FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO YOU CAN USE THAT TIME AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS OR TAKE CARE OF YOUR NIECES OR NEPHEWS OR GRANDKIDS.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THROUGH THESE WHAT WE ARE REFERRING TO AS THESE VIGNETTES IS TO ALLOW PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN THEIR LITTLE SNIPPETS OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE IN THEIR BUSY DAYS IS TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT WE THINK WILL HELP THEM KEEP THEIR KIDS SAFE.

>> IN ADDITION TO THE VIDEOS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PAMPHLETS AND EVEN A COLORING BOOK AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD TO HELP GET THOSE ONLINE SAFETY CONVERSATIONS STARTED.

>> PREPARE TO ITCH.

THE CDC SAYS EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS RELATED TO TICK BITES ARE SURGING THIS YEAR.

MORE IN TONIGHT'S MEDICAL NEWS.

URGENT CARE CENTERS IN KENTUCKY ARE ALSO SEEING A SPIKE.

TARA KESTLER IS A NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR NORTON E-CARE.

SHE'S TREATED SEVERAL PATIENTS FOR TICK BITES THIS SUMMER AND SHARES SOME ADVICE FOR ANYONE PLANNING TO BE OUTSIDE.

>> BE AWARE OF THE AREA THAT YOU'RE IN, IF YOU'RE SEEING TALL GRASS, THERE'S A BUNCH OF LEAVES, YOU'RE OUT IN THE WOODS, TREES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU WANT TO WEAR DEET, LONG SLEEVES, LONG PANTS, TUCK YOUR PANTS IN, DO TICK CHECK.

SO, AFTER YOU COME IN FROM BEING OUTDOORS, JUST DO A FULL-BODY CHECK.

HAVE SOMEONE CHECK YOU, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE BEHIND YOUR EARS, IN YOUR SCALP, PLACES THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY SEEING VERY EASILY.

>> MOST TICK BITES DON'T REQUIRE A TRIP TO THE ER.

IF YOU ARE BITTEN, EXPERTS SUGGEST REMOVING THE TICK WITH TWEEZERS AND CLEANING THE AREA THOROUGHLY.

>> WHEN YOU'RE REMOVING A TICK, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE USING TWEEZERS THAT ARE CLEAN.

THE POINTY ONES ARE BEST.

JUST GENTLE PRESSURE ON THE TICK.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SMASH IT, TWIST IT.

YOU WANT UPWARD MOTION, JUST ONE MOTION.

IF THERE'S A PIECE THAT'S STILL STUCK IN THERE, YOUR BODY WILL PUSH THAT OUT EVENTUALLY, SO DON'T DIG, BECAUSE THAT CAN CAUSE AN SECONDARY INFECTION.

>> THEN WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS LIKE FEVER, CHILLS, AND A RASH.

IF ANY OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, BE SURE TO CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

[♪♪] THE S&P 500 WAS SETTING RECORDS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WERE WORKING ON THEIR OWN BUSINESS FUTURES AT THE KENTUCKY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SUMMIT.

THE SUMMIT HOSTED BY THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GIVES YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS.

>> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I WOULD SAY, IS THE OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK THERE IS A CHALLENGE THERE WITHIN KENTUCKY IN GENERAL IS YOU HAVE GENERATIONS THAT ARE IN THE WORKPLACE.

AND JUST GIVING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE LISTENED TO TO INNOVATE AND TO BE ABLE TO CREATE.

THEY CAN SEE WHAT OTHERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PROFESSIONALS BUT ESPECIALLY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS STARTING OFF THEIR CAREER TO NETWORK ABLE TO NETWORK, MEET PEOPLE ABLE TO NETWORK, MEET PEOPLE FROM OTHER CONNECTED COMMUNITIES, MEET PEOPLE FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES, HEAR THEIR STORIES, HEAR THE LIFE LESSONS THAT THEY'VE LEARNED.

SO I THINK ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMETIMES WE SEEM TO BE BEEN KIND OF MORE DIVIDED OR MORE REMOTE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CREATE SPACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS HAVE AN ACCESS TO ALL THESE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND THE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.

>> A LOT OF OUR WORKFORCE NOW, THEY'VE REALLY ONLY KNOWN WORK SINCE COVID, WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN MORE HYBRID OR MORE REMOTE.

AND SO MAYBE NOT AS TRADITIONAL.

SO DEFINITELY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND VARIOUS GENERATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE.

AND I THINK WE'RE AT A REALLY INTERESTING TIME RIGHT NOW WHERE WE POTENTIALLY HAVE FOUR GENERATIONS AND ONE WORKPLACE KIND OF LEARNING HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AND THEIR DIFFERENT STYLES.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU, AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, NOT ONLY USE YOUR VOICE, BUT ENCOURAGE OTHERS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO USE THEIR VOICE AS WELL.

ALSO, CREATE SPACE FOR OTHERS.

GET IT TO GET INSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY LEARN THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE AND LEARN WHAT IS NEEDED SO THAT YOU CAN FILL IN THE GAPS WHERE NEEDED.

AND THAT WOULD REALLY ALLOW YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO KNOW THAT NOT ONLY THEY ARE NEEDED, BUT THEY ARE VALUED AS WELL.

I THINK YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ARE CRAVING INTERACTION, THEY'RE CRAVING NETWORKING, AND THIS PROVIDES THEM THAT OUTLET, THAT CONNECTED CHAMBER REALLY PRIDES OURSELVES OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THESE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ON VARIOUS SIDES OF THE ISSUE, TACKLE THEM, AND HOPEFULLY COME OUT WITH SOME REALLY GOOD SOLUTIONS.

IT TAKES THAT FEAR AWAY, LIKE IT GIVES YOUNG INDIVIDUALS THE FAITH TO ACTUALLY STEP OUT.

BEING A BUSINESS OWNER, IT IS NOT EASY.

IT IS NOT FOR THE WEAK.

AND SO HAVING THESE TYPE OF ADVANCE, IT REALLY SHOWS THAT YOU'RE CARED FOR.

IT ALSO SHOWS THAT, HEY, THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT HERE THAT'S ALSO DOING IT.

SO IT'S GIVING PEOPLE HOPE THAT THEY CAN DO THE SAME THINGS.

>> KENTUCKY'S YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR WAS NAMED.

BRANDON PENNINGTON WAS SELECTED, ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HE WAS A KEY MEMBER OF THE TEAM THAT TOOK HARLAN TO A TOURISM BASED ECONOMY.

THE COUNTY'S NUMBERS SHOW THAT TOURISM HAD A $38 MILLION IMPACT IN HARLAN COUNTY AND MORE THAN $20 MILLION RIGHT WITHIN THE CITY OF HARLAN.

>> BEING FROM APPALACHIA AND A SMALL TOWN OF KENTUCKY YOU FIND STEREOTYPES, FITDING THEM EVERYDAY IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE GIVEN A PLATFORM WHERE YOU BECOME THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE ENTIRE STATE I HOPE IT GIVES INSPIRATION TO OTHER PEOPLE TO PURSUE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WORK WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WITHIN THE STATE TO MAKE THE STATE A BETTER PLACE.

I FOUND MYSELF EVERYDAY WHETHER I'M TRYING SOMETHING NEW OR TRYING TO PUT ON A NEW EVENT OR TO DO SOMETHING FOR MY COMMUNITY OR WITHIN THE STATE I TELL MYSELF IT STARTS BY TRYING AND JUST TO TAKE A SECOND TO TRY.

AND TO KEEP PURSUING YOUR DREAMS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

WHETHER YOU ARE A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL FIGHTING STEREOTYPES IN APPALACHIA, OR A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL TOLD YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING KEEP TRYING.

AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL.

>> ONE TREND THAT KENTUCKY CHAMBER NOTED IS EMPLOYERS ARE ROUNDING OUT THEIR BENEFITS PACKAGES TO ATTRACT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS LOOKING FOR A GOOD WORK-LIFE BALANCE.

[♪♪] >> WE'RE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT FROM A HISTORIC LOCATION.

OUR KET LOUISVILLE STUDIOS ARE IN THE AMERICAN LIFE BUILDING ON WEST MAIN STREET.

AND THE BUILDING IS NOW OFFICIALLY PART OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG TALKED ABOUT IT, OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> WELCOME TO DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE WHERE WE HAVE GREAT MOMENTUM AND WONDERFUL THINGS ARE HAPPENING EVERYDAY.

WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS, AND WE'RE PRESERVING GREAT HISTORICAL GEMS LIKE THE AMERICAN LIFE BUILDING BEHIND ME THAT THE FAMILY BROUGHT TO LIFE 50 YEARS AGO AND IT'S NOW ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

>> HERE'S SOME MORE HISTORY FOR YOU.

ALE-8-ONE HAS BECOME A MAINSTAY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY OVER THE LAST DECADE.

BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WASN'T THE FIRST DRINK CONCOCTED BY FOUNDER G.L.

WAINSCOTT?

OUR FRIENDS AT KENTUCKY LIFE EXPLORE THE ORIGINS OF ROXA COLA AND THE EARLY DAYS OF ALE-8.

[♪♪] >> OUR FOUNDER, G.L.

WAINSCOTT INVOLVED ROXA COLA IN 1906.

AND HE WAS GETTING SUED FOR THE COLA NAME.

SO AS A BACKUP PLAN HE MADE ALE-8 AND DEVELOPED IT IN 1926.

WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE ALE-8 WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR ROXA COLA.

SO BRINGING BACK ROXA COLA IS GOING BACK TO OUR ROOTS AND WHAT STARTED OUR COMPANY TO BEGIN WITH.

>> ROXA COLA IS KIND OF A THROWBACK TO A COLA FROM 100 YEARS AGO.

KIND OF OUR OWN FLAVORING TO IT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MOST NORMAL COLAS.

>> COLAS ARE VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF INGREDIENTS.

MAJORITY OF COLAS INCLUDE SIMILAR FLAVORS.

THE COLA FLAVOR, NUTMEG, CINNAMON AND CITRUS OILS AND VANILLA.

TO MAKE COLAS DIFFERENT YOU ADJUST THE LEVELS OF EACH OF THOSE FLAVOR INGREDIENTSES AND YOU CAN MOVE ONE UP OR DOWN AND COMPLETELY CHANGE THE PROFILE OF THE PRODUCT.

ROXA COLA IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COLAS BECAUSE IT IS FULL SUGAR AND WE KIND OF UP THE CITRUS AND CINNAMON YOU GET A NICE AROMA IN THE BEGINNING AND A GOOD CINNAMON FINISH.

>> THE LINE STARTS AT THE DEPAL ADVERTISER, WE HAVE PALETTES OF GLASS THAT COME IN LAYERS AND IT DECONSTRUCTS THOSE PALETTES OF GLASS BY TAKING ONE LAYER OFF AT A TIME.

FROM THERE, THE BOTTLES TRAVEL AROUND TO THE LABELERS.

WE PUT LABELS ON BEFORE FILLING, DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE.

MOST PEOPLE FILL IN AND PUT LABELS ON.

WE PUT OUR LABELS ON THE BOTTLES AND THEY GO THROUGH A RINSING PROCESS WHERE THE BOTTLES ARE WASHED OUT BEFORE THEY GO TO THE FILLER.

THE FILLER HAS CZAR MON ON ONE SIDE AND CARBONATED WATER AND IT WILL MIX TWO OUNCES OF SYRUP TO TWO OUNCES OF CARBONATED WATER AND 600 BOTTLES PER MINUTE.

AT THAT TIME, IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING, THE FILLER WILL ATRASH A KRON TO THE TOP AND FROM THERE IT GOES THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR AND GETS A DAY CODE PRINTED ON THE NECK AND GO THROUGH A WARMER TO WARM THE PRODUCT BACK UP.

BECAUSE IT'S BOTTLED AT 32° AND FROM THERE IT GOES TO THE PACKER WHERE IT DROPS THE BOTTLES INTO THE CASES AND INTO THE PALETTIZER WHERE IT'S WRAPPED UP AND READY FOR SHIPPING.

>> ALE-8 IS A VERY, VERY GOOD SUPPORTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE DO PROJECTS AS THE HERITAGE COMMISSION AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME AND HELP US OUT.

THERE IS A PLANT THERE CURRENTLY.

ANYBODY THAT NEEDS HELP THEY GO TO ALE-8 FIRST AND ALE-8 IS ALWAYS GOOD ABOUT RESPONDING.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN-UP WITH IT.

YOU KNOW, ECONOMICALLY IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF HISTORY AND A GREAT STORY BEHIND ALE-8.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ALE-8-ONE AND CHECK OUT OTHER GREAT STORIES FROM KENTUCKY LIFE ONLINE AND ON DEMAND AT KET.ORG.

OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS THE SCOOP ON THE FIRST WORLD WAR....

THE FIRST CENSUS AND KENTUCKY'S FIRST DUEL IN THIS LOOK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[♪♪] >> IT'S BELIEVE KENTUCKY'S FIRST DUEL WAS AUGUST FIRST, 1790• TWO YEARS BEFORE STATEHOOD.

CAPTAIN JAMES STRONG AND HENRY CRAIG MET AT SUNDOWN IN DANVILLE AND SHOT EACH OTHER WITH FLINTLOCK PISTOLS.

STRONG DIED.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT PROMPTED THE DUEL.

WORK ON THE FIRST U.S. CENSUS BEGAN THE NEXT DAY, AUGUST SECOND, 1790.

IT WOULD REVEAL KENTUCKY HAD 73,677 PEOPLE.

AND 12,430 OF THEM WERE ENSLAVED.

THE EXACT START DATE IS OPEN TO DEBATE, BUT MANY BELIEVE THE FIRST REAL FANCY FARM PICNIC WAS JULY 31ST, 1880.

IT WAS A FUNDRAISER FOR SAINT JEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND DID NOT INCLUDE POLITICAL SPEECHES.

FUTURE GOVERNOR A.B.

"HAPPY" CHANDLER IS CREDITED WITH STARTING THE TRADITIONAL OF POLITICAL SPEAKING IN THE 1930S.

SPEAKING OF HAPPY CHANDLER, HE SERVED AS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMMISSIONER FROM 1945 TO 1951 AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME ON AUGUST FIRST, 1982.

ALL POST OFFICES CLOSED ON JULY 30TH, 1883 IN MEMORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NATIVE AND FORMER POSTMASTER GENERAL MONTGOMERY BLAIR.

HE'S CREDITED WITH INTRODUCING UNIFORM POSTAL RATES• FREE DELIVERY IN CITIES• AND THE SALE OF MONEY ORDERS.

WORLD WAR I BEGAN ON JULY 28TH, 1914.

THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT JOIN THE FIGHTING UNTIL 1917.

EVENTUALLY, MORE THAN 24-HUNDRED KENTUCKIANS WOULD BE KILLED.

STARTING JULY 29TH, 1977, ELVIS PRESLEY FANS CAMPED OUT OUTSIDE RUPP ARENA FOR TICKETS TO HIS PLANNED RUPP ARENA CONCERT ON AUGUST 23RD.

BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN; ELVIS DIED AUGUST 16TH.

AND THAT'S A LOOK BACK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

I'M TOBY GIBBS.

I'M TOBY GIBBS.