♪ >> I >> will not tolerate sexual misconduct in Louisville.

Metro government.

>> Louisville suspends its police chief.

Where does the department stand now?

So making sure you check under your underarms.

>> Your scalp here here line as well as even in your belly button.

We're one week away from the official start of summer, but tick season is already here.

>> There's nothing better than getting somebody bigger than you and make him fall.

Nothing better that it's fantastic.

>> And Kentucky is home to more than one kind of derby.

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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Thursday, June, the 13th one day away from the weekend.

>> Thank you so much for joining us.

I'm Renee Shaw.

We appreciate your company as we first reported last night, Louisville's police chief is suspended because of for handling of a sexual harassment claim.

Mayor Craig Greenberg made the announcement during a news conference late yesterday afternoon.

Our Clayton Dalton breaks down where the department goes from here.

>> Mayor Greenberg was clear to point out that the sexual harassment claim does not involve chief Jacqueline Quinn Beeler well herself, but only how she handled the claim once it was reported to her, he would not elaborate on the allegation but said it is still being investigated.

This situation is especially concerning.

Given that just last March.

The United States Department of Justice.

Re serious concerns about LMPD is handling of sexual misconduct allegations.

I will not tolerate sexual misconduct in Louisville.

Metro government.

Including.

LMPD.

Rules and policies are in place for a reason.

And they need to be followed.

The Department of Justice's investigation was prompted by the death of Breonna Taylor who was shot and killed by Louisville police during a botched raid in 2020.

Chief.

When bureau well is the 3rd person to lead the department full-time since Taylor's death.

She was named chief less than a year ago after serving as interim chief for 7 months.

Jacqueline Quinn DeLauro out.

Prior to moving to Louisville.

She spent 24 years with Atlanta.

Police Mayor Greenberg said retired FBI agent David Buyer is now conducting an independent investigation into her actions.

In the meantime, Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey is the new acting chief of police.

He's been with the department for 18 years and created LMPD is new Accountability and improvement program.

LMPD will fully cooperate with Mister Beyer and his investigation so that he can complete in a thorough and trustworthy way.

We will treat this process with the seriousness it deserves and respect the conclusions.

The independent investigation will fine and the decisions the mayor makes as a result.

We will not let this be a distraction.

We will not waver and our fight to combat violent crime in this community.

Louisville police were under more scrutiny last month after they rested the world's top pro golfer as he tried to Interval Hollow Golf course which was hosting the PGA Championship.

Scottie Scheffler was handcuffed and booked into jail.

Charges were eventually dropped after a prosecutor determined it was a misunderstanding.

As for chief when bureau well, she's now on temporary paid leave.

For Kentucky Edition.

>> Thank you, Clayton.

Dalton.

The attorney for Major Shannon Lauder, the alleged victim says he is looking into claims of sexual misconduct within the Louisville Metro Police Department over the last 4 years.

A 6 person has died from storms that hit Kentucky during the Memorial Day weekend.

Governor Andy Beshear's.

The latest said the latest victim was a 99 year-old woman from Laurel County.

The governor also says the state will accept applications for disaster unemployment assistance from people in 11 counties who are out of work because of April.

Second storms.

You can see those counties listed here on your screen during his routine press conference today.

The governor also talked about education.

He opposes amendment to that will be on November's ballot in Kentucky.

The amendment that if passed would allow the Kentucky General Assembly to spend public money on private schools.

Today a reporter asked the governor if he'll campaign against it.

>> I intend to campaign against.

Amendment 2.

I intend to defeat Amendment 2 along with anybody else that's out there.

The vast majority of Kentuckians agree the public dollars are for public schools and it's critically important that we be this You know, again, the legislature keeps trying to do This is a money gram by private corporations and see how much money we invest in our public education and then they try to give window dressing like our public schools are are getting But but then they want to send the money.

To private schools that don't have the same rules or regulations will again its flexibility.

That's the issue.

Give our public schools more flexibility.

But it's not fair to take money from public school.

The EU, the legislature says has to do things a certain way.

And given to someone else that does not.

And we think about especially rural Kentucky.

Many private schools.

There aren't other options.

And so another thing we're going to see is a lot of dollars flowing out of world, Kentucky education and Kentucky education, which again is unfair to the entirety.

Of students across Kentucky.

>> And other education news, Jefferson County Public Schools broke ground on a new preschool today.

The site will be just one of 6 public schools dedicated to Louisville's littlest learners.

Our June Leffler has more in tonight's Education match.

The report.

>> And open field on the backside of Waterson Elementary will be the foundation of a new JCPS preschool for 3 and four-year-olds JCPS officials say early childhood education lays the groundwork for a successful student and adult.

>> If you really want to change the future, if you really want to change the world, you should invest in children and send a child to do it.

I'm a proud parent of JCPS students and my JCPS students began in JCPS in early child care right up the street.

Would you know that?

I still KET in contact with their early child care teachers because they're such dedicated professionals that they KET calling and checking the end, it seeing how my children are growing and developing.

>> Research consistently shows that high-quality Pre-K, education.

He has a significant positive impact on children's development and long-term success.

These are critical years were foundational skills are built, where children learn to socialize, develop language and motor skills and begin to understand the world around them.

>> About 400 students will be able to attend the school once it opens in August of 2026.

>> And so we have closed a little bit over than 2600 students.

And we usually maintain you know, close to sometimes even 3,000 students, a lot over those students, some of that are normally house and an elementary location will come to a center location.

>> Nearby elementary schools will likely have a bit more space than they did before.

And educators can give their full attention to just the earliest learners.

>> Of course, our goal is to have our students and the centers just for various reasons.

We have administrator is that are completely focused on early childhood rather than having an elementary location wired that principle, of course, is focused on preschool to 5th grade.

>> There's no universal Pre-K in Kentucky, but JCPS in all Kentucky, public schools must offer instruction to low-income 4 year-olds in their districts.

Same goes for 3 and four-year-olds with the disability.

>> These students come from our neediest families really need the early childhood learning offered to them to be ready for kindergarten because we know every child, every single child deserves quality.

Early learning opportunities.

And we want to make sure to provide them in JCPS so that they become kindergarten ready.

>> For Kentucky edition, I'm June Leffler.

>> Thank you.

June Superintendent Marty Pollio says this school is just one of 7 brand-new JCPS buildings on the way in the coming years.

But 3 years ago, out Montgomery Fiscal court applied for a grant through the Kentucky Project Development Initiative for more land after it outgrew the current industrial park.

The county received 2 million dollars to build a new park right next door.

Today, local officials and members of the Kentucky General Assembly came together to present the check and break ground on the park, which will be about 165 acres in size.

According to the Industrial Authority, the park is expected to have an impact, not just on Montgomery County, but 25 other counties.

>> Great things are about to happen on this parcel of land and great things will continue to happen for generations to come.

At this site.

Us the opportunity.

And who knows what company your business located here in the future.

But we do know that whoever it is, whatever company it is, that will mean jobs for us.

That will mean continued growth for us.

That will mean opportunity for our community for decades to come.

>> It's going to promote job growth is going to retain a year younger.

Hopefully some of the younger generations to stay here.

It's going to develop retail is going to help housing is going crease tax base.

And it's also going to have a, you know, nicer amenities for the community because of the spinoff on So hopefully we'll start getting some more small businesses in here.

And we just look for being progressive.

Do the right thing.

>> I am fortunate and thankful for a general assembly.

That's all.

The worth of the Kentucky Project Development Initiative.

In the current budget.

200 million dollar pools.

Guess what?

That was renewed in the new budget that will take place July.

The first.

This project when it's finished and you put the money to work.

You have a bill ready.

Industrial site me say that again.

Build ready.

>> The new industrial park will be named after the Walker family whose family farm and previously been on the land for 70 years.

Summer is officially a week away.

That means sunshine vacations and unfortunately ticks ticks are arachnids and just likes fighters and scorpions.

Their bite can pack a punch.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say ticks can spread bacteria, viruses and parasites.

That cause disease.

And today's medical news steps you can take to reduce your chance of exposure.

News repellent that contains 20% DEET or picaridin on your skin from after reading on your clothing use that wear long socks or pants.

Tuck your pants into your socks.

University of Louisville family nurse practitioner Megan Carlisle told KET which ticks are prevalent in Kentuckyian what to do if you're bitten by them.

>> There are 2 tanks that are more prevalent in Kentucky.

That's a double take which carries a germ that can cause Rocky mountain spotted fever.

And then there's the lone Star tick, which can cause like iOS.

And so symptoms of these can be rash, fever, muscle aches and joint pain.

And you can also have some abdominal pain, nausea.

And then watching out for sensitivity to light too.

There is Lyme disease, which I know a lot of people are really more familiar with.

That is typically caused by the dear.

Take not saying it can't happen in Kentucky, but it's more common in the northeast.

But similar send ends fever, joint pain as well as everyone has heard that bull's eye rash watching out for that, too.

Symptoms can appear typically with only 5 days, but even with the line disease, it can take up to 30 days to have that.

I'm old.

I'm Ashley here.

So if you have any concerns, make sure that you come in and get checked out.

If you do have an intake, exposure is important to note for how long the take was on your skin as well as what area you where and when you feel like you acquire that take, there is actually a really cool feature on the CDC website called The Tick Bite by we can put in your exposure.

How long you think that the take was on attached as well as your symptoms.

That can help give some guidance of what to watch out for and want to see your provider.

>> Carlisle says there are tick removal tools available but a pair of tweezers will usually do the trick.

Just be sure to get close enough to the skin before removing the tick.

♪ >> 10% of Kentucky students are able to graduate in 4 years and the dropout rate is at 2% for grades.

4 through 12.

>> Teachers from around Kentucky joined the Kentucky Department of Education for the persistence to graduations summit where they talked about the problems keeping kids from common class and how to get them re-engage in the curriculum and ways to help them get to college.

We have students who miss a lot of instruction because the risk Parkway exit why are they chronically absent that?

We have to get to the root of that.

And sometimes it's just a lack of engagement.

And sometimes it's a lack of family support.

There's a lot of >> a different kinds of barriers and they don't just start in high school.

They start in the earlier years as well and can be cumulative.

We have different dynamics at play where students might be pushed out, pull out or what we call falling out where, you know, students might experience some.

I'm telling you, we have risen school and my peace, a suspended or expelled which would kind of push them out of the school some time times they might be pulled out because they different life circumstances that might pull them away from school, whether it's family instability or housing, financial instability, that kind of thing where they might be pulled out in order to, you know, work or do something to help support their family.

We also have instances where students fallout and they just become disengaged.

They might be experiencing some bullying or circumstances at school that make them feel not connected.

We definitely see larger numbers of who are living in poverty, students of color, other students who are maybe underserved are at risk in our community are having the highest rates of dropout.

You've got to have something to offer them.

Just signed of them, go back to class and do your best without any kind of intervention or without any kind of >> possibly alternative scheduling.

Or mental health services.

That's not going to get them to where you need them to be.

I believe that education is that pivoting point for a lot of people with disparities in not as much support in their upbringing in their home life.

And so if we do not give them that pathway of success and opportunity.

>> Then who will?

And I think that's really important for us to remember.

And to KET in the forefront of our mind.

>> Some of the more successful strategies are really helping too build those relationships with students that will help KET them engaged in school.

Whether that is and a significant relationship with an adult in the building and making sure that their every student feels like they have an adult in the building who cares about them and to follow up with them.

If they don't show up one day and might need some additional support or engaging the peers that they have in the particularly to the source of strength model and other peer led initiatives where students can help check in with one another and provide peer mentoring or other other points of connection so that the students we'll feel engaged in school.

>> Something that really worked for me is my high school prioritize putting a I would say a blanket of love and support around me.

I don't think it was a former allies program, but they seem in need in me and they made it Now that same school has meant Horton programs peer to peer groups.

>> And that was not there even 2 years ago.

So there's progress right there.

Now they're able to talk to people who come from where they come from, their seen their hurt and then they still have that adult love and support from the faculty and the staff.

And that really makes a difference because it made a difference for me.

>> At the summit, a youth power, former and current Kentucky students talked about ways to gain trust with students and how to help foster kids both in and out of school.

This was the first time the summit included a student panels since 2016.

♪ >> The Lexington Mobile market has been on the road for 6 months.

It's a collaboration between the city of Lexington, Kroger and God's Pantry.

Foodbank to get food to people in areas with very few grocery stores.

And after 6 months, sales have doubled.

>> A twenty-twenty a racial justice and Equality Commission made a recommendation to the to the mayor and the council in our community to improve food, access and healthy food options.

And we're doing that with dignity with the mobile market.

We KET the mobile market would be popular.

>> Even so its performance has surprised us over a six-month period.

This is November through May.

Sales increased from a total of $5,384 to $10,999.

>> As a state, we have a quarter of a million people who struggle with food, insecurity.

Every day.

It's over 17 that 70% of our population, one in 4 of those are children.

With the mobile market.

We aim to put a dent in those numbers, but providing an avenue to nutritious and easily accessible to directly to our neighbors where they are with the steady rise in the cost of groceries.

One way the mobile market could help reduced what can help is to reduce transportation costs and burdens for those that may not have reliable U.S. take public transportation to get groceries.

>> Currently, it has.

22 active sites where it makes a combined total of approximately 60 stops each month.

Tuesdays through Saturdays.

>> We contacted folks like Kentucky Refugee Ministries and we know some of the neighborhoods and communities where our sites are located.

Are we supposed to put them?

And so we're looking at some of the makers say they want to have the 2 were friendly, too very different backgrounds and things like that.

So it's items that they wouldn't.

>> It's a place only one you can purchase fresh produce and staples.

This mobile market is a way to address insufficient nutrition.

Improve general health address childhood obesity and provide nutritious meals, especially in the summertime.

When our schools are closed.

>> The mobile market is stocked with 300 different items is schedule can be found online at God's pantry, Dot O R G. ♪ >> Roller derby in central Kentucky.

Also known as rock.

>> He's made a comeback after taking a bit of a hit during COVID.

But the rollerskating women are back competing and empowering a new generation of women.

We have the story from Katie's Kentucky life.

♪ >> Well, owner, BP is very empowering for because we don't have many outlets.

War aggression.

There's still this idea that women need to be.

The new year and quiet and make them sell smaller to fit within the world.

>> It is the land of misfit toys.

People who don't like sport.

Michael.

People who feel they don't have a place to come a long way.

I think that for a lot of people out there trying to really dirty.

Because it's for everyone.

>> And you can't have blue hair or pink hair doesn't matter what you look like or we're going to welcome you with open arms.

We're going to teach you to be an athlete.

So, you know, just goes to show you can KET moving the state.

Because it's a full contact shoulders.

>> To take each other space.

So they're currently working on it, using their hips to move the other and and take their space on the in order to clear a whole that would then allow another skater to get through.

♪ ♪ >> The goal is to get your quick score well, keeping the opposite teams for giving.

So you're playing with offense defense at the time.

♪ Nothing somebody bigger that he'll make a buck.

Nothing better that it's fantastic.

We started in May of 2006, black and blue grass roller girls.

We were probably the second maybe 3rd team.

>> In Kentucky, the to kind of start up and get going.

>> The juniors is an offshoot of the black and blue grass roller girls.

So we do have a lot of the older ones that kind of get what the younger ones only help them out and teach them things.

The kids get a sense of community that get a sense of belonging.

They all look at older team members that I want to be like.

All right.

I want to state like her.

♪ The more you do it, you the more you get better.

Everybody needs to >> have a place where they feel that they belong.

And I've always felt like roller derby was one of those spaces where people that typically don't feel accepted and other spaces feel accepted.

♪ >> I don't think I've ever felt the energy that I call your and I like it was a really good, positive Amazing cheery from the audience.

♪ Welcome in disturbing.

>> Variety reasons.

They're looking for community or they're looking for an outlet or they're listening.

Aggression.

♪ We just need to play.

We'll find a place to 3rd.

>> I mean, it's just another thing that like a listen.

Son has to offer it community like 2 people think of their everyday life for states.

Having a sport that is so anyone can join at any point.

>> I think it's something that looks really need a number of happy about that.

>> Well, rock on girls at roll.

You'll see more great stories like that one.

When you watch Kentucky life with Chip Polston every Saturday night at 8 Eastern 7 Central here on KET.

The Kentucky Baseball Wildcats are in almost half for the College World Series tomorrow.

We'll talk to a long time.

Kentucky sportscaster D*** Gabriel about how the UK baseball team turn turned into one of America's best.

>> That said the first about football.

But I say about Kentucky baseball.

People couldn't wait to love UK baseball.

>> Needed a of late and then John and his staff have given them reason he has to say what's the secret sauce this time around?

with with Nick, I really believe those 2 things.

He learned that a schedule better French's.

Kentucky's RPI is number one of the country's you want to.

It's got to do with the SEC.

But non-conference games are tough.

But Kentucky has been successful.

The other thing is they work the transfer portal as well as any team in America.

The last 2 years.

And you can just pick and choose like a fantasy team.

But you've really got to get obviously, guys, you need positioning.

But guys, you know, that are going to fit that your style fit your ballpark, the future locker room 5th.

That culture.

And they've done a superb lay.

The last 2.

>> To Gabriel is so smart and he's got more smarts.

He's going to share tomorrow as the bat cats go to the College World Series.

That's Friday.

We'll talk about it as we go inside Kentucky sports on Kentucky Edition.

You don't want to miss it and we hope to see you right back here again tomorrow night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central for Kentucky edition where we inform connect and inspire.

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Thank you for watching tonight.

Now, see you right back here again tomorrow night ticket can't.

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