>> Yes.

>> It's the single largest housing announcement in the history of Kentucky.

>> For housing help is on the way to Kentuckians hit by bad weather.

>> The last high school in Fayette County is now heart safe, certified.

What that title means and what's next for Fayette County School bus.

>> I really think it's one of the most beautiful areas of the country.

>> And you can explore it in about 100 different ways.

2, 0, >> Swung out of bounce to short.

It's knocked out by Smith from his belly for one of the high.

>> And the baseball cats turned up few major league plays on their way to an NCAA tournament win.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION for this Monday, June 3rd, I'm Laura Rogers filling in for Renee Shaw.

Thank you so much for joining us.

>> The governor calls it the biggest housing announcement in the history of the state.

Kentucky will invest more than 223 million dollars to build more than 950 affordable rental units and 4 counties affected by the 2021.

Tornadoes and other severe weather.

The money is from that Kentucky Housing Corporation and Kentucky's disaster recovery program.

The money will go to build apartment complexes for moderate to low income.

Kentuckians Governor Andy Beshear says in that past, people who live in rental units have a receipt, the help they need.

>> Kentucky through the Department of local government using the our funding in Cage C are investing 223 million dollars to build 953 affordable rental housing units across 4 counties.

♪ All 4 these counties were hit in various degrees by the tornadoes, knees, housing units are going into Christian Graves, Hopkins and Warren counties and these counties were also some of them hit with the storms just this last week that took the lives of 5 Kentucky INS.

We mourn for them as well.

I believe we have now range for payments of the funerals for each of those that were lost because every loss the weather was back in 2021 or these most recent storms impact those families just a severely.

In total, we're building 76 rental units in Hopkinsville, we're building 122 rental units and they feel they are 88 units in Dawson Springs.

32 units in Madisonville and 635 units in the lingering.

This is an historic funding announcement for many It supports disaster recovery and growth.

>> And job growth in support of the increase in affordable housing for western Kentucky and in the dress is the housing shortage that is exist in the region in the state as as a home.

This out, the announcement is It's the first time for cage see that several things have occurred as the governor has indicated, this is the project is funded by for the construction of more housing units.

Then we've never financed in a housing application round.

953, I too.

But since that historic occasion for us to be able to do that.

>> This tornado struck in the heart of our community to the heart of our people who are the most vulnerable at some points.

You it was those people who lived in the Sump R Rental homes.

They're now still struggling.

And this piece to that e U this multi-family 122 units that will be coming to our to house on people is just.

One heart warming of these heartwarming so much.

I don't know probably just warned the gilding often mean that there's nothing else to say about.

>> The state says construction will begin no later than spring of next year.

Eligible Kentuckians will be able to apply to lease the New Apartments.

Last week the New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts related to hush money payments to an adult film star Kentucky.

Republicans condemned the verdict.

Well, today we heard from Governor Beshear, a Democrat.

He says Americans should trust the jury process.

>> I've been a lawyer most of my life and I was Kentucky's top prosecutor.

And I believe in our jury system and you have to if you're a prosecutor that goes in front of a jury on on all types of of of crimes, you have to trust them to get it right.

And there are multiple opportunities of appeal in our system.

I believe in our judicial system and injuries I haven't looked at is strategy specifically, but now those are 12 jurors picked across different professions.

When you hear about where some of them got news from, it's it's very different.

But listen, you're supposed to be able to get 12 jurors of your peers.

In the places where things are tried and now if you attack a jury system in one instance, what does it mean in every other conviction of any type in our criminal justice system.

>> The only Democrat in Kentucky's congressional delegation, Congressman Morgan McGarvey of Louisville says President Trump is unfit for any public office, including the president, say.

Some magnet school students in Jefferson County will be able to take the bus when the new school year starts to tales.

In tonight's look at Education news.

Well, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced this morning some magnet school bus routes were being restored through an agreement between Jefferson County Public Schools and Park.

The city's public transportation provider and April Jefferson County Public Schools voted to end busing for most magnet schools in response to a severe bus driver shortage.

But as the district struggles to find bus drivers, the city has had to cut back on public transportation routes.

And Mayor Greenberg says that offered up in opportunity, bringing in tart drivers to fill in some of the gaps.

However, he and other city leaders caution, this is only a temporary solution >> JCPS needs approximately 200 bus drivers to completely solve their current bus driver shortage.

Challenges.

Doctor Pollio shared with our group that would 70 approximately 70 drivers JCPS could be restore some of the magnet bus routes that some of our most in need families and children rely on and deserve.

South Park moved up the timeline for its plan route frequency reduction plan.

70 bus drivers would be available to apply and take on these needed JCPS routes.

It was much more complicated than any of us who are working on this thought.

It took a lot of negotiations.

A lot of open mindedness, a lot of commitment from everyone that you see here with us today.

Everyone who was at our table.

From target to JCPS our union leaders JCPS board members, pastors, Metro Council leaders, the Louisville Urban League, other community leaders were all committed to finding a solution.

Now we will all state very clearly this is a short-term solution.

It will not fix everything for the long term.

However, it will help our most in need students for the upcoming school year.

And it will give us more time to continue working to find long-term solutions for JCPS for Chark.

For our entire city.

>> This is not a long-term solution.

This is a short-term solution or a band-aid of the issue that we are having nationally with bus drivers.

And so this gives some reprieve over the coming year of which we can get our neediest kids to school.

But I do want to say long term, this will remain an issue in our community and we are all going to have to work together to make sure that we accomplish what we need to, which is get more bus drivers in our yellow school buses to get schools on to get to school on time.

>> I'm a big fan of the saying that we should never let the perfect be the enemy of the good in today's solution is not perfect.

We have not restored equity and opportunity for all of our students in JCPS.

But today is a good day.

Today is a good first step.

And so we're going to celebrate the good.

>> That Arc Board will vote on the agreement Friday.

City officials say they will announce what routes are being restored once they know how many tart drivers had applied.

Last October.

Tate's Creek High School became the first high school in Fayette County to be certified Hart safe by the Kentucky Children's Hospital.

Ahart's Safe School indicates that school staff is prepared to respond to a cardiac emergency through drills, education and placement of a EDS within the school.

That's an automated external defibrillator this morning.

Mayor Linda Gorton attended an AED emergency drill at Frederick Douglass High School.

The final high school in the county to be certified.

Mayor Gordon celebrated the designation with school staff and UK healthcare workers and shared her personal experience with cardiac emergencies.

More in tonight's look at medical news ♪ >> Carter G Woodson all out.

>> We never know.

Has human beings who will have a sudden cardiac emergency.

We never know it can happen at home and school out in public.

And the more people who are trained to understand what to do a >> I think there's a lot of I'd with this school team.

You know, they were intense about their response and everybody KET what they were supposed to do.

And when.

♪ For the parents who send their children to the school every day and for the teachers, an the administrators.

It's really a great thing to know that you have a school that understands how to do this when they find a child or a teacher with a cardiac emergency.

My daughter who's in her mid 40's.

When she was 3 years old.

Unbeknownst to us, she had kind of wandered into the living room and she had a full-blown cardiac arrest.

And was not breathing she had had a seizure due to a high fever, which we learned later.

And so I'm a registered nurse and I was training and what to do.

So it kind of chipped in automatically.

And I performed the cardiac emergency on hurt if you know, it changes your life and you understand people need to to know how to do this.

I'm so proud of this UK team.

They have set a goal to go and do all the schools.

So they started with a high schools next.

They're going to move on to the middle schools and then eventually the elementary schools.

So this is a wonderful goal.

>> Mayor Gorton also issued a proclamation that June 3rd is project Adam Day Project Adam provides cardiac emergency programming to schools across the country, including Fayette County.

The project honors the memory of Adam level, a 17 year-old to pass from a cardiac event while playing basketball at school.

We have more medical news tonight.

Kentucky has more drug stores per capita than most states.

That's according to a new analysis by The Associated Press.

Kentucky has 1134 pharmacies that works out to more than 25 pharmacies for every 100,000 people.

Only New York and West Virginia have more per capita.

Alaska is at the bottom of the list with 12 pharmacies for every 100,000 people.

The survey also showed throughout the country, black and Hispanic neighborhoods have fewer pharmacies.

Then white areas.

This year KET launched a new initiative focused on the issues facing Kentucky's aging population and their loved ones.

Tonight will bring you healthy aging.

A K E T Forum as a panel of experts discusses how people can live a longer life.

But also a better one.

Here's part of tonight's discussion.

>> The summit Eyes held the aging held the means having a good sleep, it would to enjoy what.

You like to enjoying the past.

They were to do everything.

What you want to do or you want to come.

That is the final target.

How to reach there.

One is about we talked to board for them to do things.

What's standing your hand is held the diet.

The simple meaning of h*** did I does you know for your new play?

Chula colorful and second thing, which is in your hands is regular exercise.

>> Make sure that you're seeing your primary care on a regular basis.

I think having those conversations making sure that you're discussing preventative care measures, you're discussing diet.

You're discussing exercise, but that you have someone who's helping and partnering with you and your health care because the goal is to have the best quality of life as possible.

>> Seymour during healthy aging, a K E T Forum tonight at 8 Eastern 7 Central right here on KET.

If you have 232 birthday candles handy, you can celebrate Kentucky's birthday.

The big day was 2 days ago.

It was June first, 17 92 Wayne Kentucky joined the union as the 15th state and the first one west of the Appalachian Mountains.

That was after a state convention in Danville where delegates voted to ask for statehood.

And that's not the only birthday we're celebrating the program you're watching right now.

Kentucky Edition just celebrated its second birthday.

Our first broadcast was on June first 2022.

♪ ♪ >> The Commonwealth's Lunch ladies are taking the summer off.

Starting tomorrow.

Jefferson County students will have opportunities for free breakfast and lunch.

Thanks to Kentucky's summer food program.

>> Along with the standard weekday walk in and walk up food programs.

The school district has hosted the last few summers, a new bulk pickup program is being offered to help families with busier schedules.

>> During the summer months, which is about one 4th of the child's years.

Many families are challenge to meet the financial requirements of providing meals if they've been depending on free and reduced school lunches and school breakfast during school year.

The need is great, but the needs are not always there.

So the Summer Food Service program is designed to provide those to Trisha's meals so they can have good nutritious meals.

365 days a year, which is what they require to grow and develop the way they should.

>> We served over 350,000 more breakfast in over 320,000 more lunches this school year.

So we're hoping to unroll that success right into our summer feeding program.

The summer feeding program is for any child who is 18 years of age or younger, regardless of income.

You just have to show a bit of a open site and you can receive a free breakfast in a free lunch.

>> They don't have to eat on site.

They can receive multiple days of meals.

Parents can pick up meals.

And as you know, there are some rural areas and in the fringes of Jefferson County.

So need is being addressed by Jefferson County Public Schools.

What we're seeing is a great increase in the number of meals served as a result.

>> We have 3 types of meal service and available this year.

We have our meal service that we can provide in our schools where we have our kitchen facilities were able to put hot meals.

We also are beast will be served serving our community sites or an affiliated sites parks and things like that through our mobile feeding.

We've actually expanded our mobile feeding program this year.

We're very excited about that.

This new program offers is it will allow parents to come once a week and pick up 5.

The lunches and 5 breakfast and we will be serving on Tuesdays starting June 4th and we will serve from 10 to one and boxes will be provided on a first come first serve basis.

A parent will be able to pick up up to 2 boxes for children in the household.

However, if they have more children, they will need to bring all those kids with them when they come to pick the boxes that and then they'll be able to receive a box for each child.

We'll be starting off at each location with about 190 boxes.

And if we see the need is greater.

>> We will definitely increase those numbers.

Boxes available going into the next week.

>> We anticipate about 2000 probably more meal sites across the state of Kentucky this year.

And we have about 175 organizations provide those meals.

Last year, we had nearly 10 million deal served over the summer time with his kids are at school.

So that >> Jefferson County Public Schools will continue their free lunch program through the next school year.

♪ Soon, you might have to pay to use trails and campsites in the Daniel Boone, National Forest.

>> Tourism is up about a half million people visited the forest in 2023.

According to W E K you Radio, the Forest Service is looking for ways to manage the area and protect natural resources.

It is considering a plan to charge people fees to use trails and to increase the cost to use campsites.

If that plan is approved, it could go into effect in 2025.

Outdoor adventure is a major draw for Kentucky tourism.

Many visitors come to explore Mammoth Cave National Park and enjoy that recreation that comes along with it.

The trails and waterways offer scenic views, exercise and solitude.

There are some good resources for connecting people to the experience.

That's best for them.

>> I have too many Hollywood.

Yes, and they get to come along.

All of them.

>> Those hobbies include exploring the great outdoors, hiking the trails in and around man Cave National Park.

For me, it started with my dad, but I used to go camping as a kid with him come down, Mammoth cave.

>> Every year he was now Jeff Bruce continues the tradition with his own 2 children.

My favorite thing is >> about being outside is really like.

>> Seeing the nature and hearing the birds.

>> We know from all the research now that being outside makes us healthier people.

KET Country trails promotes those healthy lifestyles, offering in-depth information maps and resources to explore the 6 counties surrounding them.

Okay.

>> Cape Country Trails is a nonprofit and the car slammed of Kentuckyian we exist to get people on trails.

>> Paddling trails, hiking mountain biking, cycling horseback riding to have.

>> And national park, right?

Basically in our backyard is such an amazing thing.

An avid outdoorsman.

Jeff Bruce serves on its board of directors.

>> We have really worked too promote the area and to promote and make these trails accessible and people know about them.

>> He can to bring that today's adventure begins at the Temple Hill Trailhead he Michael and Abby hiking the one-mile track of McCoy Hollow Trail.

The set up camp.

Backpacks holding all the essentials.

>> By kuz bag my sleeping bag in my pillow and the chocolate by the pandemic brought an increase in people searching for outdoor issue.

>> I think using money from the American Rescue Plan Act, Cape Country Trails created a new website to enhance the user experience.

There's an interactive map where you can sort by the type of trail you want to find.

You can click an icon that says hiking trail and find the hiking trails in an area you can sort by peddling Thursday, 6 months out of the year.

People can take part and monthly challenges to win a $500 cash prize.

But as we are now a nation that the majority of us are spending some time outside doing activities.

The green and Nolan rivers blue way is also part of the National Water Trail system.

>> I think that Mammoth cave.

And this part of Kentucky is one of the most beautiful art of the country.

>> That's Caroline works for Jeff Bruce, who also serves as a minister being in nature as a spiritual experience.

>> The beauty of nature, the solitude, but also just the shape of the hills and just the way the earth moves here, I think that's probably my favorite part of this area.

>> Grounded in simplicity, showing respect and admiration for the place we call home.

The great thing about.

>> Being outdoors or hiking for an adventure like this is the only things you have to worry about are what you're going to eat, where you're going to sleep and how many miles you're going to walk.

>> If it's in the Cape country of Kentucky, you've got the information you need right at your fingertips to make a plan.

>> And the Cape Country Trails website also connects you to area Tourism Commission's so you can find other places to check out wire and the mammoth cave region learn more on Cade country trails dot com and on social media at cave country trails.

♪ The University of Kentucky baseball team moves on to the super regional after a win Sunday against Indiana State and the wind included this a major league caliber defensive play.

Take a look.

>> The to Stinson and in the air, shallow left field out goes Grant Smith on comes.

Wow.

Makes the catch.

>> That was a very good catch right there.

>> Brad Smith bought a ball sprint with us back to home plate bridges, stop and spares that ball and left field.

That was an absolutely amazing.

>> That was a shortstop grant summit with that amazing catch.

Kentucky went on to beat Indiana State 5 to nothing.

Kentucky moves on to play the winner of the Oregon regional either Oregon State or UC Irvine.

>> Kentucky is 43 14 this season.

Good luck to the team.

We celebrate Kentucky's first governor, a legendary saxophone player and one of the world's most famous race horses.

As Toby gets takes a look back at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> On June 3rd, 17, 92 2 days after Kentucky join the union.

The Kentucky General Assembly met on the second floor of the market House on Main Street in Lexington.

>> Isaac Shelby took the oath of office as Kentucky's first governor.

On 6/5/1900, anti alcohol crusader, Carrie Nation, a native of Garrett County said God told her division to destroy the liquor in a Kansas a load.

2 days later, she did.

6/8/1918, 2 Army air but flew from Dayton, Ohio to Madison County, Kentucky gassed up and flew on to Louisville for a total of 175 miles.

It was the first long distance flight in Kentucky.

It was the car that made driving possible for the working class.

The last model T rolled off the Louisville Ford Plant Assembly line on June.

3rd, 1927.

Saxophone.

Great homer boots.

Randolph was born the same day.

>> 2.39, to 27 in Paducah, the best known for his 1959.

Get back to the sacked, perhaps best known as the popular theme song for British comedian Benny Hill's TV show.

>> Man or made his racing debut at Belmont Park in New York, beating the field by 6 lengths on June 6, 1990, and those are some of the big events this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Cole Higgins.

>> Thanks so much, Toby and for students a summer is here.

But the state says just because school is out, students need to KET on learning.

Only think about Kentucky's multi tiered system of support.

It really is about serving in and providing support for the whole child.

>> Hear more about how the Kentucky Department of Education is helping school districts meet the needs of families and students over the summer.

That's tomorrow on Kentucky Edition, we hope that you'll join us again tomorrow night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central for Kentucky edition.

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