♪ >> It becomes more of a comfort to know that people still remember and still care every year, no matter how many years.

>> Saluting those who gave their lives to protect Kentucky.

Why neighbors?

Today we're celebrating and we're bringing target to Frankfort, Kentucky.

And new developments project hits the bullseye.

>> We're providing students, families in communities with the support so that they can KET that learning.

Top of mind.

>> School is out, but summer is still a great time to learn.

♪ It's not your average game of golf.

Join our chip Polston as he gets the inside scoop on disc golf.

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

♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky.

Addition for Tuesday, June 4th, I'm Laura Rogers filling in for Renee Shaw.

Thank you so much for joining us.

>> Kentucky today paid tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

It was all part of the annual Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony.

Among those honored Scott County Sheriff's Deputy Caleb Conley killed last year while conducting a traffic stop in Georgetown as part of the ceremony.

His name was one of 10 added to a special monument adorning the courtyard of the Department of Criminal Justice training enrichment.

>> Wish you didn't have to be here today.

And wish you hadn't had to go through this type of loss.

But out here, you've got a whole lot of people.

I care about.

You.

They're committed making sure the legacy of your loved one is never forgotten.

The names that we're adding to that.

Aside from Deputy Conley Arthur Jay Harrington, U.S.

Marshal.

George Ellis, U.S.

Marshal.

We are in that U.S.

Marshal.

Tess Deacon.

Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

Jayson Blair, U.S.

Marshal.

Howard Wilson, U.S.

Marshal Elijah Hoskins crab Orchard Police Department effort and Gibson Wayne County Sheriff's Office and know our friend U.S.

Marshals.

First time I came to this memorial.

I've never lost a friend.

The violence.

Since then.

I have.

>> I understand that Greece is tough.

Especially when you lose someone dramatically.

Some days.

It feels like 10 years ago and other days it feels like 10 minutes ago.

So I hope everyone that's here today.

>> Was lost someone they loved.

Take a little bit of time to care for yourself.

That's what your loved one who really want.

>> I lost my has Daniel Ellis in the line of duty in 2015 we are community members here in Richmond and are we?

I raise our family here in Richmond and of the work for the police department.

>> I would say the first time you come, it's overwhelming.

Your officers being added to the wall.

You know, it may have been for me.

It was a few months.

Sometimes it's closer to a year.

>> But every year after that, I feel like it becomes more of a comfort to know that people still remember and still care every year, no matter how many years and that so many people show up and and remember and are thankful for the sacrifice.

You know, it's unfortunate we ever have to add another name.

But but we're thankful for everyone that continues to remember them every day.

>> Oftentimes at the ceremonies, we talk about the impact and we should.

That those who have.

Lost their lives in this service may while on duty.

Remember each of them is also a son, a daughter, a father, other a friend.

A loving member of the family and of the community that are missed for those times when they would come home and take off the uniform.

And his family have to go forward with those moments and picnics and baseball games and soccer games that we all take for granted or so much of what makes our life worth living.

You can't >> Who you are, what someone you know, once you're married someone or they're part of your life, you know, they're a part of the forever.

you know, on days like today, you more specifically honor But you honor them every day by continuing to live and and remember them and I'm just making sure that your life is worth living.

It.

>> As of this year's ceremony, the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial now has the names of 589.

>> Fallen officers.

Louisville's mayor announces a new initiative to make the city's parks safer and cleaner.

Mayor Craig Greenberg says Louisville was one of 10 cities selected for the Bloomberg Harvard Cross Boundary collaboration program, the National Program provides resources to help mayors and city officials tackle complex challenges in their cities and improve the quality of life for residents.

Greenberg says his administration wanted to focus on improving the city's parks, which he calls and important resource.

>> In a survey that was taken as part of the park's for Rob playing in the Parks Alliance initiated.

We saw the 2 top reasons that people said they hesitated to go to parks, concerns about safety and security.

That's not right.

That is unacceptable.

And we know that these areas of concern are bigger issue in some areas of our city than in other areas of our city.

That too, is not acceptable.

Every person in every neighborhood deserves access to a clean, safe, well maintained a public park.

And they deserve to know that they have access to feel confident when the people of our city share their concerns.

The Louisville Metro government will respond.

And so over the last 7 months we've assembled a team of leaders that you hear from some of them today to strategize on how we can address these important and valid concerns and take other steps to improve our parks to improve our park experience, to make sure everyone in every neighborhood feel safe in their part and as comfortable when they're using our wonderful parks.

>> Greenberg says the team is currently working on to Parks Iroquois Park and Shepherd Park at Iroquois.

The team is focusing on enforcing hours of operation at Shepherd, cleaning up litter and graffiti.

Greenberg says the team will expand its efforts to all 128 public parks and the city.

Frankfurt's.

You're getting a target.

It's one of many stores and business is headed to a new 150 Million Dollar Shopping Plaza on the way to Kentucky's Capitol City.

It will be called the paddock ce.

The project is being built off exit.

53 of Interstate 64 at us one.

27 south developer Pat Madden says the paddocks will have something for everyone.

>> We are trust me.

We are in communications with basically every type of retailer that you can imagine.

You'll have, you know, come to this spot.

You only feel eat, you'll fill your car up to get your car fixed.

You shop for your wife will go in one direction and shop for closure, groceries them by the husband will go somewhere else or that this will have everything in it eventually.

And we will start announcing those senates over time.

But again, today's about target.

It was not an easy process.

That's what I want to say.

And again, without this administration, this would have never happened.

And in fact, it had a false start previously and got nowhere.

So this is something very special, something very unique, something very few communities and the state have.

In fact, I'm unaware of a target deal that's been done since 2000 and the state of Kentucky.

So this is a big bang that national corporation like this has decided to come to a community like this and make this type of investment.

Think about that in 24 years.

They haven't chose to do anything in Kentucky until now.

That says a lot about Frankfort.

♪ People's this said for a long time.

Frankfort, Frankfort, Frankfort, the state town.

But Frankfurt's more than that, we're seeing more investments, more community, more jobs.

We have so many things on the horizon that we're getting ready to announce.

It is unbelievable and it is exciting for somebody in my position along with the fiscal court along with the mayor, along with the governor.

Things are finally happened in Franklin County.

>> The governor says the shopping plaza will mean more than 1000 jobs.

And 28 million dollars.

An annual income.

Only 47% of Kentucky 3rd graders perform proficient or higher on state.

Reading assessment.

That's according to recent testing data from the state.

But state legislators and policymakers hope to improve those numbers.

The Kentucky Department of Education has announced its next steps for literacy improvement.

Our Clayton Dalton has more.

In tonight's Education Matters.

Report.

>> In the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 9 dubbed the Re to Succeed Act.

It makes instructional and programming changes in elementary schools aimed at increasing literacy rates.

But that's not all in that same year, lawmakers decided to cut ties with the University of Kentucky's Collaborative Center for Literacy Development.

The center was charged with spearheading statewide literacy initiatives and research.

But investigative reporting by the Louisville Courier Journal and testimony in the state Capitol revealed the singer was falling short of its goals and its statutory duties and that it was pushing back against evidence-based literacy instruction.

>> The Kentucky Department of Education announced its new partner in addressing literacy problems.

>> Senate bill 156, from 2023 sponsored by Senator West called on Kde to use a competitive process to name a new center operated by July.

1st.

And so we're a little early.

I'm so proud of that.

KET looks far forward to partnering with the University of Louisville as they establish the statewide reading Research Center under the direction of Doctor Amy lingo, he was here with us today.

The creation of the Kentucky Reading Research Center signifies the university's proactive status in addressing the challenges and opportunities.

>> Associated with literacy, education.

Through interdisciplinary collaboration, cutting edge research and community engagement.

We will strive to advance our understanding reading acquisition comprehension and intervention strategies as we enter this important partnership together.

Let's elevate the transformative power of reading and a profound impact it can have on individuals and the communities alike has forced state Senator Stephen West, the sponsor of the read to Succeed Act, said he's excited for what the Reading Research Center will be able to do.

>> You know, we just put words on paper in Frankfort.

>> And we give give people the tools and the ideas.

But I'm happy to say that you will step forward.

They stepped into the gap and they will be handling the reading Recovery Center in Kentucky and truly making it hopefully.

All it needs to be a clearinghouse of information.

Where everything, all the best science, all the best initiatives can be found in one place.

Part teachers kde students.

And also from what I hear bringing forth the research along with that at the university where we can actually start studying our own Kentucky students and are in Kentucky systems.

How can we best implement early literacy in Kentucky?

So I'm so happy to be a part of that process and so happy that U of L a step to the forefront.

>> Me lingo, the interim dean of U of L's College of Education and Human Development will direct the new reading Research Center.

And she says Literacy improvement is about much more than just academic achievement.

>> Research consistently demonstrates but a strong foundation in reading.

It's not only fundamental to academic achievement, but also lays the groundwork for success in the workforce and fulfillment in life.

That's why the creation of the Kentucky Reading Research Center is critical to the future of the commonwealth.

>> Lingo says the center will rely on evidence-based practices as it supports literacy education here in Kentucky.

For Kentucky edition.

I'm Clayton Dalton.

>> We're not done talking about education and the importance of books.

We'll tell you about the campaign to KET kids reading over the summer.

That's coming up in just a few minutes here on Kentucky EDITION.

♪ >> A Kentucky do want to report on pregnant women to mental health.

And we have the latest fentanyl numbers from the state.

Our Toby Gibbs has that and more an hour Tuesday.

Look at headlines around Kentucky.

♪ >> Officials with Kentucky's counter Drug program say they seized more than 265,000.

Fentanyl pills.

And more than 200 pounds of fentanyl during the 2023 fiscal year.

According to The Advocate Messenger, Governor Andy Beshear says the number of seized fentanyl pills rose by more than 5,000% from the 2022 fiscal year.

So far in 2024, state has seized more than 86,000 fentanyl pills at about 93 pounds of fentanyl.

Officials estimate one kilogram of fentanyl, which is about 2 pounds, could kill half a million people.

The policy Center for maternal mental Health.

It's Kentuckyian the grade in its second annual report for policies to support the mental health of pregnant women.

But that's an improvement center gave Kentucky a D minus last year.

The Harlem Enterprise reports the national grade was B plus, he was the most common grade and 23 states have higher grades than Kentucky.

This enterprise, Kentucky lawmakers for passing the so-called mom, the bus bill, which includes more access to health insurance coverage for pregnant women rates of mental health hotline covers lactation consultation and needed breastfeeding equipment and educate mothers on the benefits of safe sleep for babies.

Police have now charged a woman suspected of attempting to hide the birth of a baby found dead in a Bowling Green restaurant.

The Bowling Green Daily News reports that should equal Caldwell was booked and charged with concealing the birth of an infant, a misdemeanor, according to police reports, the caller reported the baby in an IHOP bathroom.

Witnesses said the woman had attempted to wash the baby down the toilet.

The woman told police she had been at IHOP but denied being pregnant.

Police say an autopsy planned and additional charges are possible.

This comes after Bowling Green Fire Department's newest station covered the Kentucky transpired, dedicated the city's second Safe Haven Baby Box.

The newspaper says the box allows parents to surrender an infant safely and anonymously.

Kentucky now has 37 similar boxes across the state.

With headlines around Kentucky.

I'm so begins.

♪ >> Children can lose 3 months of reading and math skills over the summer.

The Kentucky Department of Education offers summer boast one of many programs that help kids with reading during the summer months.

It has already begun.

And yesterday Representative James Tipton and incoming commissioner of Education Rod Be Fletcher read to kids at Bourbon Central Elementary School to emphasize the importance of literacy and the program.

>> Typically when scenes go back to school and and they do any sort of screening testing at the beginning of the year.

You would see that the impact of the Somerset, typically there's going to it's going to go down.

>> From their last assessment at the end, the previous great into the next school year.

So the purpose of summer bases that were providing students, families in communities with that supports so that they can KET that learning top of mind so that they're able to start the school year better equipped to approach than the new Gray, the learning that they'll encounter over the course of the academic year.

Summer Beast allows us to partner with the food service providers who are already doing good work during the summer for students and families.

And so when students and families arrived, whether or not they are there to get the food service or the dissipating.

Another summer programming.

They have access to free books that they can utilize for what what we're hoping will be about 20 minutes of how each day.

And they also received math games.

So just some fun things that they can do with their maybe their siblings with their parents at home just to KET learning and growing over the their summer vacation between 100 yeah 1000 feet.

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

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

So that is an intent to both provide support for those nutritional need to do it.

Those basic needs to really mess be met in order for us to make the most gains in terms of our learning environment.

So with that partnership, it really is sort of that the most fundamental things that that students and families in need from the district over the course of a summer.

We have done this over multiple summers.

All of that is our district partners do it differently.

Some of them do have mobile bus is bent and go to different schools.

Different neighborhoods, others they have down that the students will come to the school location where they'll have to defeat service that's provided there.

So we really are so proud of the 29 districts in all of the different ways that they approach this because it really does KET students at the center.

And that's the goal of the entire production.

>> Find educational resources for your child.

This summer on the Kentucky Department of Education's website by clicking on the summer supports link.

Mammoth Cave National Park along with Camp Nelson National Monument near Nicholasville are announcing plans to recognize Juneteenth later this month.

It will include a flag presentation and ceremony paying tribute to the African American soldiers who served in the Civil War.

The National Park Service says Camp Nelson in Jessamine County recorded 10,000 African American men, the 3rd largest number and the country for military service.

The commemoration ceremony as June 22nd at 1 o'clock Central Time at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Muhammad Ali's boyhood home is for sale.

This picture from 2016 shows the champs home in Louisville that pink 2 bedroom house was later turned into a museum.

Now the owners are selling that house and to neighboring once.

One of them is a gift shop.

The owners are asking a million and a half dollars.

They would like the buyer to KET Ali's home open as a museum, using old pictures, the developers duplicated the inside of the home as it looked when Ali lived there with furnishings appliances and artwork.

♪ ♪ >> Yesterday was world of Cycling Day the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

But out some pictures are minding people of the beauty of Kentuckyian how many wonderful places there are for a bike ride.

Just go to Kentucky.

Tourism dot com to find out more.

Last night we showed you highlights from the University of Kentucky.

Baseball team's big win Sunday over n Deanna States.

Kentucky won that game 5 to nothing.

We now know when the cats will play next.

Kentucky Place Oregon State in the NCAA super regional Saturday at 6.

The game is at Kentucky.

Proud Park in Lexington.

It will air on ESPN U there's another game Sunday at of necessary Monday.

The winner of the best of 3 series moves on to that College World Series cats.

What we're talking about sports, is it Frisbee?

Is it golfer the answer?

It's both Katie's Chip Olsen joins Kentucky's godfathers of disc golf to get us ready for that.

He bucks.

>> So we're here at the beautiful following spring disc golf course in Versailles really is a gorgeous day with 2 guys who are literally the godfathers of disc golf here in Kentucky.

This is Everett, Leslie and Dave Greenwell.

Guys, thanks so much for being with us today.

Thanks for advice and Everett, let's start with you first in terms of how you came to to do this.

How did all this start for you?

>> Well, I started always had a prisoner in my hand and I want to play college baseball.

The Gabba came to our team to play second base was from Elizabethtown.

He went oh, my gosh, you play this coffin out was like what?

So we went Potter Creek Park fall of 78.

>> And the rest is history as the rest is history.

And Dave, how did this all come together for you?

>> You know, similarly, I was on a creek park, Nature Directorate out a Creek Park panda me 3 des and said if you can tell a man I threw all of the man and a baby school back in the mall.

And again, he said, oh, my gosh, I thought I was going to win this tournament that I don't even know what you're talking about.

And from their spend.

45 years of traveling around the world trying to spread the word of one of the best sports have ever played in my life.

That's amazing.

And that the group that really does a lot of work here in Kentucky, the Bluegrass.

>> Disc Golf Association and every you helped start that, what what does the group really do here in Kentucky?

For this point?

We started in and 1996.

>> there were about 35 of the Senate beginning crew after we've built chilled hope.

Are they even on a Bill Schuldt home park every year?

there's ice polls are held all across the country.

So we pick out an organization and we collect canned goods.

We take a percentage of the inter fees and we have goodwill will donate.

5, 600 cans of vegetables and, you know, anywhere from $500 start now through, you know, couple $1000 now.

And it's always for a good calls.

You know, we we vote on what is what is needed at this time and a great, great community.

>> All right.

You guys to take me to school on this.

Absolute what's different at this first tee?

All right.

So here we are in the tee box now.

Everett, walk us through what some of these disks are in the different type of disks were going to be using today.

We're basically 3 kinds of of this.

The powder.

But you can see the differences and the think this of them, the putter little bit thicker of which are going up.

Finish your shot with end of the basket.

Mid range.

Some think Alec of 5 are and if you were to compare with anything, it's something around.

Throw 200 to 300 feet and then usually go on off of the table.

Auction news and driver which is super fan there.

Cut differently.

>> Some will go left some ago, right?

It just depends on the cut.

You can see the differences and the plastic of the putter, right?

The midrange and the driver.

>> All right.

Well, let's see how you kick us off here.

Dave.

Step on that man on take.

A good lesson from here and watch what you do.

All right.

I will be throwing a driver here, OK?

♪ ♪ What really makes this such a great activity for people to be out on a great course like this.

>> You know, Mother Nature.

>> You know, and anybody can do this and it's just a great way to get good exercise some fresh air and have fun with your friends.

>> Than ever as we were talking about the age range on this, this can be 77 to.

I mean, this is something that's really restricted to a particular age group.

Sure thing about got pictures of my sine on history or zone at Key West don't want a basket.

But in Seattle, you know, we're playing with save money in a people.

It's the number one life time fitness sport.

>> You figure I mean, that's 5,000 or 60 feet in a mile.

And this course is 8800 feet and they play us.

We just proved or not.

They want to strike the right time, right?

She going to get times of recreation.

>> All right, guys.

So we're ready to put the guy's head on over to your Let's bring this home right?

All right.

There it is.

Well, guys, this really has been a lot of fun today.

You know, I used to play.

This is a kid hadn't played in 40 years until I picked up with you all today.

But you're a great show me how everything works.

Thanks so much.

>> Nice job tipsy.

More great stories like that.

When you watch Kentucky life with Chip Polston Saturday night at 8 Eastern 7 Central right here on KET it turns out it's a small world.

After all.

And Danville, Kentucky.

>> I don't really know how many people.

>> There are in the museum.

There are hundreds who live here and some people think that maybe they walk around at night when we're not here.

But >> probably.

>> It's kind of fun to think that, though we are stepping into the miniature world of the Great American Doll House museum tomorrow on Kentucky Edition.

We do hope that you'll join us again tomorrow night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central for Kentucky Edition where we inform connect and and spire find more great content online at KET Dot Org and the PBS app.

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Ideas.

Public affairs.

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Have a great evening.

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