♪ ♪ >> Hear a Sure is not going anywhere anytime with.

>> Scottie Scheffler talks about the ups and downs after his arrest in Louisville.

It's a great honor for the great dissenter.

How did people live?

How did people to work?

How did they play?

What did they do?

What they wear back in the day.

Join us in Danville as we take a walk down memory lane in miniature.

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♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Wednesday, June, the 5th.

I'm Kristie.

That in filling in for Renee Shot.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Well, parts of Kentucky are dealing with protests us or whooping cough.

>> It's reached outbreak status in Lexington.

Should you be concerned?

Today we talk to University of Louisville doctor who says it is more widespread than using usual in some places.

>> It's not unusual to actually see what King called.

However, the numbers that are being that is definitely unusual Tuesday.

Not not that prevalent as it is right now.

I believe it was reported just in Bay County alone, which is the Lexington area.

They had confirmed.

21 cases and across most of the Commonwealth, several counties we've including all in Jefferson County.

We've had a total of the 20 confirmed cases.

So it's it's it's it's not unusual.

However, the worries right now is unusually hot.

>> So far in Lexington, it's been reported at Bryan Station, Henry Clay, Lafayette, Lexington, Catholic and Paul Laurence, Dunbar, High Schools and Saint Peter and Paul Catholic School.

It's also been confirmed in a patient in their 80's and a 2 year-old doctor Burns says the disease is highly contagious.

Went untreated, he urges people to go to their primary care providers for vaccinations.

Expect an increase of youth offenders entering Kentucky's already troubled juvenile detention centers today in Frankfort, the state's top juvenile justice officials said a decade ago state lawmakers acted to KET misdemeanor offenders out of the system.

But recent legislation could put hundreds more violent youth offenders behind bars.

>> In 2023 House Bill 3 required automatic detention of youth tours with violent crimes.

This provision will start effective July first of this year and we'll have significant impact upon the detention population.

>> Commissioner Randy White says these offenders need a lot of help.

One lawmaker says maintaining order and safety of facilities is just as important.

>> All of this to say after 27 years of serving in corrections in heaven, interactions with juveniles as they were transferred from the tension to prison.

I can honestly say that juvenile center in the criminal justice system or a different population than they were 27 years ago.

They're committing Herschel crimes which require stronger rehabilitative efforts.

For Kentucky to truly reduce the juvenile population.

We must focus her efforts on alternatives to detention.

Education.

Employment and mental health.

Unfortunately, some of the population that you deal with I would venture to say at this point, probably the majority of the population you deal with our young men are probably strong.

You've gotten out of order.

>> frankly, have resorted to violence and more than one time in their life.

So if they have to deal with some pepper spray, possibly if they have to deal with electronic means of of Tasers, which you've not had to use yet to KET order in these facilities.

Those sometimes of the types of things we have to do.

If we want to KET people safe.

>> The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced it is investigating the state's juvenile detention center's for alleged abuse and neglect.

In November.

You'll be voting on amendment to an amendment that if passed would allow public money to be used in private schools in Kentucky.

Critics of the amendment say that would deprive public schools of money and hurt education for most Kentucky students in Warren County yesterday, the superintendent and some principals and teachers spoke out against amendment 2.

>> Here locally in the state of Kentucky.

We are in opposition of amendment 2 because we understand how critical the quality of our public schools are for the fabric of all of our communities.

We know that in our current situation, the funding has not met the need for now more than a decade.

In fact, we're still advocating for funding levels that would put us on par with where we were in 2008, more than 16 years ago.

And although our legislature has provided additional funding here in the legislative session.

Book of those funds really are going to sure up the pension system that's been woefully underfunded for again, more than a decade.

>> Vouchers, Whitley to cuts in services and we provide our students from that for that would provide our students and families vouchers would make the teacher shortage even worse as we would have to cut positions.

And again, require us to try to do more with less.

Our kids in our communities deserve better.

Public dollars should stay with public schools so we can continue to provide the highest possible quality education for all students.

Our public schools deserve to be supported our students, families and our communities are worth it.

I'm asking you now to please consider voting No on amendment 2 during the November's election vote no to making to taking more funds away from our public school says system that is already remarkably underfunded.

Public education is the cornerstone of our community, its home base for those kids, its home base for those families, its home base for the community leaders because they're always pitching in and helping where they can.

>> If this voucher amendment passes, I'm scared of what it's going to be for my students.

I'm not just scared of what it's going to do for me.

I'm scared of what it's going to be for those kids.

All of our kids diverting money out of the system, draining resources, more resources away from schools.

It weakens our schools and it hurts our students period a lot of times because the money's not there.

It comes out of our pockets.

We're not complaining because that's what we do because we love the kids.

But if you're taking more things away from public schools, your teachers are going to have to pony up even more.

And lot of us are staying because we love it, but some of them can afford to stay.

>> The same group protect our schools.

Kentucky is holding and other events across the state in opposition to amendment 2.

Of course, amendment 2 has many supporters as well in March after the amendment passed asked in the Kentucky General Assembly, we heard from David was executive director of the Family Foundation.

He said, quote, Education always works best when the parents are empowered with educational choices for their children, states all across the nation are allowing 4 diverse educational choices, including popular school choice programs that are benefiting students and families in public schools.

Private schools and in homes, schools, Kentucky must not be left behind unquote.

Scottie Scheffler.

The Gulf are arrested in Louisville, talked about the arrest and whether it's a distraction to a man whether he thought about suing the Louisville Metro Police.

Police arrested Scheffler near-fatal accident scene in Louisville on May 17th during a PGA Tournament.

Police said Scheffler ignored traffic directions and ended up dragging an officer causing some injuries.

The Jefferson County attorney later dropped the charges saying evidence backed up Scheffler's claimed that it was all a misunderstanding before the PGA Memorial Tournament in Ohio, reporters asked Scheffler if he was ready to move on when prosecutors dropped the charges.

>> I definitely had moved past it.

And, you know, I would say that I still, you know.

Would have 100% its capacity.

As you know, the charges are dropped.

But I still now it's more appropriate for people to ask me about it and ask me about the situation.

And to be honest with you, it's not something that I love reliving just because it was fairly traumatic for me being arrested going into the golf course been so it's not something that I love talking about it, something that I'm hoping to move past.

But when the charges are dropped, that's kind of where the beginning is kind of getting past.

It doesn't make So kind of, you know, operating through that now.

it was definitely a bit of a relief, but not not too early because that's something that always I think, you know, kind of stick with me.

shot.

I'm sure is not going anywhere anytime >> And though the British.

>> Reporters asked Scheffler whether he and his attorney Steve Rowe mines configured suing the Louisville Metro police and they've asked Scheffler whether this is changed.

Attitudes toward other what used of wrongdoing.

>> If we need to, if it the fight kind of became like a really have this kind of that.

Basically, if I had to show up in court, I think Steve was more than prepared to pursue legal action.

But at the end of the day, you I did not want to have to pursue legal action against Lewisville because said the other day that the people who is going to have to pay for.

The stakes, their police department.

I just didn't seem right.

And so at no point, did I ever want to see them?

But if it came there, I think my lawyer was more than prepared to use that as more of like a bargaining chip type more than anything.

You know, I think.

I tried to believe in people are innocent until proven And so when somebody is accused of something, I can't really remember some.

I never really try to.

I never really see someone are trying to see people for kind of the bad sides.

You just because somebody is accused of something doesn't mean that they actually did it or maybe they didn't do it.

And maybe they just made a mistake.

I think forgiveness is something that's that's last in our society.

And again, just because somebody made a mistake, one point their life doesn't mean that they're bad percent.

I think sometimes in society, people we're expecting perfection and everybody.

And just because somebody will make one mistake, you know, people, you know, crews are fighting for that.

And, you know, I never really believed in that, you know, I believe in forgiveness, I believe in grace and, you know, try to get out as much as possible because of how much grace you have been given.

>> Scheffler says while this has been a distraction off the course, he doesn't think it will affect how he plays on the course.

Scheffler is, by the way, the number one ranked golfer in the world and the winner of the 2022.

2024.

Masters.

Today in the state capital.

Attorneys General Russel Coleman honored one of his predecessors, John Marshall, Harlan, with a portrait unveiling.

Although Harlan is best known for his time on the U.S. Supreme Court while on the court, he often voted in favor of civil rights laws while his colleagues voted against them.

Harlan also served as Kentucky's 14th attorneys general from 18, 63 until 18, 67 marshals legacy was brought to life in a new book.

The Great Dissenter and the author alongside Ag Coleman reflected on his impact.

>> Now, the timing of this event today could not be any better.

This past Saturday, we celebrated the anniversary of arc of Kentucky's admission to the union in 17.

92 was also harlan's 190st birthday, John Marshall.

Harlan served as attorney general during turbulent times for our Commonwealth and for our nation partisanship in division were rampant.

Violent crime threatens the very rule of law and the federal asked unprecedented power over the states.

Thankfully, we don't have to contend with any problems like that present day that it was in that setting that Harlan stepped into the attorney general's office.

He like every other Kentuckyian that's been honored to hold this position before me animated this institution and Kentucky's public life.

Truly the attorney general's office holds a unique and consequential role for our Commonwealth.

>> I also think that, you know, we're celebrating Harlan largely because it is incredibly illustrious judicial career where he was a man who had the courage to stand against all of his contemporaries on some of the most important issues of the day and to be vindicated by history.

It's, you know, something is is I think all people in public life sort of sort of hope for they'll the verdict of history to be in their favor.

In Harlem is case.

It is very much in his favor in it and it it spans conservatives and liberals and moderates, everybody.

I think acknowledges Harlan's Oppressions and the importance of his legacy as a Supreme Court Justice.

>> Marshall, Harlan Conference.

>> Coleman also signed an executive order declaring the Attorney General's Conference room be named in honor of John Marshall.

Harlan.

♪ ♪ >> Time now for a midweek.

Check-in of some major political developments in the last few days.

I'm Renee Shaw joined by Rylan Barton, a senior editor with in PR states team.

Good to see your island.

>> Good to see to Renee.

>> So let's start with the big news that still people are talking about and headlines are still replete with.

And that's the reaction to the verdict and the former President, Donald Trump, hush money trial and the 34 felony counts on which he was convicted.

Republicans in Kentucky certainly have voiced their reaction and but they're not all unanimous and how they feel.

There are a couple of outliers or at least one.

>> Yeah, this is and this is a story.

We're going to hear a lot more about over the course of this year.

But yeah, everybody in and Kentucky's federal delegation, all the Kentucky's federal delegation came out and criticized the ruling Republican Congressman Brett Guthrie whose kind of I think like often the one who has the mildest statements over the sort of things called it a okay, court partisan tone of Smith.

Massey called the road the partisan hacks.

Cole called the judge's partisan hacks 6th district Congressman Andy Barr came out and criticized it out.

But in response any bars, a statement on that Republican state Senator Whitney Westerfield who is an outgoing state senator of, you know, he's somebody scream criticized for president a lot and said that this is an example that out saying that that he was, you know, he was disappointed in this this kind of rhetoric disappointing that statement are saying that the the courts are functioning as they should and and sometimes these rolling always going anybody's favor, buddy.

He encouraged folks do to not go out of the way to criticize the justice system because that's something it's really awful.

Lot over the last few years, especially under the Trump, you know, channel to see it and then presidency credit undermining trust in elections and also the justice system yeah.

Part of why Senator Westerfield, I think feels able to to be so bold making the sort of statement says because he's not going senator, but it's something that you sound and he has got out of his weight, too.

As a former prosecutor trying to discourage Republicans for making statements like that.

>> And as the state's chief top prosecutor, Kentucky Attorney General Russel Coleman.

He seems to be in line with the men, the members of the federal congressional delegation and his response.

And yeah, that.

>> I think that's something where we're just seeing from all.

Yeah, what it's like.

He's elected Republicans at this point right now.

Yeah.

>> So let's shift gears to talk about some more hundreds of millions of dollars, 220 something million dollars that will go to those tornado ravaged counties.

This is from the December 2021. tornado outbreak there and there are some counties there that are going to benefit for some possible rental housing money.

Tell us about this.

>> Yeah, this is supposed build It's a 223 million dollars.

A lot of money to build over 1000 a rental units across 4 A Christian County, great County Hopkins County, Warren County, places that were hit hard by December 2021, a tornado, you know, that was the thing that everybody was wondering after that tornado what's the rebuilding process going to look like?

Are there is.

It is the housing stock going to be there for for people to remain here to stay tuned, to move to the stage if that is going to happen, something like needed to happen.

So a lot of that that a lot about assistance is coming into place.

you know, a little over 2 years after that, a disaster.

But I think every little to to these counties in western Kentucky in South Central Kentucky will help folks stay in the area.

>> That's right.

Yeah.

And the last story going back to developments in Washington.

So there is an odd couple, if you would, that there's a Republican congressman from Kentucky who is aligned with at least for one cause with a Democratic congresswoman from California who we talking about and what's the cause?

>> Yeah, Republican Congressman James Comer, both of Kentucky's first district and also Democratic Representative KET order from California come out with the proposal it in Congress too.

Require of a president's too reveal more of their our financial entanglements.

It's a really interesting moment for for a bipartisan effort like this during a presidential election where both Republicans and Democrats have something to criticize the opposing parties likely nominees for president.

So it's a it this doesn't really have too much of a chance of making it through Congress because it is a presidential election year.

Democratic President Joe Biden pointed out that he is.

You've already done a lot of what this bill would call for, which a lot of it's a really senior income tax returns.

But these are these are things that we're going to continue to be a campaign.

A father going forward.

But I I do just think it's you know, this is one of those moments that, hey, there's their cynicism on both sides right now and the end elected officials and but at least some of this one moment.

But people are reaching across the aisle for an effort like >> Well, and considering some of Congressman Comer's of past actions as chairman of the House Oversight Committee and the Biden investigation right?

It seems maybe like a far reach for him to reach across the aisle in this way.

At this time.

Some may seem it can strike sod.

>> Sure he continues to play out are due for a long time is pursuing that investigation into Hunter Biden.

But I think Democrats are hoping for the same outcome here and looking into that really former President Trump's statements, but also his financial take months.

But the is businesses.

Yeah.

>> Well, it's always good to catch up with your Take good care.

And we'll see you next week.

>> You can see right?

♪ ♪ >> Louisville, you're getting money to fix your flood protection system.

The Army Corps of Engineers will spend more than 5 million dollars on the overhaul.

This is after a feasibility study funded in 2018 to identify the repairs needed to prevent flood damage in the future.

U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell said, quote, severe weather in my hometown of Louisville continues to strain the city's infrastructure and damaged homes, schools and businesses throughout the region.

Today's funding will support important work underway to reinforce Louisville flood protection system unquote.

Senator McConnell is critical of President Biden's new border policy announced yesterday under the new policy if more than 2500 people attempt to enter the U.S. in a given day asylum processing stops, it doesn't start again until that number drops to 1500 and stays there for week.

Children are exempt.

McConnell says the Biden plan doesn't do enough.

>> With the election just months away.

The president holds that issued an executive order.

We'll demonstrate that he cares about this crisis.

And he's trying to fix it.

That his order would still more than 900,000.

Illegal aliens to come in every year.

Southern border.

This is on top.

About a million.

Illegal role is.

President Biden and John should continue waiving into the country.

Combined.

That's more than the population of 10 stage.

It's a new.

Dallas, Texas.

Every year.

This is like turning a garden hose and tried to arms are.

And the American people.

Are not fools.

To know that he's played it.

Is too little.

>> Senator McConnell says President Biden has been in office for more than 1200 days and he's just now taking action on border policy.

♪ ♪ >> Well, history is no small subject except at one Danville Museum.

The Great American Doll House Museum.

>> Tell us the history of the Commonwealth miniatures.

So join us in appreciating the small things in this week's Arts and Culture segment.

We called Tapestry.

>> There are over $200 houses in room boxes in the museum.

>> 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 >> the museum is divided into sections.

The first one is the timeline of United States history.

It's a snapshot.

It's not every chapter of United States history.

It's just little snapshots from from different parts of the United States history.

When you leave the timeline of U.S. history, you enter the town of Copper, Hollow and Copper Hollow is a fictional town, meaning there isn't a real copper hollow and there never was a real copper hollow.

But it's a town like a Kentucky town of its type would have been in 1910.

So it's a town like Danville.

It has stores and civic buildings and industry factories.

It has a cold camp, but it's also the social history, which is how did people live?

How did people work?

How did they play?

What did they do?

What they wear back in the day, which every day where we're showcasing all of this brings back memories.

Especially for seniors who visit have a lot of people from Kentucky saying my grandparents grew up in call.

That call camp.

Looks exactly like where they lived for the kids.

It's really nice because things they've read about in textbooks are in history books or in Little House on the Prairie or wherever they see it in 3 dimension and they feel he says what that really was like.

One of the comments that people make all the time when they come out of the museum is I cant believe how much I learned about history that I didn't know, but it's only because it's fun that it works I love telling stories that are specifically Kentucky stories.

When I talk about the tobacco warehouse and when I talk about the coal camp and the farm industry and the, you know, the stone fences within the farm.

This is Kentucky history and it's it's important to me.

It's also important to visitors because when we get a lot of visitors from out of state and they want to do things that are very specifically Kentucky.

They're here to see Kentuckyian enjoy Kentucky.

So having a lot of miniatures that reference our history has always been important to me.

>> And as to call with the museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11:00AM to 05:00PM.

Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion during World War.

2.

We'll have more on that.

Also tomorrow on Kentucky EDITION and Agriculture program in Kentucky.

That's a win win.

Win.

One for getting people healthy.

>> On the front and that are more vulnerable populations.

We have a chance to get them back in the workforce.

2 were able to save taxpayer dollars on the back and through medical care through a high risk, heart disease, diabetes, et cetera.

And then the 3rd point is that helps more profitability for the farmers.

>> You know, we might want to still have.

>> Plus, it's the issue that affects you every time you sit down at the dinner table, we'll talk food and farming with Kentucky's new commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell.

That and more Thursday on Kentucky Edition.

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