>> Are these the manners and and the matters in the materials that we want to educate our children on.

>> Some bills are becoming law without the governor's signature.

What's the Kentucky General Assembly likely to do in its last 2 days?

Which Kentucky town has the worst traffic.

What the numbers say.

>> They intentionally designed the program for the 80%.

Plus of the older adults who are doing and they're just completely sedentary.

>> And the big toe and exercise together at last.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

The owner Press Endowment for Public Affairs and the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Tuesday March 28th, I'm Renee Shaw.

Good to be back with you and thank you for winding down your Tuesday night with us.

>> Bills continue to become law as Governor Andy Beshear makes final decisions just before the last 2 days of this year's session of the Kentucky General Assembly.

Our Casey Parker Bell reports on the latest from Frankfort in tonight's Legislative update.

>> As more of the General Assembly's bills become law 7 over the last 2 days have done so without the governor's signature opponents of one of those bills call it a book ban.

>> Are these the manners and and the matters in the materials that we want to educate our children on Senate Bill 5 establishes a process for parents to contest obscene books in public schools.

>> This bill's purpose is to guarantee the parents involvement.

To end their child's access to this material under Senate Bill.

5 parents will file complaints with the school principal when they'd be able to determine if the materials are suitable for schools.

The governor also allowed House Bill one 53 to come all without the sun.

>> It assures Kentuckians that their tax dollars will not be spent on the enforcement of the federal ban on firearms, ammunition or firearm accessories.

>> HB one 53 would KET Kentucky law enforcement officers from enforcing what the bill calls federal firearms bans officers to enforce federal laws would be subject to termination.

The General Assembly is also likely to take up votes to override some of the governor's vetoes from the past week.

The most notable being Senate Bill, one, 50.

>> We need to ensure that it surgery or drugs that completely alter their life.

And alter their body.

Is not something we should be allowing until they our adult it use it for themselves.

>> Senate Bill, one 50 would ban medical care for transitioning youth.

Also likely to receive consideration for overrides RSP 7, which prohibits payroll deductions from state employees for labor organizations like the K E a SB 107, requires the appointment of the Kentucky education commissioner to receive Senate approval and SB One.

26 that bill allows Kentuckians to move legal challenges about state government to randomly selected court and away from Franklin Circuit Court.

>> I believe Senate Bill one, 50 tears away.

The freedom of parents to make important and difficult medical decisions for their kids.

>> During those last 2 days, legislators could also take up a couple Bills.

Governor Beshear has signaled he would sign the Senate approved a bill legalizing medical marijuana before the veto recess.

>> But with passage, we're moving down the road.

We're moving forward.

We're moving along.

>> Senate Bill 47 was the first time the upper chamber has passed a bill that would legalize the drug, similar medical marijuana bills have passed the House in 2 of the previous 3 years.

And Kentucky could join 6 other states with the approval of a sports gambling bill.

>> This is not a product that's not already happening in the marketplace.

It's just happening in an illegal and unregulated fashion and the bill that we have before you just 6 to put it in a regulated legal marketplace.

So we protect the consumers of the Commonwealth.

>> House bill 5.51, for big.

Why sports betting in Kentucky placing the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in charge of the industry.

>> For Kentucky edition, I'm Casey Parker Bell.

>> The Kentucky General Assembly reconvenes for the last 2 days of the session tomorrow when ending on Thursday, any bills passed the last 2 days of the session that will be vetoed by the governor will not be eligible for veto overrides.

Governor Andy Beshear has ordered flags at state office buildings lowered to half-staff in honor of the victims of yesterday's national school shooting.

Police say a shooter killed 6 people, including 3 children.

The shooter also died.

Flags will stay lowered until sundown on Friday.

The governor is urging businesses, organizations and others who fly flags to join in this tribute.

President Biden has also ordered flags lowered at all federal office buildings.

Someone stabbed a member of Senator Rand Paul's congressional staff and the wounds are considered life-threatening.

Washington, D.C., police say the staffer was attacked over the weekend according to the political website, The Hill Police have arrested.

42 year-old Glen Meal.

He's accused of assault with intent to kill.

The staffer's name is not being released.

And police have not discussed a motive for the stabbing.

Some good economic news today for Shelby County in our venue will build a new manufacturing facility, creating 450 full-time jobs.

The company makes metal hydrogen batteries.

This is a 264 million dollar investment and our venue will build a million square foot facility on 73 acres of land.

And 2022.

For the first time ever, renewable energy produced more electricity in the U.S. that goal.

That's according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wind and Solar Energy led the way the American Council on Renewable Energy says cost is a key factor in this.

The council says the cost of wind energy has dropped 70% in the last decade while the cost of solar energy has dropped 90%.

A new study published this month found that children living in deprived neighborhoods, areas with higher rates of poverty and crowding more likely to be diagnosed with hypertension or high blood pressure.

We heard from a Louisville doctor about how this may affect children long term and what can be done about it.

More in tonight's look at medical moves.

>> But this study was published in JAMA and it took a look at how a neighborhood that a child grows up in and they use and they caught the area deprivation index is a measurement of lot of defenses, economic factors that may affect the neighborhood and how that is related to children's health, specifically hypertension and the development of hypertension.

There have been lots of studies that have looked at other factors and how they may play a role in disease process.

So things like genetics and diet and exercise and all those things.

This is the first city like this for a look at the neighborhood where this child came from.

So I and increase of about 60%.

But these kids tended to develop hypertension more often than their peers who didn't live in these neighborhoods.

And so it's a significant finding based on this aspect alone.

The think the attention is that it can cause heart disease long-term.

And that's the number one cause of death in the United States.

But the thing is that you it progresses to the longer that you have ever tension, the higher the risk for developing complications from that in the future.

And so if you develop hypertension as an adult, you are going to happen last time I'm having this high pressure is that if you develop as a child, so if you have high blood pressure that starts when you're 12, they've already had it for 20 years.

By the time you're 32.

And so you start seeing those complications even earlier in life so we can identify early, stop it early and then prevent those complications from happening.

That's the goal.

So I I think the first step really is to find a pediatrician and make sure that you're staying up to date on all their regular well visits.

So one of the things about there's a difference between is having a onetime high blood pressure reading versus having hypertension.

And so we wouldn't call somebody having hypertension after just one visit alone to say after you have the same high or elevated blood pressure, 2 or 3 consecutive visits will be then collect hypertension.

So we're to make the diagnosis.

You do have to have regular treatments with your doctor regularly visits with your doctor in order to catch it, setting the first time really is to make sure that you have your regular doctor, a pediatrician who you're following.

>> We have more health news from medical experts across the Commonwealth on KET Kentucky Health on Sundays at 12, 30 Eastern 11, 30 central right here on KET hosted by Doctor Wayne Tuckson.

Kentucky's newest COVID map shows how the state's COVID picture has improved.

There are now just 5 counties in the medium category for COVID activity as of last Thursday.

They are Pike Route one Elliott minute fee and Morgan counties, the remaining 115 counties are all low and there are no categories and the red or high category.

That's good news.

While less than one percent of college students have reported using opioids.

The American College Health Association says the overdose risk on college campuses is growing.

That's why the University of Kentucky has joined other colleges and universities around the country trying to mitigate the risk by making the overdose reversal drug naloxone, more widely available.

>> No one sets out to overdose being overdoses for the most part are unintentional.

There were, you know, several young people who died last year from overdose from That worst at Ohio State University.

And it really prompted us to to think about this and look at this and think, Cathy, we make sure that we have this this opioid rescue response kit available, you know, on campus in areas where students congregate, where there might be an overdose.

I want to over doses are people that may be taking a pill that they they think it's one thing.

>> But then my counterfeit and lace with something else such as fentanyl.

Now the nose causing most of the overdose.

Yes, you know, it's extremely important that this group of people that we see are having more instances of these overdoses occurring have access to medicine is safe.

You can save our school since the days when what these kids are designed to do is to provide the antidote, which is the drug naloxone.

>> In the lock, so is an opioid antagonists that reverses overdose.

When when if you respond in time we've installed over 50 and campus and in the student center in some of our, you know, our housing student housing in in our classroom buildings where students congregate for students, are they?

It's not just for people that we might think would be using.

>> Because think about it.

If someone is experiencing an overdose, they're not going to get themselves a treatment that has to be somebody that this covers and what comes across him, friend or somebody with in some way.

That's a candid administer the medication and then save their life.

>> I mean, the best thing would be that that we didn't have overdoses and we didn't have said that if it now, you know, in our in our drug supply.

But unfortunately, that's that's not where we are right now.

>> The college students are educated, obviously believe that ace is it is in our best interest to combat this crisis, which is really to young people.

they're going to be champions for this going forward forward.

And that's how we we can move in together.

That's how we change the future once we normalized that, it's just second nature right to say, well, there's.

>> You know, the smoke alarm and there's the AED where's the opioid emergency kit now?

Hope that we that we have in the future.

>> Freeman says since the kids have been installed, she's received requests from students and faculty to provide information and training on our can.

An opioid use disorder.

State officials are monitoring water quality of the Ohio River following a barge accident near Louisville, the Kentucky Energy and environment Cabinet shared these pictures on Twitter today.

The agency said 10 barges broke loose from a towboat.

One of them carrying 1400 times of methanol was partially submerged near a dam.

The state said the nearest water intake is in Henderson, which is about 200 miles downstream.

Henderson, Water Utility told KET it's aware of the situation and that it does not anticipate any major disruptions.

The company's general manager added that water on the Ohio River near Louisville.

Typically takes about 3 days to reach Henderson.

Lexington drivers.

You faced the worst traffic in Kentucky, according to a new report from INRIX.

The survey found that the average lax in town and driver last 22 hours a product to Vitti in 2022.

Due to being stuck in traffic.

And Lexington had the 64th worst traffic in the entire country.

Louisville was 130 night.

The worst city in the U.S. to Chicago.

The worst city in the world for traffic as London.

♪ Only about 7% of students with intellectual disabilities are enrolled in a college or university and the year after completing high school, the University of Kentucky recently started a comprehensive transition and post-secondary education program.

Also known as A C T P which supports college bound students with an intellectual disability and job preparation, community engagement and independent living.

♪ >> The College and Career Studies program is UK's CDP and it's a non-degree program for students with intellectual disability who are seeking a college experience is part of their path after high school.

And we support students attending classes exploring interests and career options and navigating campus life.

CCS students take existing classes based on their interests and goals.

These are all classes with other UK student.

So it's fully inclusive.

And we also help connect students with their mentors.

So students may take classes for credit on it.

If they're in this program, depending on their goals for the program, each student will also do 3 semesters of career exploration, which might be through a practicum class work study or internship and students can complete the program with 24 credit hours, which would usually be completed in about 4 semesters or 2 years.

>> And he's always had big ideas, something she wanted to do.

And we would say, well, we're really not sure if you can do that, but we'll see what we can do.

So and always the same.

She belongs here.

U K 0, 3, 0, Doubt.

So, of course, is a parent we're scared half to death.

So we we started out with the program with Aaron stuck by her side.

She went class with her.

And probably within 2 weeks, they just said, you know, she can handle this on around.

>> I love and then about SoCal, I accepted or not.

It was 19.

I I'm like my They have to have a hard for me.

So much.

>> It's important for the individuals need to come to these programs because even for me college was a next step in life.

Its independence, but not quite independents.

It's a way you build your own confidence, you know, prepares you for the next big step in life.

No matter what that may be.

It's something that hasn't always been there for children with intellectual disabilities or other types of disabilities.

So this this is filling that gap for these students because they deserve to be here.

They deserve to be in the program.

>> Coming up on what I'm thinking.

eye on the job and food thing thing going on hand over my funds with and every day and to some of those days, I would love to and it's wonderful.

>> I hope students will leave the program with a strong sense of what they would like to do next in life and the confidence and tools to work toward those goals.

>> And then I go, I think to me, I said.

Too big and a car.

Chile is a down.

So it is my test.

>> There are currently 4 colleges in Kentucky with a ctp program.

The University of Kentucky, northern Kentucky University Murray State University and the blue grass community and technical college.

♪ >> Louisville's favorite super chef is hosting his own show on the Food Network.

You may know Darnell Ferguson from chopped the cooking channel, Rachael Ray or even the today show.

Now he's the host of his own show.

But as Kelsey Starks finds out, his real success is inspiring others to be super too.

>> Well here in more of our we know chef but Darnell Ferguson as the super chef, culinary creative master behind super chefs and the dip in crab.

And now most of America knows him, though, as the super chef and host of Super chef Gretchen at on the Food Network.

>> Thanks so much for being No place like home.

You love has a new home.

>> In your show was just renewed for a second season.

Congratulations.

>> Yes, they going to think it was the 3rd in the forefront as it happened yet.

First, I want to listen.

18% shows for a second season.

Yeah, it's a small amount.

so be OK, tell us about Super chef grudge match.

What's it all about?

>> Supers, a grudge matches were people of color, industry and beyond could come in settles scores like I don't think people understand how many rivalries and grudges there are just on a basic point employee level.

Forget them, Floyd, the boss, them in sort of muntean.

You know, this so many great is that people would love the said.

We'll see who's the better.

So this is a space for people to come on like settle that score.

Really see who's the better shot?

>> Yeah.

And chefs are one with money on my show.

You know, we put a knife.

And so the losing chef has to get the winning shot, the most prized >> And that's like that's a lot to watch the show like people go about how they would rather give the money away and give the knife away.

So be it.

That's for sure.

Okay.

So this season you brought on a couple of Louisville based chefs.

>> Is that something you want to do more of in the future?

Of that has to happen.

I mean, latest has to because being from here.

>> Now me being a path to be able to get on to know which is hard for people.

How do I get into network?

Now we have a path that you can go on.

Have a great, you so I hope that I hope the highlight Louisville is so many ways the national level.

>> But you've already done such a great job with that because a lot of people may not know your story.

You know, you came a culinary background.

It Sullivan here and more for but then kind of found yourself homeless, unemployed in and out of jail.

And then >> you just turn things around your superstar.

Now, why do you think that story so inspiring for people?

>> I think this fire to a shot of the day right is lady was like talking to me.

She was.

So she loves me.

So this is what you get on the boys.

I think they try to get together.

So he's doing is he's got a job that, you know, isn't over while getting in now show you are.

I would never think that.

Yeah, people change, you know, so I think it just gives hope to so many in the city who need it.

I need to see someone who people the city.

Remember me from the gyro restaurant, but every memory from the cool side, a store like they don't remember just a nice restaurant.

They remember me from the bottom working my way up to this over time.

So just get you.

But I looked out hope they need.

And you're always giving back and tell us what you're doing with kids right now at Fort Knox.

Yes.

Bluegrass Challenge Academy in Fort Knox like that place has my heart right now.

Mehta with the governor's prayer breakfast and now like investing right now, my time is going up there with those boys who really need that mentor ship.

We really need to hear the words was going to make it, but they want to they listen.

That's the best part is like they listen to me.

that's just a beautiful place.

And I feel like I see myself as a young kid there saw that ad.

>> That is just wonderful.

We're attached to you here in the city of love are.

So you've got to tell us real quick.

Are your new restaurants going to open back up?

>> So we're just will open one We do know that they are coming.

Yeah.

Well, we know what has to happen again.

And I wouldn't I this is my baby is likely with some grudge matches.

My baby.

So we're says the restaurant is my baby like they're both of the both the first for me.

Yes.

So therefore, that will be coming one day.

>> Okay.

Well, we will look forward to that.

And if you do, Mister now is unique food.

You can get a taste of it on Derby weekend.

He's going to have a pop up restaurant at the Muhammad Ali Center on Derby weekends.

You can make your reservations for that.

Now.

>> Sounds like a plan to go see Super chef grudge match.

The show has 3 more episodes in season one and season 2 starts filming the summer.

Good luck to him.

♪ >> We don't always equate exercise with fun, but making it enjoyable as the best motivator to get up and do it.

>> A Kentucky College professor created a program that's getting older adults, active.

Our Laura Rogers shows us how it works.

>> It may not seem out of the ordinary.

>> She did it to being go at an assisted living facility >> but what sets this game apart and get too are the exercises that go along with It's really meant to get them into the therapy mindset and having fun and forget that there are even moving their bodies.

>> Older adults like to have fun.

And so that's how it we got them to the program.

And Doctor Jason Crandall as an exercise science professor at WKU.

>> He created bingo size and 2011.

My students for Houghton of voter, no facility trying to put together an exercise program.

>> It wasn't going well.

And we found out it was because everyone's down the hall playing bingo.

>> that's when the idea hit me.

That's when the name hit me facilities.

Use a bingo game along with Grandal's curriculum.

We did the research.

We found that it worked the whole point is to push ourselves just that one step further so that we can get that mobility back.

>> And UL says mobility is key to an older adult maintaining their independence have to stay mobile.

>> In order to be mobile, you have to be physically active and physically fit enough to do that.

>> Today being go sizes used in 46 states among at least 500 organizations.

>> We've impact that.

I know over 7,000 nursing home Yeah.

>> It also has international reach, including in Poland, where Crandall continues research with faculty.

>> Alternate foot balance.

There's also an online platform over the form should move.

>> Being a says online can be used face to face or it can be used remotely, which is really how this thing go says he blew up during the It's not just the physical benefits that are noteworthy that helps with their cognitive function as well.

Getting them to focus from one task to the next while.

Also getting the socialization and the life enrichment thing >> A lot of those folks are lonely and so size brings them together.

>> And turning exercise into a game has been proven to help with participation and Yeah, I like it.

Yeah.

It keeps me active and stuff like >> That's really the secret right is is that they need to have fun.

That's what's going to KET them socially engaged.

And so while they're there, they're doing the exercise and learning some really valuable health information.

>> It keeps you young and KET shooting.

>> Mentally and physically.

>> it.

>> For Kentucky edition.

>> I'm Laura Rogers.

>> That is one way to get bank.

Go on your exercise card.

Much of the program focuses on fall prevention and health education.

Doctor Crandall says he's working on additional bingo size workshops for those with different physical and cognitive abilities and for children.

Great idea.

Well, tomorrow, Kentucky art with an international flavor.

>> Right now, you've got amazing art.

>> From artists that are on the other side of the world right here and move the neighborhoods.

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