[♪♪] >> TARIFFS, IN OUR OPINION, WILL INCREASE COSTS TO CONSUMERS.

>> Renee: A POPULAR STORE CHAIN IS RAISING PRICES AND THEY BLAME TARIFFS.

>> THE MILK WE DISPENSE IS OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE IN GREAT HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENCE IN SURVIVABILITY.

>> Renee: KENTUCKY'S MILK DEPOTS ARE HELPING BABIES GET THE NUTRITION THEY NEED INTEREST WHEN YOU HAD ANIMALS HORSES AND CATTLE AND SHEEP.

>> Renee: FROM LIVESTOCK TO BUSINESS WE'LL LOOK BACK AT A LOUISVILLE ROAD THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BUSY.

>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS THURSDAY MAY THE 15TH I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR THURSDAY NIGHT WITH US.

>>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A WEATHER WARNING FROM THE STATE AS POTENTIALLY STRONG STORMS MOVE INTO KENTUCKY.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR IS WARNING PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN, WIND, HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES.

THE THREAT STARTS TODAY.

HERE IS A MAP FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWING WHAT IS POSSIBLE TOMORROW.

AS YOU CAN SEE ALMOST ALL OF KENTUCKY IS IN CATEGORY FOUR, THE RED COLOR.

FOUR MEANS A MODERATE RISK OF STORM ACTIVITY.

ORANGE IS CATEGORY THREE MEANING AN ENHANCED RISK.

>>> FEDERAL HELP IS ON THE WAY TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN 24 MORE KENTUCKY COUNTIES AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORMS IN APRIL.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAYS THE TRUMP TRATION HAS APPROVED HIS REQUEST TO ADD THOSE COUNTIES TO THE 13 COUNTIES ALREADY APPROVED.

THIS IS INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, MEANING PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS WITH WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE CAN NOW APPLY FOR HELP BY GOING TO DISASTER ADISTENSE.GOV OR CALLING 1-8 HUNDRED-621, FEMA.

>> ALLISON BALL IS SUING ANDY BESHEAR FOR FAILURE TO ENACT A LAW PASSED BY THE GENERAL SEPTEMBER.

SENATE BILL 151, THE SO-CALLED KINSHIP CARE BILL WAS MANTS TO HELP REMOVE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO CARE FOR A RELATIVE A CHILD AND ALLOW THEM TO ACCESS FINANCIAL AID.

THE BILL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED LAST YEAR AND BECAME LAW IN JULY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE.

BUT BESHEAR TOLD LAWMAKERS IT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL BILLS THAT COULD NOT BE EXECUTED WITHOUT FUNDING.

HIS ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATED IT WOULD NEED $20 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT THE BILL.

AUDITOR BALL IS ASKING A JUDGE WHETHER A RULING FLETCHER VERSUS THE COMMONWEALTH ALLOWS A GOVERNOR TO REFUSE TO CARRY OUT A LAW WHEN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DID NOT APPLY THE FUNDS.

WE REACHED OUT FOR COMMENT BUT DID NOT HEAR IN TIME FOR TONIGHT'S BROADCAST.

>>> IN WASHINGTON REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE CLOSER TO FINALIZING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SIGNATURE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE.

THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL COMMITTEES YESTERDAY TO ADVANCE THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION PACKAGE IT'S CHAIRED BY BRETT GUTHRIE OF KENTUCKY'S SECOND DISTRICT.

HE SAID THE BILL WILL UNLEASH AMERICAN ENERGY BOLSTER OUR TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP AND PRIORITIZE HEALTHCARE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AMERICANS AND U.S. CITIZENS.

>>> IT TOOK MORE THAN 25 HOURS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO PASS THE BILL WITH MUCH OF THE DEBATE FOCUSED ON MEDICAID.

THE LEGISLATION INCLUDES CUTTING $ 800 BILLION OVER THE DECADE USED BY 1.5 MILLION KENTUCKY CANNIANS.

LAWMAKERS WILL NOW WORK TO COMBINE 11 PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN ONE BILL WITH A FINAL VOTE IN THE HOUSE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK BEFORE IT'S SENT TO THE SENATE FOR FURTHER DEBATE.

>>> THOUSANDS OF KENTUCKIANS SHOP AT WALMART EVERYDAY.

A LOT OF KENTUCKIANS DO.

THE CHAIN SAYS EXPECT PRICES TO GO UP BY THE END OF THE MONTH BECAUSE OF TARIFFS.

HERE IS A STATEMENT FROM C.E.O.

DOUG MCMILLON WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP OUR PRICES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE BUT GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE TARIFFS EVEN AT THE REDUCED LEVELS, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ABSORB ALL THE PRESSURE GIVEN THE REALITY OF NARROW MARGINS.

WALMART HAS 4,000 STORES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AS OF 2022 THERE ARE 101 WALMARTS IN KENTUCKY.

>>> FOR INSIGHT INTO WALMART'S PRICE HIKE AND WHY IT'S HAPPENING WE SPOKE TO THE KENTUCKY RETAIL FEDERATION.

TARIFFS CAN AFFECT PRICES IN WAYS YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT.

>> WHILE THE TARIFFS HAVE BEEN EASED FROM CHINA, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE RATES AT WHICH THEY WERE ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE TARIFFS THAT ARE APPLIED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, TOO, THAT TARIFFS APPLY TO ITEMS THAT AREN'T JUST GOODS THAT CONSUMES BUY THAT GO INTO THE GOODS INCLUDING PACKAGING.

YOU MAY HAVE FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES ALUMINUM PACKAGING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SOURCED IN A COUNTRY THAT IS SUBJECT TO A TARIFF.

AND THAT PACKAGING IS CAUSING THOSE GOODS TO INCREASE.

THE IMPACT TO THE CONSUMER IS THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND STRATEGIES FOR SHOPPING AGAIN WE JUST GOT SALES DATA AND THAT DATA IS DEMONSTRATING SALES ARE STEADY.

THE CONSUMERS' VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT TARIFFS BUT CURRENTLY THEY ARE CONTINUING TO SHOP THEY MIGHT BE TRYING TO STOCK UP.

AGAIN, THERE IS NO DENYING THAT THE TARIFFS IN OUR OPINION, WILL INCREASE COSTS TO CONSUMERS.

AND THAT COULDN'T LEAD CONSUMERS TO SHOP LESS, BUY LESS, THAT COULD LEAD TO REDUCED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

AS CONSUMERS MAKE THOSE CHOICES.

I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND, I THINK FOR RETAILORS, THIS IS SERVING CUSTOMERS IS THEIR NUMBER ONE GOAL.

AND SO INCREASING PRICES FOR REASONS THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULTY FOR THEM.

>> Renee: ON MONDAY NIGHT'S "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" OUR PANEL TALKED ABOUT TRUMP TARIFFS AND THEIR IMPACT ON PRICES.

[♪♪] >> THE PROBLEM WITH WHAT HE IS DOING IS THAT HE DOES ONE THING ONE DAY AND THEN A DIFFERENT THING THE NEXT DAY.

HE CHANGES COURSE WILLY-NILLY BY HIS INSTINCT AS HE ADMITS.

THE OTHER DAY HE SAYS I THINK 80% SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TARIFF RATE.

AND ANOTHER DAY LATER HE AGREES TO 30%.

THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS NO CERTAINTY.

THIS IS CHAOS VIRTUALLY EVERY ECONOMIST THAT YOU WILL TALK TO SAYS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HURT THE ECONOMY.

IT'S GOING TO HURT INDIVIDUALS, IT'S GOING TO RAISE PRICES.

>> HE WAS ELECTED TO SHAKE THE SYSTEM UP AND GO AGAINST THE STATUS QUO.

THESE ARE NEGOTIATING TACTICS.

THIS IS FRAMEWORK THERE'S ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS NOTHING IS SET IN STONE AND I DISAGREE HE IS NOT GOING TO BE THE STATUS QUO.

IS IT THE TRADITIONAL LINE OF NEGOTIATIONS AND WHATNOT?

NO.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS A DIFFERENT CANDIDATE AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRESIDENT AND HE IS PRODUCING.

>> Renee: YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TOPICS ON-LINE AND ON DEMANDS AT KET.ORG/KYTONIGHT.

[♪♪] >> Renee: THE KENTUCKY BLOOD CENTER IS EXPANDING ONE OF ITS PARTNERSHIPS FOR MORE LIFE-SAVING DONATIONS.

THE CENTER WORKS WITH THE MILK BANK AND RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT HAS OPENED A NEW DROP-OFF LOCATION FOR MILK DONATIONS TO HELP GIVE MORE PREMATURE AND SICK BABIES THE CHANCE TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE.

>> OUR ONLY JOB IS TO HELP MORE BABIES SELL PRIME RATE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY AND WE DO THAT BY CAREFULLY SCREENING AND COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING SAFE HUMAN MILK PRIMARILY TO NICUS ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND ALSO ACCESSIBLE ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS FOR THOSE MEDICALLY VULNERABLE BABIES.

THE MILK WE DISPENSE IS OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE IN GREAT HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENCE IN SURVIVABILITY.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY HELPING BABIES THAT IS THE BIG THING NOT ONLY I'M FEEDING MY SON I'M HELPING THE YOUNGER BABIES THAT NEED IT IN THE NICU AND I'M SUPPORTING THAT AND IT KEEP ME GOING.

>> KENTUCKY BLOOD CENTER HAS MILK DEPOTS IN SEVEN CENTERS TWO IN LEXINGTON, TWO IN LOUISVILLE, ONE IN PIKEVILLE, ONE IN SOMERSET AND ONE IN FRANK FORTS.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD THOSE CENTERS AND HOPING TO EXPAND THIS SUMMER.

>> THE KENTUCKY BLOOD CENTER THE MILK DROP-OFF IS REALLY VEPTD FOR ME AS A FULL-TIME MOM AS WELL AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY ARE OPEN ON SATURDAYS.

>> IT'S MEANT TO BE AN EASY ACCESS POINT FOR MOMS ALREADY DONATING HAVING THESE CONVENIENT DROP-OFF POINTS TAKES ONE OF THE BARRIERS AWAY FROM THEM FROM HAVING TO SHIP THEIR MILK.

>> SINCE WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WE HAVE PROVIDED HALF A MILLION FEEDINGS FROM BABIES.

WHICH IS REMARKABLE.

AND AND I THINK THEY SAID INITIALLY THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR MILK DONORS IN LEXINGTON AND THEY TRIPLED THE DONORS IN WEEKS.

>> EVERY OUNCE IS PRECIOUS BECAUSE IT IS A GIFT ONLY MILK DONORS CAN GIVE.

AND IT'S OFTEN A GIFT THAT THEY ARE GIVING TO FAMILIES THAT THEY WON'T MEET BUT THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR LIVES AND PROVIDING HOPE TO GO HOME WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT ISN'T A MINIMUM TO GIVE, BUT REALLY WE'RE AVERAGING ALMOST 600 OUNCES PER DONOR WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF WORK AND COMMITTMENT.

SO THESE MILK DONORS ARE TRUE LIFE SAVERS.

>> IT'S REALLY REWARDING, I GUESS THAT IS THE BEST WAY I CAN PUT IT.

WHEN I WAS FIRST DONATING I REMEMBERED I DID DONOR MILK WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND IT CLICKED FOR ME.

OH, I REMEMBER DOING THAT WITH HER.

AND SO YES, I FEEL LIKE IT IS A SUCH GOOD THING THAT I CAN HELP OTHER MOTHERS.

>> MOMS ARE INCREDIBLE THAT IS MY FAVORITE PART I THINK WE HAVE THIS COMMUNITY OF MOMS THAT SAY NO MOM STANDS ALONE.

>> Renee: THE KENTUCKY BLOOD CENTER SAYS SINCE ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MILK BANK BEGAN IN 2021, NEARLY HALF A MILLION FEEDINGS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO PREMATURE AND SICK INFANTS IN THE REGION.

[♪♪] ACTOR AND KENTUCKY NATIVE JOSH HOPKINS APPEARS IN A NEW MOVIE, THE WESTERN RUST.

THAT WAS IN THE HEADLINES AFTER A REAL-LIFE DEATH ON THE SET.

I SAT DOWN RECENTLY WITH JOSH TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT TRAGEDY PLUS HIS SUCCESSFUL CAREER AND MEMORIES OF HIS LATE CONGRESSMAN FATHER.

JOSH HOPKINS IT IS A PLEASURE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU FOR A FEW.

>> THANK YOU I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

>> Renee: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Renee: I WANT TO GO BACK TO MEMORY LANE I SAW A CLIP FROM ELLEN DE GENEROUS SHOW, 2013ISH MAYBE.

A FEW YEARS AGO AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING PART OF A BREAK DANCING CREW CALLED THE FUN BUNCH.

FROM THE FUN BUNCH TO ALLY McBEAL, AND SOME OF US WE SAW YOU IN AND NOW RUST.

TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GO FROM THE FUN BUNCH BREAK DANCING CREW TO RUST?

>> IT'S ALL PERFORMING, RIGHT?

IT'S ALL PERFORMING.

I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY AND I STILL CALL THIS HOME.

THIS IS WHEN I SAY I LIVE NOW, I MOVED FROM LOS ANGELES TO AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND I STILL SAY I'M GOING HOME AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHAT?

KENTUCKY'S HOME.

>> Renee: YEAH.

>> YES.

SO YOU KNOW FROM THE FUN BUNCH BREAK DANCING CREW.

>> Renee: CAN YOU STILL DO THAT?

>>THAT IS NOT BAD.

>> THAT HURT MY BACK.

>> Renee: WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE DID YOU SIGN A DISCLAIMER.

>> I WILL SHOW UP NEXT TIME.

>> Renee: LET'S TALK ABOUT DO YOU PREFER TO DO MOVIES OR PREFER LIKE THE TV SERIES LIKE COUGAR TOWN AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AT?

>> YOU KNOW IT'S A EXRETLY DIFFERENT PROCESS.

AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SCRIPT AND WHATNOT.

IF YOU ARE DOING GOOD MATERIAL ANYWHERE IT'S THAT'S THE MOST FULFILLING PART.

IF YOU'VE GOT GREAT WRITERS AND WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING IS FEELS MORE FUN.

COUGAR TOWN WAS GREAT BECAUSE I GOT TO SHOOT IT IN LOS ANGELES WHERE I WAS LIVING.

SO MANY TIMES ESPECIALLY FOR FILMS I HAVE TO TRAVEL.

AND SHOOT ON LOCATION WHICH IS COOL, TOO.

BUT IT'S NICE TO BE IN YOUR OWN BED.

BUT THAT WAS GREAT BECAUSE I REALLY LIKED EVERYONE OVERSIX YEARS WE SHOT AND THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU LIKE EVERYONE AT WORK.

BUT I ALSO LIKE THE PROCESS OF REALLY DELVING DEEP INTO ONE CHARACTER FOR JUST SIX WEEKS OR A COUPLE MONTHS TO REALLY GO INTO THAT.

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN TELEVISION.

BECAUSE, SAY, THE TELEVISION SHOW RUNS SIX YEARS.

I MEAN FOR YOU TO BE AS INDEPTH INTO THIS OTHER CHARACTER RATHER THAN YOURSELF IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

>> Renee: WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT RUST.

AND WE'VE HEARD SOME GREAT ACCLAIM OF YOUR ROLE AND YOU PLAY U.S.

MARSHAL AND I KNOW HAVING TALKED TO SHEA HOPKINS IS THE C.E.O.

OF KET, AND YOUR SISTER, WHO SAID THAT YOUR FATHER, THE LATE LARRY HOPKINS REALLY ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE YOU IN A WESTERN.

>> ALWAYS SAID THAT.

>> Renee: OF ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE THAT IS SOMETHING HE WANTED TO SEE YOU IN.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO DO THIS?

>> IT'S REALLY SPECIAL.

YOU KNOW IT IS BITTERSWEET IN THAT I WHEN I WAS ONSET SHOOTING IT, I'M MISSING HIM EVERYDAY.

HE WOULD ALWAYS JUST WOULD ALWAYS SAY YOU SHOULD DO A WESTERN.

AND THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF WESTERNS BEING MADE.

WELL, DAD, IT'S NOT UP TO ME.

AND HE WOULD BE LIKE WELL YOU SHOULD I WISH YOU WOULD DO A WESTERN.

AND THAT WAS HIS TYPE OF MOVIE.

DID A LOT OF COMEDIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND HE REALLY, REALLY LOVED WESTERNS I GREW UP WATCHING WITH HIM.

IT IS THE MOST AMERICANA OF CINEMA AND HE LOVED THEM.

SO WHEN I WAS SHOOTING THIS AND HE HAD PASSED, THERE WOULD BE LONG, LONG DAYS.

AND I REMEMBER THINKING I HOPE THIS DAY NEVER ENDS YOU KNOW.

I WALK INTO A SALOON BACK LIT WITH A COWBOY HAT AND GUN STRAPPED TO ME I COULD FEEL HIM WITH ME.

SO IT'S BITTERSWEET.

BUT HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE THIS FILM.

HE REALLY WOULD HAVE.

>> Renee: WELL, HE IS PROUD AND GLORY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I CAN CAN FEEL IT.

>> Renee: AND THERE'S SO MUCH TO RUST IT HAS THE STORIED PAST AND WE KNOW THAT.

PROCESSING THE DEATH OF HELENA AND COMING BACK TO RESHOOT THE FILM OR FINISH SHOOTING THE FILM.

HOW DID YOU PROCESS THAT YOU WERE ONSET THAT TRAGIC DAY HOW DID YOU PROCESS THAT AND DECIDE TO COME BACK AND HOW WERE YOU CONVINCED TO COME BACK?

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY PROFESSIONAL SITUATIONS I'VE EVER DEALT WITH.

AND COMPLETELY UNIQUE AND SURREAL.

YOU KNOW, JUST THE SHOCK.

HELENA WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND INCREDIBLE ARTIST.

AND SO PASSIONATE.

AND REALLY SO MANY WAYS WAS DRIVING THE PRODUCTION JUST WITH HER PASSION.

SHE HAD A SAYING IT'S THE LAST CAR TO THE MOVIE WHERE SHE SAID HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER?

WHATEVER WE WERE DOING HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER?

AND IT WAS A SURREAL TIME TO BE WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND TO BE NOT EVEN SURE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON MYSELF BEING ONSET AND BEING IN MY TRAILER AND LOOKING ON MY PHONE AND THERE'S HELICOPTERS, I CAN SEE MY TRAILER FROM BEING BROADCAST ON MY PHONE AND I'M LIKES LIKE IT'Y HARD TO PROCESS.

AND THEN TO FEEL THE LOSS OF THIS INCREDIBLE PERSON AND THEN THAT'S ALL THAT IS ON TELEVISION, YOU KNOW, 24/7 FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND IT KEEPS COMING BACK BECAUSE OH, THIS LAWSUIT IS HAPPENING AND THIS IS STARTING.

AND SO IT SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD NEVER GO AWAY AND I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT WE WOULD COME BACK AND FINISH IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE A DESIRE TO.

BUT AFTER THEY SETTLED THE LAWSUIT, THE FAMILY BECAME THE PRODUCER, HER HUSBAND MATT.

AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME AND SAID YOU KNOW WE WANT TO COME BACK AND FINISH IT, THE FAMILY WANTS IT DONE.

THEY REALLY WANT -- >> Renee: THE HUSBAND CALLED YOU AND TOLD YOU THIS.

>> THAT IS WHAT I SAID I BELIEVE YOU IT'S NOT LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO LIE TO ME BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL I HEAR IT FROM HIS MOUTH.

THEY PUT ME ON ZOOM WITH MATT AND HE ASKED ME TO COME BACK AND FINISH IT AND I'M GLAD WE DID.

BECAUSE THE FILM IS SO STUNNING AND EVERY REVIEW HAS SAID THAT.

SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE ARTIST AND IT'S THE TABLEAU EVERY SCENE IS INCREDIBLE.

AND FOR A CINEMATOGRAPHER THAT IS LIKE EVERYONE WANTS TO DO A WESTERN.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT GENRE IS WITH LIGHTING AND JUST THE VISTAS YOU GET TO WORK WITH.

AND IT'S VISUALLY STUNNING.

SO.

>> Renee: SHE WOULD BE PROUD.

>> HER FAMILY IS INCREDIBLY PROUD.

AND IT'S PEOPLE WHO SEE IT IT IS A SHAME WE DON'T GET TO SEE THIS ARTIST'S WORK BECAUSE SHE WAS INCREDIBLY TALENTED.

>> Renee: JOSH HOPKINS IN THE MOVIE RUST IS IN THEATERS NOW AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND STREAMING.

[♪♪] IN LOUISVILLE FRANKFORT AVENUE IS THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE CONNECTING LOUISVILLE'S HISTORIC CLIFTON AND CRESCENT HILL NEIGHBORHOODS.

IN THE 1800s IT WAS A TURNPIKE WHERE FARMERS BROUGHT GOODS TO THE CITY FROM FRANKFORT OR SHELBYVILLE.

ON THE NEXT "INSIDE LOUISVILLE" CHRISTIE DUTTON EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF THIS AREA THAT IS NOW A BUSTLING BUSINESS DISTRICT FULL OF LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES, BOUTIQUES AND RESTAURANTS.

[♪♪] >> A VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUSINESS DISTRICT OF LOUISVILLE FRANKFORT AVENUE HAS A STORIED PAST.

ORIGINALLY NAMED THE LOUISVILLE SHELLPYVILLE TURNPIKE THIS WAS A TOLL ROAD TRAVELED BY HORSE AND BUGGY OR USED TO TRANSPORT LIVESTOCK.

>> YOU HAD ANIMALS, HORSES, CATTLE AND SHEEP THEY WOULD KICK UP THE ROAD AND SOMEBODY HAD TO MAINTAIN THAT.

>> THE TOLL HOUSE STILL STANDS LIKE THE HISTORICAL STRUCTURES IT HAS EVOLVED FOR DIFFERENT USES.

THE ROAD WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY AND TOLLS WERE NOT COLLECTED TO THE TOLL HOUSE WAS A POLICE STATION AND JAIL AND SEVERAL RESTAURANTS.

AND TODAY IT IS A LOCAL ITALIAN RESTAURANT.

WHEN TRAFFIC STOPPED AT THE TOLL GATE IT WAS A NATURAL LOCATION TO OPEN SALOONS.

>> A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WAS THEIR ENTERTAINMENT TO GO TO A SALOON IN THE DAY THERE WERE NO TELEVISIONS.

SALOONS WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> LIKE WOODMAN'S SALOON AND GROCERY WHICH TURNED INTO THE LOUISVILLE STATUTE COMPANY AND NOW THE IRISH ROVER.

SPECS SALOON SERVING AS A POULTRY HOUSE AND REOPENED AS BOURBON'S BISTRO.

THE INTRODUCTION OF A RAILWAY LINE AND STREETCARS BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE HOMES AND BUSINESSES TO THE TURNPIKE.

>> AND BECAUSE OF THE STREETCAR IN THE HILLTOP THEATER WAS BUILT.

AND SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL UP HERE TO GO TO THE HILLTOP THEATER.

>> WHICH FEATURED VAUDEVILLE SHOWS AND MOVIES.

>> THE LIGHTS ARE THE ORIGINAL LIGHTS THE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO WORK.

>> WHERE HILLTOP TAF ESH NOW STANDS.

>> USED TO BE A AND P GROCERY STORE WHEN PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK TO THE GROCERY STORE.

>> THE RAPID GROWTH INCREASED THE RISK OF FIRES A FIRE STATION BECAME A NECESSARY STAPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONCE THE FIRE STATION MOVED TO SPRING STREET, THE SILVER DOLLAR RESTAURANT OPENED IN ITS PLACE.

>> ON THE FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE.

>> NAMED AFTER A LEGISLATURE AND SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS ALBERTA STALL.

>> ACROSS THE STREET WAS YOUNG'S PHARMACY AND REMNANTS OF THE PAINTED SIGNS VISIBLE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING IT'S NOW THE CHAMPAGNEY.

ALONG FRANKFORT AVENUE YOU CAN FIND RELICS FROM THE PAST LIKE THIS WATER TROUGH FILLED FROM A TAP INSIDE THIS BUILDING ONCE A SALOON A BARBERSHOP RESTORED TO LOOK AS IT DID IN THE LATE 1800s.

>> GOT TO BE GOOD TO YOUR HORSES.

WHILE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE PATRONS IN THE SALOONS WOULD BE FOLKING ONE BACK THEY TOOK GOOD CARE OF THE HORSES WITH THE WATER TROUGH.

>> AS YOU CAN TELL BY NOW EVEN BUILDING HAS UNIQUE HISTORY.

>> AFTER THE CIVIL WAR IS WHEN THIS WAS BUILT.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HAIRCUTTING HERE.

>> THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD BARBERSHOP FOR 16 YEARS OWNED BY JEFF NEW MAN.

>> IT IS A COOL TRADITION TO KEEP GOING.

>> WITH MOMENTOS DISCOVERED.

>> I FOUND STRAIGHT RAZORS, SCISSORS OBVIOUSLY.

THERE'S MUGS AND STUFF ON THE WALL FROM A LONGTIME AGO.

>> BLENDING THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT.

ALL ALONG FRANKFORT AVENUE IS PROOF OF REIMAGINE BUSINESSES KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES WHILE PRESERVING BUILDINGS THAT REFLECT THE PAST.

>> JON WHO TOOK AN OLD GAS STATION AND TURNED INTO A RESTAURANT.

THE BEST STRUCTURE YOU COULD HAVE THE MOST GREEN, THE MOST RENEW STRUCTURE IS ONE THAT IS ALREADY BUILT.

AND SO WE TAKE INTO HEART OUR IDEA OF PRESERVING, REUSING AND REPURPOSING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.

>> SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST, PRESENT AND UNDOUBTEDLY THE FUTURE.

FROM FRANKFORT AVENUE, I'M CHRISTIE DUTTON.

>> Renee: THANK YOU.

MEET SOME OF THE URBAN PIONEERS WHO HAD A VISION TO TURN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY AND SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS HOW THEY'VE TURNED LOCALLY OWNED INTO NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED.

THAT'S ON THE NEXT "INSIDE LOUISVILLE" SUNDAY AT 12:00 NOON EASTERN 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR US TONIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN, TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE.

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