[♪♪] >> THINGS GOING UP PEOPLE SCREAMING, STUFF SHATTERING AND TRANSFORMERS BLOWING.

THE SCARIEST THING IN MY LIFE.

>> LONDON TORNADO VIMENTS TELL THEIR STORIES AFTER ANOTHER DEADLY STORM RIPS THROUGH PART OF KENTUCKY.

>> ALL THREATS ARE ON THE TABLE ONCE AGAIN.

>> JUST WHAT WE DON'T NEED MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE FORECAST.

>> WE DON'T HAVE HIGH-RISES AND WE HAVE JUST WHAT WE HAVE.

BUT WE'RE PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE.

>> AND WE HEAD TO A SMALL KENTUCKY TOWN THAT IS WORKING TO KEEP ITS FUTURE BRIGHT.

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

[♪♪] GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" FOR MONDAY, MAY 19TH.

I'M LAURA ROGERS FILLING IN FOR RENEE SHAW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WE ARE HERE AT THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT IN LAUREL COUNTY FOLLOWING FRIDAY NIGHT'S DEADLY STORMS.

YOU CAN SEE DEBRIS AROUND ME AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

WE HAVE STORIES OF LOSS AND HOPE AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PROCESS YET ANOTHER WEATHER DISASTER IN KENTUCKY.

AND TO GET A SENSE OF THE DAMAGE IT IS BEST TO TAKE TO THE SKIES, CHECK OUT THIS DRONE VIDEO FROM PHOTOGRAPHER BEN CHILDERS.

YOU CAN SEE A NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN LAUREL COUNTY REDUCED TO RUBBLE.

ANDY BESHEAR SAYS AT LEAST 19 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY THE STORMS.

10 PEOPLE WERE INJURED INCLUDING THREE PEOPLE WHO REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION YESTERDAY.

EARLIER TODAY, ABOUT 10,000 KENTUCKIANS WERE WITHOUT POWER.

ABOUT 3800 OF THEM IN PULASKI AND 1,000 IN LAUREL COUNTY.

ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HIT THE HARDEST BY FRIDAY'S TORNADO IS SUNSHINE HILLS.

SEVERAL HOMES IN THE SUBDIVISION WERE LEVELED AND MORE WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE KILLEDDED IN LAUREL COUNTY FRIDAY LIVED HERE INCLUDING MAJOR FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

STEPHANIE SHUMAN AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN SUNSHINE HILTS AND TOOK COVER AFTER A WEATHER ALERT WOKE THEM UP WHICH THEY CREDIT FOR SAVING THEIR LIVES.

>> THE MOMENT WE HEARD THE TORNADO WAS NEAR I ASSUMED IT WAS BEHIND ME UP THE HILL I DON'T KNOW WE COULD HEAR IT AND NOTHING WE'VE HEARD EVER BEFORE.

AND WE KNEW THAT WAS IT.

AND I REMEMBER TEXTING PIE KIDS -- MY KIDS SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE A DIRECT HIT.

I COULD HEAR IT COMING.

AND I LOVE YOU, MOM.

THINKING THAT MIGHT BE THE LAST COMMUNICATION I HAD WITH THEM.

AND THE REST WE HAD FIRST-RESPONDERS NEIGHBORS FIRST CALLING ANYBODY ALIVE IN THERE?

AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE BAD.

WHAT WE HEARD WAS THE RUSH.

AND THINGS HITTING.

AND THEN I FELT THE WALL THAT THE TUB WAS ON VIBRATING AS THINGS HIT IT AND AS IT CAME CLOSER I REMEMBER JUST THINKING IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH THIS WALL NEXT, BUT IT DIDN'T.

AND THAT IS THE MIRACULOUS THING THANK YOU LORD IN OUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO CEILING ROOMS ON ANY ROOM EXCEPT THE BATHROOM WE WERE IN AND IT'S INTACT.

THEY HAD US WALK TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WHICH WAS NOT THAT LONG OF A WALK BUT I WAS BAREFOOT AND MAKING SURE THERE WASN'T GLASS AND THEY OPENED IT UP, THE COMMUNITY HAS JUST AND OTHER PLACES HAVE JUST JUMPED IN.

OUR FAMILIES, TEACHERS WHERE I TEACH.

AND JUST EVERYBODY IS SO HELPFUL.

AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WAS, I GUESS TRYING TO SAVE WHAT WE COULD.

THAT WAS THE FIRST THING.

AND YESTERDAY I WOKE UP SORROWFUL, WEEPING FOR A LONGTIME AND THINKING BECAUSE I DID HAVE MY NEIGHBOR THAT I WALK DOGS TOGETHER OCCASIONALLY WAS IN THAT HOUSE AND SHE PASSED AWAY BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WAKE UP.

I R WE'RE OVERWHELMED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, MY HUSBAND IS A PASTOR AND GIVING HELP BUT TO RECEIVE IT AND COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IT IS AMAZING.

HUMBLING AND WE'RE GREATFUL SO THANK YOU.

>> AND THE SEARCH FOR MISSING PERSONS IN LAUREL COUNTY IS OVER.

ALL PEOPLE ARE NOW ACCOUNTED FOR.

THOSE LUCKY TO SURVIVE THE STORM HAVE UNCERTAIN HOUSING FOR THE NEAR FUTURE.

JUNE LEFFLER HAS THAT STORY.

>> A TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE AIRPORT SIDING BLOWN OFF HOMES HANGS FROM POWER LINES.

RESIDENTS RECALLED THE FRIDAY NIGHT STORM.

>> I OPENED UP MY DOOR I HEARD THAT SOUND, THEY SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE A TRAIN IT SOUNDED LIKE A LINE COMING IN.

THE GUY HAD THREE KIDS AND MY OLD LADY IN THE BATHROOM HOPING AND PRAYING.

MY COUSIN CALLED AND SAID IT WAS HEADED TOWARDS US AND SAID TAKE SHELTER.

I TRIED TO PULL THE COUCH OVER ME AND IT WAS TOO HEAVY.

I GOT THE RECLINER ON TOP OF ME.

PEOPLE SCREAMING AND STUFF SHATTERING AND TRANSFORMERS BLOWING THE SCARIEST THING IN MY LIFE.

I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.

I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD.

I WONDERED WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT SEEING IT ON TV, NOW WHEN YOU LIVE THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.

I MEAN, GOD WAS OVER US IN I THANK HIM EVERYDAY FOR LETTING US LIVE THROUGH THIS.

>> CREWS WORKED TO RESTORE POWER TO THE TRAILER PARK AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT LAUREL COUNTY AND HOMES STILL STANDING DO NOT HAVE THE ESSENTIALS.

>> YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THINGS YOU NEED.

DRINKING WATER, TOILET WATER, NONPERISHABLE FOODS.

KIDS' TOYS SOME OF THE THINGS PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK YOU WOULD BE MISSING.

>> NEIGHBORS IN THE HOMES HAVE WOUND UP IN A HOTEL WITH OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE.

THOUGH THEY WON'T BE HERE FOR LONG.

>> THE WHOLE TRAILER PARK IS UNLIVABLE AND THEY SAID AFTER THE THREE DAYS THERE MIGHT BE A PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE US.

>> OTHERS ARE STAYING PUT.

>> I GOT A BIG FAMILY AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING SOMETHING AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TRYING TO GET CAMPER DONATED OR ANYTHING TO HELP OUT WITH PEOPLE THAT APTS' GOT NOWHERE TO REALLY GO.

I GOT HELP BUT YOU CAN'T PILE UP ON EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW.

>> WITH REPORTING FROM MACKENZIE SPINK I'M JUNE LEFFLER FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION."

>> ONE OF THE CITY'S OFFICIAL TORNADO RECOVERY COMMAND POSTS IS HERE WHERE WE ARE AT THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT WHICH SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE ITSELF.

AS OUR MACKENZIE SPINK EXPLAINS THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE AREAS WILL YOU FIND MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HELPING WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS.

>> WE HAD OFFICERS COMING ON SHIFT TO HELP WITH WHATEVER WAS NEEDED.

WE HAD OFFICERS THAT WAS OUT SEARCHING IN THE DEBRIS, SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE.

REALLY RENDERING AID.

WE HAD OFFICERS THAT TRANSPORTED INJURED PEOPLE.

WE RENDERED THEM FIRST AID THE BEST WE COULD AND JUST ALL HANDS ON DECK SO WE CAN RESPOND AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

>> JONATHAN McCLEAR IS A KENTUCKY BUSINESS OWNER WHO ARRIVED ON SATURDAY.

HIS TEAM HAS BEEN RUNNING SUPPLIES FROM THE STATE AND RECOVERING LOST ITEMS AND RETURNING THEM TO STORM VICTIMS.

>> IT STARTED WITH TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND BELONGINGS, WHETHER IT BY A WALLET OR MEDICINE, ID, CELLPHONES.

PETS WAS A BIG THING TO START.

AND HONESTLY TRYING TO HELP THEM LOCATE STUFF THEY WILL NEED GOING TO A HOTEL OR TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR LIFE AND REBUILD THE COMMUNITY.

>> NOW, A FEW DAYS OUT FROM THE TORNADO THE WORK IS SHIFTING FROM RECOVERY EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP.

>> WE'RE STARTING THE CITY IS STARTING TO TRANSITION INTO THE CLEANUP PHASE.

WE ARE AGETTING THE COMMAND POST SETUP AND HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR DEBRIS.

WE'LL TAKE IT AND THE CITY WILL SORT IT OUT AND WE'LL GET RID OF IT.

>> WE ARE ABOUT SUPPORTING EVERYBODY THAT MAY NEED HELP THE FAMILIES DISPLACED OR MAY NEED FOOD, WATER.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT ROAMING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR LOOTERS.

>> AT THE CITY COMMAND POST AND AT CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS TOWN PEOPLE ARE COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING DONATIONS FOR THE TORNADO VICTIMS.

McCLURE SHARES WHAT ITEMEDS ARE MOST IN NEED.

>> THE THING WE KEEP HEARING IS TOAST.

THEY ARE TRYING TO GATHER UP WHAT IS SALVAGEABLE AND IT'S IN A TOTE.

THAT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING TO US.

OBVIOUSLY WATER, CLOTHES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, TOILETRY ITEMS BABY SUPPLIES AND DOG AND CAT FOOD WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK FOR.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LIKELY I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THE GOVERNMENT'S NOT BEEN THERE.

MY OFFICE IS COMMITTED.

I WILL BE OUT HERE EVERYDAY UNTIL THE END OF THIS THING.

>> THE MAYOR SAYS HE CANNOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ENTER PRIVATE PROPERTY BUT IF YOU SEE A NEIGHBOR IN NEED ASK IF YOU CAN HELP.

PICKING UP SMALL DEBRIS IS HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M MACKENZIE SPINK.

>> ONE OF THE STATE'S CONFIRMED FATALITIES IS IN NEIGHBORING PULASKI COUNTY.

WE WERE ON THE GROUND SATURDAY WHERE THAT TORNADO LEFT BEHIND DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION.

>> I COULD FEEL THE STORM LITERALLY OVERHEAD.

>> SOMERSET MAYOR TAKING SHELTER WITH HIS FAMILY AS A TORNADO CARVED A PATH THROUGH HIS CITY.

>> IT'S BEEN OVER 40 YEARS WE'VE HAD A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AND CREATE THIS KIND OF DAMAGE.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN SOMERSET.

>> THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN WAS HIT THE HARDEST.

>> ANYTHING THAT HAD LOOSE METAL IT PEEL TO DO.

>> TWO GAS PUMPS ACROSS HIGHWAY 27 AND THE PARKING LOT OF BAXTER'S COFFEE.

>> AND DID DAMAGE ON THE EAST GOING TO LONDON.

OUR PHONES STARTED BLOWING UP BY FRIENDS.

>> WHEN HE WENT TO THE STORE TO CHECK.

>> WE HAD A LOSS ON OUR HANDS.

>> IT WAS OPENED IN 2001 AND THE SECOND LOCATION 2006.

>> IT'S SHOCKING.

>> CATASTROPHIC.

>> ALL HANDS ON DECK OPERATION.

>> COMPARE TO GO TO THE TORNADO OUTBREAK IN 1974.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT KIND OF DAMAGE MYSELF.

THIS IS THE WORST STORM I'VE HEIFER SEEN.

>> PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS HOUSES AND HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

>> ASSESSMENT MOVING TO RECOVERY AS OFFICIALS SAY LAUREL COUNTY GOT IT WORSE.

>> THAT COMMUNITY IS GRIEVING.

THE DAMAGE TO SOME OF THE HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE LOSS OF LIFE IS REALLY TRAGIC.

>> WE'RE SENDING HELP OFFERED TO PULASKI TO LAUREL COUNTY BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN HIT HARDER THAN WE HAVE.

>> THE MOST LOYAL CUSTOMERS COMING BY TO SHOW SUPPORT.

>> WE HAD A LINE OF PEOPLE OF PROBABLY 15-20 PEOPLE STANDING IN RUBBLE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK FOR ANYTHING PEOPLE SOD UP.

>> IT SHOWS THE RESILIENCE OF KENTUCKIANS.

>> THE MAYOR IS PROUD OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND STORM RESPONSE AND RECOVERY.

>> THE COORDINATION SEARCH AND RESCUE OUR POLICE OFFICERS GOING TO DOOR-TO-DOOR TO SEE IF SOMEBODY WAS TRAPPED OR NEEDING ASSISTANCE MAKING SURE PEOPLE STAYED SAFE.

>> AND DAMAGE SURVEYS DO CONTINUE IN AREAS HIT HARDEST BY FRIDAY NIGHT'S SEVERE WEATHER.

OUR CHRISTIE DUTTON SHOWS US WHERE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS THE STATE AND WHO HAS THE GREATEST RISK OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW.

>> WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE FINALITY COUNT FOR THE NUMBER OF TORNADOES THAT WE EXPERIENCED FRIDAY ACROSS THE STATE, BUT WE KNOW THERE WILL BE FOUR.

WE HAVE AN EF3 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UNION COUNTY.

FOUR INJURIES FROM THAT TORNADO WHICH REACHED 155-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AND DID CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO HOMES IN THAT AREA.

TWO, EF2 TORNADOES ONE IN HOPKINSVILLE AND ONE IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY MOVING INTO TODD COUNTY DOING DAMAGE AROUND BLUE HOLE ROAD.

WE STILL ARE WAITING ON THE FINAL REPORT FROM THE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH PULASKI AND LAUREL COUNTY THE TORNADO THERE.

A PRELIMINARY HIGH-END EF3 TORNADO.

AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH FOR THE REPORTS COMING OUT ABOUT THAT.

I SPOKE TO A METEOROLOGIST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUT OF JACKSON, KENTUCKY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY ABOUT THIS DEADLY TORNADO.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> OUR TEAM HERE WAS WATCHING THE STORMS ALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME-FRAME.

THIS STORM ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN MISSOURI AND TRACKED ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND TO OUR AREA.

YES, WE WERE TRACKING THE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING AND THE AFTERNOON.

>> YOU ARE GOING OUT AND SURVEYING THE DAMAGE TO DETERMINE THE STRENGTH OF THE TORNADO.

WHICH AREAS ARE YOU SURVEYING?

>> SO WE'RE SURVEYING MAINLY IN PULASKI AND LAUREL COUNTY.

WE WILL POSSIBLY BE MOVING EAST SOME TODAY.

AS THEY ARE TRYING TO WRAP THINGS UP IN PULASKI AND LAUREL COUNTY, RATHER.

SO WE WILL BE BASICALLY SURVEYING THAT PATH IN THOSE TWO COUNTIES AND THEN ALSO AS YOU MOVE EAST, LOUISVILLE WAS DOING DAMAGE SURVEYS IN RUSSELL COUNTY ON SATURDAY.

>> DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS THE SAME TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH PULASKI THEN LAUREL COUNTY OR TWO SEPARATE?

>> WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE SAME TORNADO.

THERE'S A DEFINED TRACK EVEN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY.

ORIGINATING THERE IN PULASKI COUNTY AND GOING EAST INTO LAUREL.

>> DO Y'ALL HAVE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF THE STRENGTHS OF THAT TORNADO?

>> RIGHT NOW A LOT OF DAMAGE WE'VE SEEN HAS BEEN EF2 AND UPWARDS OF EF3 DAMAGE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TEAMS SETUP TO LOOK AT OUR DATA AS WELL TO START INVESTIGATING THESE ARE LIKE FOLKS THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN HIGHER END DAMAGE.

BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE EF3 AND MAYBE HIGH-END EF3 BUT WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THAT.

>> OKAY.

WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE THE OFFICIAL RATING?

>> THAT WILL BE SOMETIME PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE PRELIMINARY DATA OUT TODAY OR TOMORROW.

>> AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE'RE EXPECTING THE PERCENT CHANCE FOR STORMS TODAY BUT REALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

YOU ALL ARE FOCUSING IN ON THAT.

TELL US WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR?

>> WE HAVE A ROUND OF SEVERE COMING IN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ALL THREATS ARE ON THE TABLE ONCE AGAIN.

IT LOOKS LIKE MORE LIKE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS COMING THROUGH THE AREA.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SETUP THAN LAST TIME.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO DEFINITES THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE TORNADOES IN THIS CASE BUT WE NEED TO BE WATCHING OUT FOR THAT.

TORNADOES, HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FOR TUESDAY.

AND THAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME-FRAME LOOK LIKE TO BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA.

>> AS YOU HEARD FROM DUSTIN JORDAN AS WE CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP FROM THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH ON FRIDAY WE ARE NOW LOOKING AHEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER.

A LOT OF KENTUCKY UNDER RISK OF STRONG STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE HIGHEST RISK IS THE ENHANCED RISK OVER SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY.

WE HAVE A SLIGHT RISK OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY WE HAVE THAT MARGINAL RISK.

WE WILL KEEP OUR EYE OUT ON THREATS ARE ON THE TABLE FROM DAMAGING WINDS, POTENTIALLY ISOLATED TORNADOES AND HAIL FROM THE STORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M CHRISTIE DUTTON.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH KRISTY.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW TORNADO RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND THE THREAT FOR ANYMORE POTENTIAL WEATHER THAT MAY MOVE INTO THE STATE AS WELL.

[♪♪] TONIGHT ON KET THE NEXT PANEL DISCUSSION IN OUR SERIES WE CALL THE NEXT CHAPTER.

THE FOCUS HOW OLDER KENTUCKIANS ARE AGING IN PLACE MAINTAINING INDEPENDENCE IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

A BOWLING GREEN THERAPIST AND HER MOTHER ARE HELPING LEAD THE CHARGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO HELP OLDER ADULTS 18 SAFELY AND HAPPILY AT HOME.

LISA BEGAN A PRACTICE CALLED AGE IN PLACE AND CONDUCTS HOME SAFETY ASSESSMENTS TO SEE WHAT CHANGES CAN MAKE THE HOME SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE.

>> WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN PEOPLE WAIT UNTIL THERE IS A CRISIS.

A FALL CAN HAPPEN IN A MOMENT YOU CAN'T BEAR WEIGHT AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WHEELCHAIR.

I WATCH THEM NAVIGATE AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT AND SEE WHAT THEY NEED FOR SAFETY.

THE ENTRY WAY, WE LOOK AT THE LIGHTING, IS THERE ENOUGH LIGHTING.

ARE THERE THROW RUGS.

>> LISA CAME ALONG AND MADE ME TAKE UP THE THROW RUGS IN THE BATHROOM.

>> THERE IS A HUGE NEED.

IT'S ALMOST GETTING TO A CRISIS POINT.

>> LISA AND HER MOTHER MARY ANNE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOWLING GREEN JOIN THE VILLAGE TO VILLAGE NETWORK THERE ARE 300 VILLAGES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THE GOAL OF CONNECTING SENIORS TO THE HELP THEY MAY NEED.

FIND OUT MORE ON AGING IN PLACE THE NEXT CHAPTER FORUM, GOOD ADVICE TONIGHT.

REN AND EXPERTS DISCUSS HOW TO LIVE INDEPENDENTSLY THAT BEGINS AT 8:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

[♪♪] A LITTLE TOWN WITH A BIG HEART.

CARLISLE AND NICHOLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN MAKING CHANGES IN THE LAST FEW DECADES RENOVATING OLD BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE IN THE TOWN SQUARE.

WE TRAVELED TO CARLISLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS QUANTS TOWN SO SPECIAL -- QUAINT TOWN SO SPECIAL.

>> IT IS AMERICA TO HAVE YOUR COURTHOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MAIN BLOCK OF TOWN.

I COULD GO ON ABOUT FAMILY STORIES.

MY DAD WHEN SEEN MY MOM MY DAD WAS SITTING THE A POOL HALL IN A ROCKING CHAIR.

MOM WALKED BY AND SHE SAID HE LOOKED AND SAID WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED.

AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE WAS SO SURPRISED HE THOUGHT SHE WAS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.

HISTORICALLY, CARLISLE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN EPICENTER AND A HUB FOR I ALLOT OF TRADE.

CATTLE, TOBACCO, THE TTI RAILROAD WHICH CONNECTED LEXINGTON TO MAYSVILLE WHERE THE RIVER WAS.

WAS A THOROUGHFARE OF COMMODITIES AND PEOPLE COMING OFF OF THE RIVER BOATS.

AS THOSE LEGACY EMPLOYEES GOT OLDER AND RETIRED AND WENT AWAY, CARLISLE GOT TO BE A LITTLE SLEEPY BUT WE'RE READY TO SEE IT WAKE UP.

>> HERE AT THE JAILER'S HOUSE WAS THE FIRST BUILDING THAT WAS STARTED IN THE RENOVATION OF A FACELIFT OF CARLISLE.

WE HAD THE SECOND MOST IRON FACADES LEFT IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

THE REASON IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THEY SHOULD DO ANYTHING TO THEIR PROPERTY.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE WERE LAUGHED AT AND PEOPLE SAID THEY WILL NEVER FINISH THAT BUILDING.

SO IT WAS JUST A LABOR OF LOVE.

>> THIS BUILDING WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE KNEELS.

AND THEY WANTED IT TO BECOME A MUSEUM AND WELCOME CENTER.

SO THE FOUNDERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CAME ALONG AND WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF RENOVATION INTO THIS BUILDING.

IT WAS A VISION FOR THIS PLACE TO BE A PLACE OF COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME TOGETHER FOR VARIOUS PARTIES AND EVENTS AND WEDDINGS AND CONCERTS.

>> WE BOTH STARTED WITH SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND I NOTICED THIS AND A LOT OF SMALL TOWNESHIPS I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE RETAIL SPACES BECAUSE HAVING THINGS FOR PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN TO COME DO ALSO FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO COME AND ENJOY.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR KEEPING MAIN STREET ALONG.

>> HAD CARLISLE LOOKING BACK OVER MY SHOULDER WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WHEN WE CAN.

AND WHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES STARTED TO KIND OF CROP UP WITH BEING ABLE TO GET A BUILDING AND MY WIFE GOT THROUGH LAW SCHOOL AND THAT WAS FUN WE REJUVENATED THIS ONE.

LET'S DO ANOTHER ONE.

THE BROADWAY BUILDING IS WHERE BROADWAY IS, THAT IS ON THE CORNER.

AND THE BUILDING WE SOLD WAS JUST ONE BUILDING OVER FROM HERE ON MAIN STREET LOOKING AT THE COURTHOUSE.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER BUILDING ON MAIN STREET THAT WE CAN CHECK OFF THAT IS GOING TO BE REJUVENATED.

A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHEN THEY COME INTO TOWN.

>> LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME.

AND YOU WALK DOWN AND YOU SEE THE STREETS AND SEE THE BUILDINGS AND YOU SEE OUR WONDERFUL SHOPS, AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE IS.

>> THIS IS THE THIRD COURTHOUSE AND IT WAS BUILT IN 1993.

WE HAVE DONE A ROOFING PROJECT WITH SOME STORM EVENTS.

THE CLOCKS ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER HAD BEEN DAMAGED WE'VE DONE PROJECTS TO THAT AND GOT THEM BACK AND GOING.

WE HAVE THE HISTORIC FLAG THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THOSE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> IT'S BEEN A BIG SOURCE OF PRIDE FOREVER.

THE COURTHOUSE AND THE FLAG.

OBVIOUSLY THE COURTHOUSE IS IMAGE INFIELD SENT.

>> THE CHARM OF OUR TOWN AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT LOST WHAT A LOT OF CITIES HAVE.

AND WE DON'T HAVE HIGH-RISES.

AND WE HAVE JUST WHAT WE HAVE.

BUT WE'RE PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE.

>> CARLISLE'S MAYOR HAS PUT A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO SUPPORT BUSINESS OWNERS BY GIVING THEM $500 TO CLEAN UP AND PAINT THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR BUILDING.

[♪♪] WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAYS OF TWO KENTUCKY MUSIC GREATS.

AND A KENTUCKIAN ARRESTED DURING THE CIVIL WAR WENT ON TO AN IMPORTANT JOB.

OUR TOBY GIBBS TELLS US MORE IN THIS LOOK BACK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[♪♪] >> ON MAY 19TH, 1865, CANADIAN AUTHORITIES ARRESTED LUKE BLACKBURN A PRO CONFEDERATE NATIVE OF WOODFORD COUNTY ACCUSING HIM OF TRYING TO SPREAD YELLOW FEVER BY INSERTING INFECTED CLOTHING.

THERE WERE CLAIMS HE SENT CLOTHING TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

BLACKBURN DENIED THE CHARGES AND WAS ACQUITTED IN COURT.

IN 1879 HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.

>>> A STEAMBOAT TRAVELEDDED TO BIG SANDY RIVER ON MAY 20, 1837.

IT TRAVELED FROM CAT LITSBURG CARRYING GOODS ORDERED BY LOCAL MERCHANTEDS.

>>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TWO KENTUCKY MUSIC GREATS.

ROSEMARY CLOONEY WAS BORN IN MAYSVILLE AND COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER SONGWRITER UP TO HALL WAS BORN IN 1936 IN OLIVE HILL.

THERE'S KENTUCKY CONNECTIONS TO THE FIRST-EVER NIGHT GAME IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY.

THE GAME ON MAY 24, 1935, WAS AT CROSSLY FIELD IN CINCINNATI AND THE REDS PITCHER WAS A NATIVE OF SPRINGFIELD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

THE REDS WON THE GAME 2-1 OVER THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: THE NATIONAL CHAMPION UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILDCATS VISITED THE WHITE HOUSE ON MAY 20, 1996.

ACETONE ANY AND MARK PRESENTED A WILDCAT JERSEY TO PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

AND THAT'S A LOOK BACK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> "KENTUCKY EDITION" CONTINUES ITS TEAM COVERAGE OF THE DEVASTATING TORNADO THAT HIT LONDON AND SOMERSET FRIDAY.

STAY WITH US THIS WEEK FOR THAT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US HERE THIS EVENING.

WE ARE HERE AT THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT IN LAUREL COUNTY WHICH AGAIN THIS AREA SUFFERED SO MUCH DEVASTATION FROM THOSE DEADLY TORNADOES.

AND OUR HOTS AND PRAYERS WITH ALL OF KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW.