♪ >> Kentucky's primary election is tomorrow.

We head to northern Kentucky to look at a race that could have implications beyond the district's borders.

We're entitled to the same courtesy respect.

And treatments.

And someone that's completely mentally healthy.

One of the oldest psychiatric hospitals in the country celebrates a major milestone right here in Kentucky.

>> There's never going to be a day that we don't miss her.

There's never a day that I don't think.

What about me us.

>> Others pay becomes a mission to prevent suicide.

And why pro golfer Scottie Scheffler won't be in a local court room this week after being arrested outside the PGA Tournament.

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

♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Monday.

May the 28th the day before the primary election.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for spending some of your Monday night with us.

>> Pro golfer Scottie Scheffler will not be in a Louisville courtroom tomorrow as originally scheduled today, a judge delayed his arraignment by 2 weeks.

Scheffler was handcuffed and taken to jail outside Louisville's Valhalla Golf Club on Friday.

Just a few hours before he was set to tee off in the PGA Championship.

He faces 4 charges including felony assault over injuries.

A Louisville police officer suffered Mayor Craig Greenberg told NBC News there is no body, no body camera video of Scheffler's arrest.

>> There is some footage from across the street of a fixed camera when Mister Shopper was being arrested and we will release that in the coming days.

>> Scheffler says this is all a misunderstanding and he didn't knowingly dis obey the officer's traffic directions.

He finished tied for 8 in the PGA Championship.

Meanwhile, Xander Schauffele E won his first major with a thrilling win at the PGA Championship yesterday Shoff-lee made a 6 foot birdie putt on the last hole at Louisville's Valhalla Golf Club to win by one shot.

And he said a major championship scoring record in the process finishing at 21 under 2.63.

He is the first player since Phil Mickelson and 20.

0, 5, to birdie.

The last hole of the PGA Championship to win by one.

The Courier Journal reports the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled the Louisville Metro Police Department did not make a mistake when they fire the officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor and 2020 LMPD fired Myles Cosgrove nearly a year later for not following the department's procedures, including not wearing a body camera.

Cosgrove then sued in hopes of getting his job back.

Instead, he went on to work for the Carroll County Sheriff's Department.

Cosgrove was one of 3 officers who fired their weapons during a deadly raid of Breonna Taylor's apartment after a single shot from Taylor's boyfriend hit an officer in the leg.

The Kentucky Supreme Court will allow a state House race to proceed despite a legal challenge that big ends K E T S primary 2024.

Coverage tonight.

Last week we told you an appeals court disqualified state representative Kulkarni a Louisville Democrat seeking re-election today.

Louisville public Media reports Chief Justice launch Vanmeter issued an order pausing the lower court's ruling.

But the chief justice also said the secretary of state can't certify the results of the Democratic primary and House district 40 until the Supreme Court hears the case and issues its own ruling.

Oral arguments are set for June 6.

This all comes after Dennis whole under who ran against Kulkarni twice before challenge the paperwork she filed to run.

Those papers had to be signed by 2 Democratic witnesses or land or says one of her witnesses was a registered Republican who changed her registration after the filing Deadline Co Carney has one opponent and tomorrow's primary Williams eats no Republican filed to run in this district.

From Lexington to Louisville and around Bowling Green.

We've introduced you to some of the candidates in this year's primary election on the state house level.

Tonight we go to northern Kentucky where a former state lawmaker is taking on a young political newcomer for an open seat.

Our Clayton Dalton takes a closer look at the Republican primary in Kentucky's 66 House district.

>> Kentucky, 66 House district sits in northern Kentucky, Boone County, specifically just south of the Ohio River.

The district is intertwined with the culture and economy of Cincinnati.

But the candidates vying for the Republican nomination say they're running with Kentuckians in mind their inspiration to run, however, is different.

>> I believe that we're losing sight of what the proper role of government is.

The proper role of government is the protection of life, liberty and property.

I've been running by largest to serve as a reminder that that is what our job is.

Well, I've always had an interest in education.

That's been something that's in my blood because my father's retired principal, my mom's retired teacher.

In fact, playing it forward.

My 3 2 of them are teachers in Kenton County and one works for the Tennessee School Boards Association's have always had an interest in government and education as one of the foundational blocks of our society for him.

>> Massey held the seat for the district for 2018 until 2022 when he was beaten by current state Representative Steve Rollins Rawlings is not running for a seat in the state Senate.

And Massey says he wants his old job back.

>> I'm running for office again.

I feel like my work there wasn't finished and I look forward to returning in adding some leadership and adding vigor for northern Kentucky.

I feel like northern Kentucky really lost a lot of representation and we need to get that back.

>> Robert's like many northern Kentucky Republicans aligns with the Liberty or Tea Party movement popularized by people like continue.

The Senator.

Rand Paul is seen.

This sector of Republicans prioritize is shrinking the role of government.

Something Robert says is his top priority.

>> I fundamentally believe that we need a government that is small enough to fit inside of the Constitution.

And we do not have it.

We've never had it in my lifetime.

I don't think we've ever had it even in my mother's life time.

We have overarching we let the government take over the rules of society where faith where families were communities are better situated to resolve those issues.

>> Kentucky voters will see a ballot initiative in November that could pave the way for charter schools, private schools that are funded by tax dollars.

Massey voted against a prominent charter school bill in the past.

He says he had issues with the details of the bill.

Massey did not write say he supports charter schools, but he does believe more parent involvement is needed an education.

So I'm all for what I would refer to as parental choice.

>> As an educator having Todd my way through law school.

I believe that every school I've ever seen that as parental involvement is a successful school.

Many of our schools don't have that parental involvement and a lot of that comes from where the kids are drawn from.

And so particularly urban areas, sometimes there's just not a lot of parental support.

That's a problem.

And so we have to work through that whole process.

Kids do not choose where they're born, who they're born to.

What income cycle they're born into.

We have a duty as citizens as people as human beings to provide educational opportunities, too.

All of those children.

I think there's a way if we get all stakeholders involved, parents, teachers, administrators, legislators, government officials and sit down and have an intelligent debate and conversation.

I think there are ways to work through this with adequate funding for all types of schools.

>> Robert says he supports charter schools unequivocally.

>> I believe the money should follow the student.

It should not follow the system.

I actually went to Boone County, Public Schools.

From first grade through 12th grade.

Some of my best memories of my life.

There.

It was a great school system for me.

It's not a great school system for everyone.

There's no such thing as a great school system for everyone.

One size fits all doesn't work.

I believe the parents know what's best for their children almost every time, almost every time school choice isn't necessarily even for doesn't even necessarily for the student who was already thriving.

It's for the student who's struggling.

>> And as tensions between mainstream Republicans and Liberty Republicans continue to grow in Frankfort, voters of the 66 district have an important question to answer.

What kind of candidate do they want to represent them in the halls of the Capitol as experienced attorney of 31 years as a legislator for 4 years and had been heading school board experience for all of those years.

>> I think that I'm well equipped to go down there and work for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, specifically for the citizens of the county.

I want to show that young conservatives.

We are the next generation that's going to truly restore our republic.

We're going to restore the vision of the founding fathers.

I'm just a small part of that.

>> For Kentucky edition.

I'm Clayton Dalton.

>> Thank you, Clayton.

2 years ago, Liberty Republicans in northern Kentucky House races ousted the sitting Republican representatives.

Massey is the only one of those 3 ousted who is running for office.

Again.

Kentucky, secretary of state's Republican Michael Adams says more than 75,000 Kentuckians took advantage of no excuse early in-person voting last week.

That's up about 2500 voters from last year.

There is no early voting today are there was instead polls will be open tomorrow from 06:00AM to 06:00PM.

You can find your voting precinct and see a sample ballot at go.

Vote DOT K Y dot Gov.

We'll bring you all the numbers tomorrow night right here on KET.

We hope you'll join us for our primary 2024 special as a panel of experts and political pundits analyze what happened and why that all big ends tomorrow night beginning at 8 Eastern 7 central right here on KET.

Do hope you'll join us.

And today's medical news Lexington's Health Department is declaring an outbreak of pertussis the viral respiratory illnesses also called whooping cough.

The health department says there are not now 9 confirmed cases since late April.

That includes 3 new cases today.

2 of those cases are in schools and the 3rd is a person in their 80's.

Pertussis is spread by coughing and sneezing.

Early symptoms mimic a common cold.

Then after a week or so, the coughing gets worse and the sometimes uncontrollable and even violent.

The health Department encourages anyone with symptoms of pertussis to stay home and contact a doctor.

The nation's second oldest psychiatric hospital celebrated its 2 100th birthday last week.

Eastern State Hospital opened its doors in Lexington and 18.

24 just like the facility itself.

The form of medicine practiced inside is greatly changed over the last 2 centuries, change was a strong same during recent ceremonies as doctors, patients and parents gathered in reflection.

>> Mom?

>> You can't leave me here.

If you leave me here, bad things are going to happen to me.

Unimaginable things.

The voices are telling me that you've got to get me out of here.

The year.

Was 2002.

The voice.

From my youngest son, Nathan.

I came away from that.

Understanding.

Why he was horrified to be in Eastern State hospital.

This had nothing to do with the dedicated staff that you've all heard of.

>> They were the best.

I worked in the eastern State hospital in the central trio.

Sinner the missions.

But the place itself was so for boating and so off, putting and so scary.

That it was stigmatizing for the patients that had to go there together.

We decided we were going to start the campaign to make it better.

>> The past has brought us where we are today.

There are things that we did that were evident space at the time that we no longer do because we know differently.

That means that we can affect our patients with different way.

We can help them in a different way and they can live their fullest lives.

>> With 200 years.

What we think about his treatment.

What we think about is science space has come a long way from the time when Mary Todd Lincoln Hope it wasn't hit the violation when was was served that all right.

So we always have to learn or we always have to move forward.

We always have to take advantage of what science and best practice tells us that had a real Giannis attitude about this place.

Before I got here.

Born of one flew over The Cuckoo's Nest and a myriad of other movies and stereotypes.

I was there 3 days and I walked the hallways with my fellow patients and we dined together.

>> Staff didn't know me from Adam.

I was just another patient.

But I was listening and watching not once in those 3 days that's here on Connor and Mark.

Yeah, uncivil, we mark.

On the contrary.

Everything I heard.

Was compassionate.

The patient.

And professional my vision in the next 100 years is that we're open to anyone that we have the best care that looks like any other health care people seek us just like any other type of health care.

>> And they were there to provide that and we can continue to help people live full lives in any capacity that they want to.

>> Mental health treatment works.

I can't say enough about the care I received at Eastern State along with my fellow patients.

We're entitled to the same courtesy respect.

And treatments.

And someone that's completely mentally healthy as human beings.

And in Eastern State hospital I have 100% certainty that takes place.

And I applaud the staff and I thank you for saving my life.

♪ >> Eastern States, a new facilities opened in 2013.

The original hospital was demolished shortly thereafter.

♪ This year marks the 75th anniversary of Mental Health Awareness Month, though, topics surrounding mental health like depression and suicide are still often difficult to discuss.

But it is a conversation that can save a life.

And one Washington County mother has been starting those conversations all across Kentucky since losing her only daughter to suicide in 2019.

>> I was pretty excited to have a little girl.

She had long curly Heyer get a big smile.

Tyler was really outgoing.

She really liked people.

She loved everybody.

She smiled and everyone she made them feel valuable.

And so, you know.

That that's a big deal as a mama to know that your child is canned to pay people to Lawrence Lasser says her only daughter had a smile that could light up a room.

>> She says there's little indication her child, the struggling behind that smile.

Yes, she had some anxiety, but >> it wasn't anything that I went to bed at night worrying about.

She did say a therapist for those kinds of things.

If it just because I wanted to to make double sure that I was And the therapist wasn't alarmed with anything that she was the Illinois.

If it was like this is typical.

After graduating high school Taylor attended the University of Kentucky.

>> But she was majoring in communications.

She joined a sorority served on student government.

He got an internship that turned into a job with iHeartRADIO.

It seemed like she had everything going for her.

I would say if I were looking at Tyler's life, they would probably say picture perfect that all American ger.

>> Beautiful smile, outgoing.

And I think that's what makes it so hard.

We look one way on the outside.

Something on the inside is just.

It's not healthy.

it's tales are loved ones from us.

>> In January of 2019, 84, the University of Kentucky sophomore was start classes.

She texted her mom.

>> The very last that she said to me was I love you.

It's 6 o'clock.

And I said I love you, too, baby.

She didn't take somebody else that I know of.

And and that was it.

I love you, too, baby.

>> To realize she would never hear those words from her daughter again, after the coroner showed up at her house hours after she received Taylor's tax.

>> And I just said now.

Your own wrong.

Tyler Tyler, it starts Cold War.

You got this role.

It's the wrong time or I just talked to her.

She just got a promotion.

She starts school tomorrow.

She just moved in the Kiowa.

And I just said, I you know, I don't believe you have some picked up their 2 older sons who are both in college and brought them to the house.

>> They will cut their youngest son and told him his sister was gone.

And then here we say in this house.

5 of us instead of 6.

And then it started.

Chua.

Did this happen?

Is it my fault?

I mean, when you lose somebody to suicide, that's what you think.

And I was out the problem.

Did I miss something?

You know, it's what keeps you up at night.

You know, the worst times for me was when I went to bed.

Awful, obviously at 3 other boys.

I KET I had to get out of the bay at 4, but buried her on Saturday in my husband took me to see if their bus Monday morning.

Immediately when you lose a child guy into May, you've got 2 options.

You're either just going to be.

Nonexistent and not existing in this world.

Are you got to exist.

Butler's new reality, but not having a daughter physically present in her life.

Taylor Spirit inspired what's become her life's mission ray of Sunshine, a nonprofit the family established in Taylor's honor.

The foundation is focused on eliminating the stigma associated with suicide and mental health.

We didn't want.

Her life to be defined by one moment.

Because she had so many beautiful moments along the way.

And we didn't want what happened to us to happen to anybody.

It.

I just wanted people to understand that she was this beautiful young lady got people that lose their life to suicide.

Just like someone could lose their life.

2, another heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes.

And so we just decided that, you know, we're going to take something in her honor and we're going to try to do something with that.

The foundation also looks to increase access to resources that support mental health.

One of the ways it is doing that is your scholarships to date.

The foundation has awarded $50,000 in scholarships to future mental health professionals.

And then we want to spread positivity.

And Candace.

The foundation was established 5 years ago in 2 or estimates.

He's spoken to more than 75,000 people throughout the state and she's learned it's okay.

She doesn't have the answer to the question shot and hears what would lead someone to take their own life.

I've learned that, you know, there's not one reason there's a lot of things that that go into when people make this decision.

But I understand if I'm a mommy, the payer, the brother, the sister.

You want to pinpoint it to one thing and then you want to eliminate that one thing.

If Allen, the night this issue, then I'll never have to deal with what, with everyday rat.

There's never going to be a day that we don't miss her.

>> There's never a day that I don't think what did I may us if we can talk about Tyler story and people understand that it's just more than just one thing.

It's a lot of things and and hopefully our you know, foundation is making a different.

My world.

I will never be the same.

But the rest of the world can be different.

>> Our thanks to Echo Gammell for that story.

Ray of sunshine is mission has spread to schools and colleges through smile clubs.

For more information, go to ray of sunshine, Dot Org.

And if you or someone you know, is struggling with mental health issues, call or text the number 9, 8, 8, that's the suicide and crisis Lifeline.

Any time to speak with a crisis counselor.

It is free and confidential.

♪ It may be known as America's favorite past time, but baseball also has a rich history in Kentucky.

>> That includes the history of the Louisville bats, Louisville's Minor League baseball team.

Our Kelsey Starks spoke to President Greg to let 2 has his own history with the organization for a little perspective on the evolution of the sport.

>> So tell us how you started way back when with the bats.

A lot of people say at least that was dropped off as an infant at the doorstep of Cardinal Stadium out the old fairgrounds.

But no I graduate universal Louisville, 1983, went to work at Xerox and sales.

Great sales turning program.

Good pay.

Unfortunately, every day felt like Groundhog's Day.

And I'm just not see myself continually doing that for the rest of my life.

So my family has a very strong sports background.

My dad played football in college at Syracuse.

My uncle was the play by play football voice of football for 33 years was actually one of the anchors on SportsCenter.

When ESPN first came on the air back in the late 70's.

So it's been a big part of our family.

So baseball just come back to Louisville, 1982. brought back by a Ray Smith and Anna Ulmer.

The local banker, the Springfield Redbirds the AAA Farm to the St. Louis.

Cardinals were brought here.

Louisville caught lightning in a bottle.

I mean it.

It took over the town.

I just started pestering a Ray Smith of that time.

The owner and slowly over time or him down.

He finally gave me a job as an intern took a massive pay cut to leave Xerox to come into professional sports.

We're just getting married the fall of everybody.

My family or my work thought was an absolute idiot for doing what I did.

But here I am 40 years later.

Yeah.

And it's one of those jobs that, you know, it doesn't seem like a job because it's something you're very passionate about.

And I'm a big believer that you can find something to make it your vocation that you're very passionate about.

You can actually make I mean, you can't get any better than that.

So I feel like I'm very blessed.

>> You have seen so many changes, though, in those 40 years stat just a game of baseball itself.

But the team, what are some of the biggest changes?

Well, at the time we're playing the largest Marley ballpark in America because we share that with the University of Louisville football team.

So there's numerous evenings we have over 25,000 plus for baseball games.

We played on artificial turf.

>> Which you rarely see now anywhere in professional baseball.

The games were a little bit Now with all the new rule changes, they've been shortened there's a lot of speed in the game of baseball back then which then disappeared, especially the invocation of steroids coming to the game and the late to mid-nineties into the 2 thousands.

Now I'm starting to see speeds slowly coming back into the game where guys are stealing bases again.

You see that have more speed as part of their makeup as far as being a player.

So its almost like it's a full 3.60, evolution.

As far what the qualities of a good baseball player might have.

>> You can learn more about the Louisville bats on inside Louisville.

Available now online on demand at KET DOT Org.

Another interesting week in the Kentucky is passed from the Civil War to Kentucky Sports.

Our Toby Gibbs has it all.

And our look at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> The first team boat appeared on the Big Sandy River on May 2018.

37.

The bug took supplies 90 miles to Prestonsburg.

Kentucky was a divided state during the Civil War with many union and Confederate sympathizers on May 20th 18.

61 governor, I am a gofund declared Kentucky officially neutral.

Lauren Murphy won the 5th Kentucky Derby held on May 20th 18 79.

It was on Tuesday.

>> The first Saturday in May tradition.

It become permanent until 1931. and the race was a mile and a half, not the car and mile and a quarter.

>> He won the Derby in 2 minutes.

And 37 seconds.

To Kentucky.

Musical greats were born this week.

Rosemary Clooney was morning Maysville on May 23rd 1928.

And Tom T Hall was born.

May 25th 1936.

Near Mall of the Hill.

The Kentucky colonels of the American Basketball Association, one the ABA championship on May 20nd 1975. the only major pro sports title won by a Kentucky team.

The Kentucky Wildcats won the 1996 NCAA Basketball championship team visited the White House on May 2019 96 then player now coach Mark Pope.

We're Senate President Bill Clinton with a Kentucky jersey and that's a rundown of this week in Kentucky.

History.

I tell begins.

>> Thank you as always.

To be gives.

That will do it for us tonight.

We hope you'll join us again tomorrow night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central for Kentucky Edition.

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