[♪♪] >> I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

>> Renee: A HANDY GUIDE FOR HOW TO HAVE A TOUGH CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILD.

>> THE STATISTICS TELLS A STORY OF THEMSELVES FOR SURE.

>> Renee: IT IS A FIRST FOR KENTUCKY.

WHAT LOUISVILLE EMT'S ARE DOING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF SAVING LIVES.

[♪♪] >> Renee: AND THERE ARE NEW FACES FOR TROLLING OUR OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

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

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS MONDAY, MAY 5 I'M RENEE SHAW WE THANK YOU FOR STARTING OFF YOUR MONDAY NIGHT WITH US.

TOMORROW, GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR WILL RECOGNIZE THE DECLINE IN KENTUCKY OVERDOSE DEATHS FROM 2023 TO 24.

IT'S THE THIRD DECLINE.

BUT IT'S STILL A BIG PROBLEM IN KENTUCKY.

AND OLDHAM COUNTY NONPROFIT CREATED WHAT IT CALLS THE PARENT HANDBOOK A GUYED THAT HELPS ADULTS UNDERSTAND AND TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT THE TOUGHEST SUBJECTS INCLUDING DRUGS.

BUT ALSO, ALCOHOL AND SCREEN TIME OF THE.

AS JUNE LEFFLER REPORTS THE GROUP OPERATION PARENT HAS DISTRIBUTED HALF A MILLION OF THESE HANDBOOKS ACROSS THE NATION.

>> 20 YEARS AGO JEAN SCHUMM STARTED OPERATION PARENT.

>> SO JUST LIKE ANY PARENT, JEAN AND HER HUSBAND WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR OWN KIDS.

WE HAVE ISSUES WITH OUR KIDS.

REALIZE THAT IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS ISSUES OTHER PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS ISSUES AS WELL.

>> DARREKK BRAMER LEADS THE NONPROFIT WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING PARENTS TALK ABOUT THINGS.

>> TECHNOLOGY, GAMING, ADDICTION, WE ALSO COVER ALCOHOL, DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR MISUSE.

>> TO BRIDGE THE GAP OPERATION PARENT OFFERS THE PARENT HANDBOOK.

>> A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

>> OPEN THE HANDBOOK AND IT STARTS WITH THE FACTS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT TEENS THAT START DRINKING EARLY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL LATER IN LIFE ON OR ILLICIT FENTANYL IS SOMETIMES MADE TO LOOK LIKE OXYCONTIN OR ADDERALL.

>> PARENTS A LOT OF TIMES DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT FENTANYL AND THE DRUGS OUT THERE.

AND THE ONE PILL CAN KILL IS A TRUE STATEMENT.

>> FOLLOWING THE FACTS ARE ACTIONS TO TAKE.

GET RID OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE.

ASK YOUR TEEN IF YOU WERE OFFERED A DRUG WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

>> THESE TOPICS SHOULD NOT BE TABOO.

WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR KIDS OR RIDING IN THE CAR, THESE SHOULDN'T BE LIKE GOSH WE'RE HAVING THAT TALK.

THIS SHOULD BE NORMAL CONVERSATION.

AND THE EARLIER YOU START THAT, THE MORE EASILY THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO HAD.

>> THE HANDBOOK CITES FEDERAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

OPERATION PARENT ALSO BRINGS IN NATIONAL EXPERTS.

>> I'VE BEEN A PRACTICING THERAPIST FOR 26 YEARS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.

I AM ALSO A PREVENTION RESEARCHER.

I CREATED A PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT TEACHES THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR OF KIDS.

>> CRYSTAL COLLIER SAYS EFFORTS HAVE COME A LONG WAY.

THE D.A.R.E.

PROGRAM MILLENNIUMALS GREW UP WITH DID NOT PREVENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

>> WHAT WE LEARNED FROM GOOD AND NOT SO GREAT PROGRAMS IS THAT PREVENTION WORKS IF IT IS DONE CONSISTENTLY AND OVER THE DEVELOPMENTAL LIFESPAN OF A CHILD.

AS WELL AS EMPOWERING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REVOLVE AROUND THE CHILD.

>> CRYSTAL COLLIER EXPLAINS THE SKILLS KIDS NEED LIKE SAYING NO TO DRUGS.

>> IN GRADES 3-5 WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE IMPULSE CONTROL, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE AND EMPATHY BUILDING, REALLY TEACHING THEM THE NEUROSCIENCE OF HOW DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TECHNOLOGY OVER USE AFFECT THE BRAIN.

AND THEN ALSO EMPOWER PARENTS WITH GOOD BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION SKILLS.

LIKE HOW DO YOU HELP CREATE KIDS WHO FOLLOW THE RULES?

AND PROTECT THEIR BRAIN?

>> THIS EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMMING HAS CAUGHT ON OVER THE YEARS.

VIEWERS ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE TUNED INTO OPERATION PARENTS WEBINARS AND THE HANDBOOK REACHED 49 STATES.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND OTHER DRUG FREE COALITIONS WANT THE EASY TO USE GUIDE.

>> I MEAN THERE'S 31 MILLION FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE KIDS THAT ARE 18 YEARS AND YOUNGER.

AND WE HOPE TO BE HITTING A HALF A MILLION HANDBOOKS PROVIDED OVER THE COURSE OF OUR LIFETIME THIS YEAR WE HOPE TO HIT THAT 500,000 HANDBOOK MARK.

WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.

AND WE'RE NOT STOPPING UNTIL WE CAN IMPACT AS MANY PARENTS ACROSS THE NATION AS POSSIBLE.

>> OPERATION PARENT PARTNERS WITH MORE THAN 40 ORGANIZATIONS IN KENTUCKY.

THAT INCLUDES 10 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THANKS TO FUNDING FROM THE STATE'S OPIOID ABATEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, MUCH, JUNE.

OPERATION PARENT OFFERS GUIDES FOR PARENTS OF ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT INCLUDES A SPANISH AND CHRISTIAN VERSION.

DRUG ADDICTION IS OUR TOPIC ON A SPECIAL "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" AS WE HEAR FROM KEY POLICYMAKERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RX AND ILLICIT DRUG SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

THAT AIRS TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

>>> GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SAYS HE'S WORKING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AT KENTUCKY'S DRIVER LICENSING REGIONAL OFFICES.

HIS COMMENTS LAST WEEK WERE AHEAD OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S REAL ID ENFORCEMENT DATE.

STARTING WEDNESDAY, YOUR STANDARD KENTUCKY DRIVER'S LICENSE WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED FOR DOMESTIC FLIGHTS OR TO ACCESS CERTAIN FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

KENTUCKY HAS 34 REGIONAL DRIVER LICENSING OFFICES ONLY ONE HAS APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE BEFORE WEDNESDAY.

AND SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE ANY OPENINGS FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.

OTHERS LIST NO FUTURE OPENINGS AT ALL.

HERE IS GOVERNOR BESHEAR DISCUSSING UP COMING CHANGES.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH HOW OUR OFFICES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING.

WE'RE BRINGING ON MORE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND RELYING ON LESS TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

I'M LOOKING AT MAKING A COUPLE HR CHANGES IN WORK WEEKS AND OTHERS THAT CAN HOPEFULLY RECRUIT EVEN MORE PEOPLE.

BUT TO FOLKS FACING SOME OF THESE DEADLINES, AGAIN, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAN HELP YOU.

FIRST, IF YOU HAVE A PASSPORT I WOULD WAIT AGAIN A VALID PASSPORT CHECK IT, I CONSIDER WAITING UNTIL AFTER MAY 7TH WHEN THERE WILL BE LESS OF A CRUNCH.

>> Renee: KENTUCKY HAS BEEN ISSUING REAL ID'S SINCE 2020.

SINCE THEN MORE THAN ONE MILLION KENTUCKIANS RECEIVED ONE.

THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN SKIP THE LINE AND DECREASE YOUR WAIT.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT DRIVE.KY.GOV.

>>> LAST THURSDAY MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY WELCOMED Dr. RON PATTERSON THE INCOMING PRESIDENT.

HE IS A MISSISSIPPI NATIVE AND A FORMER COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH.

HE COMES TO MURRAY FROM CHADRON STATE COLLEGE IN NEBRASKA.

AND HAS 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

PATTERSON WILL BECOME THE 15TH PRESIDENT IN MURRAY'S 103 YEAR HISTORY.

HE OFFICIALLY TAKES OVER AS PRESIDENT ON JULY FIRST.

>>> PATTERSON WILL REPLACE Dr. BOB JACKSON.

BOB JACKSON IS RETIRING AT THE END OF JUNE.

SENATOR RAND PAUL HONORED Dr. JACKSON IN BOWLING GREEN THIS MORNING.

JACKSON BEGAN SERVING AS INTERIM PRESIDENT IN AUGUST OF 2018 AND OFFICIALLY APPOINTED SEVEN MONTHS LATER.

HE AND HIS WIFE ARE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY.

JACKSON SAYS HE IS EXCITED ABOUT THE STATE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 77 WHICH CLEARS THE WAY FOR MURRAY STATE TO ESTABLISH KENTUCKY'S FIRST VETERINARIAN SCHOOL.

HE ALSO WE ALSO CAUGHT UP WITH SENATOR RAND PAUL AFTER THE PRESENTATION ON HIS RECENT RESOLUTION ROLL TO ROLLBACK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON IMPORTED GOODS.

>> I THINK TAXES ON TRADE ARE A BAD IDEA.

THEY RAISE THE COST OF THINGS.

IF WE PUT A TARIFF ON CORVETTES OR TARIFF ON TOYOTA OR ANY OF THESE CARS THE PRICE GOES UP AND THE PRICE OF THE CORVETTE MAY GO UP BECAUSE SOME OF THE PARTS MAYBE MADE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

THE SAME WITH GROCERIES, ELECTRONICS, TELEVISIONS ALL THESE THINGS IF YOU ADD A TAX WILL INCREASE THE PRICE.

WE ALREADY HAVE HAD INFLATION OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND THAT INCREASED THE PRICE.

PRICES GO UP FASTER THAN WAGES GO UP YOU GET POORER.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THIS DOES TO THE MIDDLE CLASS WITH THE ADDITIONAL PRICES.

I HAVE NOT HAD A BUSINESS INTEREST SAY THEY WANT THE TARIFFS.

EVERY BUSINESS INTEREST AS COME TO ME, CAR MANUFACTURERS, FARMERS, BOURBON INDUSTRY, HOME MANUFACTURERS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, THE PEOPLE WHO SHIP CARGO AROUND THE WORLD ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY DON'T WANT THE TARIFF IT IS WILL HURT THEIR BUSINESS.

I HOPE THE PRESIDENT WILL BACK OFF ON THIS.

I SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SO MANY THINGS THIS IS JUST ONE AREA WHERE I WISH HE WOULD DO LESS OF THE TARIFFS.

>> Renee: THOUGH THE RESOLUTION FAILED, PAUL SAYS HE THINKS IT DID ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO SLOW DOWN THE TARIFFS AND OFFER EXEMPTIONS.

[♪♪] >> Renee: FEWER KENTUCKY KINDERGARTENERS ARE GETTING VACCINATED.

MORE ABOUT THAT IN TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.

THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS IMMUNIZATION RATES FOR THE MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA OR MMR VACCINE DROPPED TO BELOW 87% DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR THE LOWEST IN SEVEN YEARS AND IS BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE T COMES AS AT LEAST 10 STATES ARE DEALING WITH AN ACTIVE OUTBREAK OF MEESEETS.

INDIANA, OHIO AND TENNESSEE.

>> THE CURRENT COMMISSIONER OF TENNESSEE'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS A FORMER KENTUCKY STATE SENATOR.

Dr. RALPH ALVARADO WHO STILL PRACTICES MEDICINE IN CLARK COUNTY KENTUCKY.

I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AT THE RX AND ILLICIT DRUG SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE WHERE HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS CONVERSATION WITH US HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. WHO HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN HIS MESSAGING ON THE MEASLES VACCINE AND CONTINUES TO RAISE SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHOT AND OTHER VACCINES.

>> WHAT I TOLD HIM WAS LOOK IF YOU WANTED TO CHALLENGE THAT REVIEW THE DATA THAT IS THERE.

AND COMPILE A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE REVIEW EVERYTHING.

AND IF WE ARE A SCIENTIST WE SHOULDN'T BE SCARED OF THAT.

LOOK AT ALL THE SAFETY DATA AND THE STUDIES AND WHAT WE'RE PREVENTING AND HOW THEY WORK AND THE MODERN VACCINES WOULD HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND ARE STEADY.

AND FIND OUT WHAT THAT GROUP IT WILL TAKE YOU A YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE DATA BUT YOU WILL HAVE THEM SAYING THESE THINGS WE SHOULD DO AND STUFF IN THE MIDDLE.

AND ON THAT DO YOUR RESEARCH AND LAY DOWN NEW DATA AND REPLICATE IT.

AND YOU WILL BRING THE PEOPLE ON THE EXTREMES WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL THAT WAY REGARDS OF WHAT YOU SAY.

FOLKS IN THE MIDDLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM SECURITY THIS IS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IF IT'S SOMETHING NEW THEN WE SHOULD HONOR THAT.

IF IT IS THE SAME THING WE'VE SAID THEY NEED TO HONOR THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.

HE LIKED THAT APPROACH.

WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, THE IMPRESSION I THINK HE DIDN'T THINK THE SAFETY DATA WAS AS ROBUST HE WAS MORE CURIOUS AND WELCOMED THE IDEA OF RESTUDYING THINGS IT NEEDS TO BE TARGETED.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT STARTING WITH A CONCLUSION AND WORKING BACKWARD.

WE THINK TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO REPLICATE THEM, THEN YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND LOOK AT IT SERIOUSLY.

[♪♪] [♪♪] >> Renee: GETTING BLOOD TO A WOUNDED OR INJURED PERSON FAST MEANS THE PATIENT IS MORE LIKELY TO LIVE.

A LESSON LEARNED IN WAR IS NOW BEING ADAPTED TO CIVILIAN LIFE IN SOME AMERICAN CITIES INCLUDING LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE METRO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS NOW PROVIDING BLOOD TO PATIENTS IN THE FIELD.

IT IS A FIRST IN KENTUCKY.

WE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE SEEING THE RESULTS FIRSTHAND.

>> IN THE PAST IF YOU NEEDED BLOOD YOU WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET IT IN THE HOSPITALS.

SO WITHIN THE LAST PROBABLY 10 YEARS OR SO, TRAUMA SURGEONS WERE SEEING THE NEED IN THE MILITARY GIVING BLOOD IN THE FIELD TO INJURED SOLDIERS IN THE MILITARY AND IT WAS IMPROVING THEIR SURVIVAL RATES.

SO LEADING TRAUMA SURGEONS SAID IF THE MILITARY CAN DO IT WHY NOT AN AMBULANCE?

>> LOUISVILLE STARTED A PREHOSPITAL BLOOD ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS RESEARCHING THE CONCEPT OF TAKING WHOLE BLOOD PRODUCTS ON TO THE STREETS OF LOUISVILLE AND ADMINISTERING IT TO THE SICKEST OF THE SICKEST TRAUMA AND MEDICAL PATIENTS THAT WE COME ACROSS.

>> ANY TYPE OF TRAUMA, CAR WRECKS, GUNSHOTS, STAB ITION ALREADY MEDICAL REASONS YOU CAN ADMINISTER BLOOD.

ANYTIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS AND A AMBULANCE RESPONDS THAT WILL RESPOND WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE IT IS A QUICK RESPONSE.

THE PEOPLE IN THOSE CARTS ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED TO DELIVER THE BLOOD.

>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AND LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO UNVEIL OUR PROGRAM AND WE HAVE BEEN BUSIER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE.

IN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO ADMINISTER TO THREE DIFFERENT PATIENTS.

AS WE EXPECTED THESE WERE GOING TO BE AND THEY TURNED OUT TO BE CRITICALLY INJURED TRAUMA PATIENTS WHO SUFFERED INJURIES IN THE FIELD.

OUR FIRST-RESPONDERS AND THE EMS GOT ON SCENE AND DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.

THAT THEIR VITAL SIGNS WERE VERY UNSTABLE.

THAT THEY NEEDED -- THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF ACTIVE BLOOD LOSS EXTERNALLY OR INTERNAL BLEEDING.

AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THIS PATIENT WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR OUR BLOOD PROTOCOL SYSTEM.

>> THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING IT HAVE SEEN UP TO 85-90% INCREASE IN SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WALKING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEY'VE RECEIVED BLOOD IN THE FIELD.

SO THE STATISTICS TELLS A STORY OF THEMSELVES FOR SURE.

>> I THINK THE AGENCY IS EXCITED.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS TO HAPPEN TO PREHOSPITAL MEDICINE IN THE LAST 15-20 YEARS.

THE CREW IS EXCITED TO HAVE SOMETHING NEW AND BE ABLE TO ADD THAT TO THE ALREADY ALL THE THINGS THEY CAN DO TO HELP SAVE LIVES.

IT'S BEEN PRETTY EXCITING.

>> Renee: EMS OFFICIALS SAY THE BLOOD IS TRANSPORTED FROM ST. LOUIS.

IF DEMAND INCREASES THEY HOPE TO STOCK IF IN LOUISVILLE.

>>> A WARNING...

THIS NEXT STORY IS ABOUT SUICIDE AN ISSUE TOP OF MIND FOR ONE NORTHERN KENTUCKY COMMUNITY.

FIVE TEENS IN THE BOON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DIED BY SUICIDE BETWEEN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND THIS FEBRUARY.

TONIGHT, WE INTRODUCE YOU TO JAIMEE SEITZ, WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER TO SUICIDE.

AS OUR EMILY SISK REPORTS, JAMIE IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND WHAT SHE WANTS OTHER PARENTS TO KNOW.

>> AUDREY WAS A SPIRITED 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

SHE WENT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FLORENCE AND LIKE MOST TEENAGE GIRLS LOVED TAKING SELFIES AND HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS.

>> AUDREY WAS AMBITIOUS.

SHE WAS SO ARTISTIC.

IF YOU WERE AROUND HER SHE WOULD LIT UP THE ROOM.

SHE WASN'T A STRANGER TO ANYBODY.

>> IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, HOWEVER, EVERYTHING CHANGED.

JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER THANKSGIVING AND HER 13TH BIRTHDAY, AUDREY DIED BY SUICIDE.

HER MOTHER REFLECTED ON THE DAYS LEADING UP TO HER DEATH.

>> THEY WERE SO NORMAL.

THEY WERE COMPLETELY ABOVE NORMAL.

I MEAN, BETWEEN HER BIRTHDAY AND HER DEATH, SHE WENT TO THE ZOO, SHE GOT TO SEE EVERY FAMILY MEMBER BASICALLY.

SHE WAS THE HAPPIEST I'VE SEEN HER IN A LONGTIME.

>> ON THE NIGHT AUDREY DIED EVERYTHING SEEMED ROUTINE.

THE FAMILY ATE DINNER TOGETHER, WATCHED A MOVIE AND GOT READY FOR BED.

>> SHE TOOK A SHOWER AND LAID OUT HER CLOTHES.

I TOLD HER LOVE YOU GOOD NIGHT.

AND THAT WAS IT.

>> A FEW HOURS LATER, THOUGH, THEIR WORLD TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN.

>> WHEN CHAOS AND TRAGEDY AND EVERYTHING HAPPENED AND IT WAS IT IS A BLUR BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER DETAILS.

IT'S JUST HOW THAT NIGHT WENT.

>> IN THE WEEK THAT FOLLOWED AUDREY'S DEATH, JAMIE SPOKE WITH A BOON COUNTY DETECTIVE WHO TOLD HER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HER DAUGHTER'S LIVE.

>> THAT IS WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE WHOLE TRUTH AND I WAS LIKE WHAT?

LIKE MY MIND COULD NOT AT ALL WRAP AROUND IT.

>> AUDREY INTERACTED WITH AN ON-LINE GROUP KNOWN AS TRUE CRIME COMMUNITY OR TCC.

THE GROUP IDOLIZED VIOLENT OFFENDER LIKE THE COLUMBINE SCHOOL SHOOTERS.

AUDREY WAS FIRST EXPOSED TO THE IDEAS THROUGH A VIDEO GAME CALLED ROADBLOCKS WHICH EXPANDED TO A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.

SHE USED TIKTOK TO ACCESS THE GROUP.

EXPERTS SAY THE ON-LINE COMMUNITY APPEALS TO KIDS WHO MAY FEEL REJECTED OR LONELY.

>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS A FEELING TO DESCRIBE HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU LEARN SOMETHING AND THEN YOU FEEL LIKE WHAT DID I MISS?

HER PHONE HAD PARENTAL CONTROLS.

I KNOW LIKE I THOUGHT I KNEW HER.

BUT I NEVER KNEW THIS SIDE.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY IT STARTS AT HOME, NO.

NOWADAYS IT STARTS ON-LINE.

>> WHILE JAMIE WAS PROCESSING HER DEATH MORE SUICIDES TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE BOON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> I'M SEEING ANOTHER SUICIDE AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER.

LIKE, WHAT IS HAPPENING?

IN BOON COUNTY.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

AND WHY HAVEN'T Y'ALL REACHED OUT?

>> JAMIE DECIDED TO SPEAK OUT ON HER OWN.

SHE ATTENDED A BOON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING PLEADING FOR ACTION.

>> WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND THE MOMS OUT HERE ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.

JUST WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO HAVE TO SUFFER AND IT IS SO HARD.

>> JAMIE HAS SENSE BECOME AN ADVOCATE ACROSS THE REGION FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH A SIMILAR PAIN.

SHE HAS BECOME AN ADVOCATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH NATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.

WHILE SHE IS NOT BIG ON PUBLIC SPEAKING, SHE IS DETERMINED TO GET HER MESSAGE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> THE WHOLE STIGMA IT HAS TO BE BROKEN.

IT HAS TO BE LIKE IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY.

I'M GOING TO FOCUS ALL OF MY ENERGY ON TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WILL MAKE A CHANGE.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES.

BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT.

>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY SISK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL TALK FURTHER ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS RESPONDED AND WHAT CHANGES COULD BE ON THE HORIZON AND WE'LL HAVE REACTION FROM A STATE LAWMAKER, THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND MORE.

THAT IS TOMORROW NIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."

AND REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE 0 OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE AT 9-8-8.

[♪♪] THERE ARE SOME NEW MEN AND WOMEN PATROLLING KENTUCKY'S ROADS.

THE LATEST GRADUATES OF THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ACADEMY TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE IN FRONT OF THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS LAST WEEK.

[♪♪] >> 33 CADETS MAKE THE OFFICIAL TRANSITION TO THE RANK OF TROOPER BEFORE MARCH.

[INAUDIBLE] THOSE WHO POSSESS GRIT, A DESIRE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY TO THEIR FELLOW KENTUCKIANS FOR 75 YEARS THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SERVED THE COMMONWEALTH.

AND PROTECTED THOSE WHO LIVE IN KENTUCKY'S SMALLEST TOWNS AND BIGGEST CITIES WHILE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE THEY PROTECT.

TROOPERS HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO MANY NATIONAL DISASTERS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THEM.

THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE LIKE CRAM THE CRUISER, HANDLE WITH CARE TROOPER ISLAND AND THE ANGEL INITIATIVE.

THIS IS THE STRONGEST THE STATE POLICE HAS BEEN IN DECADES.

AND HAVING NUMBERS OVER A THOUSAND MEANS THAT EACH OF THEM IS SAFER IN WHAT THEY DO AND EACH OF US IS SAFER IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I KNOW TO THESE CADETS YOU WILL NOT TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY LIGHTLY.

AND WILL PROUDLY WEAR THE BADGE WITH HONOR.

>> WHETHER IT'S HORSES, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, OR THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, YOU JUST DON'T BECOME A CHAMPION WITHOUT HARD WORK, DEDICATION, TEAMWORK AND THE DESIRE TO BE A WINNER.

WHEN THAT VOICE IN YOUR HEAD SAYS QUIT BUT YOU KEEP PUSHING AND PUSHING.

YOU FINISH THE RACE.

CLASS 105 IS CROSSING THE FINISH LINE AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

BUT YOU MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT RACE.

AND THE NEXT RACE.

AND THE NEXT RACE.

AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A RACE AS LONG AS YOU WEAR THIS UNIFORM.

>> Renee: THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE REFORMED IN 1948 REPLACING THE KENTUCKY HIGHWAY PATROL.

[♪♪] NOTE ON SPORTS NEWS, SOVEREIGNTY WON THE 151ST KENTUCKY DERBY SATURDAY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS IN LOUISVILLE YOU ALREADY KNOW.

THE WINNING HORSE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WOODFORD COUNTY.

HE SPENT THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS AT GAINESBROUGH FARM AND MOVED TO DUBAI MILLENIUM FARM IN MIDWAY.

AN ESTIMATED 21.8 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE RACE ON NBC AND PEACOCK.

THE BIGGEST SINCE NBC TOOK OVER THE RIGHTS IN 2001.

RATINGS WERE UP 6% AND THE NEXT LEG OF RASESSINGS TRIP ESPECIALLY CROWN IS THE PREAKNESS ON MAY 17TH.

IT IS NOT CLEAR IF SOVEREIGNTY WILL BE IN THE RUNNING.

WE CERTAINLY HOPE.

SO WE HAVE A LOOK BACK AT THREE HISTORIC KENTUCKY DERBIES AND IMPORTANT KENTUCKY BIRTHDAYS AS OUR TOBY GIBBS REVIEWS THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[♪♪] >> MONTGOMERY BLAIR WAS BORN MAY 10, 1813 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

HE SERVED AS POSTMASTER GENERAL UNDER PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND KNOWN FOR ADOPTING UNIFORM POSTAL RATES AND THE USE OF MONEY ORDERS.

ROBERT TRIMBLE BECAME A JUSTICE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ON MAY 9TH, 1826 AFTER NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND CONFIRMED BY THE U.S. SENATE.

HE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO KENTUCKY AT THE AGE OF THREE.

THE KENTUCKY DERBY WAS BROADCAST ON TELEVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MAY 6, 1950.

IT WAS TELEVISED LOCALLY BY WHAS IN LOUISVILLE AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BROADCAST WAS 1952.

SECRETARIAT WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY ON MAY FIFTH, 1973 ON HIS WAY TO WINNING THE TRIPLE CROWN.

SECRETARIAT WON THE DERBY WITH 1:59 AND 02 A RECORD THAT STANDS HE APPEARED ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE DESCRIBED AS A SUPER HORSE.

QUEEN ELIZABETH ATTENDED THE KENTUCKY DERBY 34 YEARS LATER ON MAY 5, 2007.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND WRITER GEORGE CLOONEY MORNING BASICS, 1961 IN LEXINGTON.

COMEDIAN FOSTER BROOKS WAS BORN IN LOUISVILLE ON MAY 11, 1912.

HE BROOKS BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS DRUNK ACT THAT APPEARED ON THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW AND POPULAR VARIETY PROGRAMS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU AS ALWAYS TOBY GIBBS.

THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION'S STATE OF THE AIR REPORT IS OUT FOR 2025.

WHAT DOES THAT REPORT SAY ABOUT KENTUCKY'S LARGEST CITY?

THE VERDICT ON LOUISVILLE TOMORROW ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

YOU CAN CONNECT WITH THE WAYS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN AND SEND US A STORY IDEA BY E-MAIL AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

I'M RENEE SHAW AND I WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.