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♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky edition on this weather aware Wednesday, it's May the 8th.

>> I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you so much for joining us tonight.

Kentucky is again dealing with powerful storms.

There were some yesterday and some today with more expected tonight and early tomorrow morning.

Governor Andy Beshear says so far there are no reports of injuries.

We have some pictures of yesterday's damage from the National Weather Service.

Some of the damage was at Natural Bridge State Park.

The weather service says a strong microburst cause some downed trees limited to a small area.

Winds reached 80 miles per hour.

Severe weather threatens areas of the state again tonight.

We already have reports of golf ball-sized hail in Grayson County, tornado and flood watches remain in effect for many counties across the Bluegrass.

Our meteorologist Christy Dutton has more.

>> The risk of severe weather continues as powerful storms moved through Kentucky during the evening and overnight hours.

The Storm Prediction Center has Kentucky put under different levels of risk everywhere from level one out of 5 to level 4 out of 5 there in Western Kentucky.

But we could see some very strong storms there in Western and even in southern Kentucky.

We're going to be watching for potential large hail, a talking dog all size hail.

Also damaging winds up to 75 miles an hour.

Tornado threat.

That is still a possibility throughout the evening and overnight.

Know where you will go in your home if a tornado warning is issued for your area and also flooding.

That could be a major problem with this with excessive rainfall as a potential with this storm system anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain could fall in the areas, monitor those water levels.

Then earlier today I spoke with John Boards and the National Weather Service in Louisville to give us an idea of what we should expect as we head through the evening and overnight hours.

John, what should we be prepared for as we head through the evening hours hey, Kristie, Al.

We've already seen some powerful storms now and there's a warm front across southern Kentuckyian that's where the main focuses for the really bad stuff.

And that will be through the early evening.

>> And then what will happen is this main cold front will come in and we're going have clusters of storms, heavy rain.

We've got a flood watch across most of the state we've had in the past 3 days.

We've had 2 to 3 inches of rain.

We're expecting another one to as much as 3 inches of rain.

Flooding is likely.

It doesn't have to be this.

And the hollers in the hills for everybody.

A wind threat is up there for storms to KET going.

I believe that most places places will have storms tonight have a plan of action for flooding and severe weather.

>> Okay.

What about tornadoes that on the table for tonight?

Yeah, it's especially down from about south of the BG Parkway specially south of the The Bottom Parkway, the bottom of the state and found there those Bowling Green counties to Lake Cumberland counties.

>> That stuff is going to form and western Kentucky southern Illinois and go sliding towards Knoxville.

Any place along Nashville, Bowling Green could be ugly to see.

>> OK, so we're get we've got to be prepared for wind damage for hail damage and then also tornado and flooding.

So what's the best advice for folks as we head through the evening hours and then eventually gets dark outside at night time or I have what more than one way to receive a warning.

Take these warnings seriously.

It's been a very complicated week.

A forecast, though, confidence of storms tonight is pretty high.

The flooding is very high threat and the tornadoes is on the table.

So have more than one way.

It's a warning.

Know where you're going to go know about an interior closet, a basement, bathroom, whatever it might be.

Take him seriously.

Have a plan.

So you can live another day.

OK?

Thank you.

We'll KET our eye to the sky.

Thank you so much, John.

>> And thank you, John and Kristi, for keeping your eyes to the sky.

Remember Southcentral Kentucky.

They're all the way over to the eastern part of the state along that Tennessee border.

Please stay weather aware and the rest of us to Make sure you have a plan of action to KET you and your loved ones safe.

Now, other news there's been good news today about Georgetown College in Scott County.

Alumni and friends have been generous givers the last year and it is adding up.

7 donors have given at least 1 million dollars a piece.

And today Georgetown College President Rosemary Allen announced the bottom line.

>> Today I'm announcing that over the past year, Georgetown College has raised over 28 million dollars.

It is now able to completely eliminate of the college's long-term >> Wonderful news there.

Among the donors, 1962 graduate, Robert Ed Wilson who donated 16 million dollars.

If you have children and the Jefferson County Public School system, your child start time could be changing.

WDRB TV and Louisville reports that the Board of Education voted yesterday to change start times for about 40 different schools starting next year.

Instead of 9 different start times the school system will have 3, those 3 start times are 7, 38, 49, 40.

Here are some big health news from Bullet County.

A 25 million dollars cancer center is on the way.

University of Louisville Health says it plans to build a center for rule cancer, education and research.

It's headed to the U of L Health South Hospital campus along the interstate 65 corridor.

U of l's president Doctor Kim shot still says the new center will mean better cancer care for people and south.

Central and western Kentucky.

And she thanked the Kentucky General Assembly for funding to make the center possible.

It's expected to open in early 2026.

We're getting another look at what the new Brent Spence Companion Bridge could look like.

The city of Cincinnati shared this animated flyover video of the project on its website.

The Brent Spence Bridge spans the Ohio River connecting Cincinnati and Covington, Ohio and Kentucky are working together to build a second bridge that will help alleviate some of the congestion on the current bridge.

The new bridge will cost more than 3 and a half billion dollars.

Construction is expected to begin later this year with the completion date sometime in 2029.

Now and political news and looks like the U.S. House won't vote this week on removing House Speaker Mike Johnson.

We told you last week that Congressman Thomas and Massie of Kentuckyian Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor, Greene of Georgia plan to push for a vote this week.

They accuse Johnson of being too willing to compromise with Democrats.

Massie and Green met with Johnson on Monday and again yesterday after yesterday's meeting, Massey and Green said the ball is in Johnson's court.

Green says Johnson needs to agree to for conditions to prevent her for calling for a vote to remove them.

Now, here are those for condition.

Green says Johnson has to agree not to hold floor votes on additional aid to Ukraine.

He has to agree not to hold floor votes on bills.

That lack support from a majority of the 217 Republicans in the House yesterday redefined the special counsel now investigating former President Donald Trump and Johnson has to agree to a one percent spending cut if Congress doesn't approve the dozen government funding measures before the October.

First deadline, Congressman Massie is warning Speaker Johnson to act quickly on greens for demands.

The Kentucky Lantern quotes Massey as saying, quote, If it does it become obvious that he's just trying to drag this out, will do him a favor.

Will do you a favor?

Will did the GOP a favor and we'll call this motion to vacate unquote.

U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky continues to criticize pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses that turned violent on the Senate floor yesterday.

He blasted professors and college leaders for what he sees as a lack of leadership.

>> These you can trust you.

>> Vanguard the league.

pressure will shoot you.

potentially last 2?

But the administration should have been to their responsibility to Then in the face, recently represented here been anything but a elected leaders and shrank from the duty to the 2 more >> Senator McConnell says the failure to punish violent protesters is a victory for, quote, on hinged radicals.

♪ >> Time now for midweek.

Second of some major political news so far this week with our friend Roland Martin, who is a senior editor with NPR States team.

Good to see Rolland.

>> It's easy to read.

>> So let's start with the Attorney General, Russel Coleman, a Republican.

He's pushed back on a couple of things.

The first thing really recently the Biden administration has finalizing new rules when it comes to child welfare agencies and placement, particularly for LGBTQ+ children who identify as such and putting them and supportive family environments.

Was the attorney general pushing back against this?

>> Well, he says your this would really affect Kentucky's ability contracted certain agencies, work with foster in states where there's one there's one agency Sunrise Children's Services in which part of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

might remember of the few years ago.

There's a bit of a dust-up that between the state and some of its own services in the as part of its contract that that there be no discrimination against LGBTQ students.

Certainly some foster kids are and that they would and the LGBTQ foster parents would be eligible to adopt that is something social services was really in favor ultimately led to that changing and that and the state removed those provisions.

And now of this issue come back from the federal level, the federal government is saying in the state will be required to to have this in in order as part of it to adoption program.

So that something Russell Coleman says Kentucky shouldn't have to do.

And this just also goes along with a couple other rules.

Changes to the Biden administration has made in recent weeks.

Everyone having to do it.

A title protections banning the involving LGBTQ students.

>> So as you the title issue of actually expanding that to include the population that we just talked about.

Russell Coleman did push back against that as well.

So these 2 are connected, correct?

>> I think they're connected in the sense that the Biden administration has been pushing to put these rules in place this I think a little of that has to timing of the Want I think from by district whose perspective have in place before the election case, there is an administration change.

this is something a lot you know, a lot of the thing that the people who support LGBTQ rights will see that part of the station bring out the rain to double down on these protections.

So anyway, Russell Coleman is joined this multistate lawsuit which has been filed in the Eastern district of That's where one of these lawsuits that we should take place is a lot of different ones taking place across the country, saying that that the that schools in Kentucky should not have to do that.

And this is near the supply for everything to some of the bathroom bills that we've seen across the Some of the You know what people care address, anti-trans legislation that schools will have to abide any saying that, you know, Kentucky school should have to take part in that and that the federal government is overreaching on It's important to remember that there are some, you know, the whole the whole part of the title, 9 protections that are you states would have you would wouldn't miss federal funding for education funding if they don't abide by.

So it depending on how these which probably will not be resolved anytime soon.

You know, there there's some significant risk for for states and school districts.

>> So making a pivot quickly to talk about some Washington Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie who serves the 4th congressional district that encompasses northern Kentucky is in cahoots with the Georgia Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and trying to oust the House Speaker Mike Johnson.

And today they've been in talks that may not be a vote this week as we understand it.

But there are 4 conditions that they put they want a Mike Johnson to comply with or else they could proceed with a vote next week.

This is getting more interesting as the days unfold.

Rylance.

>> Carson Massey now has what I don't know if he's calling that some are calling that the mask rule, which is trying to force the speaker to to block any future Ukraine bunny, the release in exchange for making some other cuts to federal spending.

So he emerged to try to apply pressure on speaker and the Senate.

the teachers pretty safe at this point because Democrats have actually said that they will come out and vote and vote against the ouster of the which would become.

So those efforts for from some of the more conservative Republicans trying to stay out of.

But I think that, you Carson, Massey and others are trying to point out that that that the speaker's leaf on some issues when it comes to your funding for Ukraine, some federal spending is, you know, a little bit more moderate than the extreme wing of the party.

And they're they're trying to make an issue of this.

Some political observers of the count pointed out that this is really dividing the Republican Party at this point and they're trying to maintain their majority in the in the House and and and Reid had regained the majority in the Senate, which is becoming questionable going into the November elections because there's there's a quite a bit of disunity among Republicans apartments right now.

>> Well, thank you so much for your time Reiland.

We appreciate it.

Take good care.

>> Thanks for that.

♪ >> In Eastern Kentucky hospital is launching a new drug rehabilitation program that's taking a unique approach to treating addiction by making music part of Recovery Pine Bowl Community.

Health Centers says the approach was inspired by one of the program's partners struggle Jennings, a country music artist and grandson of country music legend Waylon Jennings has struggled, tells us music saved him from addiction and believes it will help others with their sobriety.

>> The program super super special.

The reason we named a sound sobriety.

to kind of play on words as well as you know, you you have to be sound use a variety right?

Been strong and doing a good foundation as well as the musical aspect.

So what we're doing is we're bringing a lot of artists and we're going to bring some of the biggest songwriters in the world.

>> Some of the biggest artists in the world that we've already got lined up to come in and talk and tell their story.

Not only 2 other story, but teach the people use.

So long.

So, you know, right there lives in, right what they've been through.

We're also going to make sure that every one of them leaves registered songwriter to my so that they'll be able to pitch their songs as they leave, which is.

Also just gives that extra glimmer of hope.

You know, like just something else that they can hold on to and something else that they can have set a goal and the dream.

You know, it's been such a therapy for me.

It was one of the biggest things that help me and my growth in my transition being able to get that out and Lord and being able to get you're right my feelings and put my story out there.

>> You know, Bell County where we It is truly that that that it's the definition of an epidemic with us substance use and abuse of these are hard-core drugs.

We're talking about the facility is inside part of the community Health Center and and condo community Health Center is now a hospital that is on the uptick and it's thriving.

this community is excited about what we're doing and we will have a detox program acute.

They toss medical detox.

So we will have 20 a day that they'll go to a step-down program which is called the tense about this program.

We want to be there to help them with job placement or of time, energy and do things like that.

There's some of which staff members here that have been affected by the use of illicit drugs and and other things that it is close to home.

I was also.

Well an attic for a long time.

>> whether my kids to drug overdoses, the father, of course, the kids to an overdose to an overdose father-in-law to an overdose to my Coast overdoses and the list goes on.

So this has been a passion of mine.

Since I turned my life around roughly 10, 12 years ago.

We're all in this together.

And I just I feel like this program is going to be incredible thing is going to be a huge >> success.

And what it means that success is, I think a lot of lives are going to change.

I think it's going to trickle down, you know, from, you know, one person clean and sober effects.

20.

I think that we will definitely.

Change a lot of statistics.

I think we're going to change the way to receive a vision.

I think we're going to check Ange rate of relapse.

I want to make a dent not only in time, Phil, we're going to start time, Bill, but I want to make a dent the country.

>> Struggle Jennings says he will be at the ribbon cutting ceremony for sound sobriety on May 22nd.

He then plans to stick around Pine bill to perform at the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival on May 23rd.

♪ >> The PGA Tournament begins May 16 that Louisville's found Hollow Golf club.

But preparations have been underway for months.

Even years on this week's inside Louisville.

Kelsey, Starks takes us inside the Hall.

A >> Brian Ogle is the PGA Championship director.

So much goes into planning an event like this.

How far?

How do you all start plan?

>> It's crazy to think it's been about a 30 month process of actual planning.

We committed to come back to Louisville in 2017.

So it's kind of started.

Then really about 2 and a half 3 years ago is when we started in earnest to figure out what we're going to do and how we're going make this the best championship yet.

>> So what makes Louisville and Valhalla attractive to the PGA?

What keeps them coming back?

>> Yeah, we have a storied history here.

I mean, there's probably well maybe one or 2 other courses that we have the history we have at the Hall, a dating all the way back to 1996 in our first PGA Championship here 2024 will be the 4th PGA Championship in the 7th large spectator event.

So we have a ton of experience of the holla.

We have a ton of great relationships.

But what keeps us coming back is first and foremost.

It's a championship course.

It s the best players in the world.

It can hold our infrastructure our championship.

I think most importantly, the community comes out supported every time they make it extremely easy to operate.

A major large spectator event and we're thrilled with the response we get every time.

So it checks a lot of the boxes.

You could say checks all the boxes of a perfect host.

>> That's so great to hear for us in Louisville, but it goes the other way to.

Let's talk about that economic impact of an event like this on on the city?

>> Absolutely.

You know, we pride ourselves and in putting on a tremendous event that only has a great impact that week but has a long lasting positive impact in our communities.

We expect over 200,000 people to come through the gates and attend the championship.

When you look at the economic impact of people staying in hotels, going to restaurants, we exceed annually over 100 million dollars most recently in 2023.

In Rochester, New York, the Chamber of Rochester reported 192 million dollar economic impact for the event.

So we're excited to do that again here in Louisville.

And then you take in the exposure from our broadcasting's shown to half a billion households across the world.

The value in that media exposure exceed 200 million dollars.

So it's not only the direct spending that's happening in the community.

It's putting Kentucky is putting Louisville on the global map and all the exposure and it has a great place to live work and play.

>> And it's beautiful this week on inside Louisville, you learn the history of Kentucky's number one golf course.

Ad made the newest owners of the claw go Inside Valhalla Golf course Sunday at 12 noon 11:00AM Central with Kelsey Starks.

>> Right here on KET.

K C A L old time radio began as part of Jessamine County created Arts League in 2014 now on its 10th year.

The troupe has outlived the league and inherited the space of its own to bring radio shows from the 1940's and 50's back into the spotlight.

So don't touch that dial.

We're tuning in to this week's Arts and Culture segment.

We call Tapestry.

Is on the U.S.. >> Casey, a L is a step back in time.

We tried to recreate old time radio shows that would look like if you're in a row in a studio, it's a rather a hybrid of old-time radio and that we as a little theatrical >> we had some lighting and things like that.

To to does have a better experience.

And then just, you know, sitting here watching us or even, you know, >> This is wholesome entertainment.

You could bring your 4 year-old grandchild to our show and not me embarrassed by you can enjoy have a good time.

We have people here.

this person as far as I know that around 90 and of course, some of the people that are up in their 70's 80's and 90's used to listen to some of these old time radio shows as a child.

So it brings back a lot of good memories.

But on the other hand, some of these younger people are seeing things the way it used to be.

And we reproduce things as much as we can.

You know, we read the scripts like they would have.

We do sound effects like they would have and try to make it as much as we can like.

They used to do.

>> New signal that Ali.

And now back to the list.

♪ >> As you know, see is green He's been there.

The inside was long, as you can remember.

>> We have some people in this committee and this is amazes me that every show they come to their This is the best one you've ever done.

So it's kind of good that release.

We're getting better, you know, and can every time in their eyes the we have no compensation for any of our members, we just do it because we enjoy it.

>> But we want to give back and we feel like if people are that good to us, we ought to try to do our best to help others.

>> You would be so surprised how many homeless children there are in our county people that I mean, they're on their own children that are on their own.

And the numbers when we heard them, we were just astounded at the number of children that needed help.

So we've got a hold of the school and have almost taken them on us like our our project almost.

>> So I gathered a bunch of people in our community who saying gospel music, we go to a local church.

We have free admission.

And one night we put on about a 3 hour show, we pass the plate and all that money.

All that money goes straight to the kids.

>> We've raised little $21,000 of those 4 shows just passing the plate.

So that's why we became a nonprofit was to be able to help them.

All of us really love our We really enjoy just work.

And we we we love the people here.

We love the county.

>> And we just enjoy meeting and talking to people meeting new people and friends.

And so we anything we can do to help our community.

We're very interested and very willing to participate.

>> If someone were to ask me, how long will we continue until the tickets top-selling?

And I will miss a show.

>> This is CBS that the law be a broadcasting system.

>> Now, that's good stuff.

Case E a L all-time radios next show will run from July.

The 12th through the 14th.

Well, there are some late breaking developments involving efforts to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson.

More on that tomorrow on Kentucky edition.

And make sure you are weather aware this evening and will update you about what happened overnight.

We'll see you tomorrow night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central right here on Kentucky EDITION, where we inform connect and inspire.

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