Not all tenants.

You want to sever relationships with a pilot program that's giving landlords and tenants a chance to find some middle ground and avoid the eviction process.

While like many small towns, you're just attached to the things that you like and that you enjoy.

Our Mondays on Main take us to Hopkinsville, where the arts and aliens are drawing them in.

When people hear the name Maybelline, they think of it as a corporate.

When we think of Maybelline, we think of family.

Maybe it's Kentucky.

Later, we'll meet the family behind Maybelline Cosmetics.

Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions, the Leonard Press, Endowment for Public Affairs, and the KET Millennium Fund.

Good evening and welcome to Kentucky Edition on this Monday, October the 16th.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Hope you had a great weekend.

Thank you for starting your week night off with us.

The U.S. House Republicans will try again this week to pick a speaker of the House.

And Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio, a favorite of many on the right is the next candidate to face a vote on the House floor during a private Republican conference last week.

Jordan emerged as the party's nominee.

He has the enthusiastic backing of Congressman Thomas Massie of the fourth District in northern Kentucky.

This is what Congressman Massie posted on formally Twitter after the Republican conference picked Jordan.

Quote, Incredible news.

Jim Jordan just won the GOP conference nomination for speaker of the House.

He received 152 votes on the secret ballot, but he will need 217 votes on the floor of the House next week to become speaker.

Please encourage your congressman to vote for Jim Jordan, end quote.

A House vote is expected tomorrow.

It's not yet clear if Jordan has the votes to win the speakership.

He can only afford to lose four Republicans, assuming all Democrats vote against him.

Republican nominee for ag commissioner in Kentucky, Jonathan Schell, has launched two new television ads.

The 15 second ads began airing today both focus on his tough as show message and on President Biden to stop Biden and save Kentucky.

Frankfort needs fighters who are toughest jail.

I'd be honored to have your vote.

Cheryl is a former state representative.

He will face off against Democratic opponent Sierra Enloe on November the seventh.

A programing note for you.

We are 22 days away from the election here in Kentucky.

So how are the races looking for political operatives to from each party?

Will be our guests on Kentucky tonight, this evening, as we handicap the races for governor and other statewide offices.

We welcome your questions and comments, so send them by email and social media.

That's tonight at eight Eastern, seven Central right here on KCET.

And a week from tonight, on October 23rd, you'll see candidates for Governor Andy Beshear and Daniel Cameron.

You don't want to miss it.

Attorney general and Republican nominee for governor, Daniel Cameron says he opposes a plan by Kentucky power to buy out-of-state energy for Eastern Kentucky homes and businesses.

Cameron did not specify in his state much where the energy would come from, only saying the plan involves purchasing wind and solar power and that it would decrease reliability and increase costs to households.

Kentucky Power serves approximately 163,000 customers.

And 20 Eastern Kentucky counties.

The company has issued requests for bids for additional resources to meet customer demand.

Cameron has also come out against plans to retire for Kentucky coal fired power plants.

Six Kentucky state lawmakers have signed their names to an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve access to an abortion drug.

The state Innovation Exchange, also known as six, is behind the brief that calls on the Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that would roll back access to mifepristone.

One of two medications used in medication abortion, abortion, care.

They argue if the decision goes into effect, it would undermine the FDA's authority to approve medications on the market and reverse over 20 years of advancements in care.

More than 600 Democratic legislators from 49 states signed the brief, including Kentucky State House Representatives Lindsay Burke, Daniel Grossberg, Josie Reiman, Sarah Stalker, Sherilyn Stevenson and Lisa Wilner.

The interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations met this morning in Frankfurt to discuss a variety of topics as we inch closer to the next legislative session beginning January 2nd.

Free standing birth centers garnered much discussion as advocates for and against bringing the midwife centric hospital.

Alternatives back to the Commonwealth made their arguments.

Legislation to support freestanding birth centers was introduced in the previous session with companion bills House Bill 129 and Senate Bill 67, which would remove a certificate of need barrier for the facilities.

There are currently no freestanding birth centers in the state.

It's different from a home birth in that it is a destination for birth rather than a private residence.

Birth centers provide a home like setting where care is focused on is family centered care.

Holistic wellness model.

Birth centers do not offer surgery or anesthesia, and there are no epidurals or pain management.

Drugs used for labor.

Although there are non-pharmaceutical forms of pain management such as movement and water therapy.

Mothers who choose a birth center receive a full course of prenatal and postpartum care.

We feel that removing birthing centers from a certificate of need and weakening the licensing standards would put women and babies at risk.

This is really going to roll back decades of progress in maternal care because the number one problem in risk to birthing is hemorrhage.

Birthing centers cannot treat him.

Hemorrhage.

Hemorrhage is not something that can be predicted.

It has to be expected and prepared for in all deliveries and talk I talked to Long will apologize.

Yeah.

And I'm going.

The facilities are recommended for low risk pregnancies.

A group of young people addressed the committee to advocate for stronger enforcement of the tobacco 21 laws that prohibit young people from buying vape pens and similar products.

We also know that there is a law in Kentucky against selling these products to kids.

But this issue is still continuing to happen within our state.

Kids are getting their hands on these products still with this law.

And so we are here to ask you today, just for enforcement of the law that already exists, to keep products, these kinds of products out of kids hands and have thorough regular store checks and penalties for illegal sales practices, just like we have for alcohol in the state of Kentucky.

You can see that full meeting online on demand at Katie Georgie slash legislature.

Paying for flood insurance is making recovery hard for many living in eastern Kentucky.

According to the Kentucky Lantern, a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds flood insurance is too expensive for most residents.

The report focused on the 13 counties hit by last year's catastrophic flooding.

Researchers said flood insurance on average could cost homeowners 7% of their median household income and around 1300 dollars annually.

After receiving federal aid for flood damage, a property owner is required to have flood insurance or else be disqualified for future aid.

The report says 37% of households in the 13 counties affected made less than $25,000 a year.

In 2021, it's estimated more than 2000 renters in Louisville face eviction, a process that can be difficult for renters and landlords.

But a new pilot program is attempting to resolve landlord tenant disputes through mediation.

When a tenant receives an eviction on their housing record, that limits their opportunity for stable and safe housing.

It makes it that much more difficult for them to secure a housing.

There's no eviction expungement law here in Kentucky.

Even if an eviction is dismissed, it is still on someone's record, their civil record indefinitely.

So what we're trying to do is head that off so that there's not even a dismissed eviction on someone's record.

There are a lot of programs, but very few mediations related to evictions specifically.

It started in April of 2023.

It's relatively new to the state of Kentucky.

Louisville Metro government has contracted with an agency called Resolve Restorative Practices, and it is led by Shannon Floyd.

My background is in social work.

The cycle Therapist by trade.

So how I approach mediation would be different than the attorney led mediation or retired judges led mediations because they come more from a legalistic standpoint.

It's the recognition that emotion plays a huge part in to conflict.

We're starting the program where landlords initiate it because we expect that there may not be as much interest from landlords.

There's a lot more interest from tenants.

So we have to have that landlord engagement for it to be successful and even to move forward.

Not all tenants you want to sever relationships with.

I had a particular tenant that I that done great business with us, paid on time and then had a rough patch where he had some life life issues and I wanted to give him an opportunity to to make us whole by giving him some time in order to get called up.

Once they submit a request for an eviction prevention mediation, mediator is assigned to them.

So within 2 to 3 business days, they are contacted by that mediator.

Both the landlord in the tenant who educates them on the process.

They have to complete a pre mediation assessment form.

Both parties, and part of that pre mediation assessment form for the tenant is that they there's a link that they apply for rental assistance through the Office of Housing and Community Development.

Now as far as the landlord, there's a section for the landlords as well where they agree not to file an eviction against that tenant until after the mediation process, not during the regular eviction process.

There's no speeding up the process and you're kind of, you know, at the liberty of the court system.

So this it actually puts the control back into the landlord and the tenants because we can work it out.

We can work it out before it actually gets to that point.

It's a real power in common around their table in determining how this should the outcome should be as opposed to having a judge.

Right.

Who isn't familiar necessarily with the individuals.

The dispute and parties are the situation, but there's some real power in there, the power to decide for yourself.

Right.

And then once they sign off this mediation settlement agreement, again, mutually beneficial to solutions to this this problem, I'm just simply facilitating this.

Right.

If they come to an impasse, I will offer like a different point of view.

I think it's worthwhile.

I think it helps both parties.

It gives them time actually, to to get back on their feet.

Resolve a restorative practices.

36% of mediation sessions resulted in landlord tenant settlements.

The program is scheduled to run through June of 2024.

Time now for our feature Mondays on Main, an ongoing feature in which we profile downtown revitalization projects across the Commonwealth.

Tonight, our Laura Rogers takes us to western Kentucky, Hopkinsville, the county seat of Christian County.

Downtown was like the business center.

I mean, it really still is.

There's a train going by right now.

I mean, stuff still is just passing through here all the time.

The city of Hopkinsville, home to history.

The museum has been here downtown, holding down this corner since 1976 amid a bustling center of activity.

One of the things about Hopkinsville, we are the batter capital of the world, and that comes from that connection between agriculture and industry.

Christian County is the leading wheat producer in the state, hence this wheat sculpture at the corner of ninth and Main downtown has changed so much since my childhood.

When I was growing up here in the 1980s and nineties, I knew really one thing about downtown and it was the Alhambra Theater.

She's a great beacon.

She's been here a long time.

She holds a lot of great memories for our community.

The Alhambra Theater is a focal point of downtown, a fixture for 95 years, its last major renovation in 2018.

We're so fortunate to have maintained this downtown beauty.

And not many downtown still have a historic theater.

Today, the Performing Arts Center hosts live season performances and educational programing that helps drive economic development.

It's a real quality of life and people are looking for that in their community.

And the arts are so important.

This is our regional and cultural center for us here in Hopkinsville.

Holly Boggess is the downtown Renaissance director at Community and Development Services.

She helps the city secure funds and implement projects like streetscapes and park improvements.

It's so rewarding because you get to see those tangible results and know that you've been a part of something that is just making our community a better place.

Known to locals as Hop Town.

The city has undergone a transformation in the 21st century.

We've had a lot of businesses come.

We've had some businesses go as well.

But we have created an environment that we believe is business friendly and it is welcoming.

Boggess says they've been able to attract small business owners and investors, in part by offering tax rebates and some reimbursement for expenses.

About 15 years ago, the city of Hopkinsville implemented some incentive programs to assist to offset the cost of those restoration projects, because while they may have good bones, those buildings require a whole lot of attention and it can become very costly to get them singable for occupancy.

The office has received and approved more than 100 applications since those programs were adopted.

She says that's yielded about $13 million of private investment.

But like many small towns, you're just attached to the things that you like and that you enjoy.

And we do have a lot of historic properties in which we're very proud of, including our banks property.

This is one of the oldest properties in the city, now home to Planters Bank.

This building once housed Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, and since then we've renovated two other historic properties and revitalized some other more recent properties.

And so we've we own about four blocks in downtown.

We're committed to improving our area of Main Street.

Elizabeth McCoy says the focus now turns to the future.

We've had some consultants in town to help us think about how do we go to the next level and what else do we do and want to continue to improve the visual appearance of our downtown.

We've also had a number of new restaurants opened downtown.

The Hopkinsville Brewing Company has been a big draw.

So lots of that kind of small investment that's added up to a really big impact.

That includes the sixth Street projects that began a decade ago in which improvements were made that encourage private investment.

So there's not a vacant storefront on that street now, and we are so appreciative of how the community has supported those businesses.

The area known for an alleged alien encounter in 1955 would receive renewed interest in its relation to the cosmos when it became the epicenter of the eclipse in 2017.

When you really think of like the heart and soul of Hopkinsville, it is right here in these few little streets that surround our downtown area.

This is what drew people in to this community.

100 years ago, 200 years ago.

And that's what's still drawing people in today.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you, Laura.

Hopkinsville was the hometown of Ned Bradford, who served as governor of Kentucky from 1963 to 1967.

Many credit the city's diversity to its proximity to Fort Campbell.

It's an all-American story.

A small town boy makes his dreams come true by working hard and taking care of his family.

For the Williams family, the hero of this story is Kentuckian Tom Lyle Williams.

Born in Morganfield, Kentucky, Tom Lyle went on to found a cosmetics company.

You may have heard of Maybelline and your eyes too can be beautiful when you use Maybelline.

All the guys make eyes at a girl who lives on Mayberry.

When people hear the name Maybelline, they think of it as a corporate.

When we think of Maybelline, we think of family.

Tom Ladd Williams was about 14 years old when he decided he want to be an entrepreneur, and he just needed something a good idea, and he tried several things that failed.

And then one night he walked in and his sister Mabel, had accidentally singed her eyebrows and eyelashes and she put a concoction of, I wouldn't say coal dust and Vaseline together.

And she went over her eyebrows and her eyelashes and Tom Lyle had been working at the Nickelodeon for the first time, and silent film stars were for the first time, as you know, doing a closeup on themselves and showing the one picture of the face that had been ignored.

And your eyes, which is the eyes.

They had lip rouge and they had, you know, all powders and everything.

But it was considered vanity to put anything onto your eyes.

And many husbands said, Do you wear that on the street?

And I'm divorcing you.

So he saw her and said this or anything like that on the market.

She said, I don't think so.

So he put a chemistry.

His friend had a chemistry set.

They concocted it.

They called it Lash Brewing.

In the beginning.

It went over big.

And when they began to say, can you put some dark hair in it?

Which he did, and changed the name to Maybelline in honor of his sister, who gave him the idea.

He never forgot where he was from.

He always helped those that were in need.

And to me, that is a true hero.

Yes, I'm by myself.

Very good morning for you.

The week of September 24, December 30th, my main week in the city of Morgan for your Maybelline was one of those things.

We wanted to kind of keep quiet.

When I was in seventh grade, eighth grade, all through high school, you didn't want to say too much because everybody else's parents were working.

So I was also told very young that we don't tell anybody about Maybelline.

We don't want anyone to kidnap you.

And it was they were very real about that.

Well, I know that when I was writing the book, my father and his cousins weren't that into it, right?

No, no.

My dad was very nervous and the book was published after my father died.

So, yeah, it is big, but I've done.

I think I did the right thing.

I mean, it's like being here would never have happened.

Allen, Welcome to Maybelline.

And my dad used to talk with reverence about Morganfield and his dad and get weepy eyed.

And so for me to get to come here and finally go, now I get it still.

Come true.

It would never have happened if I didn't take that risk to write that book and always write that book.

Tom Lyle Williams sold Maybelline in 1967.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have made a historic breakthrough by reading from the Herculaneum scrolls.

They contain ancient texts, but due to their now charred and carbonized state, they've been considered unreadable for more than 2000 years.

Brant SEALs, a computer science professor at the University of Kentucky, and his team spent the past two decades creating high tech tools to rescue the hidden texts.

This year, SEALs and his team released its software and thousands of 3D images on the rolled up scrolls.

They hope a $1 million prize will encourage other researchers to build upon their A.I.

tools and help speed up the decoding of the ancient texts the first century.

The first century was was an amazing point in human history, and we have we have so little of that material.

They estimate maybe we have lost 90 or 95% of the written material from antiquity.

My expectations were low because I'm a trained as a computer scientist, but as the classicists have educated me, what I expect is writing that expresses what it means to be human.

Speaking of love and of war and.

And of the things that still matter to us because we are human, just like they were human.

And the gulf that separates us.

The 2000 years is much more narrow than you might think.

The development represents a major step toward unlocking the entire collection of Herculaneum scrolls with the potential for one of the largest discoveries from the ancient world.

We have an eclectic trio of Kentucky birth days, the world's largest baseball bat, and details on the first concert at Rupp Arena.

Our Toby Gibbs explains.

And this look at this week in Kentucky history.

Kentucky is home to several vice presidents, including Richard Em Johnson, born October 17, 1780, near present day Louisville.

He was vice president under Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841.

Happy birthday to Georgia Davis Powers.

Born October 19th, 1923.

In 1967, she became the first black Kentucky state senator, as well as the first woman.

Here's a third birthday.

Grandpa Jones, the country music star, perhaps best known as a regular on the TV show Hee Haw, was born Lewis Marshall Jones on October 20 of 1913 in Henderson County, Kentucky.

Fame bank robber Jesse James was having dinner at a Bardstown restaurant on October 18th, 1881, when word came that he had just robbed a bank in Kansas.

He carved his name and the date into a window pane to prove he couldn't have done it.

Lawrence Welk and his orchestra were the first performers in the new Rupp Arena on October 17th, 1976.

Appropriately, the arena's namesake, former UK basketball coach Adolph Rupp, was in the front row.

The crowd was so big, Rupp Arena ran out of popcorn.

The world's largest bad at 120 feet long and 34 tons, arrived in Louisville on October 21st, 1995.

The giant Louisville Slugger stands outside the Hillary and Brad's Bee headquarters.

And that's a look back at this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Toby Gibbs.

Thank you so much, Toby Gibbs.

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Have a good night.