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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION for this Friday, October, the TWENTY-EIGHTH I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for starting off your weekend with us.

>> A new development today and state representative Joseph Fishers run for the Kentucky Supreme Court.

A federal appeals court is siding with Fisher as he deals with criticism that his campaign for the high court.

He's too partisan, according to the Courier Journal, this 6th Circuit Court of Appeals is temporarily blocking the Judicial Conduct Commission from investigating Fisher Fischer is calling himself, quote, a conservative Republican and a race that's supposed to be nonpartisan.

Fisher filed suit against the commission, but a federal judge refused to block the commission from taking action.

But the appeals court reversed that.

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has 3 members to Donald Trump appointees backed Fisher.

George W Bush appointee disagreed.

Some good news tonight about COVID-19 and Kentucky.

According to the new map out today, there are no counties in the red meaning high 13 or medium and 107 are in the low category last week.

4 counties all in eastern Kentucky had high COVID levels.

A common antibiotic for children is in short supply.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week that 3 of the 4 major manufacturers of the drug, the marks of Silwan are reporting shortages because of supply chain issues.

We spoke to doctor Christine O'Brien with Norton's Children's Hospital in Louisville about the shortage and the options available to parents.

If a child needs the antibiotic.

>> This shortage is particularly affecting the liquid forms of the antibiotic.

And that's what young children take.

So, you know, I'm Alex Iselin is the drug of choice for many common pediatric infections, for instance, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that in Massillon is the first-line antibiotics or ear infections and sinus infections and pneumonia.

When we run out, there are some things that we can do.

So I mentioned the liquid formulation is the most impacted access.

Illan also comes into a bowl tablets and capsules and so children at a certain age may be able to to up the tablet.

We're at the may be able to open up the capsule mix it with food.

For example, I would just tell parents not to panic.

We have alternative antibiotics.

And that sometimes they might not taste as good as a Marxist.

Dylan, some of them might have more side effects.

And and some of them made the broader be stronger than the child actually needs an and that can also lead to more side effects.

But we we still do have antibiotics available for the children who really need them.

>> Doctor Brian recommends parents focus on prevention.

She said parents should get their children 6 months and older in eyes against the flu.

Since air infections, pneumonia and children are common complications of the flu.

A southern Kentucky community is rolling out a new initiative that they say is already saving lives.

Marci Ryan is the public health director and Whitley County.

She says first responders there and handled at least 50 suspected overdoses just this year.

Now her team is working to install opioid rescue KET and businesses around town.

>> Opioid overdoses are a significant problem in our community.

And these kids are one way that we're trying to save lives with naloxone.

So they're also called the locks boxes.

The Kid no 2 doses of nasal naloxone inside as well as a CPR mask.

And then in some instructions on how to recognize and overdose and then how to respond to it.

So the idea with the kids is that they're placed in public places where people come and go like stores or office buildings.

And if somebody in that facility are in that area experiences.

What looks like could be an overdose.

Anyone can grab in the walks own and easily use it to try.

And Richard reverse that overdose.

We think of them like you might see an ad can on the wall at the arena or the airport.

It's that kind of thing that it's available.

We really believe strongly that should be accessible to everyone and that everyone should know how to use it so that we can save as many lives as possible.

We certainly recognize the substance use is a significant issue in our community as it is and a lot of communities in within Kentucky in Appalachia and across the country.

Our overdose fatality rates in Whitley County are very high higher than the Kentucky rate, their higher than the Appalachian region rate.

And they're almost double the U.S. rate.

And certainly, you know, no one is you know, wants to attract drug use on their property.

But what we at the health department, you are approaches.

We acknowledge that substance use substance use is happening and we're not.

We want to allow people to remain alive long enough to enter recovery in and become Productive people in in the community.

So part of that is you know, making this available everywhere.

Part of reducing the stigma is just getting the word out that everyone can.

And and should carry naloxone or have access to in the places that they are.

>> More than 2200 Kentuckians died of overdose deaths last year.

That's up more than 14% from 2020 Kentucky's 2021 drug overdose report says fentanyl accounted for about 70% of last year's cases.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration Department and the U.S. Labor Department has launched a new awareness campaign aimed at minors with black lung disease.

The minor health matters campaign gives miners information on their rights.

If they're diagnosed with the disease but decide to stay on the job.

We spoke with Christopher Williamson, the assistant secretary of the agency about the initiative.

>> Part of the idea behind this help campaign and making sure that we are living up.

But our name and our mission of making sure that minors health is equally as important as miner safety.

We know that there's more cases of black on.

We're seeing younger miners getting sick.

We're seeing more advanced forms of the disease.

Unfortunately, there is a population of monitors that are out there that have already got sick that have already developed in.

Will says Black on and whatever their economic situation whatever they decide if they want to continue to work mission, it should be able to do so.

And so this part 90 program, which is a longstanding program.

This is a tool that they can right, that they have to to we slow down the progression of their already existing illness.

What it allows a minor to do is for whatever the reason whether they have a family or others after provide for they just want to continue working.

What part it does is it gives that an opportunity to work in a healthier, less dusty part of the mine.

Now, co-workers, normal says what we call black lung disease silicosis.

Those are illnesses that are progressive illness.

You can't you're not going to get any better.

But being able to exercise that right.

And that option to work in a healthy, less dusty section of the mine.

And Les slows down the progress of the progression of the illness and they should be able to do so without those fears, right without fear of retaliation about for discrimination, that they're not going to lose pay.

This is a longstanding program.

And but we know that it's that's really underutilized as well.

So right now thank in total.

We only have 34.

Active part.

19 miners, you know, court our records.

There's only 3 part 90 and Kentucky right now there are 3 main areas that we've looked at in terms of trying to.

Our participation and this program.

The first one is that is awareness.

Yeah.

How many coal miners actually been know this right exists.

So we've developed education and training and we've made available to the mining industry to minors and so labor organizations, the second part that we're looking at is accessibility, the big things that we did was we created a website on our.

Well, a landing page on our website that is a there's a flow chart that walking through from the beginning all the way through the process.

It what, you know, the miners in arrested and yeah, thanks that you know, might have got second.

You want to exercise the right.

Here's all the steps of how you do it to the last space.

What we call assurance so be sure its paces one is is making sure that Myers know that they can exercise that right and they should be able to do so without those fears.

>> Williamson said his department has been focusing recently on better protecting minors from exposure to silica, which health experts side as the reason why there's been an increase in cases of black lung disease.

>> All eyes will soon be on Lexington.

And the Breeders Cup.

Is it Kalen on November 4th and 5th.

The city is gearing up for a weeklong celebration gets underway this weekend.

Mary Quin White Raymer president of is it lacks breaks down the impact this event will have on the horse capital of the world.

>> And a fabulous and palpable energy in the city.

We have been reading for company.

We know we've got folks coming from all over the globe and we're really excited about having folks in town starting this this week really this weekend.

I'm headed into next week.

And so we have been getting our front lawn ready to go our hotels.

Everybody's doing a little bit of a cleaning to make sure we looking for company lights and flags and just decorating our downtown getting ready for all the festivities.

That will be headquartered at Handy Park for the Breeders Cup festival.

So we are you're about there and we are ready.

So what do you know about the capacity even available now?

Let's say you last-minute decision that you want to be in the midst and want to be downtown.

Maybe you're watching miss out of state.

>> Is it too late to get a good place?

>> It is not too late, although I would say the sooner the better because we're down just very little bit of hotel and inventory as well as air bnb inventory, right?

We've had I'm just an explosion of Airbnb properties that have come online over the last couple of years.

And that's been a great addition to our our opportunities here in Lexington for overnight accommodations.

But even those are mostly sold out.

So we're we're I feel like we will absolutely be its sold out capacity for next weekend.

That's awesome.

Said you think the economic impact particularly for tourism will be a brighter Scott.

So I'm in them in 2015 when we hosted the Breeders Cup for the first time and when we have fans, of course, we hosted in 2020, but we didn't get to have anybody.

There was just for the horsemen and women, our economic impact was just north of 60 Million.

And so I fully expect for the weekend for a total impact.

So I believe that all together will be maybe 65 million comic impact to the And there's just no doubt with 40,000 plus capacity.

It came on our hotels at full capacity.

Transportation companies, restaurants, shopping, all of it.

Everyone is really gearing up for a huge weekend and not to mention that some people may be staying out of Fayette County, right?

They may want to have a more rule set a whole experience of our beautiful farm.

>> Country.

Absolutely.

It's it's unlike any other place in the world, as you know, is what part of what makes it so special.

And so people certainly enjoy the opportunity to be out.

Nestled in in horse country, if you will.

But also I've talked with a lot of my colleagues from around the region and their capacity as well in their hotel.

So it's not just Lexington hotels, its hotels through Central Kentucky, probably even into Louisville on to northern Kentucky.

Yeah, that it was not a big, big weekend.

Big week to come.

I hope the rest it up for a they are going hard at it.

I know like you said.

>> This fall and congrats on all the success of making Lexington look good and let us put our best feet forward.

Thank you so much.

It's always a pleasure.

When we get to have come to visit and we're really excited.

This is obviously particularly special because break are great with Breeders Cup is headquartered here in Lexington just a fabulous celebration of some amazing athletes, both human and horse is absolutely well.

Thank you, Mary Quant.

It's good to see is good to see to.

Thank you so much.

The weeklong celebration leading up to Breeder's Cup began Sunday with the Isaac Murphy Art Garden Party.

>> Rupp Arena will open its stores on Monday where the public can watch as post positions are drawn and 10, the park will be the center of the celebration with live music and food each night.

And political news now, Kentucky has 16,000 new voters.

Secretary of state Michael Adams says more than 22,000 people registered to vote between September.

First and October.

The 11th, he says the state removed about 6,000 voters from the list because people moved out of the state dying or being convicted of felonies.

Republican voter registration went up by about 11,000.

Democrats added 1400 new voters.

Independents added almost 4,000.

>> Time now for our end of week check in of the political events and happenings of the week.

We're glad to have with U.S.. Morgan needs an attorney, former legislative advisor and the A's on for Governor Andy Beshear and current education consultant and Rebecca Hart.

So I read lobbyist and a senior policy director for Babij co-founder.

Good to see you both.

Good to see you.

Good to have you in person.

That's also a plus.

Okay.

Our focus today is on some key state legislative races and we're going to take these off in the few minutes.

We have remaining.

Let's start with House district.

31, it's the Sioux Sue versus Susan.

Susan Vasa versus user a season.

Tyler Whitten.

This is got some interesting twists and turns all start with back on how significant this race in.

Absolutely.

We get sort of a big game changer last week when.

Susan Taylor Whitten was disqualified by lower court for just some issues of her candidacy.

If she had filed a day she would have been the new district.

And so that's what the >> the challenge was to her candidacy.

But we've learned actually today and the court of appeal seems to dismiss that challenge and that she will be on the ballot while.

>> That would have already been right.

They were already And and the GOP thinks they can take the seat.

So okay.

What do you have that on this one?

Morgan, this is a district that President Biden won.

I think it's a competitive district this legal challenge shows that like with anything legal related, everything's a technicality.

>> But it is a competitive district.

I think it will be one that the Dems will will take.

>> Okay.

House district 88.

Now we're going to go Lexington area Democrat Cherlynn Stevenson, who is the incumbent represent and the Republican is Jim Coleman, who's really come on the saying I want to start with you on this one, Morgan, about Sheryl Anne.

She facing a pretty good challenge here.

>> Representative Stevenson for her last few cycles has faced a challenge.

She won her first election by about 48 votes second election by about 3 percentage points.

I think this election is no different because of redistricting.

They've they've really made it a more Republican friendly, but she's a hustler.

She has a fantastic grassroots campaign.

She's personable.

She's persistent.

And she's a real voice in Frankfort for her constituency.

I think because of her work ethic and her ability to connect with people show retain it.

>> But the Republicans are optimistic about Jim Coleman, right?

They are.

They're very optimistic.

And what's happened with redistricting as Morgan touched on is that this used to be majority Democrat and 10, 10 years ago now with the new census with redistricting.

The Republicans have an advantage by about 4 points.

And so that will help her in these tight races that will help Coleman in this tight race because as she she lot she she nearly lost 2 years ago, 3 years, 4 years.

Go right for years and then won by just over 900 votes in the last elections.

So viewers are going to hear a constant refrain and that's redistricting, redistricting, redistricting that have a big impact.

Okay.

The final House race 65.

This buddy Wheelie represented Buddy Wheelie.

He's the incumbent.

>> This is a nail-biter here.

Morgan.

>> I think again, it's a nail-biter because of redistricting.

They took a pretty solidly Democratic urban seat and really made it more Republican friendly.

But again, because Representative Wheatley is such a strong worker, he has a great ground game.

I'm not going to lot of doors talking to a lot of people.

He's a known commodity in that community.

I think he's going to he's going to retain that seat.

>> But it's well that up things.

They have this I mean, just with redistricting.

They really did change that.

And they have have more of an advantage.

They and many did 10 years ago.

So it's going to close.

I but definitely up for grabs.

So how many seats do the Republican?

He's already super majority super duper majority, as we often say.

How nice is it that they can pick up?

Well, they got 75 right now, the state house, and they think they're going to at least hit 80.

And so that the pick up of and and we'll see if there's there's But they feel fairly certain that that's what they're going to get and how the Democrats really assess being I mean, in the minority minority, right?

I mean, it's it's a wide gulf between the majority, the minority party and and the and the House and the Senate for that He's so wide Gulf in both chambers.

I think Democrats as a whole face an uphill challenge because of voter registration trends.

Yeah, redistricting certainly.

>> I think as a party we need to do a better job of building a deeper bench.

But the the folks we have in Frankfort, our amazing they bring a diversity of opinion to frank for that.

Otherwise wouldn't be.

So if you had a flat.

>> Super majority controlling the state.

So I think it's good to have that diversity of opinion.

And we're working to retain our seats.

And I think we'll do a good job.

So the amendments that are on the ballot, people may not be driven to go vote because of constitutional amendment one which is about legislative sessions because social number 2 about abortion that might pull some people to the polls who might otherwise sit it out and that could you think favor Republicans?

Well, I I'm not sure, actually.

I mean, it can go either way, but it certainly I think will uptick turn out.

And so that might make some races that weren't.

>> As say, challenging or as close a little bit more.

So I mean, particularly at the local level, look at your I mean, we haven't talked about that.

But, you know, there's local races may level everything else that may be And and that's significant.

That's right.

Last a legislative district.

This is in Senate district 20 Jay Williams, who was a 4.

He's already been in this accident before Theresa Barton, who was a county judge executive.

This is going to be a good race.

I mean, these are the kinds like to be really are like because you've got 2 well known people who have political experience more again.

What do you think?

>> I think Theresa, I hate to sound like repeat, but I think trees of art is going to take it.

She's a well-known county judge executive.

She worked in our newsletters administration.

So she really has that cross of Cross party appeal.

She's a strong candidate again in own personality in that community.

And I think she'll come out on top.

>> And I think she ultimately do a lot of good bipartisan work when she gets to Frankfort.

>> Yeah, final word.

Well, I just on the seat, I mean, what's changed?

A lot was redistricting with this one.

It was Paul Hornback seat and moving it over.

And now the largest county is Franklin Does favor Teresa.

But the Senate majority has put a lot of money and a lot of stock in Jay Williams and they want to KET this seat.

They don't want to lose it.

Yeah.

>> Well, thank you is great.

Quick Rundown.

We appreciate it.

Have to do another debriefings and create you guys.

Thank you.

Yeah.

>> A jail in South Central Kentucky is encouraging those in custody to prepare for life after incarceration.

The Warren County Regional Jail takes part in the end to work program, which provides culinary training and certification for inmates.

They also help a Bowling Green church provide meals for those in need.

>> We plan for them to work program.

Got into it.

That's something the generous to me.

>> It's very rewarding.

Very warning.

Learn a lot that I didn't know.

We even have a guaranteed job with their mark.

>> When the work Mark has all of the country, they have had all kinds of getting jobs for mates when they are released and helping them for re-entry.

>> We must feel good about myself, too.

But 725 people want to buy the buses more than a month.

>> So they help me run the cut.

We really think from.

>> A chicken thighs to stakes to pastas.

We teach them all about food and food costs and and how to manage budgets.

>> It's nice to see the inmates that choose to participate in these programs so they can better their self and make the family proud and really have a chance of being a successful citizen.

Again.

>> We have that you can rent for the less fortunate.

I mean, much to me myself, to be able to help others.

>> We're very grateful to the Warren County Regional Jail for their help with our lunch ministry.

It's we're warning productive that I'm doing my life instead.

Just think about myself.

So.

I'm a firm believer that the criminal justice system should be about rehabilitation.

And so anything that can happen inside the walls of jail to help people better themselves and decrease the likelihood that they end up back there I think is a real benefit.

>> They put their heart and soul into preparing their selves.

A chance to make the family proud a chance at employment and really a chance at decreasing recidivism.

>> I got 5 different certificate, including serve safe management.

My daughter.

She didn't have much to me last 3 or 4 years because of my drug use.

>> What you see graduate program.

To visit me time to win the PR, which they got here.

>> I'm going are to apply to air everything in Canada in my life.

Back on track.

And it brings hope to meet you to go Looking at going forward now.

>> The Warren County Regional jail typically has 8 to 10 students in a class which last 3 months.

There's a waiting list of inmates wanting to get involved in the into work program.

♪ ♪ >> Spend your weekend with ghosts, goblins and witches.

If you dare to be gives has some Halloween weekend ideas in tonight's look at what's around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> Dive into American history with ghost hunting and ghost stories on the battlefield in Perry bill this Saturday.

Here's stories about the gruesome battle on the horrific aftermath.

Some residents say ghost of the soldiers still frequent that out.

Who knows?

Maybe one will visit you.

The second annual haunted graves in Mayfield this weekend.

Enjoy haunted attractions.

A scavenger hunt, a corn maze, a scarecrow decorating contest and so much more it sure to be a scary, good time.

The ghost of Windsor manner is in Cumberland Falls this Friday and Saturday.

This murder mystery weekend invite you to stay at Dupont Lodge and Watch the murder.

And Mary, much troops performance to see if you can crack the case and figure out who's to blame.

The Grammy-winning band asleep at the Wheel isn't Owensboro this Saturday with more than 50 years of music, 20 singles on the country music charts, a lifetime achievement award by the Americana Music Association and a fresh new lineup.

This is sure to be one rock in the evening.

Leah Smock also known as the battle town, which is believed by many to be one of Kentucky's oldest ghost this year.

Big county will host the first annual Battle town which festival on Saturday.

Celebrate Lee is passions by learning about plant identification.

Foraging storytelling and more.

Bowling Green's favorite trick or treat event scare in the square.

Is this Saturday at Fountain Square Downtown will be filled with food trucks.

Local pours from Gaspar Brewery that evening movie had costume contest and of course, plenty of selectively sweet treats to go around.

Glasgow's biggest Halloween bash is at Bush's saloom this weekend with 2 days of parties live music, a costume contest and themed drink specials who could ask for more.

And that's what's going on around the Commonwealth.

I'm Toby Gibbs.

>> Thank you.

Toby Gibbs.

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What the state is doing to lure new recruits.

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