The president pardons thousands convicted of marijuana possession.

>> We'll Kentucky follow suit.

>> The first one in Kentucky which I think is great because Kentuckyian suffer more often from cancer than any other state in the union.

And so we need this therapy desperately here.

>> A breakthrough in fighting brain cancer and it's being used right here in Kentucky.

>> You make about $78,000 more a year annually.

If you have a high school diploma for season 2.

>> Ahead, the place where you can learn more to earn more.

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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky.

Addition for Friday, October 7th, we thank you for joining us.

I'm Kelsey Starks in for Renee Shaw.

The body found last weekend in Brecon County woman missing since the late July floods coroner Hargus Epperson tells KET the victim is 29 year-old Nancy kind of who disappeared from the area of Lower River Caney Road.

Another woman, 60 year-old Vanessa Baker is still missing.

She disappeared in that same area as we told you here yesterday, President Biden pardoned thousands of people convicted on federal marijuana possession charges.

He also urged governors to do the same for people convicted of state charges.

A spokesperson for Governor Andy Beshear released this statement.

The governor agrees that no one should be in jail simply because of possession of marijuana.

The White House had not alerted us and has not briefed our office on exactly what his pardons may require in the specific details of what they will and will not cover.

The governor looks forward to reviewing those details when available in his larger analysis on medical cannabis and how to move forward when the vast majority of Kentuckians to mandate.

Today, a group joined forces to put out a statement in support of the President's move.

It urges the governor to take similar action.

That group includes state Representative Nima Kulkarni of Louisville, the ACLU of Kentucky, the Kentucky State Conference of the NAACP, minorities for medical marijuana, Kentucky, normal and the Kentucky Cannabis Freedom Coalition.

KET Miller with ACLU of Kentucky told us this is a good step but much more needs to be done.

>> Our >> holla scenes.

>> Related to drug use are completely out of date.

We have incarceration system is sort of like that saying that you are a hammer.

Everything looks like an a on we incarcerate incarcerate incarcerate and it is devastating.

2 families across the United States, especially here in Kentuckyian especially for Kentucky kids.

So anything to provide relief.

In response to these acts day, eat and on the reasonable laws is a good thing.

I think that the federal pardon from President Biden >> is a great step, but it is.

>> Long overdue.

>> There are.

>> Number of individuals who will be directly impacted by this pardon.

And so obviously it's very monumental from that perspective.

But >> this is a relatively small number of folks in terms of the total number of Americans who have been impacted by the war on drugs.

>> So far we're not aware of any prominent organization or group that has announced its opposition to the marijuana pardons.

A Kentucky man is suing the owners of the Lexington Store after he says he was sold a vape pen that contained a psychoactive ingredient.

>> Without his knowledge, that ingredient is called Delta 8.

It's a chemical compound found in hemp and marijuana that can cause someone to get high according to the food and Drug Administration.

That's exactly what Roy Howard says happened to him before he crashed into a city bus in Lexington back in July.

was legalized with the 2018 farm bill that also allowed farmers to grow hemp.

Earlier this year, Republican State Senator Paul Hornback of Shelbyville who is retiring, introduced a bill that would ban Delta 8 and other intoxicating compounds derived from him.

The bill passed in the Senate but didn't make it out of the committee and the Kentucky's COVID map is looking better today.

Only 8 counties are in the red meaning high COVID letter levels.

It was 11 last week.

37 counties are yellow, meaning medium.

And 75 counties.

That's more than half our green, meaning low.

Some counties have issued burn bans in response to dry weather conditions.

Warren County is among them.

It follows an incident yesterday where a man was burning of brush pile and it spread to his home.

>> Very seldom do we get it complaint burn ban.

There's by restrictions.

State of Kentucky Division of Forestry.

But at burn restrictions to last year when the grass started and then it gets drab.

there is still so situations where you can burn.

But with a complete Byron Bay and there is 0 burning, allowed lawfully.

>> Pretty says it will take significant rainfall for the burn ban to be lifted.

He says there is a fine ranging from 50 to $500 for those who violate the burn ban.

A cyber attack Wednesday, not some Kentucky government websites offline.

For a while, CNN reports a Russian group called kill Mud claimed responsibility.

The Kentucky Board of Elections website was offline temporarily among others.

The hack also affected government offices in Colorado and Mississippi, Kentucky interactive the company that manages Kentucky government's computer system says no data was compromised during the hack.

Goodwill industries of Kentucky is helping wipe the slate clean for many.

Today, the group held an expungement clinic in Lexington, all free of charge.

The service usually costs $600 on average.

Amy Luttrell says this event can make a huge difference in people's lives.

>> We know that.

>> Expunging eligible offenses.

Puts people in a totally different position as far as the jobs that they can that they accept the House and that they can that they're eligible for and many other aspects of their life.

And we run into people who have had these events on the record for 20 years or more and have the means or known what to do about that.

And so they are just ecstatic when they're able to Klain that I'm playing up their record and it's a really game changing event for many people.

>> Goodwill plans on hosting 2 more expungement clinics around the state in the coming weeks.

A national group points your car.

>> Our to check if you've been drinking the National Transportation Safety Board or NTSB issued a recommendation for all new vehicles to have blood alcohol monitoring systems.

The technology would prevent vehicles from running if an intoxicated person attempts to drive.

Last year in Kentucky, 165 people were killed in alcohol related crashes and almost 5,000 crashes in Kentucky.

More alcohol related in 2021, Kentucky has had more than 110 deaths from alcohol related crashes.

Each of the past 5 years.

The national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving says the group has been pushing to make alcohol monitoring technology standard for 15 years.

People just don't have an awareness of what this legislation and what this technology does.

>> And so many people have questioned it and been against it based on the fact that they think it's sitting in a mission in Iraq.

It's not.

None of us want to blow into the device.

When we get in our car, we haven't done anything wrong.

And so I think most of the backlash in most of the people against are truly a lack of awareness around what this is and what it's going to do.

And so one thing that is very important is regardless of which technology is chosen, we don't know what the final choice is going to be yet.

That's Upton.

to the side Berg, our list of which technology is chosen.

It will be entirely passive.

So the drunk or otherwise impaired driver will get in their car and either won't start slow mover will somehow disabled vehicle depending on which technology is chosen.

Thus overdrive will never even know.

It's there.

>> Says there are a number of options for alcohol monitoring technology and automobiles.

One would use technology already in cars like lane assessed and another would detect alcohol levels in sweat on the steering wheel.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

More than 11,600 people died in alcohol related crashes in 2020 or about 30% of all U.S. traffic deaths.

>> Kentucky's Supreme Court justices will hit the road next week.

They're headed to Shelby Bills conference center to hear oral arguments.

>> In a case about the law that allows tax credits in return for donations to education opportunity accounts.

Justices will also answer the public's questions unrelated to current cases.

The session begins at 1 o'clock.

The fall came when meat is under way.

It runs through October.

29th Keeneland will offer 22 stakes where the record 8.9 million dollars purse is totaled 7.7 million at the spring meet in April.

♪ ♪ >> It's time now for our end of the week preview of some of the top political stories in Kentucky with a pair of political pundits this week.

We have 2 former Kentucky secretary of state in studio with us is Bob Babbage, the managing partner of Baggage, co-founder and joining us by Skype as he's traveling is Trey Grayson, an attorney with Frost Brown, Todd and managing director of the firm's government relations affiliate Civic Point.

I'm Casey Parker Bell.

I'm filling in for Renee Shaw this week.

Bob, we'll start with you since here in studio with us.

But we see the financial reports for the 2023 gubernatorial candidates this week.

2.6 million dollars raised over the last quarter.

What do you make of these numbers?

Well, the political economy is good.

We can count goes till next year.

So any time as reports are coming out, though, political folks are all eager to see them.

Everybody had a good day.

The major candidates had a good day.

Andy Beshear, governor, another million dollar quarter has 4 million-plus on hand.

Kelly Kraft burst on the scene.

23 days in the campaign to raise about $33,000 a day.

The equivalent or 3 quarters of a million dollars.

Ryan Quarles Liza, the total number, though, he's up pushing a million and funds raised a very strong turn.

Jo Cameron came through well with $400,000.

That's significant at this time.

And so the another 100,000.

They'll be more and more pressure as this goes on the pressure in the 4th quarter will be significant to see how it goes as they begin to close it up.

We have all kinds of perspective on that.

And then we actually get into election year.

We'll take a difference or look at this.

You mentioned crashed numbers.

The impressive total from less than a month of fundraising.

But were these dollars coming from the in-state out of state?

for?

760,000 was in the state and she had all 120 counties for a donor.

That's that's a strong start.

Yeah, Trey, as you look to the next year's election, of course, the Republicans will have to fight it out for their nomination and the sheer can continue to raise money.

What type of advantage is that for the incumbent governor?

>> It's a it's a tremendous event.

Would mean the way Kentucky as well for you can't raise general election dollars and left the primary and the governor not have.

And then it is primary dollars being sick and really will have a lot more.

And they probably in the fall because he won't have to spend everything.

Of course, the primary in and get something that money.

You know, there's residual benefits but campaign ads.

But like that, but it's not a it's not a comparative message.

Boards must share so much more efficient to run with minimal or no primary opposition by cheer as well.

He has shown himself to be a really good fundraiser in a million dollars every quarter.

This was new to add up and it is pretty impressive and it's probably going to be some outside money to Republicans to you about at all.

>> Obviously, by the 2023 election is kind of over taking this year's election.

But there was some news made this week in the U.S. Senate race, a candidate Charles Booker appeared on KET Kentucky tonight by himself.

Was he able to make some noise in this campaign for the U.S. Senate race?

>> Probably got some appearing on KET.

It always happens that people watch K T at this time of year and should and hope will continue to the the kind of a flat line, though it's not getting a great deal of attention.

Paul continues to 2 lead in polls.

I think every poll we've seen has been about 50 and with a 10 better lead, a double digit lead 0, 2, years back.

Booker came out of that primary.

A loser gets McGrath and then color race.

But got some Got some magic going as a an oratorical skill.

That's great.

It's become a little more.

A tense, though, more.

More shrill at times to be candid and Rand Paul is stuck with his message stuck with his team's had a popularity coming into this race.

Obviously and a tremendous base in Kentucky.

Yeah.

Trait Senator Paul was able to send that message to a commercial earlier in the week released kind of at the same time the Booker was making his appearance on Kentucky tonight.

>> What message do you think Senator Paul was trying to send to the state with that commercial?

>> But what I think he was trying to take advantage of the timing.

He KET that but that would give you mentioned from appearing in a debate all by himself.

But this really more about in the form.

And so he wanted people to, but number say, shun on his own terms with this message can really sing that some of any U.S. Lee was was pretty smart strategy.

In fact, they got to get his message out without having to worry about what question from a Biden asked them or all or somebody like that.

So you know, I'm with Bob.

I the debate Senator Paul and I actually we did several Debasement ran in the primary to the other in 2010 living.

You can take conversation.

But when you're this far ahead of the polls, not surprised to to to the bacon.

They look at.

This is about the way up looking running a red state.

I'm a human this financial advantage.

Nobody thinks this race is competitive nationally.

I only have a risk by doing this or so he made the decision not to pay.

My guess is he still going to sail to reelect him just like you did 6 years ago?

>> Yeah, this is having other places on the candidates are turning down the base even though folks like us and a lot of other voters would like to siya for him.

Here's them out and get a gauge of who they are and what matters most to them.

Bob's their way to get people coming back.

Go ahead.

Try I'm sorry.

>> Well, it's going to happen in closed for about an hour out in Arizona.

I think I know I'm the Democratic nominee for governor, the Republican nominee for governor, even though they're not to vote.

>> Bob, is there a way to get candidates to come back to make joint appearances from here on?

I hope so.

I hope we can encourage them to.

But it's their decision.

It's a political decision.

It's a campaign decision.

The goal is to win.

Make a make good decisions and with the race, Bob Trade, there's never enough time to talk about all the things we'd like to.

But thank you both for appearing and Trey.

Good luck on the rest of your travels.

>> Holmen Cvg is just getting ready to go?

Get my car and drive home.

That's what about right.

Thanks, guys.

Thank you.

>> And neurosurgery team with University of Louisville Health is taking a new approach to treating brain tumors.

The novel procedure known as Gamma tile therapy, provides patients access to an innovative treatment.

They can extend their lifespan while improving their quality of life.

♪ >> Well, we all have and I just blacked out one evening.

Nyad.

And it up at U of L Hospital because of it.

I had open.

And they did it.

Stand.

>> And came back to the set.

I bring to it.

>> Well, that they offer me a lot of treatment options.

All of which didn't work out very well.

So they came up with this gamma tile.

Breaking therapy.

>> Get out P is an implanted, a device that emits radiation, the radiation.

That summit is very In terms of the distance, it goes and we call that conceptually breaking therapy.

Is the jargon word for that?

When we insert anything that's radioactive in its radiation.

The benefit of that is that it doesn't go very far.

And so the tissue affected is much less than it was given to you from an ex turnell source like a regular radiation machine.

>> But you do use to stick to tout against the tumor.

Most of the radiation is delivered 2, is that you to live within 5 meters, delivers a radiance and then but away from it the moment they will get very little.

So there's a little side effects.

>> The downside, of course, is that it's invasive.

But if you're going to have an invasive procedure anyway, sometimes combining breaking therapy with an invasive procedure can give you the best of both worlds that you might need.

The best use us ever best use.

The one that we we treat is, you know, we you know, we have so coca Metastatic thanks to of the someone else, most common lung cancer, b***** cancer, melanoma, and things like that.

He's met a testing brain cancer with no known origin.

They have had a difficult time finding.

The words stop came from so difficult time trying to treat it.

Tom needed a very customized plan, had already had 2 rounds of radiation.

He already had one surgery.

>> He needed something that was going to be a little bit different than what we normally would do.

When you get into that area.

I think you need to have as many options as possible because you're not going to have the same plan work for every patient.

>> You know, felt that.

I'm not ready to go yet.

You know, I just felt this.

Not my time.

And so I decided to take this chance.

It's the first one in Kentucky, which I think is great because Kentuckyian suffer more often from cancer than any other state in the union.

And so we need this therapy desperately here.

I'm incredibly proud to part of the team that that did this and that came up with this hopefully clown road for people buying me.

They're going to go through this because, you know, there's going to give you the people that will, you know.

If I can be somebody else or done down the road summit.

>> We're >> glad to tell you.

Time is recovering well and heads back for new scans in November.

♪ ♪ >> Kentucky's first ever all free adult high school is now in session.

The Goodwill Excel Center opened this week in Louisville for its first class of Kentuckians ages 18 and up all looking to earn their high school diplomas.

Students there say that earning their diploma is the first step to opening new doors and reaching new peaks.

>> The Excel Center is an school for adults who do not have their high school diploma and who want to have a high school diploma or general education diploma means you have some basic skills that you would expect a high school student.

And but it's not quite the same.

>> We also want to >> High percentage individuals with a certificate or credential or do a college credits while they're in school.

So when they graduate, they're ready to go beyond that.

>> We can see it in a way that takes 22 credits to graduate from high school.

Some of them are very specific to some of them are a little more selective.

We sit down with that student.

Look at their transcripts and figure out.

>> How far away are you from meeting the requirements for the state of Kentucky for a diploma?

I thought it was going to be kind of hard to KET up with, but they let you pick out your schedule.

You get 4 classes a day, but you don't have to take all you have to at least take 2 of You can choose to take some of the morning that starts at 09:00AM.

>> And it was all the way until noon.

And you can choose to take some afternoon classes and they run from one before.

It's really just what you can do.

So since I have to help out my growth in the morning and a drop out for her job.

I do second 3rd and 4th into classes a and I go from one to 4, very convenient.

>> Yeah.

Enjoy today.

>> There's a bunch of people that didn't get the high school diploma.

So that makes it hard for them to get a good paying job.

You make about 7 to $8,000 more a year annually.

If you have a high school diploma versus the GED, we want to help people improve their wage levels as they're working to be able to get into the jobs that they want.

But this program, it's really going to help everybody get the department to make a better future for themselves.

My hope is that we have graduates this December next summer and they are fulfilling their dream and not only fulfilling the let's get a diploma dream, but to be able to be on a career pathway and advance themselves.

I know for a fact that I want to get high school department.

That's what I'm here for.

You know, that's my first goal is to make sure that I get that box checked off from there.

You know, the word for wide open.

>> This year classes will be broken into 4, 8 week terms.

Child care and transportation assistance are also available for students at no cost.

♪ >> The Civil war ghosts in Honey buns Toby gives describes another action-packed weekend in this.

Look at what's happening around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> Travel back in time with civil war days in Columbus this weekend.

Enjoy battle reenactments.

The 52nd regimental strength and a ghost walk and even a civil war.

All.

Combine multiple creative art forms at the light painting photography, class and Lucas this Friday and Saturday, the class is being taught by award-winning drown and digital photographer.

Wayne Garmin.

Celebrate all things sweet.

Honey Bun Day this Saturday in London.

The event includes the honey bun ride taste the bonds, food challenge aside or night and an attempt to set the world record for the most people eating a honey bun at the same time.

The Kentucky Interscholastic Cycling League is back at the Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park for a mountain bike race this weekend.

Come cheer on these middle and high school students as they buy the tight and twisty course in pursuit of victory.

It's the 100 60th anniversary of the largest and last major civil war battle in Kentucky, the battle of Parryville re-enactment helps bring the battle to live with civil war camps.

Talks with living history, historians and a guided tour of the battlefield.

But all the sights and sounds of battle.

The spooky Cayden movie night is happening this Saturday at the Cascade Cavan all uphill for an evening of thrills and chills.

Complete with a family-friendly spooky flick and drinks and snacks for everyone.

You just bring the chairs.

Calling all comic collectors and enthusiasts.

The bowling Green Con is this Saturday at the Corvette Museum.

This year's con includes a super smash Bros tournament, a sailor Moon live concerts and special guests, including Lindy Young and Bob Orton.

The Logan County Tobacco and Heritage Festival is this Saturday and Russellville enjoy the crash showing flea market games on this where a parade and even a karaoke contest.

This is one festival you won't want to miss.

Unleash your inner Ghostbuster of Bobby Mackey's celebrity Ghost town next Thursday.

The joy and the great the paranormal investigators parking on a lights out goes on in an incredible location.

Embark on a culinary journey.

The taste of Louisville next Wednesday for the past 48 years, this event has been showcasing some of Louisville's, most talented food and Beverage rock stars.

This year is no different with more than 50 restaurants participating.

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

I'm Toby, the others.

>> Renee Shaw will be back here on Monday night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central for a new episode of Kentucky EDITION where we inform connect and inspire.

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