♪ >> It's not just a matter of streaming back lines.

It's also a matter of in some cases reconstructing electric grid.

>> Kentucky crews have their work cut out for them as they help out our neighbors to the South.

>> Proud to be Jewish.

To support the state of Israel.

>> How one year of war weighs on.

Jewish Kentuckians.

>> And cases that we're seeing involve more injuries, more severe injuries.

In younger and younger children.

And we have to do something to stop it.

And hundreds attend training to learn how to recognize and stop child abuse in Kentucky.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ Good Evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Monday, October, the 7th thanks for starting off a brand new week with us.

I'm Renee Shaw.

>> Another major storm is headed for Florida.

This time.

It's Hurricane Milton, which today strengthened to a Category 5 storm.

It comes as cleanup continues from Lane.

Many of Kentucky's electric and utility workers have been deployed out of state to help restore communities hit hardest lane.

Our Kris TV DOT and spoke to Joe Arnold from the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives about how these workers are responding to the calls for help.

>> Kentucky experience its fair share of power outages.

Wind damage from the remnants of Helene.

But when Kentucky utility crews were Dan turning our power back on the job was not done.

Isn't that right, Joe?

Arnold, tell us about this massive deployment of aid.

>> Yeah, turns out this we think is the largest mass mutual aid deployment that Kentucky's electric co-operative ever done.

And there's been quite a few of, you know, with hurricanes over the years.

But just the widespread nature of the damage across several states in several states that are very happy with electric cooperatives or sister co-ops North and South Carolina and Georgia in particular.

And they're facing weekslong power restoration efforts with the help of we believe now more than 160 co-op personnel employees of co-ops.

In addition to hundreds of contractors, those calls have released to go help with right of work with things like that.

>> So where the main at states, the main places that they've been deployed to.

>> Well, all 3 of those states North and South Carolina and Georgia, each them have really a very similar to the same time, very unique challenges.

We certainly have seen a lot of the footage of the massive flooding and landslides in such a North Carolina Carolina and we are in those areas as well.

Some areas are typical of hurricane damage.

Tropical storm damage where the massive trees came down on top of power lines and snapped those those polls.

And as a result, it's not just a matter of streaming back lines.

It's also a matter of in some cases reconstructing the electric grid.

The other complication that we're seeing really like in North Carolina that I mentioned when you look at some of the goal, the landscape, changing nature of this natural disaster, it's one thing to reconstruct the electric system where it has always been if something else is to come across an area that these local clubs are in those states and there are and the land has changed in the land.

We have been washed away.

So it has to be reengineered before you can even put those poles back up.

You have to know where to put them.

And then finally and tragically, it's one thing to restore service.

But if the homes are no longer there to what are you referring?

Restoring service.

>> And this sounds like a complicated, complex process.

How long are they expected to be there?

>> Cruise when they left for for those different states after they wrapped up mutual aid work with in Kentucky here, they pretty much geared up to be gone for a couple of weeks.

It could be longer.

But typically in in past disasters, mutual aid with deployments after a couple of weeks, it's a good idea to to rotate out, at least at that point.

You're working upwards of 15 to 16 hour days.

You're getting you know that 8 hours sleep and then you're right back out of the next morning.

And really, a safety standpoint is only so much so long.

You can do that over a long period of time.

>> And these are line workers and utility crew.

That means so much to us that we depend on here in Kentucky.

But doing this sort of work in these areas that have experienced disaster can actually benefit it and they can bring some of that knowledge home.

Tell us about that.

>> Well, it's the valuable as far as the experience.

We do a lot of skills and training throughout the year.

You know, throughout all of our call out that are important.

But it's so you're actually on the ground in restoring power and and trying to access and clear debris to get to a point where you can reconstruct the system.

You can't really replicate that training environment.

So really what we're seeing here it is, I mean, frankly, some of the co-ops that are that we're helping have actually been in Kentuckyian helping us after when storms and ice storms here.

And our crews have said that boy, get it after suspending a couple of weeks elsewhere after Hurricane.

They now have the hands-on experience to be able to more quickly and efficiently and safely respond to disasters when they happen here at home.

>> Yes, we're giving help.

And sometimes we receive that help and we're grateful for it.

And we're grateful to help out.

Joe Arnold, thank you so much for your time.

>> Thanks, Kristen.

>> And thank them both.

The Kentucky Electric Co-operative says more than 160 utility workers from Kentucky are deployed.

But there is still adequate staff and the state to respond to all local needs, including routine maintenance and emergencies.

500 troops from Kentucky's Fort Campbell are now helping Hurricane Helene victims and western North Carolina.

They're cleaning roads and moving food.

They're using somewhat 600 or 60 rather all terrain vehicles.

Those 500 troops are working with 500 more from Fort Liberty in North Carolina.

Today is October.

7th is the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell is praising Israel for its resolve over the last year and he says the U.S. must continue to fully back Israel.

Senator McConnell put out this statement that says, quote, the stakes of Israel's fight against the terrorists surrounding it are as clear today as they were one year ago.

So are the obligations of free societies across the civilized world, the terrorists and their patrons seek not only to destroy Israel but to challenge the very American led order that preserves our way of life, unquote.

Jewish leaders also offered their support for the people of Israel at a memorial in Louisville yesterday.

They say after a year of war, 2, many people have lost their lives in Israel, Gaza and now Lebanon.

But that Jewish people around the world have a right to protect themselves from terroristic threats.

>> So, you know, he did.

>> A >> very >> we gather today to Mark one year since the attack that has changed the course of Jewish history.

One year since 1185 Israelis were murdered.

One year since 251 hostages were dragged away from their homes and their families and their lives and taken into Gaza.

I don't think that we could have imagined that a year ago after the side and horrendous attack by Hamas.

That's so many hostages taken that day would still be in captivity.

That the war between Iran, Israel and Hamas would still be going on despite the on terrible toll on both sides.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> And we're just honored to be joined here today by other local leaders who support our Jewish community.

And who support Israel.

A Democratic state that stands for freedom.

And the right to exist without fear of attack.

We cannot accept the growing Anti-Semitism that our kids are experiencing on college campuses and we cannot let Israel's war against terrorism be used as a cover for excepted Anti-Semitism here at home.

I am so proud to be with you here today.

I am proud to be Jewish.

To support.

>> The state of Israel, I'm just right now.

High.

♪ ♪ >> Is China.

♪ ♪ >> We'll bring you the perspective from some Palestinian supporters tomorrow since Israel declared war on Hamas more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed.

Almost 2 million people in Gaza have had to flee their homes.

Now to education news in the state standardized test scores show that regardless of greater subject area JCPS or Jefferson County Public School students score worse than their peers across Kentucky.

But what about after high school data analysts presented findings where JCPS graduates end up.

>> We want to go to our graph here again.

The green would be JCPS College-going rates.

So back in 2015 college going rate was 58% down 2 in the graduating class of 2022, that's the last year we have available.

It was 49%.

You will see the college-going rates are decreasing.

That is true for the whole state except for this past a cohort and the graduating class of 2022.

The college-going rates to go up.

>> Okay.

So the year after graduation for graduates from 2015 to 2022.

>> JCPS started out in 2015 counting employment for non college goers at 81% down to employment rate of 75%.

The year after graduation down in 2022.

There was a gap, a gap of 7 to 9% percentage points between JCPS and the balance of the state and that that continues over time.

They get closer as we get closer to 2022.

>> Okay.

Why stats reported its data to the efficient and effective school district government's task force today.

The committee will have another meeting in November before reports its findings and recommendations.

So state lawmakers.

We're less than 30 days from the November election.

And as Kentucky's big ticket ballot item is a constitutional amendment on school choice.

One political heavyweight in the state is pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into state, legislative and local races.

I talked with Kentucky Lancers McKenna Horsley about this last week.

Mike Hanna, we appreciate your time.

I want to ask you real quickly about a story that your colleague, Tom Loftus family of the Courier Journal did about Mitch McConnell and his political action committee.

That is just pummeling up thousands.

Hundreds of thousands actually dollars into legislative and local races.

Tell us about this.

>> so Senator McConnell's pack the Blue Grass Committee PAC and it's a long time fact that he's had is giving the maximum out of donations that can give to all of the Republican candidates in Kentucky.

So there's 95 candidates between legislative races will Metro City Council races and 2 mayoral races.

So each of those cancer getting $2100 from Senator McConnell and Senator McConnell has also given to the Kentucky Federation of Republican women.

This is something that he's long done as the one of the top Republicans in the state to support legislative candidates.

It's something that I think is kind of been his career mark here, Kentucky, particularly with the Republican Party by supporting these down ballot races.

He's able to build up Republicans and get them into office and KET them there in the future.

Yeah.

>> And this is to compare and contrast how Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear set up a pack, right?

That was supposed to help funnel money to state legislative candidates.

But it's not seemingly to KET pace with the McConnell operation.

Correct?

>> Right.

And you know, one different here is that this pack from Governor Beshear isn't as old as Mike Mitchell.

So that's one challenge there.

But Beshear his back is not donate to any Democratic legislative candidates in the state.

He has gone about and campaigned for other races that have more neck nationwide.

Important for Democrats.

So we've seen him on the campaign trail in those areas.

Yeah.

And particularly on the on the national programs, right, pitching, I Sarah gets for Kamala Harris for president.

And so it's interesting.

And he, you know, Hadley Duvall was a vote this week or last week.

>> On that debate stage for the vice presidential debate.

So Kentucky is continuing to get a lot of national recognition when it comes to this year's election cycle.

Yes, in this year has.

>> Campaign to want to hear us or get he's even doing.

And Instagram live with actress Laura Dern last week, which is really interesting to see.

Yeah, wow.

And I mean, when you're one of Time magazine's next, right?

I mean, the hits were just KET on coming.

>> Well, thank you, Mike Hanna, we appreciate your time.

It's always good to see you.

>> Yeah, thanks for having me.

>> November 5th Election Day is fast approaching a but Kentucky secretary of state Michael Adams, a Republican hopes many Kentuckians vote before.

Then Adams is launching a $250,000 ad campaign to encourage people to vote early.

The money is from his office.

The campaign will include TV commercials and billboards reminding people they can vote the Thursday Friday and Saturday before the official Election Day on Tuesday, November 5th, he says if you vote early, the lines will be shorter.

And if you're not registered to vote while it's too late to register this election, the deadline was today.

For Americans aged 65 and older and rolling and the Medicare Health Insurance Program can be complex and complicated.

Tonight we're going to bring together a panel of experts to answer your questions about how the Medicare program works.

The enrollment process coverage options and much more.

So join us for Medicare enrollment.

Colin Akt forum tonight at 8 Eastern 7 Central right here on KET.

♪ ♪ A jessamine county have testing lab is the first in the state to get a medical cannabis business license starting January.

First of 2025, the state's new medical marijuana program goes into effect given qualifying patients access to medical cannabis Kci labs in Nicholasville will be responsible for testing it.

It's a job they say they've been preparing for for the last 5 years.

>> Casey Labs and short with an analytical testing laboratory focused on keeping people safe and products that are contaminated with harmful materials out of the market by doing routine testing.

We have more in 2000 clients across the country as well as the world and more than 30 countries.

Now where people trust us to test their product.

It's been nice to have and national.

Or even a global market of hemp that we can address while waiting for this medical cannabis program to come to fruition here.

Kentucky.

Our expectation is that we will begins receiving medical cannabis samples for testing.

>> Shortly after the first of the year.

We're prepared to do that.

Testing.

We've been doing very similar testing since 2019.

And we will be ready to process samples as soon as they're available under the new law or regulations.

>> Cannabis itself is.

Very interesting plant, very complex plant that we're still, you know, learning about when discovering new things about and even then the materials that come from the plant, the Kavanaugh winds that and into north, not.

Are still being investigated and terms of air their therapeutic uses are.

You know, even just what you know, regular consumption can do.

Yeah.

Hampton, High THC, cannabis or, you know, almost one in the same except for some legal definitions.

So >> we're going to be looking at the same substances.

But the concentrations that are of interest differ considerably between they CBD and hemp market and then the medical cannabis products.

One of the major differences is that the emphasis for testing in the hemp program.

The determination of the total concentration of Delta, 9 THC.

Because in have products.

Total concentration of THC must be less than 0.3% in the medical cannabis program.

There is no longer a requirement to test at 0.3%.

Raw materials can contain as much as 35%.

Delta, 9 THC in that program.

>> I think it's interesting to note that.

Over the years we've had to navigate if we were still just testing CBD products, we wouldn't exist today.

We would have made it out of the market crashes.

We've had to pivot test more and more have drive.

Can Avenue AIDS and what we did early on was kind of share what we.

Identified and and KET about Can Avenue AIDS.

You know, we've been working very hard over the last 5 years to develop test methods that.

Our fit for purpose, which means that.

We I can understand when to use which test methods based on the type of material that we're testing.

People deserve to know what they're putting in their bodies.

People deserve to know that what's in their pocket if confiscated and tested by, you know, the police well, not the lead to, you know, charges criminal charges because of and knowingly possessing, you know, a drug substance.

I'm hopeful that the way that this program is being rolled out by the government, by the Cabinet, for Health and Family Services by the Beshear administration that I hope to see.

We can help foster a healthy fright wing industry here in Kentucky that rivals that of other states in terms of its successes for business owners and patients and everybody, you know, and in the market.

>> Kentucky's Office of Medical Cannabis received about 5,000 applications for medical marijuana business licenses.

A licensing lottery will be held by the Kentucky Lottery on October.

28 for cannabis cultivators and processors.

The drawing will be live streamed.

♪ Last Friday.

Co-chair for Kids in Louisville recognize what's called 10, 4 Day.

The day promotes awareness of child abuse and how to prevent it.

According to Norton Health, although child abuse in Kentucky has decreased a little since 2022, Kentuckyian Indiana still surpassed the national average.

>> In 4 days a day to bring awareness of the child abuse epidemic in Kentucky.

It's not necessarily a day that we want to celebrate, but it's a day that we want to reflect.

On what it is that we have to do to make sure Kentucky is the best place in the nation to grow up.

>> Is it safe and healthy child?

>> 10 is spelled T E N and it stands for torso, ears and neck.

So any bruising on the torso, ears and neck of a child, 4 years of age or younger or any bruising anywhere on a baby is high risk for inflicted injury and needs to be further evaluated.

>> Young children under the age of 3.

All right.

The highest risk for abuse and abuse related deaths.

That is the population that we are working with.

That is the population that we're serving with teams.

A lot of that risk is due to lack of information about developmental norms, lack of support, lack of resources.

Our problem with child maltreatment that includes physical abuse and neglect, but particularly our issues.

>> Physical abuse.

>> Are well beyond the national average and where among the worst 15 states for our child abuse rates.

>> And and in the past at times, we've had the highest child fatality rate in the country.

Given that.

It it is paramount for Kentuckians.

You know, it's important for all of us.

>> To take care of our kids, right?

Child safety is an adult responsibility.

And here in Kentucky that takes even more significance.

Given the signal, given the how profound the problem is here.

>> We know that education is key.

He for families to help understand their child's development.

Help them learn how to communicate with their child to help them learn how to support their child's feelings through empathy, as opposed to reacting.

Teaching needs skills early on in a child's life are ideally during pregnancy before the child even born is preventing child abuse and strengthening families for the future shape.

Fresh.

>> Dr Currie says that if you're unsure about reporting an instance of child abuse, it can be done anonymously.

And if you're on settled by it, then you should probably go ahead and reported if you are interested in attending a training to recognize the signs and patterns of child abuse, you can go to face it.

Abuse dot org to look up sessions that are close to you.

♪ >> Armies, presidents and a queen have passed through Kentucky 80 or past over the state.

Our Toby Gibbs as all of that, and this look back at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> Union and Confederate forces clashed in the Civil War battle of Perryville on October 8, 18 62, the union side lost more men that want a strategic victory that left the union in control of Kentucky for the rest of the war.

Kentucky State University Open on October.

11th 18 87 with 3 teachers.

55 students and President John Age Jackson at the helm.

be happy.

Chandler resigned as governor of Kentucky on October 9, 1939, his successor, KET Johnson, then appointed Chandler to the U.S. Senate seat vacant because of the death of Senator m M Logan.

When Elizabeth, the second began, her first Kentucky visit 10/7/1984, with the arrival of Lexington's Bluegrass Airport.

She left 4 lanes and farm in Versailles.

And what state Kentucky 6 days.

That same day Louisville has to the presidential debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale.

Danville Center College hosted a vice presidential debate on 10/11/2012.

between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan Center had also hosted a VP debate in the year 2000.

Kennedy, John F Kennedy visited Lexington on October 8, 1960, as he campaigned for President Kennedy wrote Down Main Street and visited the UK campus.

He would lose the state.

But when the national election.

A Peekskill maybe or passed over Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania as it crashed to Earth on October 9, 1992 it landed on a parked in 1980, Chevy Malibu in Peekskill New York.

And those are the highlights from this week in Kentucky history, I'm told, begins.

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