He also was active in the legislature on ethics.

Remembering the legacy of Governor Brereton Jones.

Public education is the backbone of our Commonwealth.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron is still trying to earn high marks with public school educators as he seeks to become Kentucky's next governor.

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Good Monday evening to you.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for joining us for Kentucky Edition on this Monday, September the 25th.

We appreciate you spending some time with us.

Former Governor Brereton Jones will be laid to rest tomorrow.

His family greeted visitors today in the rotunda of the state capitol where Jones's body lie in state.

Jones was born in Ohio and grew up on a dairy farm in West Virginia.

He secured a football scholarship at the University of Virginia, where he also became interested in politics at the age of 25.

He was elected to the state legislature as a Republican where he would become the minority leader.

Jones later moved to Woodford County, Kentucky, where he lived out his dream to raise thoroughbred horses and met his wife, Libbie, while visiting Keeneland.

It was in Kentucky where Jones switched to the Democratic Party and was elected lieutenant governor in 1987 under Governor Wallace Wilkinson.

He was elected governor in 1991.

On August 7th, 1992, the state helicopter Flying Jones and several others crash landed.

There were injuries, but nothing serious.

Here's Jones recounting that day.

I think that crash came so that I could really put my focus where it ought to be.

And then as in the most important things in life.

I had a vision in the early 1990s.

Governors could not run for consecutive terms after Jones left office in 1995.

He never ran for public office again.

Long time political reporter Jack Brammer was at the rotunda today.

He says Jones's legacy includes a focus also on ethics.

He was able to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow a governor to succeed himself or herself, meaning that they could run for another four year term.

But he took himself out of it because that was the only way it was going to be passed.

The previous governor, Governor Wallace Wilkinson, wanted that succession, but the legislature wouldn't give it to him because he wanted to include himself in that.

He also was active in the legislature on ethics.

In 1992, the state saw the FBI investigation of the legislature that was known as Operation Bopp tried.

About a dozen or so legislators were found guilty of corruption.

He angered legislators after that by.

He called it a cleansing process.

And a lot of legislators thought he was painting the entire legislature with a broad brush and say they were ethical.

But he was very high on ethics.

Some of the other things he did besides those two issues.

He brought about mandatory seatbelt law in Kentucky.

He made sure that the percentage of people employed by state government, at least 7.4%, were minority.

And he also put more women in state government.

And he placed the first woman, Sarah Collins, on the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Governor Jones, his funeral is tomorrow at Forks of the Elkhorn Baptist Church in Midway, followed by a private burial.

Governor Jones was 84 years old.

The 2023 general election is just six weeks from tomorrow.

Kentucky Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron is once again trying to gain the support of public educators.

Cameron Businessman, Kentucky Association of School Administrators or Superintendents in Lexington.

Today, he pitched his so-called catch up plan to help with learning loss during the pandemic.

He told educators his plan will focus on tutoring.

Now the cornerstone of this plan is addressing the learning loss by treating it as the emergency that it is.

We will implement the largest expansion of reading and math instruction in the history of the Commonwealth.

We will fully fund a 16 week tutoring program for additional math and reading instruction during both the summer time and after school hours.

This plan is designed to rescue students who have fallen behind this.

Cameron also tried to make a distinction between his plan and Governor Andy Beshear's.

He told the room of superintendents that he worked with the legislature when crafting his policy.

Representative James Dimon, chair of the House Education Committee, had this to say about the governor's turnaround.

He nor any member of his office has reached out to me to discuss any plan.

Daniel the past.

It is a verifiable fact.

This governor has no relationship with the legislature and has no ability to get his plan passed.

His plan is in the sense of the word and epitome of a Hail Mary and intellectually, the case is made up of superintendents from Kentucky's 173 school districts.

Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman is also discussing education on the campaign trail.

The former teacher is planning four stops where she'll make her case for why she and Governor Beshear should get a second term.

The flier announcing her stop says to, quote, protect our public schools by reelecting the Democratic duo.

Her first stop is this Thursday in Lexington.

Time is running out to register to vote ahead of the general election in November.

The deadline to register is October the 10th.

Excused Absentee voting begins October 25th.

Early voting begins Thursday, November 2nd and runs through Saturday, November the fourth.

You can register vote as well as find out where your voting precinct will be by visiting.

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Remember, election day is Tuesday, November the seventh.

Five public schools and two private schools in Kentucky are winning national praise.

That begins today.

Segment on education matters.

The schools have been named as 2023 national Blue Ribbon schools for a high performance and success and closing achievement gaps.

The five public schools are part of Gray Elementary in Bowling Green, Cassidy Elementary in Fayette County, Farmington Elementary and Graves County.

Russell High School, which is part of the Russell Independent School System and Drakes Creek Middle School in Warren County.

The two private schools are Avila, Madonna, Madonna Academy Elementary School in the Diocese of Covington and St Xavier High School, and the Archdiocese of Louisville.

The schools will be honored at a Washington, D.C. ceremony later this school year and the past 25 years, 500 engineers have graduated from the University of Kentucky without traveling the Bluegrass Parkway.

The U.K. College of Engineering, Paducah campus recruits and retains talent in the region.

Our Laura Rogers shares how it also helps students get a college education closer to home.

On the campus of West Kentucky, Community and Technical College is another school of great minds.

I love putting things together and taking them apart.

Colby Gore has plans to pursue a master's degree in aerospace engineering, And I've always worked on things my whole life and try to fix everything that ever went wrong.

Seth BURNETT is a co-op at Jackson Purchase Energy.

My father was a mechanical engineer and he unfortunately lost his vision before I was born.

And so a lot of the projects around the house we did together and he was the brains of the operation and I was always the hands.

Abby Templeton is a chemical engineering major who wants to focus on environmental concerns.

All three among the 130 students currently enrolled at University of Kentucky College of Engineering, Paducah campus.

That first class just really opens up your eyes to how many opportunities that can be presented to you and what path you can actually take through this program.

The campus was created to fill the workforce of local industries.

The company knew this area had a difficulty to recruit engineers and the community had this radical idea for a junior school here.

So having engineering here in the purchase region allows us to recruit local students, develop that talent here, and then place that talent here for the benefit of business and industry, which supports really a pretty vibrant and changing economy here in this part of the state.

Psychology class out of the gate.

It also provides an opportunity for those in the region to get their college education close to home.

I want to say close to my family, my friends, and still have those hometown relations and, you know, Paducah being so close and having what I really wanted to do was the full package for me.

Students are also drawn to the smaller class settings and more one on one attention.

The college is committed to research even international outreach work.

I'm particularly interested in addressing the global Waste plastic challenge, and we've developed a process to convert waste plastic to diesel fuel.

We work all over the world.

The big Blue Barbecue Gala, a celebration of the school's accomplishments over the past 25 years.

Officials Credit community support for the school's continued success.

And this is a great event for us.

For me, I get to do two primary things.

One, congratulate the faculty, the staff here who've worked so hard to make this program excellent.

And the second thing is to say thank you.

Nobody does it better than Paducah when it comes to finding solutions to problems and creating opportunity that that benefits everybody.

And this is a classic example of that.

The campus is also fortunate to have the passion of its students, like Ted Alden, who serves as chapter president of the U.K., Paducah Society of Women Engineers, and hopes to inspire more girls to pursue STEM careers.

And so that's what I want to be for more young women in our area, just that source of empowerment that you don't have to question it.

Just take the leap and do it.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

The college is now looking ahead to the next 25 years.

A goal in the near future is to add a degree program and computer engineering technology.

The dean says they're in the final stages of the approval process and that it will add a new facet to the educational opportunities in western Kentucky.

It will likely be another year before an Eastern Kentucky school devastated by flooding can reopen, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Perry County school administrators told parents the K through 12 Buckhorn School is slated to reopen next August.

Widespread flooding in July of last year destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and caused dozens of deaths.

Since then, some students have been riding a bus for an hour one way to Abbey Combs Elementary School.

More than 300 students attended the Buckhorn School prior to the flooding.

Kentucky City's impacted by disaster have a new resource and it comes out of hard earned experience.

The Kentucky League of Cities has released the Disaster Preparedness and Response Handbook.

The organization said it's a guide for navigating the often complex disaster response process.

Mayfield Mayor Kathy Onan, who led her city after a tornado devastated it in 2021, served on the committee that developed the handbook.

She believes one of the most beneficial parts of the handbook is a checklist of what city leaders need to do within the first 72 hours of a disaster.

That that's that's going to be very beneficial if towns and counties are hit with this, because there are things that happen to have to happen in each of those intervals.

And this being so big in Mayfield, there were things it truly took an organization.

You know, straight line winds come through and it knocks down a building or greatly damages just one little section.

This this tells you exactly what to do.

Are gods you through caring for your people who are who are immediately need help.

It got you to what to do with certain types of debris that have to be separated from other types of debris.

Different types of things that just don't come up normally in everyday singular disaster.

You know?

It doesn't go through every scenario because nothing can't.

But you've got this document in your hands.

That is a great reference for as many things that we think we could think of to possibly put in it.

The handbook is available online and is free to cities and counties.

Now, tomorrow you'll hear more from Mayor Nan as she gives us a progress report and talks about the biggest challenge she faced leaving her city after the 2021 tornado.

Kentucky is set to receive millions of dollars to improve railway safety.

Today, the Biden administration announced it's awarding nearly one and a half billion dollars to 70 projects in 35 states.

The projects include track upgrades and bridge repairs, in addition to improving the connectivity among railways and making routes less vulnerable to extreme weather.

In Kentucky, nearly $30 million will go toward improving 280 miles of track along the Paducah and Louisville Railway.

Much of the money for these projects is coming from the 2021 infrastructure law.

We're discussing Kentucky's economy, jobs and taxes on Kentucky.

Tonight.

This evening, I'll be joined by a panel of lawmakers and economic experts.

And we surely want to hear your questions and comments so you can join us tonight at eight Eastern, seven Central right here on 24.

Kentucky tonight.

The public got a chance to weigh in today on how CBD and Delta eight products should be regulated.

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services held the meeting to get feedback on its regulations.

Hemp supporters spoke during the meeting, saying the regulations for producing, manufacturing and marketing are too strict.

During public comment, many supporters said they disagreed with the requirement that mail order products must have a signed order form guaranteeing that the person receiving it was 21 and older.

However, one member from the alcohol industry said he felt it was needed.

That begins today's health news.

Our customers aren't taking this for intoxicating purposes.

Our customers are taking these products for pain, anxiety and sleep in a non intoxicating way.

There's no evidence of young people abusing these products.

And so therefore, we're very concerned about age, gating, age, limiting our products in retail settings.

This is an incredibly burdensome regulation and could very much complicate our ability to conduct business as an e-commerce company.

And so we'd just like to reaffirm that we understand the need for these regulations, and we do not want full spectrum products to be regulated the same way as intoxicating Delta products, because they are much different.

One is a wellness product and the other is an intoxicating product.

The problem with having the 21 and up signature at the top at the time that that comes out, I mean, that's absolutely impossible.

A lot of people work and they're not going to be at home to sign for their packages.

However, my system, my website, I have an age verification checker on it.

There are apps that you can have on your website that will fail an order if those people are under 21 years of age.

I have done this even for CBD products limited at 21.

It's just easier that way.

But with these intoxicating products and what is really piqued our interest in the alcohol beverage space are beverage products that are being infused with Delta eight THC and marketed as intoxicating products for these products that are clearly intoxicating, ingestible products that are clearly intoxicating.

I really don't see a huge distinction between this and alcohol.

And we all know the strong, you know, oversight that we have with alcohol, and it's proven to be successful probably over a 90 year period.

So we have a good pretty sound system when it comes to alcohol oversight.

Hemp supporters also say that packaging and marketing rules are inconsistent with other states and create problems with interstate sales.

You can now sign up to have more COVID 19 tests delivered to your home for free.

The federal government is providing $600 million to make the tests available.

There is also a website allowing Americans to order up to four free tests per household.

That website is COVID tests dot gov.

The tests will be delivered for free by the U.S.

Postal Service.

Was a special ceremony over the weekend as the Lexington African American Sports Hall of Fame inducted 23 new members.

The class of 2023 includes ten former Kentucky Wildcats and two trailblazing jockeys from the late 19th century.

Those being recognized for the honor said it's an important spotlight to step into tonight.

We honor some of Lexington's hometown sports heroes.

Larry Johnson was as hyperbolic and racially charged.

The fact that it is people coming out and recognizing this, it means a lot.

It just means so much.

It means a lot because I haven't been here in Lexington in a while and people still know me.

They still know what I have brought to Lexington now and who I am.

And, you know, as big time and I love it.

I love the people here in the Big blue.

I'm always going to be big blue.

It's truly, truly an honor.

I've been away from Lexington for a while, and it's just this entire process.

It really stirred up a lot of emotions and brought back a lot of great memories.

So it's truly an honor.

Means a lot to me to be recognized by your community and I do this for the children because I want them to realize it no matter what I want.

Still, if you want the best, try to dream big.

And if it's God's will, then you can say.

It's a huge honor just to know that his legacy is going to continue going on just with his accomplishments at the University of Kentucky just really shows how amazing he was.

I know he growing up this year and all the stories about my dad and finally being able to see him inducted into the Hall of Fame is a very big accomplishment for the rest of my life.

We played together in high school and we played together in college and for us to be inducted at the same time.

It's really a blessing and I hope he's looking down to smell it, knowing there were still loving and caring a lot about this.

A huge honor for our family.

My mother has done so much research and trying to sound out our lineage and it's like the icing on the cake.

When you finally get all of the pieces of the puzzle and again, take a picture of the person, this is an amazing opportunity because so many people don't know the history of the African American jockeys.

And when I tell them my great great grandfather, our great great grandfather, won the Kentucky Derby.

This was their mind and also initiates them to go and do their research and find out there was other 25 jockeys out there way before they did this.

When I see someone who has that capability and I think what happens is that it starts a fire in anyone just to have that capability.

So I think this establishment, they've got a lot of hard work in.

And I can tell that I think the shows, the contribution that we have made and that we continue to make.

So I think putting on such an event will help bring that to life.

What it means to me is that I had a coach Woodall was very instrumental in me standing here today.

I remember her telling me it's not the big thing that the small things and I know that might sound like a cliche, but it really does make a difference.

It makes a difference when you're standing in front of something that doesn't look like you when you're trying to decide whether you should go right to the left or even if you're standing in the right position all together, it's important that we see people like us.

It's important to us so that we can grow.

And so anything and all things.

And that is where we stand and anything that we can do today, we need to make sure that we reach back and make sure that they understand what I think we get here, what they're doing this make a difference.

So small things and really good advice and congratulations to all the on inductee who were nominated by the public and selected by the founding members of the Lexington African American Sports Sports Hall of Fame, a Nobel Prize winning scientist who was born in Kentucky.

And do you know about a civil war battle in northern Kentucky?

Our Toby Gibbs does, and he has more in tonight's Look at this week in Kentucky history.

Two civil war battles occurred in Boone County.

One of them was on September 25th, 1862, when snows poured as Confederate forces fought union troops moving south.

The battle left two union soldiers wounded as the Confederates took 65 union prisoners.

Happy birthday to Thomas Hunt.

Morgan Born September 25th, 1866, in Lexington, Morgan was a zoologist and geneticist whose work with fruit flies was key in developing the chromosome theory of heredity.

Morgan won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1933.

Pioneer Daniel Boone died September 26, 1820, not in Kentucky, but Missouri.

He moved there in 1799.

His body was later moved to a cemetery in Frankfort, overlooking the Kentucky River.

When the federal government announced U.S. Census information on September 30th, 1920, Kentucky had a population of 2.4 million, making it the 15th most populated state at the time.

100 years later, in 2020.

Kentucky had 4.5 million people and ranked 26th among the states.

Independent TV station W.K.

Exp signed on in Lexington on September 30th, 1957.

Later, Taft Broadcasting would buy the station and change its call Letters to WUKY t. President Dwight Eisenhower campaigned in Lexington on October 1st, 1956, as he sought a second term.

The president arrived at Bluegrass Field, as it was called at the time, and took part in a parade through downtown.

Those are some of the highlights this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Toby Givens.

Thank you, as always, Toby Gibbs.

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