♪ >> Was so hard to process.

It's just it's heartbreaking to see that.

>> I can talk to and from Ukraine talks about seeing the destruction that what he's doing to help his homeland.

>> I'm going to come and work on that first flight as the guys.

We only have 109 more stairs to come home.

>> Kentucky firefighters make a grueling track to honor our fallen heroes.

>> He is absolutely build a program over the last 10 seasons.

And that's not an easy thing to do.

>> And coach Mark Stoops is that Kentucky sports world and of the hour after a milestone win over Florida.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

Leonard Press Endowment for Public Affairs and the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ >> Good evening.

Welcome to Kentucky EDITION for this Monday, September, the 12th, I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for starting off your week night with us.

The Eastern Kentucky floods of late July took lives, took homes and in some cases made it impossible for people to travel.

>> Bridges by the hundreds need to be repaired or even replace Transportation Secretary Jim Gray spoke to K E T S Brandon Roberts this past week about the planned repair work.

The construction timeline and how his department is navigating potential supply chain problems.

>> Many bridges in eastern Kentucky where need to prepare before the devastating floods in late July exacerbated that made with funding recently allocated to repair the more than 170 bridges identified.

Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray.

So the scope of such a project is considerable.

>> 1100 inspected.

170 needing repair or replacement.

100 of the meeting either for replacement or the deck a lot of work.

And that's just the public structures and county in the state bridges.

More than 100, even 200 as many as 200, maybe even more private structures.

>> 33 bridges and Perry not packed lecture and Floyd counties have been targeted for rapid replacement and construction on 2 of those has begun and is expected to be complete in less than 60 days.

Gray said all the rapid replacement bridges are expected to be complete before the end of the current construction season.

Luckily Gray said employing alternative construction techniques.

His camp supply chain issues at Bay and construction on schedule.

>> It's a good question to ask about our supply chain because that is that is a significant issue across the construction industry today.

And some issue with in transportation, of course, what we're looking at, what we've examined or help quickly, we can get resources.

To the to the region and how quickly we can get a construction construction materials.

And we're looking, for example, at prefabricated decking materials for the bridges.

So those are opportunities that we're examining their being done in real time now as we speak, we're looking at these were looking at these alternative construction techniques.

>> Gray said priority projects include publicly-owned crossings that were damaged or destroyed and have significantly limited or eliminated access for drivers for Kentucky Edition.

I'm Brandon Roberts.

>> Thank you, Brandon.

The Department of Highways has also taken on debris removal in flood-stricken areas.

Secretary Grace and more than 5,000 truckloads of debris have been removed from streams and rights of way in eastern Kentucky.

Some of that debris is now being stored on abandoned coal mine land.

FEMA wants to help people rebuild their homes.

The agency is hosting home improvement Sessions this week for people rebuilding after the July flies specialists will also offer tips for how to rebuild stronger so that homes can better withstand future storms.

Those sessions are underway at the RNs variety and true value hardware and Manchester and Morse to value.

And Garrett.

>> Through Friday.

Kentucky now has 36 confirmed cases of monkeypox with almost 22,000 nationwide.

>> Another monkeypox clinic is planned for Lexington this Thursday from 09:00AM to 03:00PM at Central Baptist Church on Wilson Downing Road.

It is open to people who live outside Fayette County.

But you have to register first see more information about this at the Lexington Fayette County Health Department's Facebook page.

University of Kentucky, faculty staff and students can start getting the newest COVID booster vaccine starting today at the big Blue box theater.

It's by appointment a like the new booster targets.

The newest variants of the virus.

Governor Andy Beshear talked about the new booster during his conference presser last Thursday.

>> the new boosters are now available.

The boosters are aimed at the Omicron virus and they're recommended for all persons, 12 years and older who had their last dose 2 months ago.

Doesn't matter if you've had 3 before shots need to get this one.

If it has been at least 2 months since your last one, they're available pharmacies, doctors, offices and health departments, locations and appointments can be found that vaccines DOT Gov.

Me just say I'm going to get this booster and omicron.

All of my family is going to get this booster.

My kids 12 to 13 are going to get this booster.

It is safe is going to protect us from are better protected us from the variant that is out there right now.

>> We're going to talk about monkeypox COVID and also on Kentucky tonight, the flu and polio.

Our guests include 3 experts on infectious diseases.

That's tonight at 8 Eastern 7 central on Kentucky tonight right here on KET.

As for COVID, we still have 70 counties in the red which means high COVID community levels.

It was also 70 a week ago.

38 counties are yellow, which means medium and 12 counties are green for low.

Now, as you can see on this map, most of eastern Kentucky is in the red Fayette County.

The state's second biggest county by population is also read.

But Jefferson County, the county with the most people has moved into the medium category.

And that's important because the Jefferson County School system mask policy is tied to the COVID.

Matthew just saw when COVID is high.

The school system requires masks in school buildings since COVID is now medium.

A Jefferson triggers a change in policy starting today.

Masks are optional.

And Jefferson County school buildings.

Another change could be coming for JCPS Superintendent Doctor Marty Pollio says he wants to see additional start times currently middle and high school start at 07:40AM, polio.

Thanks.

That's just too early.

And that's having a negative impact on students.

>> Many of our kids get on the bus at 6, 6.15, in the morning.

Research is clear about the negative impact that has on students, their mental health, their well-being, their physical health, their behavior, all of those things we have to change that would change is hard when you're talking about moving everyone to a different time, adults being moved to a different time.

Kids being moved, you know, childcare, all of those things.

But it's something we must do if we expect different outcomes.

>> Doctor Pollio says having a couple of different start times but also alleviate some transportation issues.

Any change to school start times would have to be approved by the school board.

And politics.

Now a Democrat will withdraw from a state House race.

Matthew fought was running against Republican incumbent Kevin Bratcher in the 29th House district.

That's in Jefferson County.

But Bratcher sued saying fought a former Republican switch parties too late to be eligible to run.

FOX lawyer told the Lexington Herald-Leader yesterday that fog will drop out of the race.

The newspaper reports fought change from Republican to Democrat on January.

11th to be eligible.

He had to change his registration by December 31st.

The Fraternal Order of Police back.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky for re-election during this morning's announcement.

The FOP said Senator Paul is one of the loudest voices in support of police.

Paul calls police a, quote, stabilizing force.

Paul is running against Democrat Charles Booker for the U.S. Senate seat.

This weekend marked the somber anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

21 years ago, several firefighters from South Central Kentucky took part in the Nashville 9.11 memorial Stair climb wearing full gear.

They climbed 110 stories in honor of the 343 firefighters who died that day.

>> I remember that day very well.

I remember where I was what I was doing.

And I remember when I finally coming with the final count.

343 firefighters that lost their lives.

And my heart just broke for them and the family and >> they started doing the stair climbs about 11 years ago.

And I start dissipating about 4 years after that.

It's just my way of on them.

Sawgrass Tower call the Tennessee Tower in Nashville.

It's 28 for worse and what they have to stay.

They have us climb up 4 times to simulate the 110 stories firefighters in New York climb that day and we go in full gear and some people wear packets.

It's very exhausting.

It via.

Those guys that they ran into a burning building, not knowing what the outcome was.

Can imagine how tired we get just climbing up.

28 flights of stairs.

Just imagine how they felt that day.

Going up 110 stories and then having it go to work hating and get people out of the building.

Let's make sure that we KET the promise we made in 2001 that we would never forget.

>> Chris McCoy says they train for the start, stair climb and parking structures.

And by doing lots of cardio exercises, he tells us he plans to take part in the event every year until he turns 80 years old.

Now that several years from now and depending on how he feels, then he says he just may continue.

Congratulations to Mark Stoops the winningest football coach in University of Kentucky History.

UK is commemorating that feat with this artwork.

Kentucky beat Florida.

26 to 16 on Saturday.

The CATS second consent.

Good win over the Gators.

That hasn't happened since 1976.

77.

It's also coach Stoops 61st win as Kentucky's coach.

That surpasses coach Bear Bryant 60.

When does UK coach from 1946?

To 53.

Kristy Thomas with the UK Sports Network breaks down what this win means for coach Stoops and the UK football program.

>> This is really kind of that to prom saying here where it's a personal accomplishment, but it's also a school and a program accomplishment from a personal perspective Mark Sturgis remain and will remain, I think, very humble about this.

And what's been able to happen for him personally and this jury that it really is remarkable what he's been able to do.

He is absolutely built the program over the last 10 seasons.

And that's not an easy thing to do.

First of all, have longevity in college coaching in any sport is remarkable.

Much less to be able to give it to be given 10 years to be able to build something that you don't just have success in the year.

2 in the SEC in football.

It's just not possible.

So this was a real luxury that Mark Stoops is afforded by the staff and administration at the University of Kentucky to really try to be able to build something and it started with recruiting.

He was able to get this done from a recruiting perspective and bring kids in that would really buy into what they were selling, which was trying to create something.

And that's not always an easy thing to do.

So a remarkable what he's able to do, the amount of work that goes into being able to do something like this coaching period.

But then to be able to build a program and make it sustainable has really impressive with what he's able to do that then you think about what he's the big picture of this is even more remarkable because the fan base for UK football has been desperately wanting to have a real of that program, not just a winning program, but when it's relevant that national pundits are talking about, that people are discussing on ESPN and national media and that's not You know, they started the season ranked in the top.

25 in both polls.

That's the first time that's happened in years.

You think about what he's been able to from 6 straight bowl games to 4 straight bowl wins to putting people in the NFL.

19 players were on active rosters in the NFL when season starting on Sunday.

So all of this is a real testament to what he's been able to do both personally and professionally.

And it's been something that this fan base is wanted for a long time.

>> So true after Kentucky's win over Florida Saturday, the cats are now knife in the AP College Football poll.

It's the highest ranking for the CATS since 2007.

♪ ♪ >> Russian troops are withdrawing from some areas of the Ukraine following a counter offensive attack by Ukrainian forces.

>> Even though the sudden momentum has lifted the morale of Ukrainians.

It's not yet clear if this could signal a turning point in the war that started more than 6 months ago.

This created a humanitarian crisis for one Ukrainian man living in Lexington.

The ongoing war has giving him a mission to help raise support for those in his home country.

>> Christian mission of venues are was found in 1999. by my my uncles and my father.

When we came from Ukraine in 1991, we were trying to understand what God send us here to us for.

We wanted to give back to a country that we came from.

And so we were looking for ways to help people in charity.

When the war broke out in and we thought that was going to be a short time.

Sadly enough were out over 7 months now in this conflict.

But just unbelievable of how much loss and how much destruction the country had has been.

But for.

Everyone from the eastern side of Ukraine got relocated to different parts of the country.

In March.

April, we started collecting for containers and the response we got from the communities here, it was so amazing.

We were able to load for containers of clothes, food, medical supplies, baby food, different types of surprised that people were able to bring.

We.

We took all the supplies, the home safely got that.

And they were able to distribute them to the refugees that were coming over from the eastern side of the green.

And those 4 containers, right?

Really fast because these people are coming with nothing.

They were just coming in they got picked up from, you know, either the basement or or some sort of shelter and they were brought to the centers in the western Ukraine where they got close to where they got support from food found a shelter, a place for them to stay the community in Ukraine was very happy and grateful for everything that they received.

This people come to the centers.

We want to is all these necessities that they need.

The winter months are coming.

We're looking for winter clothes jackets hats boots.

Ukraine isn't a ordinary, a Kentucky in winter Winter is more like Syracuse, New York winter to kind of give you comparison to what the winner looks like.

So you need to bundle up me as a Ukrainian.

I'm I'm I'm going to do everything I can to help my country.

I'm just happy to be part of that community that we can do something to help these people to get back on their feet or at least survive until one this war ends.

♪ >> And business and jobs.

News now and Section is headed to Louisville.

It's an industrial commerce and supply chain digitization company.

It plans to invest 125 million dollars over 5 years, creating 200 full-time jobs.

Mayor Greg Fischer says inception decision to locate in Louisville proves the city has the tech talent businesses need.

Also in Louisville, chemical Industrial Engineering will expand its operation and best $264,000 and create 24 full-time jobs.

And in Whitley County Rengifo supply won best 8 and a half million dollars and create.

25 more jobs.

A crop with significant ties to Kentucky's past his growing tall on 3 historical sites in Central Kentucky.

Farmington, Historic Plantation, Louisville Shaker, Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrisburg and Ashlan.

The Henry Clay Estate in Lexington, our educating visitors about the foundational role hemp is played and Kentucky's agricultural heritage.

It's also part of an effort to highlight the revival Hampus having across the state.

>> A lot of Kentucky's don't now how important hemp was >> to early economy when we discover Kentucky's were temp history and heritage here in the state.

Our goal is to start partnering with historic sites with ties to that early industry.

The writing you see here behind us is actually a variety out of China.

We planted here at ashlan 100 cases, state on the 31st of May by partnering with the sights and growing here at these locations were really able to.

I'm kind of remove some of the the stigmas that were around it and get people excited about its history and heritage and want to come in for state today.

>> Since hemp with such an important part of Henry's agricultural plans here.

We wanted to be a part of that.

>> We have now since 2014 had plot, we discuss hemp production in Ashland from a variety of perspectives to help you see behind us is actually traditionally used for fiber production.

Historically wrote bagging that sort of thing Clothes, linens, construction materials, carp and ring.

>> Hence is food.

It is fuel.

It is 5 or it's been a terrific partnership that's enabled us.

Not just to tell the story of this.

The historic relevance of hemp.

>> But also to bring it into present day, which that's what we're trying to do here is to show how history is relevant.

2 things that we're dealing with today.

>> We don't shy away from telling the entire history of hemp in Kentucky.

An unfortunate part of that history was the 5, but it is so heavily tied to the enslavement here.

>> So the more that we looked at, the hemp production took place here, the more we learned about the in slave people.

And that's where we discovered and looked in our books to see that Henry at various times had over 60 enslaved people here and he could not have achieved the prosperity that he had.

Without that we were able to.

Put together our new tour called traces slavery at Ashlan that that sheds light on these people and their contributions to Ashland in Lexington.

>> Those stories also important today as we look to rebuild that industry and revisit those areas and make it bigger and better than it was before camp was once the primary cash crop of the state.

In fact, the state produce more of it than any other.

>> As we are now embarking on returning to it as a cash crop, we can look to the past as inspiration for the president and the future that we can believe that we can be successful with this.

>> You can view the fiber hemp crops at any one of the 3 historical sites throughout the month of September.

♪ >> Rockets and UK football have both been in the news lately.

Toby Gibbs has a little of both in tonight's look at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> September 18th, 18, 60 won.

The Kentucky General Assembly declared Kentucky's loyalty to the union during the Civil War days after a Confederate attack in Hickman County.

The General Assembly's move didn't stop Confederate sympathizers for meeting in Russellville in November and passing a resolution creating a provisional Confederate government.

A rocket launch on September 13th 2012 included an important Kentucky payload.

It carried a satellite built at Morehead State University.

It was the first satellite ever built in its entirety in Kentucky.

>> And it carried an X-ray detector.

Used to learn more about the physics of the universe is creation.

Louisville's WLKY signed on the air on September.

16th 1961 as an ABC affiliate in 1990, it became a CBS affiliate.

>> Among its alumni, Kentucky's Diane Sawyer, who worked there from 1967, to 1970, and later went on to CBS and ABC.

We're marking a pair of important birthdays.

This week, George Blanda was born September 17, 1927.

In Pennsylvania.

He became best known as a quarterback and kicker at the University of Kentucky from 1945.

To 1948, playing under Coach Bear Bryant.

2 of those 3 years.

He spent 26 years in the NFL playing until the age of 48 landed died in 2010.

And the father of Bluegrass Music Bill Monroe was born 9/13/1911, in Rosie in Ohio County began playing the mandolin as a child.

Eventually Monroe and his band, the Blue Grass boys.

We developed a distinctive sound that would come to be known as Blue grass music.

Monroe died in 1996.

Those are a few of the important moments this week in Kentucky history.

>> Thank youto be livestock and produce what you typically find on a farm.

No doubt.

But in this story from Kentucky life, you'll see how one family farm in Franklin County became the perfect spot for artists.

>> Josephine's Culture Park is about 20 acres and we have about 50 sculptures here, sculptures and murals from artists all over the world.

Actually, we have visiting artists that come and builds cultures here.

We have artists that brings cultures here that were made of the places we trace cultures.

Plus other sculpture park Senate.

Sometimes ours will come here.

Bills work on site as part of a community workshops, things like that.

And so we require the work in lots of different ways.

We really want to have a variety of things in terms of materials, scale.

Concept.

You know, there are some things that are maybe a little bit more realistic or traditional.

There's other things that are super wacky and weird and everything in between and again, that's to try to connect with a variety of different people.

We all like different things and it is all on loan from the artists.

So it changes often as does the natural environment of the park.

♪ ♪ The nature changes the pads change.

We grasp as through the meadow, you know, really enabling the art and the landscape to coexist.

I'm very naturally.

The mission is 2 fold to provide free art experiences for to the community while conserving the beauty of the native for a landscape.

We believe the arts are for everyone.

You don't have to know a darn thing about the culture to come out here and to look at something and be moved by it and you won't get that about everything.

But certainly there will be some pieces that you think.

Wow.

I kind of that, you know, and that's the kind of place that we want to be.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> It brings an access to the arts that people didn't have so readily before and and access to nature.

It's here for you to put yourself into and to learn more about yourself and nature and art and others.

At the same time, the park with open >> Joseph things, Culture Park is free and open every single day from dawn until dusk.

365 days.

A year.

It really is a place that you can just come explore in your home.

I would like people to know about this culture park.

I want everyone to feel like they're welcome.

I want everyone to come here just it's a place for you.

>> Beautiful the park with open like that when our nature collide, certainly it's a place of beauty when we vote on November 8th, you'll see more than just people on the ballot will tell you about 2 constitutional amendments are on the ballot this time around and November.

That's tomorrow night on Kentucky edition.

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We're going to talk about COVID monkey pox, polio and the flu.

You don't want to miss that very engaging and informative discussion coming up at 08:00PM Eastern 7 Central right here on KET.

Until I see you again.

Take really good care.

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