[♪♪] >> I THINK THEY COULD EITHER BRING THEIR SCHOOL LUNCH OR PACK WHAT'S OFFERED TO THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS TOO COMPLICATED.

>> Renee: STATE LAWMAKER WANTS TO CHANGE WHAT IS ALLOWED IN SCHOOL MEALS BUT NOT EVERYONE IS JUMPING ONBOARD.

>> I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE STABILITY FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY KIDS TO SHOW THEM THE WAY THAT IS POSSIBLE.

>> Renee: SEE HOW ONE COMMUNITY IS BUILDING UP ITS NEIGHBORS.

>> HAPPY CONSTITUTION DAY TO EVERYBODY WATCHING, EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE.

>> Renee: AND KENTUCKIANS CELEBRATE THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION'S 238TH BIRTHDAY.

>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" FOR THIS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER THE 18TH I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

>>> A LEXINGTON ORDINANCE BANNING THE USE OF NO KNOCK WARRANTS IS UNFORCIBLE THAT IS THE RULING FROM THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT TODAY WHICH SAID THE ORDINANCE IS IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW.

THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY STOPPED SHORT OF BANNING NO KNOCK WARRANTS AND PUT TIGHT GUARDRAILS AROUND THEIR USE WITH THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 4 IN 2021.

THE LEGISLATION WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE 2020 DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR SHOT AND KILLED BY LOUISVILLE POLICE USING A NO KNOCK SEARCH WARRANT.

THE CITY PASSED ITS OWN BAN LATER THAT YEAR BEFORE SENATE BILL 4 WAS PASSED.

A SPOKESPERSON WITH LOUISVILLE'S MAYOR'S OFFICE SAID ITS ORDINANCE IS DIFFERENT THAN LEXINGTON'S AND THE CITY'S BAN REMAINS IN PLACE.

>>> A REPUBLICAN STATE LAWMAKER WANTS TO GET RID OF ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS IN K-12 SCHOOLS AND WANTS TO DO IT BY A NEW LAW.

LEGISLATORS SAY IT'S ASKING TOO MUCH OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHERS SAY IT IS IN LINE WITH A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT.

OUR EMILY SISK BREAKS IT DOWN IN TONIGHT'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

>> THE MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN KENTUCKY TASK FORCE HEARD FROM ARE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ABOUT SCHOOL MEALS ON WEDNESDAY.

NEARLY 80% OF KENTUCKY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVE FREE MEALS AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION.

>> SCHOOLS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CEP IF 25% OR MORE OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS CERTIFIED.

>> THE DIRECTOR SAID SCHOOLS MUST FOLLOW NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF MEALS THAT INCLUDES OFFERING A FRUIT, VEGETABLE, MILK, GRAIN AND MEAT FOR LUNCH.

THE CO-CHAIR OF THE TASK FORCE SAID THE PROBLEM IS STUDENTS DON'T ALWAYS EAT WHAT IS PROVIDED.

>> YOU GIVE A KID GOING THROUGH THE LINE AN APPLE ON THEIR TRES, EVERY KID GETS AN APPLE AND THE END OF THE LUNCHTIME AND THE TRASH CAN IS FULL OF APPLES.

HOW DO WE INCEPT ADVISE KIDS NOT JUST PUTTING THIS IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT TO EAT IT.

>> THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION WHEN CHILDREN COME TO SCHOOL AND NOT USED TO EATING HEALTHY MEALS AT HOME THEY WILL NOT EAT AT SCHOOL.

IT HAS TO BE A COMMUNITY APPROACH.

>> THE DIRECTOR SAID IT'S ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOLS TO SERVE FOODS THAT ARE FLAVORFUL AND HEALTHY.

A REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER TOOK THINGS A STEP FURTHER SAYING HE WANTS KENTUCKY TO PASS A BILL RESTRICTING ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS IN SCHOOLS.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEVE DONE INTRODUCED THE BILL DURING LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION BUT IT DID NOT GAIN TRACTION.

THERE ARE 11 CHEMICAL ADDITIVES THE LEGISLATION WOULD PREVENT INCLUDING RED DYE 40 AND YELLOW DYE 5.

>> YOUR ADDITIVES IN CANDIES AND BAKED GOODS, CEREAL SPORTS DRINKS THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THAT NORMAL NUTRITION THAT YOU NEED.

>> ONE LAWMAKER QUESTIONED HOW THE BILL WOULD FINANCIALLY IMPACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>> MY OWN FAMILY TO BUY SOMETHING THAT HAS BEET JUICE, I WILL PAY MORE FOR IT OR GET LESS.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE DONE A FISCAL IMPACT STUDY ON IMPLEMENTING AND CONTINUING THE PROCESS.

>> REPRESENTATIVE DONE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE CHANGE COULD COST SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAID HE THINKS THE BILL IS TAKING THINGS TOO FAR FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

>> I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT NUTS TO FORCE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO BUY VERY EXPENSIVE BAGS OF CHIPS AND FRUIT CHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO PROVIDE TO THE STUDENTS.

I THINK THEY COULD BRING THEIR SCHOOL LUNCH OR TAKE WHAT IS OFFERED TO THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS TOO COMPLICATED.

>> HE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM LAWMAKERS SAYING THE BILL FALLS IN LINES WITH CHANGES HAPPENING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY SISK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU.

REPRESENTATIVE DONE SAYS HE PLANS TO FILE THE BILL AGAIN DURING THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH BEGINS IN JANUARY.

>>> U.S.

SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY CLASHED YESTERDAY WITH DR.

SEUSS AN MONARREZ, THE C.D.C.

FIRED AFTER 29 DAYS ON THE JOB.

MONARREZ TESTIFIED TO THE HEALTH COMMITTEE PREVENTIBLE DISEASES LIKE WHOOPING COUGH AND POLIO COULD MAKE A COMEBACK BECAUSE OF SECRETARY ROBBED KENNEDY'S ANTI-VACCINE PUSH.

SHE WAS FIRED BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO FIRE C.D.C.

OFFICIALS WITHOUT CAUSE SHE SAYS.

HERE IS SENATOR PAUL QUESTIONING Dr.

MONARREZ ABOUT GIVING A HEPATITIS C VACCINE TO A NEWBORN WHEN THE MOTHER DOESN'T HAVE HYPE AT THE TIMETIES.

>> THE HEPATITIS-B VACCINE IS GIVEN TO NEWBORNS WHAT IS THE MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC REASON AND PROOF FOR GIVING A NEWBORN A VACCINE IF THE MOM IS HEP B NEGATIVE?

OF THE.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ASSERTION -- >> WHAT IS THE MEDICAL REASON FOR GIVING A HEP B VACCINE WITH THE NEWBORN?

WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CHILDHOOD, WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING WHAT IS THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE AND YOU SHOULD BE THE BURDEN SHOULD BE ON YOU YOU MAKE ALL THE KIDS TO TAKE THIS THE BURDEN IS ON YOU TO PROVE TO US WE NEED TO GIVE OUR SIX-MONTH-OLD A VACCINE AND THE ONE DAY OLD A HEP B VACCINE.

>> I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

AND I WAS OPEN TO THE SCIENCE.

I JUST WOULD NOT PRECOMMIT TO APPROVING ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT THE SCIENCE.

>> UNTRUE.

>> Renee: ALSO ON CAPITOL HILL CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY'S FOURTH DISTRICT QUESTIONED F.B.I.

DIRECTOR KASH PATEL DURING A COMMITTEE MEETING.

EARLIER IN THE WEEK, PATEL TESTIFIED TO A SENATE COMMITTEE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE JEFFREY EPSTEIN TRAFFICKED WOMEN TO OTHER MEN.

MASSIE TOLD PATEL THERE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT SAY THE OPPOSITE.

>> ACCORDING TO VICTIMS, WHO COOPERATED WITH THE F.B.I., AND THAT INVESTIGATION, THESE DOCUMENTS IN F.B.I.

POSSESSION, YOUR POSSESSION DETAIL AT LEAST 20 MEN INCLUDING Mr.

JESS DAILY C.E.O.

OF BARCLAY'S BANK WHO JEFFREY EPSTEIN TRAFFICKED VICTIMS TO, VICTIMS INCLUDING MINORS SUCH AS VIRGINIA ROBERTS, MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AND INCLUDES AT LEAST 19 OTHER INDIVIDUALS ONE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER WORTH A FEW HUNDRED MILLION.

ONE PRINCE, ONE INDIVIDUAL IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

ONE BANKER.

ONE HIGH PROFILE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.

ONE HIGH PROFILE FORMER POLITICIAN.

ONE OWNER OF A CAR COMPANY IN ITALY.

ONE ROCK STAR, ONE MAGICIAN.

SIX BILLIONAIRES INCLUDING ONE FROM CANADA.

WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE EXIST IN THE F.B.I.

FILES THAT YOU CONTROL.

>> Renee: PATEL SUGGESTED THE INFORMATION WAS DEEMED NOT CREDIBLE BY PROSECUTORS.

an Impeached mayor is suing his city, and Logan County has a new life saving device.

Our Toby Gibbs has more in this look at headlines around Kentucky.

TOBY GIBBS HAS MORE IN HEADLINES AROUND KENTUCKY.

[♪♪] >> FORMER MAYOR RANDALL WEDDELL IS SUING THE CITY OF LONDON TRACIE HANDLEY AND THE LONDON CITY COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL IMPEACHED HIM SEPTEMBER 5 ON A DOZEN CHARGES.

SOME OF THEM RELATED TO HANDLING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

WEDDELL SAYS HIS REMOVAL FROM OFFICE VIOLATED STATE LAW.

HE CALL IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ARBITRARY AND SAYS IT WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE.

>>> A BIG CROWD TURNED OUT FOR THE OLDHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AUGUST 25 AS THE BOARD CONSIDERED A PROPOSAL TO LET THIRD-FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS LEAVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONCE A WEEK FOR AN HOUR OF MORAL INSTRUCTION.

IT IS A PROGRAM MADE POSSIBLE BY THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 19 EARLIER THIS YEAR.

ACCORDING TO THE OLDHAM ERA, BACKERS WORE RED AND CRITICS WORE BLACK.

>>> PRESTON'S WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE LIFE TEAM AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER.

THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED SEPTEMBER 3 TO RENEW THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH AIR EVAC ACCORDING TO THE CHRONICLE AND TIMES.

THEY PROVIDED 56 TRANSPORTS FOR PEOPLE IN PRESTON'SBURG LAST YEAR.

>> THE NEWS DEMOCRAT AND LEADER REPORTS LOGAN COUNTY NOW HAS KENTUCKY'S FIRST GRAIN BIN RESCUE VACUUM AFTER A GRAIN BIN ACCIDENT LAST YEAR.

IN DECEMBER, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUED A MAN TRAPPED IN A GRAIN BIN THE MAN WAS SAVED THE FIRE CHIEF SAID HIS DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE A FULL-SCALE RESCUE.

ORGANIZERS RAISED $86,000 AND THE STATE CONTRIBUTED $18,000 TO BUY THE GRAIN BIN RESCUE VACUUM.

WITH HEADLINES AROUND KENTUCKY, I'M TOBY GIBBS.

I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Renee: YESTERDAY, KENTUCKY MARINES CARRIED A SINGLE AMERICAN FLAG 70 MILES THROUGH THE STATE.

THEY BEGAN AT A CEMETERY IN FLEMING COUNTY AND CONTINUED WEST TO FRANKFORT CEMETERY BOTH SITES OF FAMOUS KENTUCKY MARINES WHO RAISED THE AMERICAN FLAG IN WORLD WAR II AND TRIPOLI IN THE EARLY 1800s.

THE RUN HAPPENED ON CONSTITUTION DAY, A REMINDER OF AMERICANS' RIGHTS UNDER THE LONGSTANDING DOCUMENT.

>> DO YOU SWEAR TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

>> IT'S CONSTITUTION DAY.

HAPPY CONSTITUTION DAY TO EVERYBODY WATCHING, EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE.

>> WE, AS MARINES, SOLDIERS, SAILORS AIRMEN WE TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.

WE UNDERSTAND IT.

WE'VE READ IT.

WE HAVE A HOMEOWNERS MANUAL.

WE HAVE THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IN A POCKET SIZED DOCUMENT.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THESE DOCUMENTS AND YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS PUT INTO THEM, THEY REFERENCE THE FACT THESE RIGHTS COME DIRECTLY FROM GOD NOT A THIRD PARTY CONTROL MECHANISM THAT IS UNELECTED OR UNCONTROLLED BY THE OWNERS WHICH IS US.

SO WE MUST UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUPERVISING WHO YOU HAVE ASKED TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND BE IN THOSE PLACES.

THIS IS A PROCESS THAT THERE ARE MANY AVENUES WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TEACH OUR COUNTRYMEN BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS ENTIRE YEAR FOR ENTIRE 12 MONTHS WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF EVENTS.

EACH HAVE COMMEMORATED MARINE CORPS HISTORY AND IMPORTANTLY AMERICAN HISTORY.

AND BY TELLING THE STORY, SHOWING AND TELLING THE STORY, WE HOPE OTHERS WILL BE MOTIVATED TO SAY WE HAVE A STORY TO TELL, TOO.

WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE BETTER ADVANTAGE OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP RIGHTS SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN.

AMERICA'S BEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD.

WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR 250TH BIRTHDAY AND PROVIDE A TEMPLATE THAT WE HOPE CAN BE USED BY ORGANIZATIONS WITH A LOCAL STORY TO TELL.

[♪♪] >> Renee: SUNDAY IS WORLD ALZHEIMER'S DAY EVERY SEPTEMBER 21.

IT IS A DAY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF THIS DEVASTATING DISEASE.

WITH NEW MEDICATIONS, GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERIES AND INNOVATIVE PREVENTION STRATEGIES EMERGING, THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S IS GAINING MOMENTUM.

CHRISTIE DUTTON SAT DOWN WITH Dr.

COOPER A LEADING AUTHORITY IN THE FIELD TO DISCUSS WHAT THESE ADVANCEMENTS MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF ALZHEIMER'S.

PART OF KET'S THE NEXT CHAPTER INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON THE REWARDS AND CHALLENGES OF GROWING OLDER.

>> JOINING ME IS Dr.

GREGORY COOPER FROM THE NORTON NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE.

Dr.

COOPER EVERY TIME I OPEN THE NEWS THERE'S SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH.

AND YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THE NEW TREATMENT THAT SEEMS REALLY PROMISING PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BENEFITING FROM.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD A NEW CLASS OF MEDICATIONS COME OUT ANTI-AMYLOID TREATMENTS.

THE IDEA IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS THAT THE DEPOSITION OF THIS PROTEIN AMYLOID LEADS TO MANY OF THE CHANGES WE SEE.

NOW WE HAVE MEDICATIONS THAT REMOVE THAT AMYLOID THEY ARE NOT A CURE BUT THEY SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESS OF THIS DISEASE.

>> SO EARLY DETECTION EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS KEY, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.

IF PEOPLE HAVE ADVANCED TO MORE MODERATE OR SEVERE STAGE THEY MAY NOT BE CANDIDATES.

>> MAYBE START NOTICING SOMETHING FROM A LOVED ONE THEIR MEMORY IS STARTING TO FADE OR BECOME CONCERNED, THE SOONER YOU GET THEM -- >> THE SOONER THE BETTER TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS AND THEN TO CONSIDER TREATMENT OPTIONS.

>> AND ALSO NOW THERE IS A BLOOD TEST THAT CAN FIND A BIOMARKER.

TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> THAT IS AN EXCITING FIELD.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS LOOKING AT BIOMARKERS, PROTEINS IN THE BODY THAT TELL US WHETHER SOMEONE IS LIKELY OR UNLIKELY TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

UP UNTIL NOW WE HAVE PRIMARILY LOOKED IN SPINAL FLUID WHICH IS A PROCEDURE THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH OR A PET SCAN OFTEN NOT AVAILABLE NOW THERE ARE BLOOD TESTS THAT ARE HIGHLY ACCURATE.

NOW, THEY HAVE TO BE USED IN THE RIGHT SITUATION.

BUT IN THE RIGHT SITUATION THEY ARE ACCURATE AND GIVE US GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF ALZHEIMER'S SUCCESS.

>> THAT WOULD MEAN ALZHEIMER'S HAS TO BE PRESENT IS THERE AN AGE YOU CAN START THIS?

>> THEY ARE APPROVED FOR PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 50.

AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME EVIDENCE ON YOUR EXAM OF MEMORY IMPAIRMENT.

IF SOMEONE IN THEIR 40s OR 50s WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF MEMORY LOSS TOOK THE TEST WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET IT.

IN SOMEONE WHO HAS THE FINDINGS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THIS TEST CAN CONFIRM THAT DIAGNOSIS.

>> THAT IS EXCITING.

ALSO, EXCITING NEW FINDINGS ABOUT PREVENTING ALZHEIMER'S.

>> RIGHT.

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING AREA.

IT'S BEEN SAID NOW UP TO 45% OF DEMENTIA IS PREVENTIBLE.

THAT IS A REALLY LARGE NUMBER.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES LOOKING INTO REALLY A LIFESTYLE APPROACH.

A LIFESTYLE APPROACH LOOKING AT EXERCISE, LOOKING AT DIET, NUTRITION, COGNITIVE EXERCISE, SOCIALIZATION ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN THAT HELP LOWER OUR RISK OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN.

IT CAN IMPROVE OUR LEVEL OF COGNITION AND MAY HELP PREVENTED THE ONSET OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT LATER ON.

>> DIET AND EXERCISE.

TRIED AND TRUE YOU HAVE TO PUT THE WORK IN.

AND ALSO, I'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE NEWS ABOUT WE THINK OF OZEMPIC AS TREATING DIABETES, BUT IT MAY SHOW PROMISE FOR ALZHEIMER'S?

>> IT MAY.

WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE IN EARLY DECEMBER.

THERE IS AN ANNUAL MEETING CALLED C TAP.

AND THE SPONSOR OF THIS TRIAL WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR RESULTS.

AND WE'RE ALL HOPEFUL THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE MORE TOOL IN ONE 0 MORE MEDICATION THAT CAN SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESS OF THIS DISEASE.

>> THAT WOULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH.

>> THAT WOULD BE A VERY BIG DEAL THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THIS IS ALL EXCITING NEWS.

Dr.

GREGORY COOPER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE WITH US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Renee: AND THANK YOU, CHRISTIE.

IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR LOVED ONE'S MEMORY IS SLIPPING AND WANT TO LEARN MORE THE NORTON INSTITUTE IS HOSTING THE EXPO ON SAT OCTOBER 11TH.

YOU CAN HEAR FROM EXPERTS ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S, MIGRAINES AND STROKES THIS IS FREE BUT SPACE IS LIMITED FOR INFORMATION VISIT NORTON HEALTHCARE ON-LINE AT NORTON HEALTHCARE.COM OR CALL 502-629-1234.

>>> WOMEN ARE THE ONES WIELDING THE HAMMERS AND SAWS AS WORK BEGINS ON ANOTHER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOME IN LEXINGTON PART OF HABITAT'S REVITALIZED WOMEN BUILD PROGRAM.

>> WOMEN BUILD.

A NOUN AND A VERB.

A MOVEMENT AND ACTION.

A NAME AND A CALLING.

AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WOMEN BUILD EVERYDAY.

CAREERS, BUSINESSES, WOMEN BUILD FAMILIES, WOMEN BUILD NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES.

AND HERE AT LEXINGTON HABITAT WOMEN BUILD SOMETHING ELSE THAT CHANGES LIVES FOREVER.

HOMES.

>> I WILL BE MOVING IN WITH MY TWO AMAZING CHILDREN AND OUR DOG.

WE ARE MOSTLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A YARD, A SAFE SPACE TO PLAY AND A HOME THAT IS TRULY OURS.

>> I LIKE TO CALL OUR BUILDS SACRED GROUND.

BECAUSE HERE IS A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COME TOGETHER.

WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.

PEOPLE ARE SIDE-BY-SIDE WE DON'T KNOW YOUR BACKGROUND WE DON'T KNOW YOUR BELIEFS, WE DON'T KNOW YOUR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.

BUT EVERYBODY IS BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR ONE THING TO SWING A HAMMER AND SUPPORT SOMEONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> WE HAVE TO KEEP ON THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THE PRICES ARE GOING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

AND IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER FOR FOLKS TO AFFORD TO BUY A HOME.

AND IN SOME CASES TO RENT A HOME.

SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS.

>> INTEREST'S JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE STABILITY FOR MY FAMILY FOR MY KIDS TO SHOW THEM THE WAY AND THAT IS POSSIBLE.

>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A PROCESS THAT GOES FROM APPLICATION TO GOING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HOMEOWNER GOING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL CLASSES THAT TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY AND BEING NEIGHBORS.

PUTTING IN 250 HOURS OF SWEAT EQUITY ON THIS BUILD SITE AND OTHER PEOPLE'S BUILD SITES AT OUR RESTORE TO GET TO THE POINT THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP IS POSSIBLE.

AND AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE.

ONE OF THE MYTH IS THE THAT HABITAT GIVES AWAY HOMES AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

>> I WANT TO HELP BUILDUP THE FOUNDATION.

I'M NERVOUS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THE HARDHAT ON.

BUT I'M GOING TO WORK ON IT.

IT'S MY CONTINUED JOURNEY AND I'M SO THRILLED IT SEEMS SO SURREAL I'VE BEEN THROUGH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND FINALLY THIS IS FOR ME.

>> Renee: WELL, CONGRATS TO HER.

HABITAT POINTS OUT ON AVERAGE SINGLE WOMEN PAY MORE FOR MORTGAGES AND RECEIVE LESS FAVORABLE TERMS THAN MEN EVEN WHEN CREDIT PROFILES ARE SIMILAR.

[♪♪] LOUISVILLE'S WHISKEY ROW IS EXPANDING NOW BOASTING MORE THAN 10 DISTILLERIES ALONG MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN WHISKEY ROW IS GOING BACK TO ITS ROOTS.

KELSEY STARKS EXPLORES THE HISTORY AND COMEBACK STORY OF THIS HISTORIC BLOCK OF DOWNTOWN IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF "INSIDE LOUISVILLE".

[♪♪] >> NOW, THERE ARE 10 ALONG THIS AREA THAT IT SORT OF EXPANDING.

YOU HAVE THEM ON EITHER SIDE OF MAIN STREET.

THE WHISKEY ROW AND YOU GET TO SEE ALL THE TOURISTS THAT COME AND HOMETOWN TOURISTS.

WHERE DO PEOPLE COME FROM?

AND WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OR WHAT THEY THINK OF THIS AREA?

>> WELL, I WILL TELL YOU TWO THINGS I HEAR ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO LOUISVILLE EVERYONE IS SO FRIENDLY HERE.

AND THEY SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST CITIES I'VE EVER VISITED.

AND WE DO A GOOD JOB IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND THE CITY IS -- THEY ARE AMAZED HOW CLEAN THE CITY IS.

THEY LOVE THE MURALS ALONG MAIN STREET AS WELL THEY ENJOY THOSE.

BUT I'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA, AND FRANCE, FROM ENGLAND, SPAIN, THROUGHOUT EUROPE, GERMANY, NEW, CHINA, JAPAN AND EVERYWHERE COME HERE.

BECAUSE THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE BOURBON.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF WHISKEY ROW?

>> MY VISION IS TO KEEP BUILDING ON WHAT WE HAVE.

THE BOURBON AND WHEN YOU DO PRIVATE INVESTMENT WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT IS A GOOD COMBINATION.

I PUT ON MY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAT BUT THAT IS WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE PURSUED IS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PUBLIC DOLLARS.

AND ALSO, INVESTING IN TO THE STREETSCAPES OF THESE BUSINESSES ALONG MAIN STREET AS WELL.

MAKING THEM MORE PLEASANT TO WALK DOWN THE STREETS.

THE STREETS ARE FINE BUT IF THEY DID AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WOULD TIE THE BLOCKS IN TOGETHER WHERE IT'S CONTINUOUS NOT JUST PIECEMEAL.

>> SURE.

AND DOWNTOWN, LET'S FACE IT GETS A BAD RAP.

>> IT ALWAYS HAS.

>> ALWAYS HAS.

AND BUT NOW BESIDES THE TOURISM PART SEEMS TO BE GOING REALLY WELL.

IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE THAT ARE SORT OF THE PROBLEM GETTING THEM DOWNTOWN.

AND ALL THESE RETAIL PLACES SEEM TO BE CLOSING NOW.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL ON A GOOD TRAJECTORY?

WHAT STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO KEEP IT ON THE UPSWING?

>> I WOULD TELL YOU ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WHEN I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE TARGETED AREAS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, LIKE IF PEOPLE WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR BUILDINGS WE CALLED IT A MODEL BLOCK.

AND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME IN THERE AND RENOVATE THE BUILDING, AND PUT A BUSINESS IN THERE, WE WOULD LEND THE MONEY TO HELP REDO THE FACADE AND ALSO IF THEY NEEDED WORKING CAPITAL TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT WE WOULD LEND MONEY TOWARDS THAT FROM A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LOAN PROGRAM.

A MORE FOCUSED CONCENTRATION FINANCIAL CONCENTRATION AS FAR AS LOANS, STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD HELP SIGNIFICANTLY.

IT ALWAYS AMAZED ME HOW WHEN WE WOULD GO INTO THESE OLDER COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO BEFORE THEY PUT THEIR MONEY DOWN.

ONCE WE START INVESTING EVERYONE JUMPED ONBOARD.

>> Renee: YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT LOUISVILLE'S WHISKEY ROW INCLUDING A TOUR OF THE FORESTER DISTILLERY ON THE NEXT "INSIDE LOUISVILLE" SUNDAY AT NOON EASTERN, 11:00 A.M.

CENTRAL ONLY ON KET.

>>> WELL, TOMORROW WE GO INSIDE KENTUCKY POLITICS AND WE HAVE THE A TEAM, TRES WATSON AND BOB BABBAGE I WILL TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE NEWCOMER TO THE 2026 U.S.

SENATE RACE IN KENTUCKY LOOK FOR THAT TOMORROW NIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" AT 6:30 EASTERN, 5:30 CENTRAL WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

WE HOPE YOU WILL CONNECT WITH US THE WAYS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, FACEBOOK, X AND INSTAGRAM TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND YOU CAN SEE FULL CLIPS AND EPISODES ON-LINE ON DEMAND AT KET.ORG LOOK FOR US ON YOUR SMART DEVICE AND DEVICES ON THE PBS VIDEO APP AND THE KET APP AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND US A STORY IDEA BY E-MAIL TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS KET.ORG.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.