[♪♪] >> DISCONNECTION NOTICES ARRIVE LIKE A DEATH SENTENCE.

ELECTRICITY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, IT'S NOT A LUXURY, IT IS A LIFELINE.

>> Renee: NOW SOME STATE LAWMAKERS ARE HOPING TO TURN A COMMON PRACTICE INTO LAW TO HELP PROTECT KENTUCKIANS DURING TIMES OF EXTREME WEATHER.

>> THESE KENTUCKY MEN WHO ARE MISSING ARE MISSING BECAUSE TERRIBLE SERVING THEIR NATION.

OUR NATION IN TURN, OWES A DEBT TO THESE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> Renee: WE TAKE TO YOU FRANKFORT AS KENTUCKY HONORS ITS POW AND MIA SERVICE MEMBERS.

>> THE ONLY BOURBON BRAND SOLD BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PROHIBITION.

>> Renee: PLUS WE GO TO LOUISVILLE TO SEE HOW BOURBON'S BARREL-AGED HISTORY IS ALSO ITS FUTURE.

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

[♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO KENTUCKY EDITION FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>>> HAVING ELECTRICITY CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IN SEVERE WEATHER SCENARIOS.

ONE LOUISVILLE DEMOCRAT IS TRYING TO REVIVE A BILL THAT WOULD PREVENT UTILITY COMPANIES FROM SHUTTING OFF SOMEONE'S POWER DURING SEVERE WEATHER DUE TO UNPAID BILLS.

IN TONIGHT'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, OUR MACKENZIE SPINK HAS MORE ON THE DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY.

>> IN THIS YEAR'S REGULAR SESSION, SENATE BILL 73 DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE.

TO PREPARE THE LEGISLATION FOR THE 2026 SESSION, THE MEASURE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE INTERIM JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY FOR DISCUSSION.

SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL SAY NO ONE DESERVES TO LOSE POWER DURING SEVERE WEATHER JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.

>> DISCONNECTION NOTICES-THEY ARRIVE LIKE A DEATH SENTENCE.

ELECTRICITY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

IT'S NOT A LUXURY.

IT'S A LIFELINE.

>> LOUISVILLE DEMOCRAT SENATOR CASSIE CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG IS THE SPONSOR FOR SENATE BILL 73, WHICH WOULD PREVENT UTILITY COMPANIES FROM DISCONNECTING SOMEONE'S ELECTRICITY DURING SEVERE WEATHER.

SHE SAYS MANY COMPANIES ALREADY HAVE SIMILAR POLICIES, BUT THAT THIS LAW WOULD MAKE IT A UNIFORM MANDATE.

>> I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT ALL OF THE COMPANIES I'VE SPOKEN TO HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY AND A PRACTICE THAT THEY ENGAGE IN.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF THERE WERE TO EVER BE UTILITY SALES OR MERGERS OR NEW OWNERSHIP, THERE WE'RE SETTING CLEAR GUIDELINES ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT TO PROTECT CITIZENS OF KENTUCKY.

>> THE BILL WOULD PREVENT DISCONNECTION ONLY WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNOUNCES EXTREME COLD, HEAT, OR NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE FLOODS AND TORNADOES.

IN THE PAST 25 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN 15 CASES OF EXTREME COLD IN THE STATE, 41 CASES OF EXTREME HEAT, AND 67 NATURAL DISASTERS.

PROPONENTS SAY THE BILL WILL ONLY COME INTO EFFECT DURING THESE EXTREME SCENARIOS, AND THAT IT DOESN'T LET CUSTOMERS OFF THE HOOK FOR PAYING THE OVERDUE BALANCES.

>> IT DOES NOT FORGIVE ANY KIND OF PAST DUE BALANCE.

IT DOESN'T FORGIVE ANY KIND OF DEBT.

THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT A MOMENT IN TIME THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE, THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO MAKE EXTREME DECISIONS LIKE STARTING A FIRE IN THEIR UNIT AND CATCHING ON FIRE OR HAVING PIPES FREEZE AND UPSETTING THEIR LANDLORD THAT LEADS THEM TO GET EVICTED.

>> ONE LAWMAKER FELT THAT THE FEDERALLY FUNDED LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR LIHEAP, ALREADY MEETS THE NEEDS OF THIS BILL.

>> WE HAVE A LIHEAP PROGRAM WHICH SEEMS TO COVER THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHY WAS THIS NECESSARY GIVEN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A LIHEAP PROGRAM?

>> ONCE A COUNTY EXPENDS THOSE FUNDS, IT'S DONE LIKE IT CLOSES.

I MEAN, IN LOUISVILLE, IT CLOSES WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS.

AND THERE ARE LIMITED FUNDS-THAT IS THE REAL CRUX OF IT THERE, REPRESENTATIVE.

>> ARE THE ENTIRETY OF THE LIHEAP FUNDS EXHAUSTED EVERY YEAR?

>> YES.

>> SEVERAL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ON THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THE BILL WASN'T ADDRESSING THE ROOT PROBLEM: THAT PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS.

CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE JIM GOOCH, SAID KENTUCKY USED TO HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST RATES IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF COAL.

>> THAT CHANGED BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE SOURCES THAT WE WERE USING TO GENERATE OUR ELECTRICITY.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY IS OUT THERE FIGHTING THE UTILITY RATES BECAUSE OF POLICIES FROM WASHINGTON.

BUT THEN THEY WANT TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT, WELL, WE CAN'T CUT PEOPLE OFF OR WHATEVER.

I JUST REALLY GET UPSET WHEN I SEE THAT THE REAL REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM HERE IS BECAUSE UTILITY BILLS HAVE BECOME UNAFFORDABLE.

>> IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE PUSH COAL, WE PUSH FOSSIL FUEL BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANCE AND BECAUSE OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF IT.

IT'S NOT TO POLLUTE.

IT'S NOT TO KILL PEOPLE OFF.

IT'S TO FIND WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN IS TALKING ABOUT-PEOPLE TO AFFORD IT.

>> THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE DISCONNECTION DELAY WOULD BE LIMITED ONLY TO IMMEDIATE TIMES OF DANGER AND NOT DRAGGED OUT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT PAYMENT.

SENATOR CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG SAYS SHE IS ALREADY WORKING TO ADD THOSE PROVISIONS TO THE BILL.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M MAX MACK.

SENATOR CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG SAID THERE WILL ALSO BE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL SEPARATING DISCONNECTION BECAUSE OF UNPAID BILLS VERSUS DISCONNECTION DUE TO SAFETY AND REPAIR NEEDS THAT MAY ARISE DURING SEVERE WEATHER.

WE'RE STILL DRY, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE.

HERE'S THE LATEST MAP FROM THE U.S.

DROUGHT MONITOR.

KENTUCKY HAS MORE OF THE DARKER ORANGE, WHICH MEANS "SEVERE DROUGHT.

AND YOU CAN SEE A SLIVER OF RED IN FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY, ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

THAT MEANS "EXTREME DROUGHT.

THIS MAP WAS COMPLETED TUESDAY.

THE GOOD NEWS?

METEOROLOGISTS SAY OUR WEATHER PATTERN IS SHIFTING AND INCLUDES SEVERAL RAIN CHANCES NEXT WEEK.

>> FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, THE THIRD FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN KNOWN AS NATIONAL PRISONER OF WAR AND MISSING IN ACTION RECOGNITION DAY.

TODAY, VOLUNTEERS GATHERED AT THE KENTUCKY VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IN FRANKFORT TO HONOR THE MORE THAN 83,000 SERVICE MEMBERS STILL CONSIDERED TO BE A POW OR MIA.

THE GROUP WAS JOINED BY STUDIES TO PASS DONED IMPORTANCE OF TODAY'S CEREMONY.

>> NOBODY IS GETTING PAID FOR ANYTHING THEIR OWN TIME AND OWN MONEY BECAUSE WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE YOUNGER GENERATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T KEEP A FOCUS ON THOSE STILL MISSING IN ACTION, THEN THE GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE UP ON THEM.

AND NOT TRY AND FIND THEM BUT THEY ARE IDENTIFYING THE MEN TODAY FROM WORLD WAR II AND KOREA AND VIETNAM.

>> Renee: THE REMAINS OF STAFF SERGEANT HENRY GISH WERE RETURNED TO KENTUCKY FROM VIETNAM.

HE WAS LAID TO REST WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS IN BEREA.

>> INSIDE KENTUCKY POLITICS FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH LOUISVILLE'S WHISKEY ROW IS A >> LET'S TALK ABOUT KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT ACTION THEY STRUCK DOWN LEXINGTON'S BAN ON NO-KNOCK WARRENTS AND IT IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DEFINE THAT FIRST?

>> VERY SPECIAL SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A CONCERN FOR SAFETY, SECURITY, AND SURPRISE, AS A GENERAL RULE YOU CAN LITERALLY BREAKDOWN A DOOR WITHOUT KNOCKING.

>> Renee: DRUG RAIDS?

>> THE EVIDENCE WILL BE DESTROYED SO YOU CAN SURPRISE PEOPLE.

THAT IS THE NO-KNOCK WARRENT.

IT BECAME VERY CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE BROWN AND TAYLOR RAID WAS AS IT WAS EXECUTED WAS NOT A NO-KNOCK WARRENT.

LEXINGTON PASSED A LAW ORDINANCE BANNING IT AND THE SUPREME COURT SAID NO, THE STATE PREEMPTED THAT SPACE.

>> Renee: LOUISVILLE HAS ONE, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> Renee: AND IT'S STILL GOOD?

>> THE WAY THE LAW SOMETIMES WORKS.

BUT THIS PREEMPTION OF STATE VERSUS LOCAL THE WAY LEXINGTON ADOPTED IT, DIDN'T DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.

THE QUESTION IS NOW IT IS A DIFFERENT COUNCIL WILL THEY ADOPT A NEW VERSION TO MODEL THE LOUISVILLE VERSION WHICH THE STRUCK HAS NOT -- COURT HAS NOT STRUCK THAT DOWN.

>> Renee: THERE IS A STATE LAW EVEN THOUGH IT HAS IMITATIONS ON THAT?

>> I DON'T THINK THIS IS HIGH ON THE RADAR SCREEN OF LEXINGTON COUNCILMEMBERS TO DEAL WITH THIS.

>> Renee: CARE TO COMMENT ON THAT, BOB?

>> THE WHOLE SUBJECT BRINGS BACK THE TRAM IN LOUISVILLE AND -- TRAGEDY IN LOUISVILLE AND THAT IS HARD TO TAKE T NEVER SEEMS TO REACH A FINAL POINT.

THE LEXINGTON COUNCIL IS A VERY ACTIVE GROUP AND THEY MAKE A STATEMENT ON THIS RECONSIDERING SOMETHING THEY THINK WILL BE OKAY.

OR TAKING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF SOME SORT.

>> Renee: WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MIGHT DO AND THAT IS A CONVERSATION FOR A LATER TIME.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE U.S.

SENATE RACE AND THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD IS WIDENING.

YOUR PAMELA STEVENSON'S BEEN IN FOR SOMETIME AND TWO OTHER GENTLEMEN BOTH WHO HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND OR PUBLIC SAFETY BACKGROUND VETERANS JOEL WILLETT WHO IS A VETERAN FORMER CHIVMENT.

AND YOU HAVE LOGAN FORSYTHE OF LYON COUNTY IN FAR WEST KENTUCKY THAT DO THE FANCY FARM JOURNEY WE KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

>> FORMER U.K.

PLAYER WENT TO OBVIOUSLY MISS.

HE IS A TRADER.

>> STICK TO TOPIC.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEW CONTENDERS AND WHAT THEIR MESSAGE MIGHT BE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD WHEN CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN VETERANS, A LOT OF THE OPEN SEAT WINNERS WERE LIKE THIS IS THE PROFILE THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN KENTUCKY.

ADAM MOORE WHO WON AN OPEN SEAT IN LEXINGTON.

IT IS A STATE THAT KENTUCKY HAS A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE-DUTY A HIGHER PERCENTAGE AN AVERAGE OF VETERANS RETIREES.

IT IS A PROFILE THAT HAD POLITICAL SUCCESS FOR DEMOCRATS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN KENTUCKY.

>> Renee: MAYBE IT WAS TREY GRAYSON WHO SAID THE ONLY DEMOCRAT THAT COULD MAKE A DENT IS NOT GOING TO ENTER.

>> I SAID THAT ON WHAS.

>> Renee: YOU MAY HAVE SAID THAT.

BOB, DOES THIS MATTER?

IS IT STILL THE REPUBLICAN'S GAME?

>> IT STILL IS BUT YOU HAVE THREE CANDIDATES NOW IN THAT RACE INCLUDING THE FIRST TO ANNOUNCE.

PAMELA STEVENSON, WHO ARE GOING TO TALK MILITARY AND DEFENSE AT A TIME WHEN THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT PERHAPS THAN 2018 WHEN IT SEEMS TO WORK WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF THAT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST RUSSIA-UKRAINE AND OTHER PLACES THESE FOLKS HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING.

WE'VE SEEN OTHER CANDIDATES EMERGE WHO HAVE BACKGROUNDS IN GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE OR MILITARY SERVICE AND TRES IS SPOT ON WITH THE FORTS HERE MANY VETERANS I HEARD GIBBONS YESTERDAY SPEAK AT THE AIR FORCE BIRTHDAY 78TH BIRTHDAY, YOU MEET GREAT PEOPLE REGULAR FOLKS WHO ARE DEVOTED TO THE MILITARY AND GAVE THE COUNTRY YEARS OF THEIR LIFE.

>> ALL THREE HAVE THE BACKGROUND.

>> Renee: 27 YEAR VETERAN OF THE AIR FORCE.

>> WE THINK OF HER MORE AS A POLITICIAN THAN THESE TWO GENTLEMEN.

>> Renee: AND JOEL WILLETT HAD HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOKED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HE WAS ONE OF THE 37.

>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING STORY ANGLE THAT WILL HAVE RESONANCE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

AND THEY HAVE PERSONAL STORIES TO TELL.

HAVING A PRIMARY SOMETIMES PARTIES DON'T LIKE PRIMARIES BECAUSE THEY CAN BE DIVISIVE HAVING A PRIMARY WITH THREE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

AGAIN, I STAND BY WHAT I SAID UNLESS ANDY BESHEAR GETS IN THE RACE THIS IS THE REPUBLICANS TO LOSE.

THEY HAVE INTERESTING STORIES TO TELL AND APPEAR INTELLIGENT.

IT WILL BE BETTER FOR THE PARTY TO HAVE A PRIMARY WITH THOSE THREE HAD WILL GET MORE ATTENTION AND THE WINNER WILL EMERGE A BETTER CANDIDATE TO TAKE ON THE REPUBLICAN.

>> Renee: AND LOGAN FORSYTHE HAS EVERY MAN'S STORY HIS FAMILY WAS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, MEDICAID AND S.N.A.P.

AND HE TALKS ABOUT I'VE BEEN IN THE GUTTER HIS PARENTS SUFFERED FROM ADDICTION HE HAS A PERSONAL STORY THAT WILL RESONATE.

>> HE DOES.

IT WILL PROBABLY DRAW PEOPLE IN LISTENING TO THEM THEY SOUND LIKE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB IN A SPECIAL WAY.

NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING WAY FROM KENTUCKY BEING A RED STATE OR THE ADVANTAGE TO THE RED SIDE GOING INTO 2026.

BUT IT CERTAINLY FILLED OUT THAT RACE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CANDIDATES AROUND THE STATE YOU WOULD THINK THE ELECTION IS THIS NOVEMBER FROM ALL THE ATTENTION GIVEN TO THIS.

BUT IT IS A TIME WHEN WE ARE GIVING -- MUCH DUE ATTENTION TO POLITICS, TO POLITICAL PROCESS, TO THE MOOD OF AMERICA TO THE SOUL OF AMERICA AND THAT IS GOOD.

>> Renee: AND THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO BE TRUMP LIGHT EITHER THEY ARE SEEMING TO BE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES NOT TRYING TO STRADDLE THE FENCE.

>> AND AUSTIN HORN REPORTED THE HORSE TRAINER MAYBE LOOKING AT THE RACE WHO MIGHT BRING MONEY.

THIS HAS BEEN ON THE ONE HAND A QUIET YEAR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ELECTIONS BUT WITH THE SENATE RACE AND THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE WE'VE SEEN ACTIVITY.

THE FILING DEADLINE IS THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY.

JANUARY -- >> Renee: THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JANUARY.

>> A BUSINESS.

I THINK IT'S JANUARY 9TH THAT IS NOT FAR FROM NOW.

ABOUT THREE MONTHS OR SO UNTIL THIS WINDOW CLOSES.

SO AND THEN YOU HAVE A FOUR-MONTH SPRINT TO PRIMARY AND WE WILL BE -- >> Renee: RIGHT HERE SOMEWHERE NEXT DOOR MAYBE.

>> [INAUDIBLE] THAT GIVE IT IS PANACHE ON THE HORSERACING SIDE AND QUITE AN AUTHENTIC FIGURE.

>> Renee: THE RACE IS JUST GETTING STARTED.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN ALWAYS GOOD CATCHING UP WITH YOU.

[♪♪] LOUISVILLE'S WHISKEY ROW IS A COLLECTION OF CAST-IRON STOREFRONTS THAT HOLD A UNIQUE HISTORY OF THE STATE'S BOURBON HISTORY.

TODAY, WHISKEY ROW IS GOING BACK TO ITS ROOTS AND ATTRACTING TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

CHRISTIE DUTTON TAKES US INSIDE THE OLD FORESTER DISTILLERY IN THIS WEEK'S INSIDE LOUISVILLE.

[♪♪] >> OLD FORESTER DISTILLERY IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE A NEW ANCHOR IN HISTORIC WHISKEY ROW.

IN 2018, THEY MOVED BACK INTO THE EXACT SAME BUILDING THAT THEY OPERATED IN IN THE LATE 1800S.

>> WE'VE BEEN ON WHISKEY ROW, FOUNDED ON WHISKEY ROW, AND NOW WE'RE BACK IN THE VERY PLACE THE BRAND STARTED.

>> IT ALL STARTED WITH GEORGE GARVIN BROWN.

>> IN 1870, HE FOUNDED OLD FORESTER.

HE WAS A PHARMACEUTICAL SALESMAN.

HE HAD JUST MOVED TO LOUISVILLE FROM A SMALL TOWN IN KENTUCKY, MUNFORDVILLE, WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED.

>> HE MAINLY SOLD OPIUM AND WHISKEY, BUT IT WAS THE WAY HE SOLD WHISKEY THAT SET HIM APART FROM THE COMPETITION.

>> BACK IN THOSE TIMES, YOU COULD ONLY BUY WHISKEY STRAIGHT FROM THE BARREL.

YOU'D GO TO THE PUB, FILL UP YOUR JUG WITH WHISKEY, AND OFF YOU GO.

GEORGE GARVIN BROWN HAD THE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA OF SEALING IT IN A GLASS BOTTLE.

AND OF COURSE, A GLASS BOTTLE NEEDS A LABEL WITH A NAME.

SO WHERE DID THE NAME "OLD FORESTER" COME FROM?

THIS IS DR.

WILLIAM FORRESTER, A GOOD FRIEND OF GEORGE GARVIN BROWN.

HE WAS A RENOWNED UNION SURGEON, WELL-KNOWN IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA, AND HE ENDORSED GEORGE GARVIN BROWN'S BOURBON.

"OLD," THE CONNOTATION OF "OLD" BACK THEN, SIMPLY MEANT THAT IT WAS AGED-NOT A NEW SPIRIT.

SO "OLD FORESTER" CAME FROM THAT.

>> NAME RECOGNITION HELPED TO POPULARIZE THE BOURBON BRAND, AND THEY SET UP SHOP ON MAIN STREET'S WHISKEY ROW.

>> THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH FROM THIS BUILDING.

THIS IS GEORGE GARVIN BROWN AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE BUSINESS GOINGS-ON.

>> THE BOURBON BUSINESS WAS BOOMING• UNTIL• >> SCREECHING HALT-THE DARK DAYS OF PROHIBITION, WHICH BANNED THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF ALCOHOL IN THE U.S.

IN 1920.

THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE END OF OLD FORESTER'S STORY IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR A VERY LUCKY BREAK.

>> LUCKILY FOR US, BROWN-FORMAN WAS ISSUED ONE OF SIX MEDICINAL PERMITS IN KENTUCKY.

>> SO THEY COULD KEEP SELLING OLD FORESTER, BUT ONLY TO BE CONSUMED AS MEDICINE.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, AMERICA HAD HEADACHES AND HANGNAILS, AND EVERYBODY RAN TO THEIR PHARMACISTS TO GET THEIR WHISKEY, RIGHT?

>> AS BUSINESS SCALED BACK TO STRICTLY PHARMACEUTICAL SALES, OLD FORESTER ABANDONED ITS HOME ON MAIN STREET'S WHISKEY ROW, EVENTUALLY SETTING UP HEADQUARTERS ON DIXIE HIGHWAY.

>> WE'RE THE ONLY BOURBON BRAND THAT'S BEEN SOLD BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PROHIBITION.

>> ONCE PROHIBITION ENDED IN 1933, BOURBON PRODUCTION HIT A FAST PACE.

>>ED LID IS OFF WITH THE DOWNFALL OF PROHIBITION CELEBRATED IN OLD TIME.

OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP-WE ARE THE OFFICIAL DRINK OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

OFFERING NEW VARIATIONS• >> WE HAVE OUR BARREL STRENGTH OPTION, 100 PROOF OPTION, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LOVELY RYE SINGLE BARREL OPTION.

AND FANCY BOTTLES• >> BACK IN THE 50S AND 60S, WE RELEASED HOLIDAY DECANTERS.

>> OLD FORESTER HAS EVOLVED THROUGH ITS 155-YEAR HISTORY, BUT THEIR CRAFT OF BOURBON-MAKING FOLLOWS THE SAME PATH IT ALWAYS HAS.

>> THIS FERMENTER WAS JUST SET THIS MORNING.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S READY TO START CRANKING.

>> BUT TODAY, IT'S ENHANCED BY STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY.

BUT THE BRAND NEVER FORGOT ITS ROOTS.

>> IN 2017-18, WHEN WE WERE MOVING BACK HERE, IT WAS KIND OF A CRAZY MOVE IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE THE BRAND WAS VERY SMALL.

>> IT WAS RISKY BUSINESS FOR THE WHISKEY BUSINESS, BUT THE MOVE BACK TO HISTORIC WHISKEY ROW DISTILLED NEW LIFE INTO AN AGE-OLD LEGACY.

>> WE'RE THE ONLY BOURBON DISTILLERY STILL OPERATING IN THE PLACE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY BORN, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE ON MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE.

>> I'M CHRISTIE DUTTON FOR INSIDE LOUISVILLE.

>> LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS HISTORIC AREA, NOW EXPANDING TO INCLUDE NEARLY A DOZEN DISTILLERIES, ON THE NEXT INSIDE LOUISVILLE.

THAT'S THIS SUNDAY AT NOON EASTERN, 11 CENTRAL, ONLY ON KET.

>> GET OUT AND ENJOY KENTUCKY THIS WEEKEND OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS A LONG LIST OF IDEAS IN THIS WEEK'S LOOK AT WHAT'S UP "AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH."

[♪♪] >> GET READY FOR THE EXCITE.

IN LONDON AS THE WORLD CHICKEN FESTIVAL FOR ITS 35TH YEAR HELD IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF COLONEL SANDERS FRIED CHICKEN IT HONORS CHICKEN HERITAGE WITH A LOOK ALIKE CONTEST THAT DRAWS CONTESTANTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SEE WHO RULES THE ROOST IN THE CONTEST.

AND FOR A HAIR RAISING GOOD TIME, CHECK OUT THE MULLET CONTEST.

IF YOU ARE FEELING PECKISH TRY CHICKEN COOKED UP IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST STAINLESS SKILL LET.

OR PARTICIPATE IN THE HOT WING EATING CONTEST.

LISK MUSIC, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND CARNIVAL RIDES ROUND OUT THIS EGG OF EXPERIENCE.

>> FUN TAKES FLIGHT IN FRANKFORT AS CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT HOSTS AVIATION DAY.

THIS FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT HIGHLIGHTS KENTUCKY'S AVIATION INDUSTRY WITH AN AIRSHOW AND AIRCRAFT DISPLAYS FEATURING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT.

THERE WILL BE INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS TO CHECK OUT AND HANDS ON ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES.

>>> GRAB YOUR KILTS AND CLAN AND HEAD TO THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY CELTIC FESTIVAL AND GAMES.

IT IS A TWO DAYS FILLED WITH MUSIC, TRADITIONAL DANCE, ARMORED COMBAT AND THE STRENGTH AND SPECTACLE OF THE HIGHLAND GAMES AND THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN GET IN ON THE TRADITION WITH THE GAMES AND KNIGHTING CEREMONY FOR THE KIDS AND ARCHER TOURNAMENT THAT IS OPEN TO ALL.

>>> FROM TARTANS TO TOASTS OKTOBERFEST IS IN MADISONVILLE FOR A THIRD YEAR IT HAPPENS SATURDAY AND WILL FEATURE GERMAN CRAFT BEERS AND TRADITIONAL OF GERMAN DISHES TO TRYOUT AND FEATURES LIVE MUSIC, A CHAINSAW WOOD CARVING DEMONSTRATION AND SIP AND PAINT EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO UNCORK THEIR CREATIVITY.

>>> THEY ARE TURNING THE PAVEMENT INTO A PARTY IN SCOTTSVILLE WITH THE RETURN OF A JACKSONIAN DAYS STREET FAIR FESTIVAL.

BOOTHS WITH HAND CRAFTED ITEMS AND COLLECTIBLES WILL BE SETUP ALONG THE STREET AND FOOD AND BAKE SALE BOOTHS.

RIDES, INFLATABLES, GAMES AND A 5K RACE ARE PART OF THIS FUN AT THE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT.

>>> ART MEETS APPETITE AT THE MOREHEAD ARTS AND EATS FESTIVAL FEATURING ARTISTS SHOWCASING CRAFTS, ARTWORK, JEWELRY, POTTERY, TEXTILES WITH LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS SHOWCASING THEIR CREATIONS.

ENJOY LIVE PERFORMANCES AT THIS FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE SATURDAY.

>>> FRANKLIN IS REFFING UP FOR THE CAR AND CRAFT SHOW INTO DOWNTOWN SQUARE SATURDAY.

IT FEATURES CARS TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLES OF EVERY MAKE AND MODEL WITH HANDMADE CRAFTS FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS.

IF YOU THINK YOUR RIDE HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE ENTER IT IN THE SHOW.

AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE TOP 40 FAVORITE VEHICLES AND TOP FIVE MOTORCYCLES.

>>> GREENSBURG IS MOVING AND GROOVING AS IT GETS SET TO HOST THE COW DAYS FESTIVAL.

THE STREET WILL BE PACKED WITH ARTS AND CRAFTS, ANTIQUES, AGRICULTURE, AMUSEMENTS AND A FOOD COURT THAT WILL HAVE YOU GRAZING FROM BOOTH TO BOOTH A COW WILL BE ON DISPLAY GIVING KIDS TO TRY THEIR CHANCE AT MILKING AND LIVE MUSIC TO KEEP THE FESTIVAL HUMMING.

>>> GET INTO THE GROOVE IN OWENSBORO WITH GROOVING ON THE GREEN.

BRING A LAWN CHAIR OR BLANKET TO SETUP ON THE CONVENTION CENTER'S LAWN AND GET READY TO HEAR LIVE JAZZ, BLUES AND R&B MUSIC.

FOOD TRUCKS AND HEALTH PREVENTATIVE BOOTHS WILL BE ON-SITE AT THE EVENT.

>>> THEY ARE GOING FOR THE GOLD IN WILLIAMS TOWN AS THE CITY HOSTS ITS MARIGOLD FESTIVAL WATCH FLOATS DECORATED MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH TOWN THAT INCLUDES LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FROM MUSICIANS, CLOGGERS AND A JUMP ROPE TEAM, A CAR SHOW AND FOOD VENDORS.

>>> DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON IS TURNING UP THE HEAT WITH A FIESTA OF FLAVOR, COLOR AND CULTURE DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

IT BRINGS TOGETHER PERFORM MATTERS, ARTISANS AND FOOD VENDORS AND GIVES EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMMERSE IN LATIN CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC, FOOD AND ART THIS FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT KICKS OFF TONIGHT.

AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH.

I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Renee: LOVE TO SEE THAT MAP.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT HANG IN THERE AFTER THE NEWSHOUR AT 8:00 P.M.

EASTERN TIME, BILL BRYANT AND A TEAM OF KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS TALK ABOUT THE NEWS OF THE WEEK ON "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY."

AMONG THE TOPICS: THE TWO DEMOCRATIC NEWCOMERS TO THE U.S.

SENATE RACE.

PLUS, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THE FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM BUDGET DEFICIT AND A TIGHT STATE BUDGET, MONTHS BEFORE THE 2026 KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS.

THAT'S TONIGHT AT 8 EASTERN, 7 CENTRAL, HERE ON KET.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

I'M REPRESENT REN HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT.

TAKE GOOD CARE.