♪ >> Harlan County picking up over 7 inches of rain in the last 5 days.

Most of that coming from the remnants of Lee.

>> And it wasn't just rain will talk about the damage and power outages across Kentucky.

We made it our goal to stabilize our downtown and create a place for people that would be a destination.

South eastern Kentucky town has its eyes set on growth.

♪ >> And enjoy the sound of Kentucky's all a high school mariachi band.

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

♪ ♪ >> Good Evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Monday, September, the 30th.

Good to see you.

I'm Renee Shaw.

We thank you for starting off your Monday night with OSS.

Cleanup continues in Kentucky after remnants of Lane hit the Commonwealth Friday through Sunday.

>> There are no reports of any deaths in Kentucky, but the death toll has now topped 100 and other southern states affected by home lane.

Rain and winds knocked down trees and damaged buildings in Kentucky.

Some people are still without electricity and crews work to restore it.

The remnants of Lane brought powerful winds and soaking rains to Kentucky.

Our Christine gotten spoke to Shane Home one day from the Kentucky Mesonet about which areas of the state were hit the hardest.

>> Shayne Hollen, D you are monitoring the Kentucky Mesonet 78 whether monitors across the state.

So you got to see in real time the impacts of Kentucky's weather as Hurricane Helene are the remnants of move through right?

>> Yeah, that's right.

That we saw some soaking rains moved through the state, especially late Thursday night Friday and even continue in the part of the weekend.

Is that remnant low?

Can it sort of sit and spend over the region?

We saw generous soaking anywhere from about 2 inches up to upwards of 7 inches of rain all across portions of the state.

>> The highways guard of the state got the got hit the worst with the rainfall.

>> in the east, we had a Harlan County picking up over 7 inches of rain in the last 5 days.

Most of that coming from the remnants of Helene over in the West.

We had Marshall County picking up more than 6 inches of rain in the last 5 days that people know most of the state has been in drought.

Some parts of it in the severe drought or worse than the last couple of This rain not beneficial.

I know it's coming rather late for some of the double crop farmers, particularly the soybean farmers.

This doesn't put the kibosh on not only the drought, but also the burn bans which had become much more numerous.

Do all the dry weather that we've had of late.

>> Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned that.

And were there any flooding issues with this or any flooding issues that still remain now from all that rainfall?

>> We're fortunate here get it that we're only dealing with minor flooding is a result of bullying sewing or near the extent of our neighbors to the south and southeast Denise for Tennessee, Western North Carolina, where the flooding was absolutely devastating.

Solely nothing close to what we had here in eastern Kentucky back in July of 2022. of all total state into the single digits of inches rather than getting into the double digits.

That said there were some scattered power outages at that.

They were quite numerous at the height of this event.

Well, over 100,000, but even that number is nowhere near what we had back in 2008 when the remnants of Hurricane Ike roll through the state to produce a 75 mile per hour.

Wind gusts up in Louisville.

We had power outages to the tune of over 600,000 at one point during the height of that storm.

So, OK, let's talk about what we can guess.

Let's talk about these wind gusts with the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

What were some of the fastest winds we saw and who had most powerful winds in Kentucky, which region too.

>> The strongest wind recorded here in have of the blue grass airport in Lexington, a 65 mile per hour.

Wind gusts there that was clocked back on Friday as fully versed move through as far as an aside to conserve our strongest gust was over the eastern part of the state of Morgan County.

That was up to 60 miles an hour.

So not as strong as winds we have at the March 3rd of last year which got up to hurricane force in some instances.

But these were strong tropical storm force winds that were enough to down some trees and power lines.

>> Okay.

So with the winds and the rain now as we take a look ahead for this week, it's much calmer forecast, but hurricane season is not over yet.

Right?

>> No, it is not that there's been an area that are showing up now for the last several days in the northwestern Caribbean just off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a last check from the National Hurricane Center, they give that up 40% chance of development.

Other computer models are all over the place as far as projected movement.

With that, it's too soon to that this will certainly develop into a hurricane and be that this is going to move into Florida are back into the areas of the southeast that were so ravaged by Holy.

We're just going to have to wait and see.

>> Yeah, wait and see.

That's the name of the game will.

Thank you so much.

Shame.

>> Thank you, Christy.

>> And thank you, Christiane chain Kentucky is helping other states affected by Helene.

Here's a social media post from Governor Andy Beshear.

Quote, Kentucky emergency management has sent an incident management team to North Carolina to assist in disaster recovery.

Thank you for living out our Kentucky values by helping those in need and of quote.

In other news, a Letcher County sheriff has, quote, retired, according to a statement from his attorney Sheriff Shawn Stines is accused of shooting and killing Judge Kevin Mullins in the Letcher County courthouse on September.

The 19th he pleaded not guilty last Wednesday.

Governor Andy Beshear called for Stein's to resign.

But according to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the statement says Stein's retirement is unrelated to any charges.

Louisville has its new police chief Mayor Craig Greenberg swore in Chief Paul Humphrey on Friday.

Humphrey has spent his entire police career in Louisville, WDRB TV reports.

He joined the force in 2006.

He became interim chief of the summer.

There was praise of the new chief during Friday swearing-in ceremony, but he says it's not about him.

>> Thank you.

This is absolutely amazing that this many people have shown up and understand something.

I get it.

It's it's a little awkward time.

People talk about you and say good things about him.

Praise you.

>> But I want you all to know they're saying all those things and supportive of us.

There's people here from all over the country that have come to show their support for LMPD and what we do.

>> So all of the great things that they have said about me today, I understand it's actually about you.

This is about how we work and do this together.

And the reason why they have.

That support and that faith in us is because they trust that we're going to do this job.

Well.

>> The mayor, the chief talked about how Louisville police will move forward protecting the city and reducing violent crime.

Louisville has had 115 homicides so far this year free talked of getting repeat violent offenders off the streets with a program known as group Violence Intervention.

>> We want people that have a different life, a more productive life.

And so that offers made to them.

They are put on notice that we have resources for you to get out of this lifestyle.

But if you don't, we're coming after you.

We're not just coming after you.

We're coming after your entire group.

You have to have social pressures in order to change your behavior.

And we're going to go after those people and pull him out of society.

So they no longer playing our streets.

>> Humphrey is Louisville, 6 police chief in 4 years.

♪ >> Flu season is approaching, though.

The Centers for Disease Control expects this season to be moderately severe.

It says influenza remains a serious public health threat.

The CDC estimates there were 35 to 65 million flu cases in the U.S. during last year's flu season.

Hundreds of thousands were hospitalized because of the flu.

And it claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Overall, Kentucky hands have a higher risk of suffering from complications of the flu says Kevin Hall with the Lexington, Fayette County Health Department.

He says the flu shot is the best defense against the flu.

And that's why departments offering a free flu shot clinic this week.

More on that in Tonights medical news.

>> Last year we had a very busy flu season in more than 3,000 confirmed cases that we dissipate.

Seen another busy season.

Unfortunate flu can be fatal in each year across the country.

As many as 60,000 people die from the flu or its complications, the people at highest risk for senior adults, children who are younger than 5 years of age.

And anyone with a compromised immune system or underlying conditions.

So think about Kentucky.

We have a high incidence of diabetes and smoky.

So you've got people who are already going to be impact with U.S. health conditions that put them at high risk.

That's why it's so important to take the flu seriously.

One reason people and downplayed the severity of the flu does that itself is used to catch offer any Winter Olympics.

People talk about the stomach flu or any time they're 6 and had the flu.

The flu is a very particular illness that can last 7 to 10 days of people who get it.

We often don't want to leave the couch or the bad.

If you've got the flu, you know, you've had the flu, 2 biggest caucus on to the flu or body aches that feeling that you just can't move.

You can't get out of and you're not gonna get off the couch and a high fever.

So if you're experiencing those who want to absolutely make sure you're getting checked out, most people don't need to go to the medical provider if they have the flu.

But if you're somebody who is at high risk, absolutely get checked out.

It really the symptoms of the flu are very common to COVID-19.

Probably one of the reasons we've seen flu numbers, the confirmed cases actually go up as more people are getting to support.

They weren't sure if it was COVID.

They weren't sure if it was the flu.

So if you are sick, you're not sure what you have to talk to your provider.

Make a call, get an appointment to tax.

It's important for people to protect themselves.

Their family by getting a flu shot.

The flu shot is important for anyone ages 6 months and older to get our free flu shot Thursday at Fayette Mall.

You don't have to be a resident of Fayette County.

We just want you to come out and get a flu shot to protect yourself this fall weather.

>> For more information on the free flu shot clinic go to Al AF Ch the Dot Org.

You're never too young to learn about proper oral hygiene.

The University of Kentucky's College of Dentistry is partnering with health first bluegrass to bring a mobile Dennis Clinic to Fayette County Elementary Schools.

The clinic made its first stop at Breckenridge Elementary School last Friday.

>> We've gotten feedback through our dental services that this was section of the partnership at one of our at T DEK officers are able to partner with am at UK and be able to partner with them to be able to provide longer-term treatments, had this kind of more aggressive treatment therapies that patients might not be able to access or and even a kind of go to a point >> Our plan is that every Friday we're going to be one of the schools, the middle schools to 15 her school and the see if they have any needs that might we might feel some.

We're gonna we're bringing our dental students down here.

So they're going to get an opportunity to have better experience and see some of the children and hopefully help some of the children with their down leads.

>> I think it's really important that we're in schools at because that's where kids are.

Right.

So we know that parents come to the schools.

They drop them off.

They're here.

They're teachers are here.

We know little bit at their history.

And so we can when we connect, connect them to services through our medical clinic.

Thank you.

Reach dental services.

Are those had a more unique services that really allows us the opportunity to provide not just that here and that one moment that pride that lifelong care if they KET return visits or follow up and to wrap around that late, sometimes the kids don't have transportation the families or visit their work and can't get them to the to the dentist.

So here's an opportunity to come there and take that element out of the picture.

>> And get an opportunity to see as many as we can.

I think I see about 40 today got free dental chairs in advance.

So most people have a little bit of the fear of dentists.

And what we find out is if we get to them young and talk to him early on that fear isn't it isn't set in so well.

So Kuz is not a death is not a Pena.

Sure.

They have to go to somebody for.

They just go to get looked at and we're pretty good nowadays and dentistry take the pain away so we don't have to worry about what we're doing from dental procedures.

That usually it's pretty comfortable.

So it's a great opportunity for them to me that the data and see what Dennis does and how they can help and and changes.

You can change your life in so many ways.

Some time.

>> If this week is fall break.

But next Friday, the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry Mobile clinic will be at William Wells Brown Elementary School.

♪ The city of Corbin says and not one, not 2, but 3 different counties in southeastern Kentucky.

Whitley knocks in Laurel counties.

Each claim part 10 years in the making.

Downtown Corbin continues to change and grow.

Here's more from the Tri County City that brought us Kentucky Fried chicken.

And tonight's Monday's on Maine segment.

>> When I came in as mayor of almost 6 years ago.

Now, you know, my goal was to make sure that there would be a Corbyn in 100 years.

You know, I was I was looking far into the future.

It's like, okay, we're railroad town without a railroad.

Cole has left, you know, are part of the state.

And with that comes our railroad jobs and all the ancillary businesses.

So how are we going to make sure that Corbyn is going to stay on the map?

And I think we recognize that we were going to have to do something to reenergize our downtown because, you know, once the businesses started moving off of main streets like they did so many places back in the 80's.

You know, you really saw the heartbeat of your starting to to really the Senate right before your eyes.

Corbyn has been one of the trailblazers in southeastern Kentuckyian this region as far as downtown revitalization.

>> Corbin began with the really buying into diverse food, saying with people like Kristen with the Wrigley that opened and seasons restaurant downtown in the depot.

There are really many options for people in the region to come to Corbin for a night out Corbyn does a good job of creating that cluster of places to go.

So you might jump in the car from 30 minutes away from here and say we're going to cordon to not that you don't have a destination and Madi Park the car and get out and see what you where you feel like going into.

And that's something that's really working for Portland.

>> When we when we talked about expanding, we didn't.

>> It was an experiment to go to such a small town.

You know, I think Corbyn has 8 to 9,000 >> So we didn't know if we wanted to expand.

To such a small town, but we wanted to see what happened, though.

It's been it's been fantastic.

What makes a town such as Corbin successful as far as a small town, the Nevada laws and all that is the there's not a single everybody.

It's not a single identity.

So its restaurants, coffee shops, it's all that.

And as long as you've got a very eclectic group of people, I think that really helps what we did do was really >> put a focus on our downtown way.

We made it our goal to, you know, stabilize our downtown and create a place for people that would be a destination.

And, you know, given our railroad history and our downtowns right on the railroad, you know, we already had some assets that we could then build off of.

So we've got a beautiful depot, a train depot.

That's historic.

That, you know, we've fixed up with that its of trains that people can see.

We had some decorative lighting downtown.

We added some planners things like that, you know, really made a difference.

And then, of course, we you know, we've got Harland Sanders so >> that's our big claim to fame.

And they've just done a 3 million dollar renovation, 10 singer's cafe.

And it's just fabulous.

>> Corbin also, I wanted to focus on the art scene.

And so you'll see a lot of visual arts when you go through town, a lot of the murals, a lot of murals that have been here for at least the past 5, 6, years.

But really over the past few years, you're seeing more and more murals popping up downtown that local food and local artist.

Really what we're focused on here in in court.

>> I think that the arts are definitely a huge impact on the revitalization.

Any town, I think Corbyn has definitely harnessed it in a very specific and cautious way to move forward strategically revitalization has taken a long time in Corbin, but I think it's definitely been worth it.

And it's the arts as far as applying.

That is one cog in a bigger machine and so allowing the arts to have a place at the table as he is huge for any community.

And I think that Corbyn really sets the pace quality of life is so important, especially a town of 8,000.

>> So, you know, we created a a place that people want to live.

People want to move here.

People want to stay here.

We welcome new people to come into our and the and it just keeps us vibrant.

It keeps us.

>> Growing >> yes, just it's just a great place all the way around.

There's nothing like.

The foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in my opinion.

>> 2 statement as Corbin grows, so does traffic downtown.

The city is currently taking part in a safer streets for all campaign to find the best path forward for parking and driving on Main Street.

It's National Hispanic American Heritage Month.

And if you're at Lexington's Viva Festival a few weeks ago, you may have seen a performance from Mary Acci Scotto the Marriott to ban from Bryan Station High School.

In fact, it's the only public school in the state with a Mary it band program and so far the director says it's a big success.

>> A class.

It's my favorite thing to do.

I had to guess I love it.

If they love it.

♪ >> Doctor Liggins our superintendent is from Texas and she is huge out in the western part of the country.

And he had a great interest in bringing a little bit of that representation of Hispanic culture to the Bluegrass and Bryan Station High School with a large Hispanic population as well as the Spanish immersion program was the logical choice >> it actually is the folkloric music of Mexico in the same way that here in Kentuckyian we have blue grass, which is the folkloric music of the mountains.

It actually is the folkloric music of Mexico.

It's so valuable because it's to me it's 3 programs and one.

It's language arts because so many of these students don't speak Spanish and they're learning to interpret and perform music in a different league.

It's a theater production on where performers are doing.

>> Different rhythms that don't present in any other type of country music.

It's a completely different art form that is a new to the world of fine art.

>> And so valuable for some of these students to be able to.

Taking something new.

>> It feels very similar eating.

I love it.

I love my uniform.

I love my violin.

Now this year that we have uniform and I get to be part of the group that has a uniform, it's very like, well, while we're like kind of like a debt, you know, like like an actual group of money at you.

Thank you from the lake.

Friends.

It's really exciting to play the songs for other people that haven't even heard of that before.

>> The student interest has been pretty strong.

A lot of the orchestra students have never played or heard Mariachi music.

A lot of the students who have mariachi in their home culture.

I have never picked up an orchestra or band instrument.

So in our first period class this year.

>> We have almost exclusively beginners.

People who had never touched an instrument before have never read music.

And now they're all in band.

I think money at education is really important.

Cause offers a lot of differentiation.

You have students that are brand new to music coming in and kind and kind of started off.

But also once you get into the more advances songs, the trumpet.

>> And the violent parts that are in the ocean is like is very advanced, very challenging.

So you're offering kind of both games.

He can offer these kids that are ready for a challenge.

This really advance music.

That's underperform fun to play on a personal level.

It's my mission in life to have money at education and money.

Action general included in the conversation.

>> As fine art.

The stage is generally set.

4 American classrooms to include Western classical music or Americana.

John Phillip Sousa or Beethoven.

I'm here as a on a personal level and as it is gator to say.

But if you want to belong in that conversation.

>> It's hard to not emphasize enough the importance of this music with him next year.

>> And also, unfortunately, there's a backside to that point and the trail of money that you can sometimes be turned into parity.

And those are negative things that we do talk about with our students the importance of wearing art that I hear that John Doe with pride and elegance because no matter what, no matter where we are performing here in Kentucky, somebody it actually for the first time.

And I would like for their first impression to be wow, elegant.

beautiful.

So expressing upon them, the importance and the pride.

>> Of money at u N Tribal Culture.

Is one of the forefront of the of our class.

♪ >> Bringing mariachi and other world ensemble movements to our district lifts up the students who have heard that at home who have heard that perhaps in their home country or in different parts of our country.

It's wonderful to see them collaborate regardless of where they come from.

>> Or or who they know already or what kind of music they like in this room and this class.

They're all mariachi musicians.

♪ ♪ >> Talent, indeed.

Mariachis Kudo has several more public performances this year, including 3 in October.

♪ >> Friends with the star Brett Retirement Farm is now home to another Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown.

The winner of the 2008 Derby and that year's Preakness arrived at the Georgetown Farm on Friday.

The 19 year-old becomes the 5th Derby and Preakness winner at the farm along with Silver Charm War Emblem, charismatic.

And I'll have another.

Kentucky's win over Ole Miss on Saturday isn't the only newsworthy game between the 2 schools.

Our Toby Gibbs has another one from 57 years ago.

As we look back at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> Lexington establish its first post office on October.

First, 17 94, the post office and the city jail occupied the same two-storey log building.

Former vice President John see Breckenridge fled Kentucky on October.

Second 18?

61, Kentucky did not succeed from the union during the Civil War and the pro Confederate Breckenridge would serve as a Confederate general.

And later is the Confederacy's secretary of war.

Morehead, Normal school held its first classes in a rented house on October.

3rd, 18 87, it became a public college in 1922.

And is now known as Morehead State University.

>> And September 30 of 1967, name nor thing 10 became the first black player to play in the Southeastern Conference football game.

We played for Kentucky against Ole Miss.

Census numbers released September 30 of the 1920 revealed Kentucky's population, 2 million, 416,013 today, more than 100 years later, Kentucky has about 4 and a half million people.

President Dwight D Eisenhower stopped in Lexington on October.

First, 1956, during his successful campaign for re-election.

Mike erode through downtown.

That gave us the to the University of Kentucky's Memorial Coliseum.

Goldenrod became Kentucky's official state flower on October.

First 1942, and it remains the state flower to this day or 2 with this.

We can to KET history.

I'm Joe begins.

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