[Music] I know the citizens of our community in both Brock Castle and Laurel Counties are stretched to the max and the suspect.

The suspect search continues Two days after shootings along Interstate 75.

Commercial airports are often that front door to a region.

And this one is making sure that first impression is a good one.

My great great great grandfather started in 1876 and we've been doing for a while.

I mean, it's got to be good.

If not, we wouldn't be here.

And we're bringing you the true flavor of northern Kentucky.

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Good evening and welcome to Kentucky Edition on this brand new weekday.

It's Monday, September the ninth.

I'm Rene Shaw.

Thank you for spending part of your Monday night with us.

Well, we're taking Kentucky edition on the road again.

This week, we'll be reporting from northern Kentucky, learning some of its history, its culture, including the German influence and its politics.

Coming up, we'll visit the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky airport, Newport on the levy and learn about the savory staple called GETA.

But before we get to that, a look at today's news.

Police continue their search for a man wanted after shootings along Interstate 75 in Laurel County on Saturday.

Police say shots hit 12 vehicles and left five people hurt.

This is making news all over the world.

Police call this man a suspect.

He's 32 year old Joseph Couch.

He's five foot ten, about £150, according to the arrest warrant.

Couch sent a text where he vowed to, quote, kill a lot of people, end quote.

Police say they found couches, SUV on a U.S. Forest Service road off exit 49 near the shooting scene.

And they later found a semiautomatic weapon.

They think it was used in the shootings.

Police searched for Couch all day Sunday, stopped when darkness fell, then resumed the search.

At daybreak today, state police from all across Kentucky have been brought in to help.

Troopers say in some areas the woods are so thick, they're using machetes to chop their way through because couch is still on the run.

About a dozen schools in the area canceled classes on Monday.

State police and the Laurel County sheriff talked to the media around 3 p.m. Eastern time.

We have video from WLS TV in Lexington.

Our goal is to apply steady pressure and wearing Mr. Couch down.

The longer he is in the woods, you know, like last night, it got pretty chilly.

And today it's got kind of human and hot.

Hopefully he has no water and nothing to eat.

And this time that we will wear him down and putting pressure on him with constant steady.

Our our our helicopter flying over drones flying over dogs in the in the woods looking cars running up down the interstate.

Just things like that.

It's putting pressure on him.

And hopefully he'll he'll eventually just walk out of the woods and give himself up.

But at this time, nobody has died.

And let's not make this if if he does have social media, if he does have a family out there that cares for him, you know, turn yourself in and don't make this worse than it is.

You know, just give up and make this and make our community get back to what it is.

State police released this video showing the vast wooded area now being searched.

In other news, water service is on the way to 62 families in Magoffin County.

Last week, Governor Andy Beshear announced a state block grant of more than $1.2 million.

It's part of a $2.5 million project that's taken about five years.

The folks in the far southern end of our county and the far north west end of our county along the state routes didn't have access to water.

I've seen the video that they send me.

I've been to their homes and seen the water coming out of the tap just as the governor spoke about.

I believe that as a child was fortunate enough to be close enough to be had.

Water ran during my teenage years.

I've seen that so far.

Water coming out.

This is going to help make life a little bit better and a quality of life a little bit better for those folks and those far reaching communities in my county.

We've still got a long ways to go.

This has been a marathon.

We've got to get the water lines in the ground.

We've got to get it to the folks.

And hopefully this time next year they will be experiencing what most of our counties are already experiencing.

Magoffin County Judge executive Matt Wiseman says there are still some people in remote parts of Magoffin County who will still be without water.

But he says the county and state are working on ways to help them as well.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman wants to spend more than three and a half million dollars on a statewide opioid prevention program.

The attorney general will present his plan tomorrow to the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission.

The money would go toward a two year prevention program aimed at Kentucky youth.

We'll have more about this tomorrow on Kentucky Edition.

Now to a major economic driver in northern Kentucky, the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport, better known as CVG, open for commercial service back in the 1940s.

Today, it serves nearly 9 million passengers a year.

Our Laura Rogers tells us more about how its growth is helping the region take flight.

Details as Kentucky Edition goes on the road.

Our airport is such a convenience and an asset to our community.

That community comprises not just Cincinnati, Ohio, but northern Kentucky.

Many people are surprised to learn that CVG is here in Kentucky, but we're very proud of that.

That pride is evident by the atmosphere, reflective of the local flair and flavor that make the region special.

We want to make sure that the first taste or first sights within the airport are representative of the entire region.

That means local art and illustrations for this.

Train.

And exhibits from the Cincinnati Museum Center.

We try to bring that also into the airport so travelers get a sense of what our community is like.

We're really proud to bring not only a sense of place and history, but also innovation.

The CVG Airport has seen major improvements over the past 10 to 15 years to accommodate the 30,000 passengers arriving and departing daily.

Our core service of making sure people get where they need to be, whether that's visiting family and friends, relatives or conducting even new business or new trips around the world.

It's also a big boost to business as the sixth largest cargo airport in North America playing a vital role in the global supply chain.

DHL has been a great partner over the years and they've expanded a great deal here at CVG.

And then Amazon Air came on board just a couple of years ago.

You can get one of your shipments on a plane and it can be halfway around the world in a matter of hours.

The TSA.

Passengers can also find themselves on a trans-Atlantic journey on a new British Airways flight to London, supporting tourism and business travel.

That flights are offered on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

So it's a great aircraft to leave here at CVG at about 930, 10 p.m. at night.

And the next morning you arrive in London.

Having a mix of carriers is very important to us.

CVG has expanded its offerings to include 14 airline carriers to offer travelers more options at different price points.

That choice that customers have the variety of places they can go, but also the ways they can get there has helped make the travel more affordable and accessible.

Inspiring a sense of adventure.

Now serving more local travelers than ever.

People are getting out there and experiencing new things, getting to see the world and getting to go to places they've maybe never been before.

We want to make sure that every thing you can think of, whether it's something to eat, something to buy, something to do, educates, entertains and makes your experience at the airport a memorable one.

Memorable for more and more people.

CBJ says traffic at the airport is growing by a couple hundred thousand passengers a year.

We're Kentucky Edition.

I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you, Laura.

CVG is also a major employer for the region with 450 workers at the airport and 16,000 employees across campus.

With its beautiful view of the Cincinnati skyline, the city of Newport, Kentucky and Campbell County draws in visitors from both sides of the Ohio River.

That's in part because of Newport on the Levee, an indoor outdoor entertainment hub for the region, which one of the best views of the Ohio River.

Newport on the levee came to be in 2000 and 2018, late in December, North American Properties acquired it.

So that's one kind of all.

The revitalization took place.

The levee has always been a place where people love to come and gather and celebrate, which has been really cool.

But since Nappi took over, we've really focused on the experience for its guests, so we like to talk about the 14 hour day, right?

Like you can work here, you can play here.

You can go on dates, you can bring your family and you can never get bored.

So this renaissance of the Newport on the levee has been phenomenal.

You know, the current owners, North American properties, I think maybe you might have seen as recently sold it.

But we have 100% confidence that the new owners are going to continue this amazing development, new restaurants opening, new experiences like the Par three golf that just opened Bridgeview Box Park and, of course, anchored by the finest aquarium in the Midwest.

It brings in millions of visitors a year and leaves.

Behind a big economic impact.

But it is something that everyone that.

Lives here in northern Kentucky can take advantage of.

When you come in, you park.

When you come up on this level, which is the main entrance, you're going to come up.

This area that we're on right now is called the River Walk.

And then the area back on the other side is kind of our central plaza, our lawn area.

And then you're also going to move into the gallery space, which is the interior.

And that's where we have a lot of our mixed retail.

And some of our restaurants as well.

We know that when visitors come and we have data that supports this, they're not just staying for the day, they're staying overnight and often they're staying for the weekend.

So they're seeing the aquarium, they're seeing the Cincinnati Zoo, but they're choosing to stay over on this river because of this amenity here at the levee that offers them so much opportunity beyond just an aquarium visit or a restaurant visit.

December of 2022 until around now, it looks like we're looking at probably close to 300 new jobs that have been created in just a couple of years.

I would say as far as economic impact, we're a vital part of northern Kentucky and Newport in general because we're such a tourist destination that impacts all the businesses around us, right?

So it's a great community to be a part of.

I think if you look at especially talent these days, talent wants to go somewhere where there is a lot of activity.

So the great businesses that have located at the Newport on the levee have done that because of the quality of experience around it, the ability to walk down and walk across those beautiful purple people bridge to have a great meal in the same place where they work, they work, live and play, and it is located directly next to some wonderful apartments.

So it is a target for economic development.

We have the best view in all of northern Kentucky, the beautiful city behind us.

I just think it's a place where people feel like they're at home right in northern Kentucky, we kind of call it northern Kentucky's living room where everyone comes to play and hang out.

So that's a good slogan.

With the NFL season now underway, Newport on the Levee is preparing to serve Cincinnati Bengals fans who dine and stay in northern Kentucky.

As we continue our coverage of northern Kentucky, you can't leave out the culinary stapled called Geta.

According to Dan Wallach's research on the history of data, the German inspired sausage was likely sold first at Bell Thinking Sun's Quality Meats and Coddington way back in 1876.

The store has been passed down through the generations and is still open today.

Now in Fort, right where Agada is still going strong.

We got the best gator in northern Kentucky and Cincinnati area.

I'm their sixth generation and my great great great grandfather started in 1876 down in Covington on Main Street and how we've been doing for a while.

I mean, it's got to be good.

If not, we wouldn't be here thinking that is lean pork, beef pan and oatmeal and seasoning and it's all different stuff in it.

I mean, we got some secrets and some lard, but that's the key, is making it lean.

We don't put it like all the other gallons.

So down here they put pig orange pig skins and snoot in and they I mean, we used to do that back in the 1800s because that's why that's why they started making this stuff, because back in 1800s, they had me stores on every corner and they cut up, you know, cows and pigs.

And they got all this leftover stuff.

They said, What are we going to do with it?

We are throw it away.

And that's how get it came and came came in.

But, you know, when when my dad took their store in 62, he changed it.

He didn't use all that, you know, Gracie Pig hearts, pigskin, snood.

He says let's make it leaner and better and it won't be all greasy.

And that's why we changed it.

My dad's all about quality.

He's, you know, he he always says you treat you treat your customer good.

So good stuff.

You will stay in business and yada gimmicks.

And what I do, I get to overeasy eggs and some good toast.

I'm all right.

Homemade.

Homemade bread.

I know people put hot sauce catch up, but I don't.

I'm a maple sales guy.

That's so good.

But you got to buy the good maple sirup.

Not not bottle stuff.

It's a homemade maple sirup.

It's very good.

I mean, I didn't even get it since I was a baby.

And my kid's a girl since I was a baby.

Just like anybody.

Whatever you grow up with you, you know, for it.

But I know people who lived in car for one year, they love that it now.

They moved here, they tried it and they loved my dad.

I mean, we sell 24 times.

So I did it for this school for I got £48,000 and we would sell more where we close on Mondays now and we don't get on Mondays.

And that's why I'm stuck on 24 times.

I'm trying to do 25 this year.

But we were sick.

I remember when I started working there, I didn't get paid enough.

You know, it's it's a family thing, but now it's obviously grown and grown and grown.

And I just know if you sell good stuff, they will keep coming back.

And he always says if you sell something bad and you sell it once because they won't come back and you got to sell good stuff.

I'm sure that's the key.

The flaky family tradition continues as Billy's sons Cole and Owen, along with his nephew Stephen.

Thank you.

All work alongside their dads at the shop.

A business note now.

According to the Pew Research Center, 22 million or 14% of employed adults are remote workers.

Through the help of a platform called Make My Move, several Kentucky communities are hoping to lure those workers with the promise of cash, culture and natural beauty.

Kentucky Edition caught up with advocates of the program from Central and eastern Kentucky to learn more about how bringing in new remote workers benefits their communities.

Make My Move.

As an online marketplace, we connect remote workers and other people that are looking for a new community with places across the country that are trying to attract new residents.

If you look at the data, right, it's like 1980 are distressed counties or economically distressed counties that are most in need.

They've lost about 10% of their overall population forward looking projections.

They don't look great either.

Communities that really don't have anybody, any margin left to lose that they upwards of 40% more of their of their population may be gone by 2050.

So it was that that kind of sparked this idea of equi remote, which is an attempt to bring new people into the region, folks that in a post-COVID world have the ability to live and work wherever they want to.

So why should we not put ourselves out there to try to get them to come to what we know is one of the most beautiful places in the country?

From a big picture economic impact.

Now, this isn't a strategy.

The strategy that's going to replace advanced manufacturing or industrial jobs or landing a thousand person employer.

But what we're trying to do is plant seeds and do the incremental type, small scale economic development with this program.

Typically, these folks are in kind of white collar jobs.

There's a lot of engineers, sales people, marketers.

If you can do your job at a desk, you can do your job at a desk anywhere.

And so we see really a wide spectrum of people in all different industries and professions.

What all economic development experts are telling us in the field is that regionalism is the way to go.

You know, consumers don't recognize county boundaries.

We know we have to be concerned with that for growing our occupational tax base.

But we're really selling this region greater.

Lexington, the Bluegrass Region, horse farms, great outdoor canoeing and kayaking, bourbon trail, gorgeous, gorgeous vistas, views.

So we've got a lot going on in Greater Lexington, and this remote strategy is an important part of that.

The biggest piece and what we see in the applications, because we asked people why Eastern Kentucky, you know, why are you interested in moving here?

They talk about the things that we already know, right.

But maybe we just don't know enough or we take for granted the scenery, the change of colors, the outdoor recreation, the small town fill, the safety, right, living in a safe places, great school systems.

They mention one in their kids to grow up in an environment where they know who their neighbors are.

This has grown into really a regional project at this point.

We've had 3700 total application.

We've successfully moved 12 households to eight counties, and those 12 households represent about 35 total people.

The average incomes about $92,000 per individual household.

It is a little bit above that based on what our numbers show us.

It's about an average annual ROI or economic impact of just under $875,000.

The pilot program includes five families to to move.

We have moved three families already, and so we have two more spots open for those who may be interested, we hope that our elected officials will see the benefit of this program and want to continue investing.

Make My Move program is currently active in eight Kentucky counties, with an additional 27 planning to come aboard a group called Shirley's Way gave Louisville's Churchill Park School and Louisville a technology gift that helps students with special needs, communicate with their teacher and one another.

Last Friday, the founder of Shirley's Way got to see firsthand how these technologies are being put to use that in our education matters.

We reached out to JCPenney and they had told us they needed some technology for kids with special needs.

It's iPads and software and different buttons that gives the kids the ability to communicate and speak with different ways on the on the on the iPads.

And it's helping them communicate.

So a lot of these kids can't communicate like most of us do.

But we've done several other things for schools through PTA to help local schools.

But this is the first time that we've done something this large to help JCPenney with with these kids like this.

I'm sitting here thinking how we can fulfill the other needs they have.

We are always needing more and just seeing how these students are able to actually independently communicate their wants and needs and learn new skills is amazing.

We are using a lot of pictures, support, and some of our students don't have the visual skills to see the pictures, so we're able to record messages on the switch and the students are able to access a curriculum with a recorded message.

And here that we're able to turn pages, we're able to read different things on the board using our switches so students are able to communicate verbally when they don't have a voice to do so.

What has many plants, Mr. Alfred's garden or Mr. Alfred's going good.

Good job.

Right.

And then with dynamic display in those apps, our students are able to learn new vocabulary that they never had before, and then they're able to start using that hopefully in the community and at home.

I'll be honest, I was standing here tearing up.

It's hitting me pretty hard.

You take for granted when you have kids that are able to do everyday activities and then you see these kids that really want to participate and do things and it's man, I tell you, it's it's pretty special.

We've seen a lot of the success stories.

So some students who have never been able to communicate before, they're able to gain those new skills, learn that new vocabulary, and then also we can see it relate into the community.

We have a lot of students that are able to go to the zoo and greet new people, or we work at a coffee shop and they're able to sell coffee and it just gives them a purpose in life that they never had before.

Our parents come in and they say, I never knew my kid could do that, or I never knew my kid liked that.

And parents are now reaching out into community providers as well to get devices for at home or get access for their students.

We're definitely going to stay involved and see what else we can do.

I'd love to see more people get involved.

A lot of times we write the check and trust that the school is going to do their thing.

We don't typically follow up, but they they were gracious enough to have us come out here.

Charlie's Way has a mission of donating $250,000 a month to those who are sick with cancer, to local children's programs, homeless programs and other community based events.

As we age, we often hear the phrase Get your affairs in order and will help you do just that.

Tonight, here on Katie, as part of Katie's next Chapter initiative that focuses on aging issues and rewards of aging, we're having a viewer driven call in program.

We'll take your questions about the legal and financial issues we face at the end of life and the planning we should all be doing to give us and our families peace of mind.

So tune in tonight at eight Eastern, seven Central for end of life and estate planning.

I call in and forum and get your questions answered by experts.

We have cars, sports and fried chicken, something for everyone.

As our Toby Gibbs looks back at this week in Kentucky history.

Happy birthday to one of the world's most famous Kentuckians.

Colonel Harland Sanders was born on September 9th, 1890 in Indiana, but he moved to Kentucky and became famous as the creator of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Another iconic Kentucky and bluegrass legend, Bill Monroe was born September 13, 1911, in Ohio County.

He also died this week in 1996.

On September 9th, Kentuckians watched a night baseball game for the first time on September 14th, 1931, when the traveling house of David baseball team brought portable lights to Parkway Field in Louisville.

Louisville's first Ford Motor Company plant opened September 12th, 1915, on two and a half acres on South Third Street.

53 people worked to build 15 Model T Fords per day.

14 months after the first moon landing, NASA tour brought the Apollo 11 command module to the Kentucky Capitol starting September 11th, 1970.

19 year old Venus Ramey of Ashland won the Miss America pageant on September 9th, 1944.

Phyllis George won the Miss America Pageant on September 12, 1970.

She was Miss Texas and later became Kentucky first lady as the wife of Governor John.

Why BROWN And those are some of the big events from this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Toby Gibbs.

Thank you, Toby.

And we're reporting from northern Kentucky tomorrow.

So join us at 630 Eastern, 530 Central on Kentucky Edition from 90 Y until I see you tomorrow night.

Take really good tear.

So long.