Speaker 1: It's eight oh five here on a Monday morning. Happy
Speaker 1: Monday to you, Kentucky, and it is Kentucky and this
Speaker 1: morning news Coffee and Company with you on news radio
Speaker 1: eight forty w h AS. So, the suspect is still
Speaker 1: at large who shot and killed a woman last week
Speaker 1: who was walking her child to a bus stop, And
Speaker 1: of course that was just the second. That was the
Speaker 1: second shooting in that exact same area, same bus stop,
Speaker 1: in a six day window. So you know, that's something
Speaker 1: that hopefully sooner rather than later, they're going to be
Speaker 1: able to find out who this who this individual is
Speaker 1: and get them off the streets, not only to keep
Speaker 1: the city safer with one less violent criminal out there,
Speaker 1: but also just of course to you know, bring some
Speaker 1: level of justice. I mean, that's that's that's what's needed,
Speaker 1: of course. But yeah, just when you look at last
Speaker 1: week's events, I felt like towards the end of the
Speaker 1: week and I'm gonna I'm gonna probably not do a
Speaker 1: great job it really putting this into words the way
Speaker 1: I want to, because every thing about the week that
Speaker 1: we had in Louisville, and it's not just one week,
Speaker 1: but man, the week that you had the school bus
Speaker 1: stop shooting on the first day of school, and then
Speaker 1: the violent situation where a woman had somebody breaking, you know,
Speaker 1: home invasion, and then kidnap her and her two daughters
Speaker 1: and then take them with him to rob a bank
Speaker 1: and stabbed her. I mean, just an awful situation. And
Speaker 1: then again you had another school bus stop shooting where
Speaker 1: somebody lost their life. And then within twenty four hours,
Speaker 1: in fact, less than twenty four hours after that happened.
Speaker 2: There were two other murders.
Speaker 1: So these things have happened way more than like you
Speaker 1: would ever want me you never wanted to happen at all.
Speaker 1: This is where this is where I get tripped up,
Speaker 1: because any occurrence is a tragic, tragic situation. But it
Speaker 1: felt like the week just it being a realization of wow,
Speaker 1: like not only has this been an issue for a while,
Speaker 1: but it just seemed like there was a realization and
Speaker 1: more of a heightened awareness of just how bad off
Speaker 1: we are when it comes to violent crime. Now again,
Speaker 1: I say that knowing that there has actually been some
Speaker 1: improvements that you should acknowledge because it's real. It's it's
Speaker 1: some encouragement, I suppose. But now that we're here into
Speaker 1: the next week and the story is not as fresh.
Speaker 1: I just I hope that, you know, because I feel
Speaker 1: like the heightened awareness to it. Who knows if this
Speaker 1: is even real or what would even come of it,
Speaker 1: But I felt like there were people who, maybe more
Speaker 1: so now being aware, would be more inclined to just
Speaker 1: figure out how they can help. And we had Mayor
Speaker 1: Greenberg one on Friday, and obviously he shared some things
Speaker 1: that people can do just because they want to help.
Speaker 1: And you know, obviously you should always report whatever you see,
Speaker 1: share any information you have with the police, but also
Speaker 1: get involved in your community, figure out ways you can
Speaker 1: maybe be a part of programs that are that are
Speaker 1: in place to help children who don't have any support
Speaker 1: system at home, don't clearly have a good structure at
Speaker 1: home with parents, and they end up finding some acceptance
Speaker 1: finding I guess where they feel welcomed and appreciated in
Speaker 1: a life of violence with gangs. And you know, to me,
Speaker 1: that's just I think it's pretty obvious what's happened here
Speaker 1: is that, and and that's and no, not every situation
Speaker 1: is the same, but I do feel like we clearly
Speaker 1: have a violent crime issue for a variety of reasons.
Speaker 1: But one being the jew You know, children, they they
Speaker 1: clearly don't have good structure at home, as I mentioned,
Speaker 1: and they they find acceptance with gangs, and gangs are
Speaker 1: getting more you know, I guess we're basically gangs are
Speaker 1: being given resources to continue to be you know, violent
Speaker 1: and and a real threat to the safety of our city.
Speaker 1: And because some of these young kids aren't being taken
Speaker 1: into juvenile detention centers for long stays, they end up
Speaker 1: committing violent crime and then getting released and doing it again.
Speaker 1: And it's really kept probably gang members from having to
Speaker 1: truly get their hands involved in crime. And they're utilizing
Speaker 1: these young, impressionable children who again they they look at
Speaker 1: it as that's there, that's that's maybe probably the first
Speaker 1: thing in their life that they felt where they belong
Speaker 1: and they feel appreciated. And it's just a cycle that
Speaker 1: I think without real action, things aren't going to change.
Speaker 1: And it does sound like there is some action that's
Speaker 1: going to take place. And what I mean by that is,
Speaker 1: you know, we had last week some pretty strong words
Speaker 1: from our local leaders stating that you're gonna be you're
Speaker 1: gonna be treated like an adult, and they're they're trying
Speaker 1: to figure out ways in which they're going to be
Speaker 1: able to hold parents accountable because of their children committing
Speaker 1: violent crimes. And clearly that's a slippery slope, but something's
Speaker 1: got to give. So again, I hopefully we get some
Speaker 1: kind of information sooner rather than later as far as
Speaker 1: identifying the suspect and then figuring out where they are
Speaker 1: and you know, taking them into custody again for a
Speaker 1: variety of different reasons, not just because uh, you know,
Speaker 1: of justice, but also because this is that would be
Speaker 1: one less dangerous person out there that you know is
Speaker 1: a threat to our safety in Louisville.
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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Initially, I was not really all
Speaker 1: in on Week zero. I just felt like it was
Speaker 1: a tease. Don't lie to me and tell me that
Speaker 1: college football season is here when it's not. But I've
Speaker 1: come to enjoy it because Week zero is here, and
Speaker 1: that means it is fair to say, in fact, it's
Speaker 1: the truth. We have college football games coming up this
Speaker 1: weekend that are real, They in fact do matter. They're
Speaker 1: not scrimmages, which tho doesn't really take place in the
Speaker 1: college level. But still we've got real games and that
Speaker 1: has me very very excited. And we have one local
Speaker 1: team that's getting off getting off to a start here
Speaker 1: in week zero, there's only four games that feature FBS teams,
Speaker 1: and one of those is Western Kentucky. They're going to
Speaker 1: take on Sam Houston State on Saturday. But the other matchups,
Speaker 1: you've got Iowa State in Kansas State that'll be at noon,
Speaker 1: Fresno State and Kansas will play at six thirty, and
Speaker 1: then at seven thirty you got Stanford and Hawaii.
Speaker 2: So I would say of the of.
Speaker 1: The four games, clearly, the one that would get most interest,
Speaker 1: I would assume is the Iowa State in Kansas State game,
Speaker 1: which that's that's a conference game, right it is, Yes.
Speaker 2: Also rivalry game in they're both in the top twenty five.
Speaker 1: There you go, so cannot wait. And then of course
Speaker 1: next week you've got everybody playing. Louisville of course will
Speaker 1: get their season kicked off, and obviously Kentucky's same thing.
Speaker 1: And the Louisville schedule is one that I I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm not I can't really be critical of it because
Speaker 1: I do think the reason that Louisville schedule is the
Speaker 1: way that it is, meaning just lacking a real challenge
Speaker 1: for you know, the first third of the season is
Speaker 1: because of I you wanting to get out of that series,
Speaker 1: and Louisville tried. I mean, you know, it's what it
Speaker 1: could have should have. But Louisville did attempt to get
Speaker 1: both I think it was Ole Miss and Tennessee on
Speaker 1: the schedule this year because they wanted to play one
Speaker 1: of those non conference games and those teams didn't want
Speaker 1: to play Louisvelane. To be honest with you, I get it,
Speaker 1: like there's just when it comes to strategy, and same
Speaker 1: thing with Indiana. I mean Indiana, it's it's it's understandable
Speaker 1: for them to realize because they have the proof they
Speaker 1: can schedule the way that they've scheduled and not challenge
Speaker 1: themselves at all of the non conference and do well
Speaker 1: enough of the Big Ten and still get a ticket
Speaker 1: to the playoff. They literally just did it last year
Speaker 1: and they you know, they didn't have it. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was proof that hey, we can we have a
Speaker 1: nine game league schedule that is more likely than not
Speaker 1: going to be challenging regardless of how the schedule is
Speaker 1: digged out. But also it's the Big Ten. It's clearly
Speaker 1: the second best conference in college football, and there may
Speaker 1: be years where it's the best conference, just depending upon
Speaker 1: what happens, So I understand it. I just think from
Speaker 1: a fan standpoint, when I think of the college football
Speaker 1: playoff expanding, the negative impact of that is that the
Speaker 1: regular season games clearly do not matter as much as
Speaker 1: they did whenever there was a two team championship game
Speaker 1: or even a four team playoff, and that has led
Speaker 1: to now you can schedule nothing games for a third
Speaker 1: of your schedule if you'd like, and it still won't
Speaker 1: impact you to not get in if you take care
Speaker 1: of business in conference play. That's where I feel like,
Speaker 1: from a fan standpoint, the product of college football there's
Speaker 1: more inclusion, meaning teams like Indiana who just did it,
Speaker 1: and of course even Louisville and Kentucky in certain seasons
Speaker 1: can realistically see themselves making it not as much Kentucky.
Speaker 1: And I don't say that to do the rivalry thing.
Speaker 1: I just think with Kentucky, I mean they're in the SEC.
Speaker 1: I mean they're clearly going to have I mean this
Speaker 1: year they could be substantially better, but it not show
Speaker 1: on the record because of how tough their schedule is.
Speaker 2: Louisville clearly has.
Speaker 1: A more realistic look at it because they're much more
Speaker 1: competitive in their conference because the ACC is nothing like
Speaker 1: the SEC. So that's the good thing is that you
Speaker 1: can now look at a college football playoff appearance as
Speaker 1: a realistic thing, and I think you could equate that
Speaker 1: to maybe a college basketball final four for a program
Speaker 1: as far as what it means. But again, the negative
Speaker 1: impact is that the scheduling is now taking place to
Speaker 1: where like, yeah, they know that they.
Speaker 2: Can do that, and it won't. It won't.
Speaker 1: It won't matter because if they take care business and
Speaker 1: conference play, it all works out. And I believe that
Speaker 1: that just doesn't do anything but hurt the product, right,
Speaker 1: Fans get less games that are competitive, So I see
Speaker 1: from both sides.
Speaker 2: All right, we've got an.
Speaker 1: Update of trafficking weather coming your way, Another sports update
Speaker 1: coming with Scott and then again Rory O'Neil set to
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Speaker 1: eight forty whas final segment for us here on Kentucky
Speaker 1: and this morning News Coffee and Company. That's us here
Speaker 1: on News Radio eight forty whas as we wrap up
Speaker 1: this Monday. It's just myself and the one and only
Speaker 1: John Alden. So we've had the conversation over the years,
Speaker 1: John Donnelly on this show when we worked together, but
Speaker 1: also previously on the sports side. As far as boomer
Speaker 1: millennial gen Z, we I've never I don't know if
Speaker 1: it's just because of where we fall in the range
Speaker 1: that we're in. I've just like I don't, I don't
Speaker 1: often think about is this person a boomer, are they
Speaker 1: gen Z whatever? But and by the way, for those
Speaker 1: that don't know the age range, it may surprise you,
Speaker 1: and you are you are technically considered a gen Z,
Speaker 1: but you, to me, don't necessarily like you're the back.
Speaker 1: You're the very back end of the gen Z.
Speaker 2: Right, I'm leading the charge, if you will.
Speaker 1: So thirteen to twenty eight is gen Z. Millennials, twenty
Speaker 1: nine to forty four gen X forty five to sixty
Speaker 1: boomers are considered sixty one and above. And I've again,
Speaker 1: I've never once really thought much about this, other than
Speaker 1: when I see stories where people mention I guess habits
Speaker 1: and studies that show behaviors and whatnot depending upon those
Speaker 1: age ranges. But John, so John's gen Z, I'm millennial
Speaker 1: and therefore we both probably have Like my parents are
Speaker 1: boomer age rangers are not.
Speaker 2: Quite that old or more gen X. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So, and I again, I feel mean even saying that
Speaker 1: my mom and my dad and my stepdad would be
Speaker 1: considered boomers because I've always just thought of it. It
Speaker 1: sounds like, oh, you're an old fart.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's bloomber has a negative connotation to it.
Speaker 1: So anyways, this is a This is a breakdown of
Speaker 1: things boomers weren't wrong about after all, Right, if you're
Speaker 1: somebody that is on the gen ZU or millennial, maybe
Speaker 1: even like these are things boomers would say that you
Speaker 1: now realized they were right about. It wasn't just them
Speaker 1: being old farts. Early morning pays off, meaning turns out,
Speaker 1: waking up early really does set you up for success.
Speaker 1: I don't think I ever doubted that, but I can
Speaker 1: tell you that it's true.
Speaker 2: I feel like we, of all people should know them. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Family dinners mattered. It wasn't just about the food. It
Speaker 1: built connection and routine. Yeah, I see, these are things
Speaker 1: where I don't feel like I ever said that that
Speaker 1: they were wrong about, Like you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: Like this is labeled boomers weren't wrong after all. I
Speaker 1: just think I didn't have enough life experience to really
Speaker 1: know if they were saying with what they were saying
Speaker 1: was going to be right or not. But yes, family,
Speaker 1: dinners do matter. Clean space, clear mind, Keeping a tidy
Speaker 1: home actually reduces stress and boost focus. The outdoors is essential.
Speaker 1: Fresh air and movement aren't optional, They're necessary. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean these are things that more than anything for me,
Speaker 1: I never doubted the importance. Now I am older, with
Speaker 1: more life experience and have a family my own to
Speaker 1: where yeah, they were right, but I didn't doubt. You
Speaker 1: boomers just know that It's just that I didn't have
Speaker 1: the experience to know one way or the other, and
Speaker 1: I really didn't care because I was a kid whenever
Speaker 1: these things were probably being stressed by those that are
Speaker 1: of the boomer rage range. I feel like you might
Speaker 1: be a boomer John, I might be.
Speaker 2: I'm almost embarrassed to be, But I mean it a
Speaker 2: good out for me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, when I said, I think the nicest way to
Speaker 1: describe you being a lot younger than me, but feeling
Speaker 1: like you are the same age as me and sometimes
Speaker 1: seemingly having more you know, maturity and wisdom than than
Speaker 1: people my age or maybe even older.
Speaker 2: You're an old soul.
Speaker 1: I think you you you.
Speaker 2: You could have lived.
Speaker 1: In the seventies and I think been just fine.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know what I would have done in
Speaker 3: the seventies, but I would have figured it out.
Speaker 2: I'm sure, man. Life was.
Speaker 1: Life had to be so much more simple back then,
Speaker 1: because you got to keep in mind, if you don't
Speaker 1: know what you're missing out on it. You don't know,
Speaker 1: you don't know what you don't know.
Speaker 2: I can't imagine.
Speaker 3: I think life without the internet, your specifically before the internet,
Speaker 3: before you knew it was ever going to be a thing. Obviously,
Speaker 3: there was a whole generation boomers being primarily who we're
Speaker 3: talking about here, that know exactly what that's like. And
Speaker 3: I think it there's a certain level of you know,
Speaker 3: people like me will never know if that's like, and
Speaker 3: I kind of wish what it would I wish I knew.
Speaker 2: What it was like to just have that level of simplicity.
Speaker 1: And even though we are different in in age range,
Speaker 1: there are people growing up now that will never experience
Speaker 1: it the way that we did. Like for me, I mean, yes,
Speaker 1: we had the Internet, but that was when I was
Speaker 1: a little bit of an older kid, and it wasn't
Speaker 1: anything like it is now with devices and technology. So
Speaker 1: you know, I just I think that when you didn't
Speaker 1: have access to see as much as we can see
Speaker 1: now across the world and see how other people live,
Speaker 1: and just access to information and being you know, exposing
Speaker 1: yourself to things all over the world, Yeah, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of value in that, but I think like from
Speaker 1: a societal standpoint, you didn't know what you didn't know,
Speaker 1: so you didn't have anything to encourage you to think
Speaker 1: that you're well off or that you're poor, like you weren't,
Speaker 1: Like you weren't trying to Because people do it every
Speaker 1: day and they don't realize it what they see on
Speaker 1: social media and Facebook, Instagram, from either celebrities or even
Speaker 1: their peers. I just think so many people end up,
Speaker 1: without even realizing it, trying to either match that or
Speaker 1: do better than that. And when you didn't have that,
Speaker 1: you just you got up and you saw who you
Speaker 1: interacted with, by who you and like physically you had
Speaker 1: to see somebody to interact with them, maybe you could
Speaker 1: call them. And I just think people were more content
Speaker 1: with life because again they didn't have the ability to
Speaker 1: see where they really stood in society because it just
Speaker 1: you know, we didn't have access to that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, everything was so idealized on Facebook and other social media,
Speaker 3: and it makes it, it makes it. It's part of
Speaker 3: the reason why I hate being on it for.
Speaker 2: Most of the time.
Speaker 1: I'm with you, and I can say that last my
Speaker 1: vacation really was good for me because it was the
Speaker 1: first time that I really did make it a point
Speaker 1: to not be as connected to it. And it was
Speaker 1: freeing because I realized, you, I didn't, I didn't miss anything.
Speaker 1: I didn't. I don't need to be as glued to
Speaker 1: these devices and much as much as I am. So yeah, Boomers,
Speaker 1: you were right. You can tell people that you know
Speaker 1: you were right and they were wrong.
Speaker 2: So there you go.
Speaker 1: All right, we're on time, you guys. Enjoy the rest
Speaker 1: of your Monday afternoon. We're back at it tomorrow morning
Speaker 1: right here on news Radio eight forty WHS