WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.879 Good morning, Kentucky, EA eighth five here at News Radio 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:06.440 eight forty whas it is Kentucky and it's Morning News 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:08.759 with Nick Coffee. One more hour to go and certainly 4 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:11.240 a lot more to get into. As you could expect, 5 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:14.519 we have talked a lot about the decision yesterday from 6 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.120 the jury. It did not take them very long at 7 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:19.920 all to determine that they believe both how and Lawson 8 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:22.640 were guilty of what they were charged with, and it 9 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:24.839 didn't take them long to determine what they think those 10 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:28.839 sentences should be for How life in prison and twenty 11 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:33.000 five years I believe was is the recommendation for Lawson, 12 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:36.640 and this is certainly a big step in getting i mean, 13 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.840 getting closer for the Rogers family. But when it comes 14 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:44.079 to her father, that was not you know what we 15 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:48.799 know about his death, his murder, it obviously isn't going 16 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.560 to be allowed to be brought up during the trial 17 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:55.320 and the prosecution of these two individuals that were found guilty. 18 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:59.000 But of all the things that just make the Hawk 19 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.920 family look as if they clearly had something to do 20 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:07.719 with both Crystal Rogers and her father being dead, the 21 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.280 brother Nick Hawk, who again both Rosemary Hawk and Nick 22 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:13.799 Hawk are listed as unindicted co conspirators. That's the way 23 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.920 they were labeled during this trial. And I don't know 24 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.439 enough about what would need to happen as far as 25 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:26.519 actual charges and them being indicted, but I know I'm 26 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:29.480 not the only one that when I hear from Detective 27 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.040 John Snow yesterday after the verdict, I mean, those are 28 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:36.200 the first two people that I thought of. And here's 29 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:39.200 what John Snow had to say yesterday. You just heard 30 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:41.040 this in the news of table, John Shannon, but why 31 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:42.599 not play once more for those that may have missed. 32 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.359 It was a reaction hearing that verdict. Knowing you've been 33 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:49.079 on this case, probably everybody videoed my reaction. It's a 34 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:50.159 very emotional case. 35 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:52.200 It's been a long time coming and we're glad to 36 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:52.840 see justice. 37 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.840 So didn't feel like a weight was lifted today, Detective. 38 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.959 No, I feel like we got a little more go, 39 00:01:59.159 --> 00:01:59.799 a little more to go. 40 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:02.439 What does that mean, Jose. 41 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:05.200 A little more to go? And as far as what 42 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:09.560 that means, he says, we will see. So again, the 43 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:14.360 piece of evidence that that I was referencing a moment ago, 44 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:15.280 is that the. 45 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.639 Yeah, the weapon, the gun? It was. 46 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:23.719 Yeah, let me make sure I have this correct. The 47 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:30.199 gun that was used to kill Tommy Ballard, Crystal Rodgers' father, 48 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:34.639 was sold by Nick Howke, who used a fake name. 49 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:38.120 I mean again, that's not I guess, direct proof that 50 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:40.479 he was. I mean again, like I just can't say 51 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:42.759 it out loud that that doesn't that that doesn't scream 52 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.400 that he clearly had something to do with it. So again, 53 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.360 he's also for those who don't know the full background 54 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:51.400 of the brother, and I'm sure most people do. He 55 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:54.360 was a former law enforcement officer who was let go 56 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.759 from his position because he was getting in the way 57 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.639 of the investigation of Crystal Rogers appearent disappearance, and he 58 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:05.000 couldn't account for where he was the night of the 59 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.960 night of her disappearance. He turned his phone off and 60 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.759 was unreachable. His girlfriend at the time testified during the 61 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:14.360 trial to go on and say that that that was 62 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.120 very unusual for him to just be unreachable. He blamed 63 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:19.319 it on just not wanting to fight with his girlfriend 64 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.919 at the time or something like that. So right now, 65 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.039 that is what we know about Nick how can his involvement. 66 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:28.520 But yes, the gun that was used to kill Tommy Ballard, 67 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.000 which by the way, the belief was that he was 68 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.039 getting closer to maybe figuring out what had happened, and 69 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.120 then sure enough, he goes hunting with his grandson in 70 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.439 November of twenty sixteen to then be taken out by 71 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.360 a rifle. And again that rifle. Prosecutors claim it was 72 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:43.439 sold to an undercover agent by Nick how who used 73 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:47.520 a fake name, and the ballistics It says the initial 74 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:51.719 forensic testing reportedly matched four or five comparisons as far 75 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.199 as the criteria that is needed for it to be 76 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:58.759 the actual murder weapon. So I mean, maybe the next 77 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:04.680 is a some is a charge that can can have 78 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:08.080 him be held responsible for the murder of her father. Now, 79 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.520 Rosemary Hawk, I guess really all we know from the 80 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:12.520 trial here is that just by being listed as an 81 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:17.360 unindicted co conspirator, you know, she's accused of wanting to, 82 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:20.519 you know, to help get rid of Crystal Rogers, and 83 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.000 of course that didn't just mean out of their life, 84 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:26.120 but I guess getting rid of her altogether. And of 85 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:29.839 course she had conversations about, you know, having somebody help 86 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:33.199 them in that process. So I mean, the scenario where 87 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:37.120 these two that are again unindicted right now, didn't have 88 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.959 some level of involvement I think is I mean, I 89 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.160 don't know how many people would actually believe that, but 90 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:45.560 that doesn't that doesn't necessarily always mean that they can 91 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.480 bring charges and and justice can be can be served 92 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.360 like we just got yesterday. But again, a big day 93 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:54.720 for Barge Town. Is I know, they're probably celebrating the 94 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:56.959 fact that justice was served and certainly happy I would 95 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:59.680 imagine for Crystal Rodgers and her family. But as you 96 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:03.319 heard from the detective John Snow, there's still two murder 97 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:08.519 cases that are unsolved and they're not done working on it. 98 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.199 And as far as being able to get justice, we 99 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.240 shall see, but I'd say after yesterday, they're at least 100 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:19.079 headed in the right direction. All right, let's get an 101 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:22.519 update on traffic and weather. Also, one thing I want 102 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:24.480 to talk about here before we get out here and 103 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.079 hand it off to Tony and Dwight. For those who 104 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.199 don't know, I'm a big time a Louisville fan, which 105 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.120 of course means when it comes to the rivalry with 106 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:35.120 Louisville and Kentucky, I'm very much pro Louisville and if 107 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:39.319 I prefer Kentucky lose at everything. But there is a 108 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:42.839 Kentucky football player that I think has become my all 109 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:46.240 time favorite Kentucky football player, as gross as that sounds 110 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.000 to say as a Louisville fan, I love this guy 111 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:50.480 and I'm rooting for him this year. And i'll tell 112 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:51.959 you why. Come up in just a few minutes right 113 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.160 here our news ready wait, forty whs. So it sounds 114 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.639 like we've got traffic flowing once again on the Water 115 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:02.519 sent Expressway. Around five point thirty this morning, an accident 116 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:07.399 took place that had three lanes blocked. That was just 117 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:13.079 past the Breckenridge Breckenridge Lane exit, and obviously that can 118 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:14.959 be a real pain in the you know what. And 119 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:18.160 the visual that I saw from WKY during their morning 120 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.319 news was, I mean, it looked like a big parking lot. 121 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:22.600 But yeah, the three lanes were blocked and it was 122 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:24.839 just a one car accident and there were no injuries, 123 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.240 which I guess that's good news. But it took a 124 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:29.639 while to get everything cleaned up for traffic to start 125 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:33.279 moving freely again, but they got there, so that's that's 126 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:33.959 good news. 127 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:35.839 All right. It is eight seventeen here Kentucky. 128 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.160 In his morning news news radio eight to forty whas 129 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:40.360 Nick Coffee. That is me and for those that are 130 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:41.680 that are still getting to know me a little bit, 131 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.759 I'm a big Louisvevil fan meeting, I'm pro U of 132 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.399 l and I'll be real, I'll be objective, but obviously 133 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.800 I prefer to see Kentucky lose because that's just how 134 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:51.959 rivalry works. It's not personal. In fact, if you were 135 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:53.480 a part of the rivalry, I'm sure you get it. 136 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:58.319 So with all that said, there is a Kentucky football 137 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.160 player that I feel for, at least I did feel 138 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.120 sorry for, and now I'm I'm I'm rooting this guy 139 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:08.600 on because he's the punter for Kentucky's name is Aiden 140 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:15.079 Lross and he was voted as I guess, the softest 141 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.720 college football player in the country according to EA Sports. 142 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.800 So every year, I guess moving forward, it went away 143 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:22.600 for a while, but lot, John, last year, you and 144 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:24.480 I were doing sports together at the time. You remember 145 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:26.680 the hype that the return of the EA Sports college 146 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:30.680 football video. My gosh, yes, I mean because of a 147 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:31.600 lot of Corona adults. 148 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:33.959 Yes, I mean just because of so much that it changed. 149 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:36.800 You know, in the years that they last released one, 150 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:42.000 the interest in it was was insane and it led 151 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:43.480 to I mean, I feel like a part of the 152 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:47.839 college football summer offseason content was discussing where EA Sports 153 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:53.279 ranked certain teams and what overall talent ranking each player had, 154 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:57.240 and players were expressing frustration on social media about EA 155 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.600 Sports not giving them enough credit. And I kept thinking, 156 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.680 fan is acting like their season was doom because the 157 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.639 EA Sports people didn't project them in a simulated game 158 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.199 to have a good year. I mean, I kept thinking, 159 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.920 are people aware this is a video game? So anyhow, 160 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:14.160 with the latest game either coming out or maybe it 161 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:16.959 is about to be released, you can now see where 162 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:20.120 each player is as far as their overall talent ranking. 163 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.439 And the Kentucky Punter, he's the only player in the 164 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.319 entire video game that in the category of toughness the 165 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:33.080 toughness rating was a zero. So again, not another person 166 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.600 in the game, not another player, no other punters by 167 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:38.440 the way, giving a zero when it comes to the 168 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:40.440 toughness rating, which I feel for him because one, that's 169 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:43.519 a tough look and who went looking for that? Yeah 170 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:45.799 there you go, I mean, who went looking for that? Right? 171 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:48.960 And now it's become a story just because it's it's 172 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:52.480 kind of hilarious, But also as the punter, what chance 173 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:55.320 do you have to prove him wrong? I mean maybe 174 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.519 if you if you can fly down the field and 175 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:01.840 make a touchdown, say being tackle because the rest of 176 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:04.320 the special teams unit was taken taking the day off 177 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.799 or something. I mean, that would be a webit like, 178 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.279 not only have you been accused of being the softest 179 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:12.279 player in college football, you play a position where it's 180 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:14.480 very unlikely you're gonna be in a position to prove 181 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:17.600 anybody wrong, and even if there are chances to do so, 182 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:21.000 I would imagine this day and age, the coaching staffs 183 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.200 are not or not out there wanting their punter to 184 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:25.720 be involved in anything physical because then they make it 185 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:28.759 hurt and not be able to punt it. So this guy, 186 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.480 I feel for him. I mean, how do you not 187 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:34.840 take that personal? Yes, of course it is a video game. 188 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:38.480 It's not real, But you're the only one in the 189 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:42.480 seemingly thousands of players that are now opting in to 190 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:46.720 be a part of this video game. So I if 191 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.799 I end up watching any Kentucky football this year and 192 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.120 I'm watching them punt, which I probably will, to be 193 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.360 honest with you, I'm gonna think like poor guy, and 194 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.240 I'm gonna I'm and I'm probably gonna be guilty of 195 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:57.720 just singing. I guess they're right. They got to look 196 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:03.000 because how do punters look tough? How's possible? I mean, 197 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.720 I feel like, well, this isn't even a real position. 198 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:07.480 But I was told one time because I'm not tough, 199 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:09.200 trust me. But I was asked, you know, if I 200 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:11.200 played football, who would you put me? I think I 201 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.159 asked Michael Bush that during an interview we did at 202 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:15.759 a golf scramble years ago, and he couldn't come up 203 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.759 with a good position for me, so he said, you'd 204 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:19.440 be the guy who picked up the t after we 205 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.879 kicked it off. And I thought, you know what, I 206 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:23.639 don't like to hear that, but he's probably right. Maybe 207 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:26.120 that's just what this guy needs to do. And just 208 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.360 realize it's it's tuppying the only guy with a zero. 209 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.159 But you are the punter, you know that's supposed to 210 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:35.120 be tough. Actually having a tough punter doesn't help you 211 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:38.200 punt right. Anyways, we got an update of trapping a 212 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:42.080 weather coming your way. Also another sports update with Scott Fitzgerald, 213 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:43.639 So keep a locker right hero On Kentucky and his 214 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:48.240 morning news on news radio eight to forty whas, thank you. 215 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.320 John Shannon is eight thirty five here Kentucky and his 216 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:53.519 morning news with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas. 217 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:57.360 I cannot believe how fast summer is flying by JCPS 218 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:01.120 back to school on August the seventh, less than a 219 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:03.639 month until kids are back in school, and we're going 220 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.080 to have a new leader at JCPS, as doctor Brian 221 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.960 Yearwood is going to be taken over for retiring Marty Polio. 222 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:14.159 And I think this is a pretty thankless job, to 223 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:16.240 be honest with you. I'm sure there's a good salary 224 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.919 that comes with it and someone who wants to work 225 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:23.840 in an important field, which is public education, but it's 226 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:25.879 one of those jobs that you just simply have to 227 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:28.200 know that no matter what, you won't have to look 228 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:31.399 hard to find criticism about any decision that you have 229 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.320 to make. And what I think a lot of people 230 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.240 fail to realize is that every day there's big decisions 231 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:38.960 that have to be made. That's why that's such an 232 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:43.000 important job, and sometimes you're going to make mistakes. So 233 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:45.559 I don't have a kid in the JCPS public school system. 234 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:49.399 My kids are in Bullet County schools, but JCPS clearly 235 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:54.559 the biggest school system in our state, and the transportation issue, 236 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:58.279 transportation turmoil would be the better way to describe really 237 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:00.919 what has gone on for years now now with JCPS. 238 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:02.960 And it was two years ago where it became a 239 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:08.679 national story. And I'm rooting for doctor Brian Yearwood. It's 240 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:11.240 nice to know that he is let everybody know that 241 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.480 the district has six hundred plus bus drivers and they 242 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.080 are they're going to be ready for the first day 243 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:19.720 of school, and I hope he's right. But man, this 244 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:22.600 just seems like something you can't mess up. But there's 245 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.399 already people. I mean, look again, no matter what happens, 246 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:27.679 they can have a successful day like we've never seen 247 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:29.600 before as far as the first day of school, and 248 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:31.960 there'll be some people complaining about something because that's just 249 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.039 again that's what comes with that job, I think. But 250 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.360 I just feel like if it is a disaster and 251 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:39.559 not even to the level of what we had a 252 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:41.360 couple of years ago when it became a national story, 253 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:44.440 but if it becomes a local story of all the 254 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.000 issues that take place, like I just think there's going 255 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.200 to be people that just assume this guy didn't cut 256 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:51.440 out for the job, and that isn't fair and it 257 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.919 may even it may not even end up being true. 258 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:58.639 So the technology is the real component here. And Tony, 259 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.799 I know you talked about this. Yeah, don't even any 260 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.080 by the way, no introduction needed for this guy. But 261 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.279 they're relying once again on technology software to help them 262 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:10.759 when it comes to the correct routes and whatnot. And 263 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.919 he acknowledged that being a big part of it and 264 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:15.960 didn't mention that he was super familiar with it. And 265 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:18.360 you don't want, you know, the JCPS superintendent doesn't need 266 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:21.120 to be a tech guy. But if it was me, 267 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:24.240 I would make sure that like I had the ability 268 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.559 to run that software myself. And again, I'm sure there's 269 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:28.279 so much that goes into it that a lot of 270 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:30.720 us would never know. But when you are depending so 271 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:35.399 much upon technology, if it works like it's supposed to, 272 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:39.279 everything's great. If it doesn't, it could be a real disaster. 273 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:43.159 All right, here's what happened two years ago. Disaster. They 274 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:46.679 hired a firm for one eight hundred thousand dollars. So 275 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:50.879 the AI firm was a complete disaster, right. It made 276 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:55.000 national news and ABC CBS and NBC were all parked 277 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:57.600 here for their morning shows for a week. It was crazy, 278 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:58.519 that's how bad it was. 279 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:00.720 I believe the worst look was that they had in 280 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.720 two other cities this same software. I think JCPS had 281 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:06.120 knowledge that they'd failed in Boston and Chicago, and they 282 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:06.679 still went with it. 283 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.600 Yeah. Correct, So then the next year they had a 284 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:12.960 reduction in some of the routes. But what did they do? 285 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:17.000 The bus drivers plan their own routes because those bus 286 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:20.000 drivers know the neighborhood, which lights back up, which way 287 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:22.399 to go, you can't go left on there. They know 288 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:26.120 the system, so it ran a lot smoother. So why 289 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.799 not just do that again and save a million bucks? 290 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:32.679 A save a million bucks and let the bus driver 291 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.279 route guy he knows or she knows. They interviewed a 292 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.000 bus driver and said they let us plan it. It 293 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.080 went smooth. I don't know why they're going back to 294 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:43.399 the old system, which is letting a system come up 295 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:43.759 with it. 296 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.080 I just think and all that makes total sense. I 297 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:50.120 just my guess would be that others that have a 298 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:53.840 school system with similar resources needed, they're able to use 299 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:56.919 technology and it helps them, and that's just where everything 300 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.799 is headed. But to your point. If it ain't broke, 301 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:00.759 don't fix it again. There's always to be issues along 302 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:02.320 the way when you have the biggest school system in 303 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.679 our in our state. But yeah, that makes sense to 304 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:06.919 where well, let people who do it have some say 305 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:09.200 so who are actually out there boots on the ground, 306 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.879 actually a part of it that that could be beneficial. 307 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:14.240 Our budget is out of control, and they spent one 308 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.200 hundred billion dollars. 309 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:15.840 Thank you, Marty. 310 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.240 I love you, buddy, but man, you you had two 311 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:20.840 point two billion and you spend one hundred million more 312 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.639 than that. I love you, but a hundred Like he 313 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.879 was on the way out the door. He was like, 314 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:27.879 I will spend a little bit here. You can worry 315 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.279 about it. 316 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:29.519 Oh, you were buddies. 317 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.960 We are buddies, well beers and hangout. 318 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:34.279 That's true, but you could be you know, he'll kick 319 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.919 It was all good, It was all it was all 320 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.360 harsh truth. How good of friends you are with me? 321 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:45.799 Is how mean I will treat you? Oh when you 322 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:47.720 retire whenever that is. I'm going to tell the story 323 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.279 about when I showed up to the spring game and 324 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:53.279 pleaded pants. Jake from State Farm is what you called me, 325 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:56.120 And I had some self reflection about about needing to 326 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.879 be a little more mindful about how I address. 327 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.639 Yeah, but it changed your mindset and you alas now 328 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:03.440 flat front, it helped, Yeah, Chinos, it helped. 329 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.559 Thank you, it did so again, I'm rooting for doctor 330 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:09.039 Brian Yearwood and if you want to help him out. 331 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.080 Just unwinnable. 332 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:10.879 It's true. 333 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:13.759 It's unwinnable. Parent's got to do their part as well. 334 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:15.480 So parents don't even know where their kids supposed to 335 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.720 get on the bus. Well, if you go right now 336 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.960 to JCPS first Day dot com, you can verify your 337 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:22.919 child's bus stop and that's maybe meeting him halfway. 338 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:26.120 But you're right, it's unwinnable. Good luck. 339 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:28.440 I hope he works, but that's not gonna. 340 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:28.639 Win good luck. 341 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:30.240 We got an update of traficking weather coming your way 342 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.840 right here, right now, and news ready to wait forty 343 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:36.480 whas it's our final segment here on Kentucky and This 344 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:39.320 Morning News with Nick Coffee, Tony ven Eddie and Dwight 345 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:42.039 Whitten coming up in just a few minutes here as 346 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:44.480 as you could expect a lot of talk this morning 347 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:47.480 in regards to the decision yesterday from the jury to 348 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.320 convict Brooks Houck and uh, I get the Lawsons mixed, 349 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:54.720 so I think it's Joseph Lawson. And when's the last 350 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:58.240 time you guys can remember John Shannon's in here as well? 351 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.279 A trial as far as this case that just got 352 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:05.400 attention quite like this. Obviously, this one's national because of 353 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:07.720 ten years in the making, and of course all the 354 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:11.519 different networks that covered this story in this case, but 355 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:15.240 I feel like this will be one that for decades, 356 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.960 maybe even longer than that, will remember because it just 357 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:19.359 consumed so much of our attention. 358 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.880 You could see it and feel it. With the video 359 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:28.039 of all of those police cars and SUVs with a 360 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:30.720 family in it as they pulled through the center of 361 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:34.319 Bartstown and everyone is in tears. 362 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:35.039 It's pretty powerful. 363 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.079 It's the people lighting the streets dressed in pink. 364 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:42.480 That right there shows you everything about this journey of 365 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:46.319 a ten year. It's over a decade they've been trying 366 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:49.319 to give this family and this girl a piece and 367 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:52.039 it was right in front of their eyes. But when 368 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.440 you have it, here's part of the problem. It's like 369 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:57.759 a TV show. These guys were involved with the police force, 370 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:01.200 so they got to hide stuff, stuff, whatever, And this 371 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.920 this is why it took ten years. I don't think 372 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.519 if this these two guys were involved in the police 373 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.039 force and it would have taken that long. But clearly, 374 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:13.839 clearly the jury had because we all asked, boy, they 375 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:16.279 don't have a body, they don't have any physical evidence, 376 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:19.400 you know, can they get there? Clearly the jury had 377 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:21.519 seen enough because we didn't see all the evidence obviously 378 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.200 every day in court. But the jury clearly did because 379 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:25.720 in four hours. 380 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:27.759 They came back and said, yep, I was more impressed 381 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:29.759 with the five minutes it took him to decide on 382 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.960 what the punishment. 383 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:32.759 Was going to be. Yeah, they were pissed and they moved. 384 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:34.119 They wasn't in Neilson County. 385 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.440 Yeah. 386 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:39.279 I think the the Barstown community is the new layer 387 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:41.880 for me that I hadn't really thought about because obviously, 388 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:43.599 you know, most of the attention is on just the 389 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:46.759 story itself, and we all know that this. When you 390 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:48.920 think of Barstown, you think of not just Crystal Rogers, 391 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.640 but you think of her father being murdered and also 392 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:54.400 Officer Ellis. But to see just how happy they were 393 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.720 for not only the family but the community, it reminded 394 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.160 me of you. Nobody once their their hometown that they're 395 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.240 probably proud of to be thought of in that way. 396 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:05.119 Not that people think it's just someplace you're gonna get 397 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:07.880 you know, you're out, you're gonna get hurt. But like 398 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:10.119 it or not, when people think of Bartstown, Kentucky in 399 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.359 recent years, they think of these crimes, and that doesn't 400 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:14.599 mean that that's what represents the people who leave crimes. 401 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.759