Speaker 1: Now we turn to the Kentucky Standard for news in
Speaker 1: Bardstown in Nelson County. Your reader today is Brian Hunt.
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Speaker 1: edition dated July nineteen. Crystal Rogers Act now in effect.
Speaker 1: Here's what it does. A new law named after missing
Speaker 1: and presumed dead Bardstown mother Crystal Rogers, took effect on
Speaker 1: Wednesday and makes it a felony to share recorded grand
Speaker 1: jury testimony.
Speaker 2: House Bill three o five, known.
Speaker 1: As the Crystal Rogers Act, will increase the statue of
Speaker 1: limitations for recording grand jury testimony from one year to
Speaker 1: ten years. The offense originally was classified as a misdemeanor,
Speaker 1: but sharing the testimony bolsters the charge to a felony
Speaker 1: under the new law. Rogers, thirty five, was last seen
Speaker 1: July third, twenty fifteen, and her mother reported her missing
Speaker 1: two days later. Her body has never been found and
Speaker 1: she is presumed dead. Three men, including Rogers's then boyfriend
Speaker 1: Brooks House, have been convicted and sentenced in connection to
Speaker 1: her death and disappearance under a range of charges. During
Speaker 1: the trial, it was revealed that Half's mother, Rosemary House,
Speaker 1: and brother Nick Halch were unindicted co conspirators in Roger's death.
Speaker 1: At Brooks Hawk's first court appearance, prosecutors said Hawk's family
Speaker 1: recorded grand jury testimony, a felony as the state was
Speaker 1: seeking to indict Brooks Out. Grand jury proceedings are done
Speaker 1: in secret and consist of twelve citizens selected to serve
Speaker 1: at random. During the proceedings, evidence is presented by a
Speaker 1: commonwealth attorney who can call witnesses that often consist of
Speaker 1: law enforcement officials. Because it was more than a year
Speaker 1: before prosecutors discovered the grand jury proceedings were recorded, no
Speaker 1: one could be charged under the prior law. HB three
Speaker 1: five was filed by republic Representative Candy Masseroni during the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six legislative session and signed into law by
Speaker 1: Governor Andy Basher in April. Brooks House was convicted of
Speaker 1: murder and sentenced to life in prison in the summer
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty five. He is appealing his sentence and
Speaker 1: the cases before the Kentucky Supreme Court. Two co conspirators,
Speaker 1: Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson, were convicted and sentenced on
Speaker 1: lesser offenses. His brother, former Barstown police officer Nick Hauck,
Speaker 1: was indicted in June on a felony perjury charged. He
Speaker 1: pleaded not guilty at an arraignment earlier this month. The
Speaker 1: trial is set for November nine, and an upcoming pre
Speaker 1: trial conference has been moved from July sixteenth to August sixth.
Speaker 1: The murder case of Roger's father, Tommy Ballard remains unsolved.
Speaker 1: Ballard was shot and killed while hunting at his property
Speaker 1: along the Bruce Bluegrass Parkway. Prosecutors previously said a gun
Speaker 1: matching nearly all criteria of the murder weapon and Ballard's
Speaker 1: death was sold to undercover police by Nick out, but
Speaker 1: he has not been charged in connections to Ballard's death. Next,
Speaker 1: Stripes in the Streets Bargetown Fry SC launched his new
Speaker 1: outreach program this summer. Bargstown City School's Family Resource and
Speaker 1: Youth Service Center SC is bringing equal access to summer
Speaker 1: fun with the new Stripes in the Street program. On Thursday,
Speaker 1: shrieks of delight could be heard as BCS students had
Speaker 1: a water balloon fight on their street. Pizza was on
Speaker 1: the way as other students Blue bubble while playing with
Speaker 1: sidewalk chalk. The summer fund was made possible as a
Speaker 1: part of a new program designed to reach students across
Speaker 1: the district and keep connecting in the summer. We feel
Speaker 1: like a lot of our kiddos are stuck in the house,
Speaker 1: and we're trying to get them out of the house
Speaker 1: as much as we can, Katrina Hayden, family resource coordinator said.
Speaker 1: She said they're calling the program Stripes in the streets
Speaker 1: throughout the summer. Hayden said they take the Tiger trolley
Speaker 1: the district transport van with them to each stop. Hayden
Speaker 1: said it is also an homage to the BCS Tiger
Speaker 1: mascot stripes. The program is also in partnership with Community
Speaker 1: Collaboration for Children. Additionally, Melina Alexander, Nelson County Extension Office
Speaker 1: Assistant in Family and Consumer Science, has been part of
Speaker 1: the programs speaking with students about health and nutrition. Last week,
Speaker 1: Hayden said they were on a different street in Barstown
Speaker 1: tie dyeing shirts. Next week, she said they're going to
Speaker 1: drive around town and hand out popsicles. Typically, she said
Speaker 1: they'll alert a community, sending out messages, putting up flyers
Speaker 1: to let them know when they'll be making their stop
Speaker 1: this summer. However, Hayden said they invite everyone to join
Speaker 1: in the summer fun. The goal for her is connection.
Speaker 1: Whenever we have people sitting out, we're just going to
Speaker 1: give out popsicles and get in the communities, she said.
Speaker 1: We want people to start recognizing the Tiger Trolley and
Speaker 1: something good. Hayden said. Another aspect of these events, which
Speaker 1: has brought out ten to fifteen students in a neighborhood,
Speaker 1: is it bringing its parents, parents and guardians as well.
Speaker 1: She said they've had adults hopping in to do taidie
Speaker 1: and play the games. On Thursday, one adult join in
Speaker 1: on the water balloon fight in a coordinated effort from
Speaker 1: the kids in attendance, they all pelted him with balloons.
Speaker 2: She said.
Speaker 1: She's also seen firsthand how the program is connecting people.
Speaker 1: Hayden met a family who'd moved to the area from
Speaker 1: Louisville and knew no one in their neighborhood. Stripes in
Speaker 1: the Streets was a chance for the son and mother
Speaker 1: to connect with their new community. Also, realizing the boy's
Speaker 1: friend lived down the road from the family, we were
Speaker 1: hula hooping last week so we were letting some of
Speaker 1: the adults hula hoop, she said, Then you see the
Speaker 1: adults playing with the bubbles. It's definitely been very well
Speaker 1: received by the adults as well as the kids. Hayden
Speaker 1: said they hoped to expand the program during fall and
Speaker 1: spring break, continuing to give students access to engaging activities
Speaker 1: year round. Next Fair Fun for All Nelson County Fair
Speaker 1: wraps up Saturday night. The Nelson County Fair returned last week,
Speaker 1: welcoming in thousands to the fair grounds to see the animals,
Speaker 1: ride the ride, or take in a game of chance
Speaker 1: while cruising the midway for a quick bite to eat
Speaker 1: on a hot summer day. Bardstown teens Reese Dones and
Speaker 1: Adalin rue could be found hanging out doing just that
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, nibbling on some chickens on a stick with
Speaker 1: big smiles on their faces as they pondered what ride
Speaker 1: they would go on next. Its fun and populated, Don
Speaker 1: said of the fair midway, this is a good time
Speaker 1: to have fun. Domes and Rouley were enjoying visiting with
Speaker 1: old friends while making some new ones along the way
Speaker 1: as the fair ground was covered with their fellow teenagers.
Speaker 1: Ruey said she was enjoying the rides and you can
Speaker 1: meet new people. They look forward to the fair every
Speaker 1: year and always come. They both agreed their favorite ride
Speaker 1: was the Drop Tower, a ride that typically features long
Speaker 1: weight lines. Doane said the built up tension of the
Speaker 1: drop Tower makes it one of her favorites. Jeremy Sellars
Speaker 1: was in town from Palm Harbor, Florida. He had been
Speaker 1: doing work in the Campbellsville area and one of the
Speaker 1: local folks he works with told him the Nelson County
Speaker 1: Fair was going on, so he and his group made
Speaker 1: their way to Bardstown. My best friend and his wife
Speaker 1: and kids, they're having a great time, Seller said, I'm
Speaker 1: just over here sweating. The temperatures climb during fair week
Speaker 1: all up into the nineties, making for a sweltering event,
Speaker 1: but fair goers could catch some relief in Samuel's Hall,
Speaker 1: where the four eighth exhibits were on display or under
Speaker 1: shaded pavilions. The wind coming off the ride helped as well.
Speaker 1: There was plenty to eat as well, with Sellers sampling
Speaker 1: a blowny sandwich and sipping on sweet tea. Ahead of
Speaker 1: the main event Wednesday, the bull Whip Rodeo, Dones and
Speaker 1: ruling said they were looking forward to the rodeo as well.
Speaker 1: I'm here for the bull riding. If Tonight sellers said
Speaker 1: it's good to see everyone come out and get to
Speaker 1: see off cows and chickens and goats, just the fair life.
Speaker 1: The Nason County Fair finished its run over the weekend
Speaker 1: with Saturday's Truck and Tractor Full Next Barnstown Burger Week
Speaker 1: begins July twentieth. Bartstown Burger Week is back for year
Speaker 1: two as restaurants across Nelson County offer up their best
Speaker 1: burgers beginning July twentieth. The Bardstown Nelson County Hospitalist Hospitality
Speaker 1: Association and the Bardstown Nelson County Tourism Commission are bringing
Speaker 1: back Bartstown Burger Week July twentieth through the twenty second
Speaker 1: twenty seventh after the success of the first Burger Week
Speaker 1: last July twenty one. Businesses from Bardstown and Bloomfield are
Speaker 1: participating in this year's showcase. The participating restaurants for twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six are Bardstown Burger, Bjay's Steakhouse, Bourbon Brick Oven,
Speaker 1: The Curry, Louns, Buffalo Wings and Rings Chicken Kowhisk Circuit
Speaker 1: eighteen fifty six Bardstown Ernie's Tavern, Five Brothers Bar and Kitchen,
Speaker 1: Progie's Bar and Grill, The Grill at Maywood, Mammy's Kitchen,
Speaker 1: Marcella's and the after Hours Cafe, Mel's Garage, Mister Tubbs,
Speaker 1: Oak and Ember at the Trail Hotel, Old Kentucky Home
Speaker 1: Country Club, Old Talbert Tavern, On the Go Foods, Pat's Place,
Speaker 1: Scout and Scholar Brewing Company, The Rick House, and Toogee's Table.
Speaker 1: This year, passports for the week will be available at
Speaker 1: the visitor center at Court Square. The first fifty people
Speaker 1: to return their passports after tasting or trying five of
Speaker 1: the burghers will receive a limited Bardstown Burger Week t shirt. However,
Speaker 1: there are still prizes available for those who missed the
Speaker 1: top fifty cutoff. Participants with a completed passport can turn
Speaker 1: it in for a chance to win a fifty dollars
Speaker 1: gas card with two tickets for just more on September
Speaker 1: thirtieth at the Amp. The giveaway is possible through a
Speaker 1: partnership with WBRT and WOKH. Participants can also scan the
Speaker 1: QR code on the passports to vote for their favorite
Speaker 1: burger and most creative Burger. Taylor Hall, event and hospitality
Speaker 1: coordinator with Tourism, said last year's restaurant experienced.
Speaker 2: High volume foot traffic.
Speaker 1: However, the most exciting feedback for Hall was hearing the
Speaker 1: stories of locals who ventured into a new restaurant. They
Speaker 1: had people coming in that are local that had never
Speaker 1: eaten here.
Speaker 2: She said.
Speaker 1: Some of the businesses have been here for thirty forty years.
Speaker 1: People that live that have never tried their place with
Speaker 1: coming in and trying it because they wanted to try
Speaker 1: the burgers. That's part of the plan to get new
Speaker 1: people in here. Hall said. Barstown Burgerweek also poses a
Speaker 1: fun challenge for tourists. Last year, she said a visiting
Speaker 1: couple heard about the event as they were trying about
Speaker 1: to leave the city, trying five burgers in two hours
Speaker 1: to get a limited edition shirt. In year two, Hall
Speaker 1: said she wants Barstown Burgerwik to grow and become an
Speaker 1: event that people anticipate each summer. She said many years
Speaker 1: down the road, she wanted people who participated in the
Speaker 1: first few years and received a strick T shirt to
Speaker 1: have a sense of pride in it. It's year two
Speaker 1: and already I already feel like this is going to
Speaker 1: be as safer for Bardstown in Nelson County. She said,
Speaker 1: I really am excited to see it expand over the years.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see more people like start expecting Burgerweek
Speaker 1: because I really do think it is beneficial for our
Speaker 1: restaurant and having that exposure is really great. I'm just
Speaker 1: excited to see where it goes, to see what each
Speaker 1: restaurant has on the menu for Bardstown Burgerweek. Keep an
Speaker 1: eye out on the visit Bargstown Facebook page for more details.
Speaker 1: Next candidate forum hosted for Kentucky State Senate. The Loretto
Speaker 1: mother House hosted a public forum for the candidates running
Speaker 1: for Kentucky State Senate District fourteen. The two candidates are
Speaker 1: Republican candidate Ben Mud and Democratic candidate Carried Gribbons through It.
Speaker 1: Mud and thru It will face each other in the
Speaker 1: November general election. Twenty one guests attended the forum at
Speaker 1: the Loretto mother House on Saturday, July eleventh, twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1: Each candidate was given ten minutes to introduce themselves before
Speaker 1: answering audience questions. Truett introduced herself first and shared her background.
Speaker 1: She talked about growing up on a dairy and tobacco
Speaker 1: farm in Bradfordsville. That upward upbringing took me on a
Speaker 1: path towards a twenty year career in nonprofit leadership. True
Speaker 1: It said, I am running because it's entirely too challenging
Speaker 1: for our families today. True It said, everything is too expensive,
Speaker 1: whether it's food, housing, or healthcare. Everything costs too much money.
Speaker 1: Truett said she is running because she wants to do
Speaker 1: more to make life better for everyone. As your next
Speaker 1: state senator, I will work on creating an economic environment
Speaker 1: that is for all of us, not just some of us,
Speaker 1: but all of us, Truet said. Truet said she also
Speaker 1: supports expanding access to health care and lowering healthcare costs.
Speaker 1: Mud then introduced himself and shared his background. He talked
Speaker 1: about growing up on his family's farm in Lebanon. Born
Speaker 1: and raised in Lebanon, on my family's farm, Mud said.
Speaker 1: Mud discussed his experience working in the pharmacy and healthcare industries.
Speaker 1: We've had one hundred small pharmacies clothed in three years
Speaker 1: across Kentucky, and we have one hundred and twenty counties.
Speaker 1: Mud said, I say that as an example of how
Speaker 1: I've been fighting to fight in Frankfort. Mud also spoke
Speaker 1: about his relationship with Senatives Higdon. I've seen what Senator
Speaker 1: Higden has.
Speaker 2: Done for our area.
Speaker 1: I've seen how he has led. He has had a
Speaker 1: great relationship with the sisters in Loretto. We may not agree,
Speaker 1: always agree on every issue, but that's okay. That's what
Speaker 1: built this great country, Mud said. Mud said he also
Speaker 1: wants to help lower healthcare costs, support local farmers in
Speaker 1: selling their products, and work to reduce food prices. One
Speaker 1: key question for the audience was how will we decrease
Speaker 1: the income tax and the tax on food and pharmaceutical
Speaker 1: Mud responded by saying he supports lowering the state income
Speaker 1: tax to zero. I support lowering the income tax to zero. Responsibly,
Speaker 1: Mud said, I think that that does great thing. It
Speaker 1: puts money back into the pockets of hard working families.
Speaker 1: And we've seen that even as the percentage of revenue
Speaker 1: from the income tax decreases, the state's overall revenue continues
Speaker 1: to grow. Mud said he does not support taxing food.
Speaker 1: I don't support taxing food. I don't think that's the
Speaker 1: temperature of the current General Assembly. Mud said, regarding the
Speaker 1: taxes on medicine. Mud said, I think taxing medicine when
Speaker 1: the government is paying for seventy to eighty percent of
Speaker 1: it means we are taxing ourselves. There's no ground to
Speaker 1: gain there. Truet responded by saying she is not opposed
Speaker 1: to tax reform as long as the lawmakers consider the
Speaker 1: broader impact.
Speaker 2: We hear a lot about the.
Speaker 1: Importance of putting money back into people's pockets, and that's
Speaker 1: absolutely critical because, as I mentioned, everything thing is too expensive. True,
Speaker 1: it said, However, if we look an example like House
Speaker 1: Bill five hundred, the average bus driver with the decrease
Speaker 1: in the personal income tax was going to see at
Speaker 1: least five hundred dollars put back into their pocket. But
Speaker 1: to pay for that tax cut, there was going to
Speaker 1: be increase in healthcare costs of sixty two hundred dollars
Speaker 1: a year. That is not, in exactly, not exactly a
Speaker 1: solution for people. Truett said she is not entirely opposed
Speaker 1: to reducing the personal income tax. I am not entirely
Speaker 1: opposed to continuing to reduce the personal income tax as
Speaker 1: long as we're being incredibly considerate of the programs that
Speaker 1: the tax revenue pays for True.
Speaker 2: It says, when.
Speaker 1: We are talking about these personal income tax cuts while
Speaker 1: also cutting program on the other side, that part doesn't
Speaker 1: make sense to me. True It says she is open
Speaker 1: to discussions about tax cut in the General Assembly, but
Speaker 1: believes lawmakers must consider both sides of the equation. In
Speaker 1: the General Assembly, we have to pay attention to both
Speaker 1: sides of the equation, and I don't think that part
Speaker 1: is happening right now, true, it said. Next in sports
Speaker 1: Community sends NCLL to his team to state with parade.
Speaker 1: The Nelson County Little League ten I Owe you an
Speaker 1: all star baseball team left for the Little League state
Speaker 1: tournament Thursday evening and the team was escorted through downtown
Speaker 1: Bardstown with a parade. The team was heading to Grayson
Speaker 1: for the tournament, which started Saturday at Grayson's Sports Park.
Speaker 1: Nelson County was scheduled to play Paintful Saturday, Valley Sports Today,
Speaker 1: and Lexington Eastern Monday. In pool play. The top two
Speaker 1: teams from each pool advanced to the single elimination round
Speaker 1: of the tournament. Here is a look at the team's
Speaker 1: parade with pictures courtesy of the team parent, Jonathan Ray
Speaker 1: and one pictures shows coaches and players with the Nelson
Speaker 1: County Little League's one O U All Star team awaits
Speaker 1: the start of the parade through Downstown, Bardstown Thursday evening.
Speaker 1: The team received in escort through town led by first responders. Next,
Speaker 1: Attorney General Coleman calls for increased crackdown on rovo calls.
Speaker 1: Attorney General Russell Coleman announced last week Kentucky has joined
Speaker 1: a forty eight state coalition to further crackdown on scam
Speaker 1: calls and texts. A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general is
Speaker 1: calling on the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen rules that
Speaker 1: would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without
Speaker 1: that access, scammers can't use real numbers to deceive and
Speaker 1: scam people. Frosters often purchased legitimate phone numbers and use
Speaker 1: them to make robocalls and send texts. In the past,
Speaker 1: scammers would illegally spoof phone numbers to make calls appear legitimate.
Speaker 1: After the federal government and state attorneys general took action
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, scammers are not as easily able
Speaker 1: to spoof numbers. However, the problem persists. According to Robocall
Speaker 1: Index three hundred twenty three point four million robocalls were
Speaker 1: placed to Kentuckians during the first six months of this year.
Speaker 1: These con artists continued to target Kentuckians in hopes of
Speaker 1: scamming them out of our hard earned money. Coleman said,
Speaker 1: our office will continue to collaborate with partners who are
Speaker 1: dedicated to protecting our people. The attorneys general are asking
Speaker 1: the federal government to do more, including requiring companies that
Speaker 1: purchase and resell phone numbers in North America to meet
Speaker 1: stronger certification rules, block the sale of phone numbers to
Speaker 1: entities that aren't tied to a calling or texting service,
Speaker 1: and restricts the offering of trial numbers to discourage scammers
Speaker 1: from taking.
Speaker 2: Advantage of them.
Speaker 1: Coleman joined the Colorado, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and
Speaker 1: Pennsylvania led letter along with attorneys the General of Alabama, Alaska,
Speaker 1: American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada,
Speaker 1: New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Speaker 1: Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
Speaker 1: West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Next in Community Notes, a
Speaker 1: classical guitar quartet Chimmer Quartet will give a energetic concert
Speaker 1: featuring contemporary works written for the ensemble and classical staples
Speaker 1: at the Loretto Motherhouse Wednesday, August fifth, at seven pm.
Speaker 1: All are welcome, no admission charge. Bardstown Independent School District
Speaker 1: Board of Age Vacation will have regular board meeting Tuesday,
Speaker 1: July twenty first at noon at the Central Office three
Speaker 1: eight North Fifth Street in Bargstown. Whiskey City Cruisers third
Speaker 1: on Third at Court Square. Whiskey City Cruisers will be
Speaker 1: at the Welcome Center on Bargstown Court Square ten am
Speaker 1: to two pm Saturday, July eighteenth.
Speaker 2: Come and stroll through time to.
Speaker 1: Check out some classic cars, rain cancels, nature plus Macromay
Speaker 1: plant hangers at Burnham Forest and Arboretum. Learn how to
Speaker 1: make macromay plant hangers at Burnhoum Forest and Arboretum one
Speaker 1: pm to three pm Saturday, July eighteenth. Artist Ivona Lapirie
Speaker 1: will guide participants in creating a three foot plant haanger
Speaker 1: that can hold up to a tenth each pot.
Speaker 2: Plants are not included, but.
Speaker 1: Participants will have option to purchase from a selection of
Speaker 1: Burnheim grown plants available at the workshop. Ages sixteen plus.
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