Speaker 1: So overnight there was a terrifying explosion in Jeffersonville and
Speaker 1: it completely leveled a home. Five people were sent to
Speaker 1: the hospital and just an awful, awful scene. It looks
Speaker 1: as if the uh the five people there were two
Speaker 1: that were airlifted to the hospital and three were taken
Speaker 1: by ambulance. So a neighbor who talked to w o KY,
Speaker 1: who was on scene, said they heard a blast, rushed
Speaker 1: to the scene and helped pull out two individuals that
Speaker 1: had severe burns. So fire crews, as you could expect,
Speaker 1: struggle to put out that kind of a blaze when
Speaker 1: you've got a huge explosion, and right now there's there's
Speaker 1: there's no there's no.
Speaker 2: Nobody knows why it happened just yet.
Speaker 1: Of course they're going to investigate and see what could
Speaker 1: have caused it, but Jeffersonville Police has said that there's
Speaker 1: no current threat to the public. However, uh, it is
Speaker 1: impacting the first day back to school traffic at Jeffersonville
Speaker 1: High School, So just be it by that it is
Speaker 1: the first day back at school for Greater Clark County schools,
Speaker 1: and of course Jeffersonville is one of those. So just
Speaker 1: be advised that you may have a different route or
Speaker 1: maybe just traffic on your current route, depending upon how
Speaker 1: it is you get to Jeff all right, it is
Speaker 1: Kentucky and his morning news here News Radio eight forty
Speaker 1: whas Coffee and Company. I'm Nick Coffee, John Alden alongside
Speaker 1: today we've got two hours in the books. So if
Speaker 1: you've been with us, thank you, appreciated, hope you've enjoyed yourself.
Speaker 1: I don't know what we've accomplished for you, but if
Speaker 1: you're still with us, I guess that's I mean, that's
Speaker 1: the goal here. And if you are just now joining us,
Speaker 1: welcome in. It is, as mentioned, the first day back
Speaker 1: to school for Greater Cloud, Greater Clark County, and I
Speaker 1: believe there was another school system in southern Indiana that
Speaker 1: started yesterday, and before too long, it'll be back to
Speaker 1: school for everybody here on this side of the Ohio River.
Speaker 1: And I just I was going back in time thinking
Speaker 1: of the many first days of school that I experienced
Speaker 1: whenever I was a kid. And there's I mean, it's
Speaker 1: it's easily one of the most memorable days of your
Speaker 1: entire school year because you really just don't know what
Speaker 1: to expect, and it really depends upon your age, I suppose,
Speaker 1: But like, for example, my son is starting my son
Speaker 1: is starting kindergarten, so he doesn't have a clue what
Speaker 1: to expect as far as like his class. And my
Speaker 1: daughter she'll be entering fourth grade, which is crazy to
Speaker 1: say out loud, but she's not on social media keeping
Speaker 1: up with her friends or anything like that. So I
Speaker 1: guess it still does exist in a way that it
Speaker 1: did with me. That you really just there's so much unknown.
Speaker 1: And I remember, especially at a young age, the first
Speaker 1: impression of a teacher usually stuck.
Speaker 2: I had a pretty good.
Speaker 1: Idea right away what I was going to be in
Speaker 1: for as far as it being a teacher, And it
Speaker 1: really wasn't about were they a good teacher or a
Speaker 1: bad teacher? It was about are they cool or not?
Speaker 1: Like are they are they going to be strict or
Speaker 1: are they going to have Are they going to roll
Speaker 1: out that cart with the big box TV on it
Speaker 1: more often than the other teachers? So we can, you know,
Speaker 1: not do work? You know what I'm talking about?
Speaker 2: John? Is this Weday?
Speaker 1: Is this somebody that might be wheeling one of those
Speaker 1: TVs into the classroom When we get to March if
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I mean, those are things
Speaker 1: I tried to pick up on signs of that because
Speaker 1: that was you know, that was it wasn't. It wasn't
Speaker 1: just because it would get us out of doing some schoolwork.
Speaker 1: But it also you know, I would like to watch
Speaker 1: March Madness. Even as a kid, I did, which we
Speaker 1: have to be the state and I know March Madness.
Speaker 1: The tournament is a is a It's really rare because
Speaker 1: college basketball has not really moved the needle on a
Speaker 1: national level quite like other sports like college football and
Speaker 1: certainly the NFL. But the tournament is a big, big deal,
Speaker 1: big draw, so everybody watches it. But I would say
Speaker 1: in Kentucky we have probably more leniency within schools to
Speaker 1: just like make it a thing or we're gonna have
Speaker 1: the TV on today. We might have the sound on,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna have the TV on. But anyway, some
Speaker 1: other things that I just remember about the first day
Speaker 1: when I was younger, new kids, rather it be somebody
Speaker 1: that you know, you you just don't, you know, recognize
Speaker 1: it all. And and they moved there because their family
Speaker 1: moved or maybe they just transferred schools.
Speaker 2: And I remember with with.
Speaker 1: If I had some friends in my class from the
Speaker 1: previous year, just somebody that I knew, we would just
Speaker 1: be what do.
Speaker 2: You think they're from? You think they moved here? I mean,
Speaker 2: we were just so curious about there.
Speaker 1: And it's weird because I didn't know a whole lot
Speaker 1: about the kids that I went to school with, right
Speaker 1: and unless there are my friends. But when you just
Speaker 1: you know somebody that's new, you know, you wonder where
Speaker 1: they're from. And I remember there was a kid who
Speaker 1: moved to the area and he ended up finishing school
Speaker 1: with us, but he moved from California, and I was
Speaker 1: either in third grade or fourth grade, and man, we
Speaker 1: thought that was the coolest thing in the world.
Speaker 2: And you know, you've been to California. Oh what's that like?
Speaker 1: I mean, we're talking about young kids in Bullock County, Kentucky.
Speaker 1: I also remember there was always a girl, and I'm
Speaker 1: sure girls would say this about boys. There was always
Speaker 1: a girl that had a glow up, if you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. That that you know, became much more
Speaker 1: you know, popular with the Fellaws because you know, she
Speaker 1: she you know, I don't want to say she became
Speaker 1: she went from ugly duckling to you know, homecoming queen
Speaker 1: type of thing. But like I remember, you know when
Speaker 1: you're that age, especially young, young, I mean really any age,
Speaker 1: when you're a child. You know, summer break. I can't
Speaker 1: believe summer's over, Like it's crazy how quickly went by,
Speaker 1: But you don't realize it.
Speaker 2: Like people grow, kids grow like crazy.
Speaker 1: So I'm sure there's kids going back to school today
Speaker 1: that will probably be recognizable to their friends and their teachers,
Speaker 1: but you know, maybe they've grown a few inches. So yeah,
Speaker 1: school is back, and I hope everybody has a good
Speaker 1: first day in Greater Clark County. However, again, if you
Speaker 1: are going to Jeffersonville High School, just keep in mind
Speaker 1: the explosion that took place last night has led to
Speaker 1: some some delays in traffic and maybe even put you
Speaker 1: on a different route, So just be prepared.
Speaker 2: Also be prepared for.
Speaker 1: Your next update, which is coming up right here, right now,
Speaker 1: when it comes to traffic here in Kentucky and a
Speaker 1: Bobby Ellis has us covered. We'll get an update on
Speaker 1: the news. I'm sorry, not on the news, that's later,
Speaker 1: but we'll get an update on the weather with Matt
Speaker 1: melosovitche wok. Why right here on news Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 1: This is Kentucky Anda's morning news here on news Radio
Speaker 1: eight forty whas Coffee and Company. I'm Nick Coffee and
Speaker 1: I've got some company all of you listening, and hopefully
Speaker 1: there are many of you.
Speaker 2: You know, you never really know, are we on? I
Speaker 2: think we are a kid But anyways, we've.
Speaker 1: Got a full crew here today, myself along with John Alden,
Speaker 1: John Shannon with the news, and then Scott will be
Speaker 1: back with another update on sports and about seven minutes
Speaker 1: or so. But what I wanted to get to earlier
Speaker 1: and then had to eject is I didn't have enough
Speaker 1: time to really have all the info I needed to share,
Speaker 1: because this is important stuff. We're talking about restaurant red flags, folks. Okay,
Speaker 1: things that you should notice as a red flag when
Speaker 1: you enter a restaurant. And some of these make total sense.
Speaker 1: And I don't know what this says about me, but
Speaker 1: I I frequent restaurants that have some red flags. Oh
Speaker 1: and I've been able to you know. I mean the
Speaker 1: reason I go there often is because I like it
Speaker 1: and enjoy the food and enjoy the experience and atmosphere. Therefore,
Speaker 1: the red flag hasn't been you know, even if it's there,
Speaker 1: it hasn't kept me away. So again I'm not sure
Speaker 1: what that says about me. But these are things that
Speaker 1: are subtle and obvious that that you know, subtle things
Speaker 1: that are subtle and obvious different difference there of course,
Speaker 1: that that are noticeable that might mean something more than
Speaker 1: most realized. And this one is, this one is is
Speaker 1: Actually it does gross me out a little bit, but
Speaker 1: it hasn't if I end up enjoying my experience and
Speaker 1: enjoying my meal. It's not something that sticks with me
Speaker 1: to where I don't come back. But sticky menus like
Speaker 1: menus that aren't that you know, haven't been wiped down.
Speaker 1: And that's I think that's real noticeable too, just by
Speaker 1: the appearance of it, and then also just like feeling
Speaker 1: it kind of slimy. It's because they put like that
Speaker 1: that the you know, the what do you call it,
Speaker 1: the plastic over top of it, that that you know,
Speaker 1: keeps it from from the paper from getting wet or
Speaker 1: ripping or anything like that. And you know, it's pretty
Speaker 1: easy to see when there's some visible like you know,
Speaker 1: gunk from somebody who ate there and left it. I mean,
Speaker 1: if menus are taken away after somebody orders, I find
Speaker 1: it to be pretty rare that there would be food
Speaker 1: on it. Now, I guess you could get the appetizers
Speaker 1: still have your your menu, but yeah, that's just kind
Speaker 1: of an ick thing to me. But and I'm sure
Speaker 1: there are places that I've gone to that I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 1: never coming back here, and after getting the dirty menus,
Speaker 1: I then realize, yeah, this place sucks.
Speaker 2: I'm not coming back.
Speaker 1: This is one that I think is a little bit unfair,
Speaker 1: but there could also be a clear reason for it.
Speaker 1: But empty during peak hours, I think there are people,
Speaker 1: like there are restaurants that really have good enough food,
Speaker 1: comparable food to a lot of competitors that are in
Speaker 1: the same space. But if you aren't hitting on the
Speaker 1: other things that matter atmosphere, environment, you know, drink selection
Speaker 1: and of course service, that can clearly put you behind
Speaker 1: your competitors, and that's why you could be empty during
Speaker 1: peak hours. But I know places that I enjoy and
Speaker 1: maybe it's just me that I oftentimes don't see very
Speaker 1: crowded and I you know, but also there's places that
Speaker 1: I'm like, they're still open. You know, I'm not surprised
Speaker 1: that they're empty. This one I never would have thought about.
Speaker 1: But it is very noticeable when there's visible management. Meaning
Speaker 1: if there's no visible management, that's a red flag. And
Speaker 1: I never paid attention to that. But usually you can
Speaker 1: tell who's manager, not just by maybe them wearing a
Speaker 1: little bit something different than their other workers at that restaurant,
Speaker 1: but also because they'll they you know, they just they're asking, hey,
Speaker 1: how's everything going, and you know they're not your server,
Speaker 1: and you can tell there's a leader. And I think
Speaker 1: that's just that's a good culture where you've got a
Speaker 1: good leader on the floor at a restaurant that is
Speaker 1: the to help if customers need it, but also to
Speaker 1: be a resource for the servers and bartenders and whatnot.
Speaker 1: And then this is one that I rarely see, but
Speaker 1: I can certainly see it being a red flag arguing staff.
Speaker 1: And it goes on to say here in this write
Speaker 1: up that like if the and this is again this
Speaker 1: is something that I've experienced but never thought much of it,
Speaker 1: Like if the waitress is blaming something on the kitchen,
Speaker 1: even if it is their fault, I don't know if
Speaker 1: I'd call that a red flag, but like you know,
Speaker 1: it didn't really matter whose fault it is, just you know,
Speaker 1: get it right. So anyhow, do with that what you
Speaker 1: will when it comes to your next dining experience. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get to a quick update on traffic and weather.
Speaker 1: Bobby Ellis will get us caught up on how the
Speaker 1: roadways are looking here in Kentucky, and Matt Melosavitch has
Speaker 1: the latest on the forecast right.
Speaker 2: Here on Who's Radio waight forty whas.
Speaker 1: This is can He's own Tyler Childers, who of course
Speaker 1: has become a huge, huge sensation in not just country
Speaker 1: music but just I mean, he's one of those guys
Speaker 1: that you know, you could probably throw him in a
Speaker 1: couple of different genres. He's got his own style and sound,
Speaker 1: and he has become a big hit all over the world.
Speaker 1: And I'm a huge fan. And I'll i think when
Speaker 1: it comes to I'm not really a big music guy.
Speaker 1: I mean, I enjoy music like anybody else, but I'm
Speaker 1: not somebody that seeks out concerts and whatnot as much
Speaker 1: as others. But I really got into Tyler Childers as
Speaker 1: he was sort of elevating, but not anything like he
Speaker 1: is now. But I got to see him make his
Speaker 1: debut at the Grand Ole Opry, which was really cool,
Speaker 1: and he only played a few songs. But what was
Speaker 1: really cool about that is that he was nervous and
Speaker 1: he didn't he didn't have like a goof but he
Speaker 1: he absolutely just you know, was that moment was hitting
Speaker 1: him and he kind of struggled briefly just for a
Speaker 1: moment really during one of the songs, and the big
Speaker 1: crowd that was there was from me to Kentucky there
Speaker 1: to support him, and you know, they got a little rowdy,
Speaker 1: I guess, noticing it and in a supportive way, and
Speaker 1: then he got comfortable and went on to uh to
Speaker 1: do a great job. And of course now he's he's
Speaker 1: a he's a star. Another star is Luke Combs and
Speaker 1: he was on a podcast with Barstool Sports and he
Speaker 1: was asked about which state produces the best country music artists,
Speaker 1: which I would have expected him to say his home
Speaker 1: state of North Carolina because they have certainly produced some
Speaker 1: big time names, but he he says that it's the
Speaker 1: bluegrass state that puts out the best in country music.
Speaker 2: What state puts out the best country music? By the way,
Speaker 2: you're gonna stay Carolina, like biasedly would say Carolina, but truthfully,
Speaker 2: it's Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kucky. Well it's I mean, you
Speaker 2: got Childer Stapleton, Keith Whitley. I mean, there's just I'm
Speaker 2: gonna go the talent in Kentucky is unmatched.
Speaker 1: Kentucky.
Speaker 2: Yes, country still, yeah, dude, it's Kentucky stacked, Kentucky stacked.
Speaker 2: State in opin Texas has got to be stacked, right,
Speaker 2: I think so.
Speaker 1: So I mean that that that's cool to hear because
Speaker 1: I think we all know that we've been pretty fortunate
Speaker 1: to produce some big time artists that are Kentucky born
Speaker 1: and bred. And you know, there's there's there's probably a
Speaker 1: lot of people out there, certainly those in the state,
Speaker 1: maybe more than Louisville, that when they listen to a
Speaker 1: lot of their work, you know, you feel you see
Speaker 1: Kentucky and I'm I don't think I'm in the minority.
Speaker 1: But coming from the sports world where it's such a
Speaker 1: such a heated rivalry Red v. Blue, and of course
Speaker 1: in this city there's so many on both sides, but
Speaker 1: there's a lot of people who, you know, Louisville, we
Speaker 1: want to be our own state, and I think they
Speaker 1: say that tongue in cheek, but I love this state.
Speaker 1: I don't love UK sports and I root against them
Speaker 1: actually because I'm a Louisville fan. That's just how the
Speaker 1: rivalry works. But I love being a Kentucky and it
Speaker 1: is it's cool to not only see those guys have success,
Speaker 1: but to know that they've become as popular as they
Speaker 1: are and people know, hey, that guy's from Kentucky. Any Like,
Speaker 1: right now, this trio as far as just sustained, and
Speaker 1: I know, like Sturgill Simpson didn't. I don't think he
Speaker 1: had a great reception for his most recent album, but
Speaker 1: like he's a big time star. I had no clue
Speaker 1: that he was in Righteous Gemstones until I watched the
Speaker 1: latest season.
Speaker 2: But I love Sturgel.
Speaker 1: And obviously you've got Chris Stapleton, one of the best
Speaker 1: voices that you'll ever hear in music in any way.
Speaker 2: And Tyler Chilters, who we just played.
Speaker 1: But going down the line, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakum, Ricky Skaggs,
Speaker 1: the Juds, Loretta Lynn, I mean, it's I mean, and
Speaker 1: there's other names that, like I they have more of
Speaker 1: I think a niche following to where they're they're not
Speaker 1: going to sell out arenas, but there's a duo called
Speaker 1: Sunday Best that the people who are into him are
Speaker 1: really into him to where if they have a smaller
Speaker 1: venue really anywhere I think in the region, maybe even
Speaker 1: in the country, especially when they were at their peak,
Speaker 1: they'd be they'd have a full house because they just
Speaker 1: you know, they're not mainstream necessarily. So again, we've been really,
Speaker 1: really really spoiled with some great musicians from from this state.
Speaker 1: And to hear a guy who is I would say
Speaker 1: right now, not that you and I are are auditioning
Speaker 1: here for w AMZ John, but like Luke Colmmes has
Speaker 1: got to be currently in the top five maybe top
Speaker 1: four of that's just like when he's when he's putting
Speaker 1: out music, people are anxious and ready for it.
Speaker 2: Mostly they approve. And he's doing weekends where.
Speaker 1: He's he's got three stadium arena dates in one weekend
Speaker 1: and they're all sold out.
Speaker 2: He's just a step below where Morgan Wallen is right now.
Speaker 1: I feel like yep, and I think the only thing
Speaker 1: that separates him is looks. I mean, and look he
Speaker 1: and I mean, I don't say it to be mean,
Speaker 1: but like he on that podcast that I listened to
Speaker 1: that that clip came from, he talked about how you know,
Speaker 1: everybody who was coming up in country music that got
Speaker 1: a break that kind of got put into the mainstream world. Like,
Speaker 1: let's be honest, nine out of ten of them were
Speaker 1: dudes that most people would say are gorgeous men that
Speaker 1: are like, you know, heart throbs. And he acknowledges that
Speaker 1: he's not necessarily that, but man, he's talented and I'm
Speaker 1: a huge fan of his.
Speaker 2: All right, let's get to a quick time out. We'll
Speaker 2: keep it rolling along.
Speaker 1: Here. It is Kentucky in his morning news your next
Speaker 1: update of trafficing weathers right here right now on news
Speaker 1: radio waight forty whas not good timing here for me
Speaker 1: because we have very little time as it is. And
Speaker 1: when I hear Luke Combs, I don't want to turn
Speaker 1: the microphone on and start talking. I want to listen
Speaker 1: to him saying he's phenomenal. So yeah, good stuff there.
Speaker 1: All right, So, as the summer is coming to an end,
Speaker 1: I mean summer break, I suppose we still have many
Speaker 1: many weeks of summer season here as far as just
Speaker 1: the weather and whatnot. But if anything, I'm getting a
Speaker 1: late start to seltzer season. And I leaned into this
Speaker 1: years ago because I got accused of in the stories.
Speaker 1: It's really stupid now that I think back at it.
Speaker 1: But I was at Hometown Rising, the country music festival
Speaker 1: that was part of the other music festivals that we
Speaker 1: have here in Louisville. It was the Bourbon and Beyond
Speaker 1: and Louder than Life, and they did one year, they
Speaker 1: did a country music one and they've not done it since.
Speaker 1: And I was there and I was drinking a Seltzer,
Speaker 1: and you know, I knew that there was a stigma
Speaker 1: that you know, sissy, and you know, I don't I
Speaker 1: don't know why anybody would care what I drink, and
Speaker 1: I don't know why what I drink has anything to
Speaker 1: do with how people view me as far as a
Speaker 1: masculine man, which again, don't really care, but you know,
Speaker 1: I know that that's a like that people think that,
Speaker 1: and I clearly don't care because I haven't drank much
Speaker 1: seltzers this summer, now that I realize it. But I
Speaker 1: like them, enjoy them, and don't care if people think
Speaker 1: it makes.
Speaker 2: Me a girly man.
Speaker 1: But somebody took a picture of me there and send
Speaker 1: it into the text line of my sports show at
Speaker 1: the time, like threatening to expose me for drinking a Seltzer,
Speaker 1: and I just leaned into it, like, you know, embraced it,
Speaker 1: and I kind of became the guy that you know
Speaker 1: is not only not afraid to embrace the seltzers that
Speaker 1: are out there, but like I, you know, I want
Speaker 1: more people to try them.
Speaker 2: They're good.
Speaker 1: Well, one of them is that is that is very delicious,
Speaker 1: and probably one of my favorites is high Noon and
Speaker 1: they have had a mix up with the label that
Speaker 1: has resulted in a recall. So high Nuon Vodka Seltzer,
Speaker 1: they're recalling their high Noon Beach Variety twelve pack due
Speaker 1: to a label mix up.
Speaker 2: That is a big mix up.
Speaker 1: So this recall comes as packs may contain cans that
Speaker 1: are filled with high Noon Vodka Seltzer alcohol, but they're
Speaker 1: mislabeled as Celsius Astro Vibe Energy Drink Sparkling Blue Ras dedition.
Speaker 1: So a packaging supplier mistakenly sent the Celsius cans to
Speaker 1: high Noon, And I mean, I'm just I'm just thinking
Speaker 1: of a scenario where you're you're pounding the Celsius energy drink,
Speaker 1: getting ready to go tackle your day, maybe get a
Speaker 1: workout in whatever it is, we all need that pick
Speaker 1: me up. Maybe it's coffee, maybe it's an energy drink,
Speaker 1: or maybe it's one of these Celsius energy drinks. You
Speaker 1: might have been hammered and not known it. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's that's a clear mix up. But anyways, be prepared
Speaker 1: to be advised. I suppose if you if you have
Speaker 1: one of those Beach Variety packs.
Speaker 2: Or yeah, if you have I guess I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: If you have one of those Celsius Astrovibe energy drinks,
Speaker 1: that sparkling blue ras, it may actually be a vodka seltzer,
Speaker 1: So just be be aware. All right, we got another
Speaker 1: update of traffic and weather coming your way right here. Also,
Speaker 1: Scott will being with another sports update on news radio
Speaker 1: eight forty w h as