Januari 12, 2017
county officials 'vow' to find answers about radioactive waste... dumped in a landfill. we want to get to the bottom of this is what we want to and that's what we're going to do
we're tracking the investigation in estill county... estill county schools leaders want to reassure parents that their children are safe after finding out about illegal dumping
of radioactive material at the landfill across the street. friends share their memories of a southern kentucky teenager... killed in a crash. "tracking. alerting.
protecting. wkyt news begins with breaking news." he says the county will fight 'tooth and toenail' for answers... less than an hour
ago... the estill county judge executive assured his community... they will figure out how radioactive waste ended up in their landfill.
news of the illegal dumping broke yesterday afternoon and that's when county officials learned of what happened at the landfill across
the road from two schools. wkyt's garrett wymer begins our team coverage... live from estill county... with details from a news conference
that just wrapped up minutes ago. judge-executive wallace taylor says the state and the county will each have private companies come out and check the
area for radiation. taylor says the state is also coming tuesday to issue a notice of violation to the landfill. the county's having a
team come check the middle and high schools as well as the landfill for says that will cost about 10- thousand dollars...and he
plans on having the landfill reimburse them for the costs. the investigation is starting to pick up...but taylor says there's still a lot they want to
know. wallace taylor / estill county "this could be perfectly innocent. this could be criminal. this could be an inside job. we've got to get to the root
cause, to the bottom of it. and it just takes a little longer." the county says they're also going to have water samples tested.the was adamant that they are going to
get to the bottom of this after being in the dark for so long. live in estill county... garrett wymer... w-k-y-t. the county has
scheduled a public forum for folks in estill county to ask questions. that's set for six o'clock tuesday evening at estill county high school.
being dumped in estill county... has become a concern for some parents. the blue ridge landfill is just across highway 89... from the middle and high
schools. today... school district officials wanted parents to know... the schools are safe. wkyt's kristen kennedy continues our top
story team coverage... from estill county. :12 :37 :51 1:18 we talked to parents and grandparents of
middle schoolers and high schoolers here in estill county. they are concerned and they are waiting for answers from state and county leaders." darrell hatton / father of estill co.
middle school student: "i'm sure the school system is well aware of what's going on and i'm sure the company will take care of what steps need to be taken care
of to get this process taken care of." state leaders confirmed thursday, carriers of radioactive material made an illegal drop off in the blue ridge landfill last year. they say the
number of containers dumped was close to 50 large dumpsters worth of material. they've been able to narrow down the drop off from anywhere between july and november.
rick napier / father of estill co. high school "this dump's been here for years. there's no telling what they breathe over the years." the proximity of the landfill to the middle
and high school is enough for some parents to worry. friday, school leaders reassured those parents, their children are safe. arthur ballard / director of operations
for estill co. schools: "we understand and expect them to be concerned. we're gonna take the information that we have from the state agencies and from our emergency
management people and our county judge here. they've been wonderful to work with. they've included us in every aspect of discussions." kristen kennedy: "school leaders say
the number of absences at the high school is above average right now, but they do not believe that is because of the findings at the landfill. in estill county
wkyt." the school district did not make any change to the school day... because of yesterday's news. he was on his way home from a
college prep course... when a crash took his life. the crash that killed 17-year-old christopher hubbard happened on kentucky 1-92
yesterday. a second teenager suffered 'critical' injuries. wkyt's phil pendleton shows us how hubbard is being remembered. im told that the two
clay county high school seniors were taking half day college credit courses here in london. they were headed home yesterday in hubbard's mustang when police say that
car collided with a dodge durango..killing hubbard, ending the life of a young man that many here say had a bright and promising future. captain tony
brown/london fire and rescue: "anytime you see a high school student take college classes, that means they have determination and integrity, and they want to do something
with their lives." those that knew 17 year old christopher hubbard say he was doing everything right. he studied hard, got great grades and spent much of free time helping and
serving others. "he just wanted the satisfaction of knowing he helped someone. he helped raise for a good cause." since he was 12 he worked at the laurel
rescue squad terror squad haunted house. that's when elizabeth sparks took him under her wing and she says she loved watching him in what he did for others. elizabeth
sparks/family friend: "no matter what he was going through he tried to help others. he tried to make other people smile. no matter what he was doing with himself."
phil: the crash remains under investigation. london police re- constructed it. while hubbard lived in manchester he had a lot of family and friends here in laurel
county and he devoted a lot of time...a lot of service here. more on that at 6. in laurel county phil pendleton wkyt. the other teen... 18-year-old cameron asher... is
in critical condition at u-k hospital. police are still investigating what caused the crash. a judge has set a trial date for a
woman... accused of killing her boyfriend. vanessa napier will stand trial in the death of john sharp beginning november 14-th. sharp was stabbed
to death in july. police arrested napier after... they say... she led them on a 40-mile chase in a bucket truck while under the influence. days after her
arrest... detectives testified napier told them sharp sexually assaulted her. shannon brooks- english/napier's attorney: "as anyone who is charged with
what she is charged with, she's scared and traumatized, but we do the best we can to go visit her and keep her spirits up." napier's attorneys say they're waiting on
forensics from the lab... which will play an important role in the case. no school for one central district today... because of the flu.
our county by county coverage begins in mercer county... where officials decided to cancel classes because attendance dropped to ninety
percent. the schools and buses were disinfected today. school will be back in session on monday. two men have been arrested...
for stealing a piece of equipment from a laurel county business. state police say a man used a cashier's check worth nearly 30 thousand dollars
to buy a skid-steer loader from wilson equipment company. the owner later learned the check was fake... and someone tried to sell the equipment
in ohio. police in ohio arrested andre brown and brett taylor. investigators expect to make more arrests. after a couple of
cold days... we have better weather on the way. wkyt chief meteorologist chris bailey is here with a weekend warmup.
much better weather is rolling into the region for the final weekend of february. skies become partly sunny on saturday with highs in the low 50s. sunday looks even
better with low 60s and very gusty winds. those winds could reach 40mph at times into sunday night. a cold front will bring a few showers as it sweeps through on monday. that system
moves through rather quickly as the next storm approaches from the west. that could bring another round of wild weather from late tuesday into wednesday. showers
and thunderstorms could give way to colder air and the chance for snow. it's back on the road tomorrow for the wildcats... it's the first of their three final
games of the regular season. wkyt's rob bromley is here... with a preview. the cats hve been playing good basketball at the right time of
year... but they face a stiff challenge going into vanderbilt tomorrow afternoon... the cats didn't have to play there last year.
last month kentucky had an easy time beating vandy in rupp 76- 57.... we've reached the time of the season when teams get desperate...
especially the teams chasing the cats. john calipari said this afternoon... that's nothing new for his team: john calipari: "i don't think it matters
to us. every team we play is like, 'we win this game then we don't have to win anymore.' really? you have 18 games left. so, i don't think for us it's every team plays with desperation
when they play us. and on the road, it's them along with a sellout crowd that they haven't had all year. or it's their biggest crowd and all of that stuff." next up for the
cats... it's vandy at memorial gym in nashville. tip is set for 4:00 tomorrow... right here on wkyt. immediately following the game... it's wildcat
wrapup. all the highlights and post game reaction... only on you home for uk sports, wkyt. the cats have won two of the last three games
they've played in nashville but down through the years memorial gym has been a really tough place to play. thanks rob...
vanderbilt is coming off a win at florida tuesday night. the lexington- fayette urban county council... will take up the issue on
restoration of the old courthouse next week. the discussion will take place during work session on tuesday. plans
call for exterior renovations to begin in may... with the project slated for completion late next year. donald trump picks up an endorsement
from a former rival... we'll tell you 'who' is giving him their support... a procedure done 'before' birth helped save a baby with a rare heart
problem. we'll show you how it works... in better living. let's get a check of traffic around the area... we have a few crashes out
there... there's still one at man o war and clays mill. there's also a crash... harrodsburg road at beaumont centre parkway. a crash on new
circle between exits six and seven is causing a pretty good backup as well. more support today for donald trump... the former rival
who is now endorsing him... next police make arrests a prostitution ring in central kentucky... how they busted
it... on wkyt news at 5-30. today donald trump picked up an from one of his former g-o-p rivals. the announcement
'stunned' other candidates... still in the race. weijia jiang shows us who is jumping behind trump. :13 to :19 :25 to :29 :30 to :33
:40 to :44 :45 to :52 1:04 to 1:09 "i endorse donald trump for president of the united states! former gop presidential candidate chris
christie endorsed donald trump... saying he's the only one who can defeat the democrats. "who is the best person to keep hillary clinton from every
getting in the white house again, and it's donald trump. ted cruz found out about the during a campaign stop in nashville...clearly stunned.
"well listen. this decision is going to be made by the voters on super tuesday." "what we are dealing with here, my friends, is a con artist!" marco rubio has been attacking
trump since thursday night's debate. but the billionaire businessman fired back. "once a choker, always a choker! it never, ever changes."
the republicans have their sights set on super tuesday... but the democratic candidates have to get through the south carolina primary
first. "i'm working as hard as i can!" hillary clinton is expected to easily win the palmetto state on saturday. and she's already campaigning in
georgia, where early voting for tuesdy has begun. "super tuesday, the primary here in georgia will be so consequential." rival bernie sanders met with
tribal leaders in minnesota.. before heading back to south carolina. weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. said it's too early to say whether
he'd consider christie for a running mate. new details have emerged about a man... who killed four people in a workplace shooting.
police in hesston, kansas say cedric ford received a protection order... 90 minutes before the shooting began. ford shot more than a dozen peole inside
a plant before an officer shot him. police are trying to figure out how ford was able to get a gun... since he had a criminal record. the centers for
disease control confirms nine pregnant women in the u-s... have the zika virus. all of them were infected while traveling to areas where the virus is
spreading. two had miscarriages... two ended their pregnancies... one had a baby with microcephaly and one had a healthy baby. students are
mourning after losing a classmate... suddenly. what they're doing to help the girl's family... on wkyt news at 5-30. the flu vaccine
appears to be working pretty well this year... and how a delicate procedure saved a baby... before he was even born. those stories...
next... in better living. now it's time for better living. health, education, and consumer news that impacts your life. a recall alert today for parents with children
in car seats. evenflo is recalling the transitions three in one combination booster seat children can loosen the internal harness... increasing risk of injury in a crash.
the seats were made from december 18-th 20-14 to january 29-th of this year. evenflo will notify owners and send a kit to fix the problem. this year's flu vaccine... appears to
be working pretty well. the centers for disease control says it's 60 percent effective... making it one of the most effective in recent years.
by comparison... last year's flu shot was only 20 percent effective. as of yesterday... kentucky had more than four hundred cases. about half of those
were part of an outbreak in boyd, carter, elliott, greenup and lawrence counties. americans are cutting back on sugary drinks. the c-d-c surveyed more than one
hundred thousand people and found 31 percent reported drinking one sugary drink a day. that's down from just over 50 percent in 20-10. 18 to 24 year olds in
mississippi... louisiana and west virginia were most likely to be a california baby is alive... after a rare and delicate procedure was performed on him... before he was even born.
chris martinez shows us doctors saved the little boy's life. how's grayson doing?... just looking at grayson davila - you wouldn't know what he's been through...
until you see the scars on his chest. 22 weeks into his mother samantha's pregnancy, doctors at children's hospital los angeles discovered he had hypoplastic left heart syndrome a
condition that leaves the left side of the heart underdeveloped. you can imagine, without half your heart it's hard to survive, right? babies in the womb
should also have a small hole in the heart to help blood flow, but grayson's was closing up. you sort of feel like everything's stacked against you. so the davilas turned
to a rare procedure: a "fetal cardiac intervention". doctors inserted a long - thin needle into samantha's womb - then into the fetus... putting a small stent
into grayson's tiny heart... to allow blood to flow back to the right side of his heart. even though this looks big, it's only about 2 to 3 millimeters wide. the procedure
worked, strengthening grayson's lungs so surgeons could perform emergency open heart surgery 10 weeks later when he was born. they converted his
one heart chamber - to do the job of two. normally that chamber the right ventricle, pumps blood to the lungs. now we're asking it to pump blood to the entire body!
he was born on the 19th of november and we got to hold him on the 27th, so. but it was worth it! it was worth the wait!... grayson's 3 month old heart is now functioning as
expected... where are those morning smiles?... he still faces two more procedures... but doctors say he should live a normal - healthy life. chris martinez, cbs
news, los angeles doctors say grayson will undergo a second surgery when he's six months old and a final surgery when he's three. for more health, education, and
consumer news... go to w-k-y-t-dot-com.. and click on "better living." now here's what's coming up at 5-30. sam: a community is
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