coming up a surprise guilty plea for the president's son dedicated to Eastern and Southern Kentucky this is WMT Mountain news at [Music] 11 good evening I'm Steve Hensley after several twists and turns in court today Hunter Biden changed his plea to guilty in his federal tax trial the surprise development came as jury selection was set to begin in Los Angeles Federal Court the president's son previously pleaded not guilty to the charges that carry up to 17 years in prison cbs's da bakis reports from Los Angeles Hunter Biden walked into a Los Angeles courthouse Thursday for jury selection in the federal tax evasion case against him with plans to change his plea no one wants to go through a trial he previously had made plea Arrangements in this exact charge and those fell through the president's son entered a guilty plea on all nine counts and the judge accepted it sentencing in this case is now set for December it was last December that Hunter Biden was indicted for failing to pay at least 1.4 million in federal taxes between 2016 through 2019 Hunter Biden's legal team reached the maybe non-controversial conclusion that there's no way he was going to win this case nearly 100 potential jurors were set to be questioned Thursday about everything from their political beliefs to how they feel about addiction there are a number of salacious details that seem to be coming up and that have been you know put forward in some of the court documents including a $10,000 sex club membership um that would have to be discussed perhaps during this trial the 54 year-old's defense was expected to focus on his struggles with addiction but the judge had already placed restrictions on some of that testimony in June a Delaware jury convicted Hunter Biden for lying about using drugs when purchasing a gun and unlawfully possessing that gun sentencing in that case is set for November dabakis CBS News Los Angeles President Biden has insisted many times that he would not pardon or commute the sentence for his son the White House Press Secretary reiterated today that the president is not going to take that action and is not considering it one person is dead after an ATV crash in Floyd County deputies say it happened on Community Church Road in hueysville early this morning morning 53-year-old Brian Sparkman of hueysville was killed a second person on the ATV Ronnie Vince Bradley was taken to a local hospital his condition is not known the suspect's father in yesterday's Georgia school shooting that left two teachers and two students dead has been arrested 54-year-old Colin Gray faces several charges including involuntary manslaughter and second deegree murder classes were cancelled at appalache High High School outside Atlanta while mourners gathered to leave flowers and reflect the 14-year-old alleged gunman has been charged as an adult with murder CBS News has learned that police are investigating if the weapon used in the mass shooting was purchased by the suspect's father as a gift for his son last year this deadly school shooting has many school leaders in Kentucky taking a closer look at their safety plans in Laurel County the school district police chief says his team is constantly having active shooter training and each time there's a school shooting training is re-evaluated school leaders also say they are involved in threat assessments and working with students on mental health concerns I think the counselor component in schools is vital also uh you know uh we there's so many mental health issues nowadays and I'm sure when it comes down to it we'll see that was a case in Georgia also lauro County school resource officers also take part in 40 hours of annual state training a voluntary School staff member with Clay County Public Schools is accused of holding a student at gunpoint a criminal complaint alleges Christopher CER drove on to Clay County high school property asked a student to get into his vehicle and then pulled out a gun CER is accused of then holding the gun to the student's head and telling him he would kill him CER faces several charges including trespassing want endangerment and terroristic [Music] threatening well as advertised we made it in the low to mid 80s today made it to 82 and Hazard Jackson made it to 85 82 is where we should be for this time of year anyway uh Irvin very close to 90 made it to 89 Lexington did go into the 90s 91 94 was the high in Louisville 85 in prestonburg 86 was the high in Ashland and right now look at Lexington 75° 72 is the current temperature in Jackson 61 Hazard 62 Manchester 66 in London 68 Somerset 72 is the current temperature in monacello live Pinpoint Doppler Radar all is quiet across the area at the 11 o'l hour we're going to stay mainly clear and you notice the next 12 hours keeps temperatures in the mid 60s as we go throughout the overnight hour 63 by 8: a.m. then look at the noon hour 81° we will go back in the mid 80s as we go throughout the day on Friday there is a cold front that's going to push through as we go throughout the weekend dropping temperatures the question is how low will we go I'll have the answer in the first aler forecast in a few minutes Steve Eric thank you healthcare workers are working to raise awareness about Behavioral Health throughout the month according to the CDC more than half of Americans will experience a mental health condition in their life tonight Baptist Health Corbin held a candlelight vigil dedic dedicated to those impacted by things like depression substance abuse and suicide they also work to connect people with Mental Health Resources most people are impacted by some form or fashion everybody has stress every day and how do you deal with that stress and not letting it get to a point that you can't manage it and and those resources are there for to help you manage that stress people who were at the vigil tonight honored their loved ones and offered support to anyone who is struggling diabetes is a common chronic disease in the Commonwealth the latest numbers show more than 133% of kentuckians have it and in a state where insulin is vital we are finding there are spots that just do not have it Kristen Kennedy investigates the risks diabetics face living in insulin deserts I will die if I don't have you know a type one diabetic cannot live without insulin Genie gray was first diagnosed with diabetes when she was 7 years old that's almost 50 years of buying storing and taking insulin always comes in glass so that's great they do have expiration dates so um you know if something happened and you lost Refrigeration you know it's not going to keep as long high heat will destroy your insulin gray has health insurance that pays a lot of her insulin cost but she she knows the Hoops uninsured and underinsured have to jump through to get insulin for a very short period of time my husband was between jobs and we didn't have insurance and it that was a little that was a little scary gray is part of the 12% in her County with diabetes she's in Laurel County it's one of 10 in the state considered an insulin desert we do have that high prevalence of diabetes and we do have a high rate of people that are uninsured Lynette rener has worked in public health for more than 30 years she says even though most of her clients in Laurel County do have some form of insurance to pay for insulin they still have hoops to jump through to get it it could be because they don't have access to a pharmacy or it could be because their insurance doesn't cover it or they don't have insurance UK healthc Care's Dr Christina nsman says another challenge for her patients changes with insulin price caps Kentucky did cap the price of insulin for people on state regulated health insurance plans those are helpful but once again they're only hitting certain segments of the population there's not really a universal option for for all patients rener has a plan of own she likes to focus on education around the chronic illness she runs a comprehensive course for diabetics 90% of the decisions uh that are made about uh your health they're made at home you know they're made by what we choose to eat if we choose to exercise if we choose to take the medication that was prescribed in the way that it was prescribed red you know so all of that happens at home how different would your life be if you were having to deal with diabetes without insurance do you pay rent or do you buy your insulin and when you're talking about your life then you start looking at things like rationing not you know taking as little insulin as you can get by with and live I've not really been in in the position where I had to do anything like that but I have had to think about it at Grace's home she's lucky buying insulin in an insulin desert isn't difficult for her in Laurel County Kristen Kennedy WKYT the course rener offers is managed by the Kentucky Department of Public Health if you are interested in taking it you can reach out to the Laurel County Health Department AT&T has extended a final offer to the union representing its 177,000 workers currently on strike however the communications workers of America says they have put forth a counter offer just 3 days ago CWA also withdrew from mediation it's been more than 3 weeks since AT&T workers walked off the job in several States many of them in Kentucky we have previously covered how it's affecting weight times for AT&T customers the tri cities in Harland County are closer to a solution for their failing Wastewater systems Cumberland Benham and Lynch were talking about entering an interlocal agreement where Benham and Lynch tap into cumberland's renovated Wastewater system but after stipulations from the state level Cumberland decided to back out and keep its own Wastewater Plant leaders from benam and Lynch say they will move forward together we've always worked with cumin we've always worked with Lynch in any way we could help them shape form or fashion we will and that's not going to change in the future even if we have this Joint Sewer agency and kin's not a part of it if we could help them in any way we would all three leaders agree the decisions each City needs to make are not personal but just what they must do to put their Citizens First today Governor Andy Basher gave an update on how communities are recovering after flooding hit Eastern Kentucky more than two years ago the governor says there's still a need for permanent housing in areas that are out of flood zones today the governor updated the progress on seven High Ground communities across four counties the projects will create more than 500 new homes on top of the private developments already in the works traveled around the region recently and what I saw were signs of Hope communities and families building back stronger and just like from day one neighbors helping neighbors to overcome the challenges that they face the governor also announced another $9 million in safe funds are going to Western Kentucky communities hit by the 2021 tornadoes the governor also highlighted projects receiving funds from kuy's Community Development block grant program that includes $1 million for the city of Morehead to build 40 new affordable apartment units the mofen County Fiscal Court will also use more than $1 million to help extend Public Water Service to 62 homes for the first time one Floyd County Community staple is getting new life with upgrades underway at the Martin Community Center wt's buddy Forbes as the latest the Floyd County Community Center is much more than a building you know we not only have basketball games there volleyball and and and birthday parties and and uh uh you know the the local na chapter we actually accommodate them as well uh but you know in in in times of Crisis County officials say the more than 50-year-old space has served the community well through fun fellowship and the recent flood the last estimates we had we had almost 15,000 people come through that Community Center and receive supplies not only Floyd County residents but residents from other counties as well now the county is giving back to the space that has been a headquarters for Hope using an $850,000 cdbg Grant to update the exterior refresh the basketball court and flooring remodel the office spaces and create a private room for the area Narcotics Anonymous meetings upwards of 2 250 people a week that come through there turned into a a regional na program and that's something that that we're excited about with plans to also facilitate after school programs for area kids County leaders say the steps being made now are all about walking toward the future yeah our our grand kids and or grandkids grandkids you know hopefully can use the building in Floyd County buddy Forbes WMT Mountain news Williams hopes to see the upgrades finished by January coming up on Mountain news at 11 need plans this weekend we'll tell you about several festivals happening across the region and it's going to be a beautiful weekend to get out and enjoy those festivals details in a few minutes