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Kentucky mom shocks husband after giving birth en route to the hospital, says he looked ‘scared by a ghost’
A woman gave birth to her second child while sitting in the front seat of her husband’s car on the way to the hospital — and didn’t make a peep.
Brooke Canady, 30, was 37 weeks pregnant with her second son when she awoke on May 8, 2024, and felt strong contractions.
The Lexington, Kentucky, occupational therapist called her office to say she would be taking the day off before her contractions began to become more painful and consistent.
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She waited a few minutes to wake her husband, Jeffrey Canady, who had been up through the night taking care of Truett, their two-year-old son, Brooke Canady told Fox News Digital.
By 7:00 a.m., the mom was having contractions less than five minutes apart, which is when she called her doula — who advised her to go to the hospital.
Brooke Canady of Kentucky said she felt contractions early that morning but wasn’t expecting to go into labor quite so soon. (Brooke Canady)
After struggling to get in the car, Canady recalled having to sit in the front passenger seat, as there were two car seats already installed in the back.
“Once we were in the car on our way, my contractions were so intense the only thing I could say was, ‘Flashers,’ telling my husband to turn on his flashers and get to the hospital as quickly as he could,” she told Fox News Digital.
“He looked like he had just been scared by a ghost and yelled, ‘AHHH!’”
With a 45-minute drive to the hospital ahead of them, Canady said she knew she wasn’t going to make it on time.
“Fifteen minutes into our drive, my body started involuntarily pushing,” she recalled.
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Just 10 minutes from the hospital, Canady said she felt her water break and no longer felt any pain as she quietly said to her husband, “I’m going to have this baby.”
Truett Canady was born on May 8, 2024, in the front seat of his parents’ car. (Brooke Canady)
“He told me that he never heard another word from me until after we parked,” Canady said — which would be the moment her husband realized he was now a father of two.
At the stop light near the hospital, Canady said she could see her son’s head — and within seconds she was able to grab him and pull him onto her chest.
Several members of the emergency hospital staff rushed to the vehicle.
“This was the moment that my husband put the car in park and looked over at us,” she recalled.
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She added, “He was so focused on his driving and getting us safely to the hospital that he never took his eyes off the road and was shocked. He looked like he had just been scared by a ghost and yelled, ‘AHHH!’”
Soon after, several members of the emergency hospital staff rushed to the vehicle where Canady said her OBGYN happened to be as well.
Mom Brooke Canady, at right, said she felt God’s faithfulness during her birth and is so grateful for her happy and healthy family. (Brooke Canady)
With help from the staff and her husband’s knowledge, the Canadys agreed that they welcomed Truett Canady at 8:38 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz.
After a chaotic birth, Canady’s new son is healthy and has a “very calm” personality, she said.
“It’s a surreal feeling to be a mom again, be proud of how my body is providing for our newborn and to have such a redemptive birth story this time,” she said.
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Canady’s older son, Tripp Canady, had complications after birth, which resulted in a week-long stay in the NICU — something Canady said was a traumatic experience for her.
This time around, the mom of two said she prayed hard her body would be ready to welcome another baby.
A woman gave birth in the front seat of her husband’s vehicle while they were trying to get to the hospital. (Brooke Canady)
“The birth experience I had was everything I could’ve ever wanted and a true testimony of God’s faithfulness and the amazing capability of a mother bringing her baby into the world,” she said.
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Both mom and baby are healthy and home now.
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Northern Kentucky brought home the Kentucky High School Hockey league state championship once again.
The Northern Kentucky Norsemen defeated Owensboro in dominant 5-0 fashion on March 8 to hoist the trophy. The Norsemen, comprised of players from schools across Northern Kentucky, earned their fourth state title since 2017. The Norsemen previously won in 2017, 2019 and 2023.
After entering the tournament as the top-seeded team, two wins brought the Norsemen to a 27-12-2 final record.
The Norsemen’s defense was in peak performance in the finals. Despite Owensboro getting off over 30 shots, senior goalkeeper Chase Bender kept a clean sheet.
On offense, junior Trevor Bauwens led the Norse, finishing the season with 35 goals and 12 assists. Other key offensive performers were seniors Mitchell Kirby and Samuel Mouser. Kirby ended the year with 19 goals and 22 assists, while Mouser had 16 goals and a team-best 30 assists.
Northern Kentucky is now set to represent the state in the USA Hockey High School National Championships. The tournament be held March 18-22 in Plymouth, Minnesota.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — If the current legislative session was the Kentucky Derby, we’d be coming around the final turn and entering the stretch.
Feb. 9 marks the 42nd day of the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly, with 18 to go. Lawmakers will continue to meet daily for the next three weeks until the veto period begins in early April, with two more days at the Capitol after that for legislators to vote on overriding potential vetoes.
The filing deadlines for new bills were last week, and many pieces of legislation are moving quickly in Frankfort. Here’s a quick look at bills that advanced last week that will be worth watching:
SB 8 — A reworked PSC
Senate Bill 8 would change the member requirements for the Kentucky Public Service Commission — which regulates more than 1,100 utilities operating statewide — and add two new members who would be appointed by the state auditor, effectively diluting the governor’s power or oversight of PSC membership.
Under the bill, the chair of the commission would be elected amongst the commissioners, not appointed by the governor. The chair’s salary? Also determined by the commissioners.
Sen. Brandon Smith, R-Hazard, the bill’s sponsor, said the legislation will help support Kentuckians in reviewing utility rate cases and hopefully hasten the process.
Critics of the bill raised concerns about a section that would make the attorney general the sole representative for customers, requiring advocacy groups to prove a “special and unique” interest in the case — likely cutting advocacy groups out of the picture and preventing them from intervening in cases.
While on the floor, Smith introduced an amendment removing that section and creating a framework to allow advocates and organizations with legitimate interests to intervene.
Although the bill has passed the Senate, it will likely receive pushback from the governor’s office. In a Team Kentucky press conference, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear criticized the bill and the Republican-led legislature’s attempts at moving power from the governor’s office to the state auditor.
“They’ve done these shenanigans for six straight years,” Beshear said. “This is my sixth session as a governor, four as attorney general and a couple of special sessions. I’ve never seen them try to move something from a Republican officeholder to a Democratic officeholder, but I’ve seen them try to move a whole lot in the other direction.”
The bill passed 30-5 through the Senate on March 6. It now heads to the House.
SB 199 — Pesticide warnings
Senate Bill 199, sponsored by Sen. Jason Howell, R-Murray, would make any pesticide registered with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture or the Environmental Protection Agency that has an EPA-approved label automatically fit Kentucky’s warning label requirements. If passed, that would make it much more difficult for Kentuckians to sue pesticide manufacturers for adverse health risks later on.
Although it might not seem controversial at first glance, the bill united both hardline Republicans and Democrats on the Senate floor, with many raising concerns about the health risks of pesticide use. Several Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Tichenor, R-Smithfield, Sen. Philip Wheeler, R-Pikeville, and Sen. Shelly Funke Frommeyer, R-Alexandria, spoke against the bill and questioned the lobbying power of chemical companies that manufacture pesticides.
Wheeler brought up previous chemical agents that were found to be major causes of cancer, including DDT and Agent Orange, as well as the $7.25 billion proposed settlement from Bayer to resolve thousands of lawsuit that claim its weedkilling product Roundup caused cancer.
“If we give immunity in these cases, we’re essentially saying, if these claims are later proven to be true, and some of them are in pending litigation, we’re basically saying that these Kentuckians don’t matter, these Kentuckians don’t deserve to collect,” Wheeler said.
The bill passed through the Senate on March 5 with a 23-13 vote and will head to the House.
HB 534 — Elections omnibus
House Bill 534, from Rep. DJ Johnson, R-Owensboro, drew significant scrutiny before passing through the House. The elections legislation with several notable changes to current law moved to the Senate on a 53-40 vote on March 5, with several Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.
Some of the bill’s notable provisions include:
● Monthly reviews of noncitizens on Kentucky voter rolls, with a requirement to remove names of ineligible voters and notification sent to the state’s attorney general, along with authorization for the State Board of Elections to work with the federal government to identify noncitizens who are registered to vote;
● Removing names of individuals convicted of a felony whose cases are currently on appeal from voter rolls;
● Allowing candidates for judicial office to publicly discuss their political party affiliation;
● And allowing Kentucky politicians who currently hold elected federal office to be a candidate for two different federal offices in one election, if one of the offices is decided by the United States Electoral College. The only office that applies to is U.S. president.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican who has not hesitated at times to vote against President Donald Trump’s policies, has not shut the door on speculation he may make a run for the White House in 2028. He would also be up for reelection that year as a U.S. senator, a role he’s held since early 2011. State Rep. Joshua Watkins, D-Louisville, was the only representative to speak out against the provision during the March 5 vote on the House floor.
Other Democrats spoke up with concerns about disenfranchising voters appealing felony convictions, in the event the verdicts against them were to be later overturned. And multiple party members were critical of the provisions pertaining to noncitizens, with Rep. Adrielle Camuel, D-Lexington, calling them “another example of a nonproblem” aimed at riling up voters to be concerned about “a very major situation that isn’t actually happening.”
The bill advanced on a relatively narrow margin and is pending in the Senate.
HB 593 — Data center energy costs
House Bill 593 was filed by Rep. Josh Bray, R-Mount Vernon, with a group of five co-sponsors that includes House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect. The legislation would take steps to ensure companies hoping to build data centers in Kentucky are legitimate and are able to take on additional energy costs instead of dropping them on consumers.
The bill from Bray, who previously co-chaired the legislature’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force, includes several clauses regulating data centers, which are critical for AI usage but often require huge amounts of energy, a hurdle that frequently draws community criticism.
The legislation requires a nonrefundable application fee of at least $75,000 — Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said the clause could help scare off “cowboy developers” who buy large amounts of land in hopes of building a data center on the property but are unfamiliar with the development process — and requires the company to pay for an electric supplier study, with provisions aimed at ensuring the data center does not drive up service rates for non-data center customers.
The bill is on its way to the Senate after passing in the House on a 90-4 vote on March 4. It has not yet been given a committee assignment.
Reach Keely Doll at kdoll@courier-journal.com. Reach Lucas Aulbach at laulbach@courier-journal.com. Reach The Courier Journal’s politics team at cjpolitics@courier-journal.com.
2026 Kentucky Mr. and Miss basketball finalists lists
A look at the finalists for Kentucky’s top high school basketball honors, featuring regional Players of the Year.
The field is nearly set for the 2026 Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls Sweet 16.
The tournament is scheduled for Wednesday-Saturday, March 11-14, at Rupp Arena in Lexington.
The field will include at least nine of the 16 teams in the final Kentucky High School Basketball Media Poll — No. 1 George Rogers Clark, No. 2 Assumption, No. 3 Simon Kenton, No. 5 Calloway County, No. 7 North Laurel, No. 9 Taylor County, No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 14 Ashland Blazer and No. 15 Henderson County.
Fifteen regional champions have been decided. The last regional final is set set for Sunday night — Paul Dunbar (25-4) vs. No. 8 Frederick Douglass (23-7) in the 11th.
Here is the Sweet 16 schedule:
Wednesday, March 11
11 a.m. – 11th Region champion vs. Henderson County (24-9)
1:30 p.m. – Assumption (24-5) vs. Calloway County (33-2)
6 p.m. – Notre Dame (24-7) vs. Pikeville (22-8)
8:30 p.m. – Taylor County (27-6) vs. West Jessamine (22-12)
Thursday, March 12
11 a.m. – Bullitt East (19-12) vs. Franklin-Simpson (24-7)
1:30 p.m. – Ashland Blazer (26-5) vs. Simon Kenton (31-2)
6 p.m. – Owensboro Catholic (26-9) vs. Letcher County Central (23-10)
8:30 p.m. – George Rogers Clark (29-2) vs. North Laurel (25-6)
Friday, March 13
11 a.m. – Third Region champion-Henderson County winner vs. Assumption-Calloway County winner
1:30 p.m. – Notre Dame-Pikeville winner vs. Taylor County-West Jessamine winner
6 p.m. – Ashland Blazer-Simon Kenton winner vs. Owensboro Catholic-Letcher County Central winner
8:30 p.m. – Bullitt East-Franklin-Simpson winner vs. George Rogers Clark-North Laurel winner
Saturday, March 14
11 a.m. – Semifinal No. 1
1:30 p.m. – Semifinal No. 2
7:30 p.m. – Final
This story will be updated.
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.
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