Clinton thanks Kentucky backers, will visit state (Lexington Herald-Leader)
U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton personally thanked her Kentucky supporters at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday and said she will visit the state to campaign for presidential nominee Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates this fall. Jerry Lundergan of Lexington, who was chairman of Clinton's presidential campaign in Kentucky, said she is tentatively scheduled to visit ...

Kentucky trolley comes home (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
John Simon spent most of Thursday wrestling with a streetcar named Kentucky, before his crew gently pushed it into the Behringer-Crawford Museum.

Kentucky delegation goes for Obama (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Kentucky's Democratic delegation cast a majority of its 60 votes for Sen. Barack Obama after a hectic and sometimes emotional day for both Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton loyalists. When Kentucky's turn came in the state roll call at the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Steve Beshear announced on the floor of the Pepsi Center in Denver that the Bluegrass state would give 36 ...

Second Kentucky prison escapee recaptured (The Gleaner)
The second of two Kentucky prison escapees that caused a Tuesday manhunt on Evansville's North Side has been apprehended in Muhlenberg County,

Second Kentucky fugitive caught in Muhlenberg County (Evansville Courier & Press)
The second of two Kentucky prison escapees that caused a Tuesday manhunt on Evansville's North Side has been apprehended. Muhlenberg County, Ky., Sheriff Eddie Perry said his officers arrested 53-year-old John Alstatt in Bremen, Ky. Acting on a tip that Alstatt could be visiting his sister in the area Perry said officers followed Alstatt's sister to a Wal-Mart near a wooded area. Perry said ...