• "Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has extended his lead to 31 points over Republican Senate President David Williams, with just five weeks left before the Nov. 8 election, according to the latest Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll." [Courier-Journal]
• "Officials at the Kentucky State Fair Board announced today that the original Cardinal Stadium will soon be transformed into Snow Ball Park this winter, a new winter entertainment attraction. As part of the inaugural Snow Ball Park, the site’s centerpieces will be an 8-lane tubing hill that stretches from the middle of the bleachers into left field, and a circle of ice sculptures that will be made by local vendors and artists. Snow Ball Park will feature the SnowMagic system, the world’s first temperature independent snow making system." [Louisville CVB]

Photo: Courtesy Beshear/Abramson 2011