The Louisville Metro Council appropriations committee voted 3-2 Wednesday to recommend a $20,000 grant request from a nonprofit organization previously led by Louisville Metro Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin. [C-J/AKN]

To Louisville sports, Owsley Brown Frazier leaves a legacy of love. This is how you write about the man the day after he dies, mainstreamers. You don’t run bitter, jealous articles about the things he’s done for the city. [Eric Crawford]

Skeptical justices on the Kentucky Supreme Court are weighing claims by a death row inmate that a missing right front lobe of his brain played a role in his attack on a mother and children near Fort Campbell in 2008. [H-L]

This sounds a lot like Jamie Comer is trying to criticize Jack Conway’s world without coming out and saying his name. [WAVE3]

Wondering about the differences between Obama and Romney Medicare plans? Take a look at this whiteboard. [Click the Clicky]

Dear Ed Hart: We told you Steve Beshear personally disliked you and dislikes Bruce Lunsford even more. His latest move not to consider your plan — the only plan that’s ever surfaced to run Kentucky Kingdom — should prove it. [WHAS11]

Looks like Louisville isn’t the only city in Kentucky dealing with eyesore real estate. Lexington has its own problems. [WKYT]

Here’s another example of how to write about Frazier without getting nasty. [WLKY]

Finally, a somewhat mainstream organization is making hay out of Keith Hall’s spot on the board of that Indian coal company. The involvement of a state representative in a major coal deal in Kentucky is raising some eyebrows. Under the terms of a new $7 billion contract, Kentucky coal producers will ship nine million tons of coal a year to India for the next twenty-five years. Representative Keith Hall was instrumental in brokering the deal—and he represents both the people of Kentucky and his own private coal interests. [WFPL]

We’re betting your just as suspicious of this Alltech distillery as we are. Alltech Inc.’s Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. will become the seventh stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour of distilleries when it opens in October. [Business First]

The Louisville Metro Council’s Public Safety Committee on Thursday approved changes to the city’s panhandling ordinance that city officials say better differentiates between aggressive and passive panhandling. [C-J/AKN]

You’ve read us for several years and now you’ve got the chance to help create our new ad-free project. Your contribution can be public or private (but you have to tell us in writing that you want it to be public) – it’s up to you. [Our New Project]