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A exhibition opens later this month looking at the work of Grady Clay, the Louisville urban affairs journalist who died in March.

Clay was considered an authority on urban design—serving as urban affairs editor for The Courier-Journal and editor of Landscape Architecture Magazine. He wrote several books on his topic of expertise and also served on the jury to select a design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 

Louisville Metro Police are urging people attending Saturday’s Thunder Over Louisville to report any suspicious activity to authorities.

The call comes after Monday’s explosion at the Boston Marathon left three people dead and more than 100 injured.

The Courier-Journal has replaced its lone conservative columnist with three men, including a former White House staffer and former state House member.

Pam Platt, The C-J's editorial page editor, announced the changes this weekend in the paper.

The new columnists are:

Kentucky ranks 39th in the U.S. for the state of its child care centers—earning high marks for posting complaint records online but poor marks for not  requiring center directors to have bachelor's degrees, says a new report.

The report, from Child Care Aware of America, said Kentucky could improve its child care center's regulations by requiring state and federal fingerprints for checking criminal backgrounds and changing its educational requirements for lead teachers.

The report also suggests that Kentucky adjust its ratios for staff to children.

Louisville officials are touting new retailers on Fourth Street as a return to the city's heritage, when the corridor was a center of retail.

Each week, members of the WFPL News team spotlight interesting stories we've read and enjoyed, for your weekend reading pleasure:

The latest on the Mitch McConnell tape incident, an interview with David Sedaris and state tax credits are approved for Kentucky Kingdom—these stories and more, today on Byline.

Members of the Progress Kentucky super PAC are now at the center of the controversy over the taping of a Mitch McConnell strategy session. WFPL broke the story Thursday. WFPL's Phillip M. Bailey and Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston will discuss.

The Louisville Cardinals men's and women's basketball teams will be grand marshals for the 2013 Republic Bank Pegasus Parade. 

The Kentucky Derby Festival began a social media campaign earlier this week to attract the teams—as the men's team won the NCAA national championship and the women's team played in the title game.

Construction is scheduled to begin July 1 new downtown Louisville bridge running parallel to the Kennedy, The Ohio River Bridges Project announced.

The bridge is expected to open in three years.

Pre-construction work—such as surveys, test boring and building removal—will be increasing in the next few weeks. The Ohio River Bridges Project adds:

Pre-construction and construction activities that residents and commuters will see between now and July include:

The group working to re-open the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park has gotten $10-million in sales tax credits from the Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority.

The Kentucky Kingdom Redevelopment Company will release details of their plans for the park, including information on refurbished and new rides.