Text of Obama’s inaugural address, oath

CNN.com and others have the full text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address from this morning. 
Obama delivered the speech without any stumbles, and a stumble that Obama had during his oath of office turns out to be the fault of Chief Justice John Roberts. 
Apparently Roberts was reciting the oath from memory and threw Obama a [...]

“We were right there at the moment”

The chant seemed to wash over the crowd like a wave, first breaking on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building and then spill out onto the National Mall.
Other times, the chant percolated up from small groups waving American flags and pumping their fists in the air.
“O-Ba-Ma! O-Ba-Ma!”
It was the name stitched and printed [...]

Kentuckians heading to the inauguration

Reporter Linda Blackford with the Herald-Leader caught up with a wide variety of central Kentuckians who will he heading to Washington D.C. for the inauguration. 
Check it out.
Update, 2:59 p.m. …
More on folks that are heading to D.C. from the Bowling Green Daily News, the Herald-Leader, the Courier-Journal and the Kentucky Enquirer.

Louisville bus riders featured on NPR

A group of folks from Louisville who began their trip to Washington D.C. for the inauguration before sunrise this morning was featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition today. 
The four-minute piece had NPR catching up with four busloads of people who started out with prayers and “inspirational talks” this morning before boarding the buses and heading [...]

Kentucky Tonight to talk about inauguration on Monday

KET’s program Kentucky Tonight will focus on the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in next week’s edition. 
The program hosted by Bill Goodman will air live at 7 p.m. CST on Monday and will feature - 

 State Rep. Reginald Meeks, D-Louisville, chair of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center board of directors
Former White House adviser [...]

Covering the presidential inauguration

Be sure to tune in next week as I travel with Messenger-Inquirer photographer Gary Emord-Netzley to Washington D.C. to cover the presidential inauguration. 
We will be traveling with two busloads of folks from the Owensboro and Madisonville areas to the capital for the event, with plans to leave  Monday night and drive through the night to [...]

A look at the pre-inauguration Bluegrass Ball

Anne-Marie Kelley, a 1995 grad of Russell High School in eastern Kentucky, is heading preparations for Kentucky’s pre-inauguration Bluegrass Ball in Washington D.C., and reporter Tim Preston with the Ashland Daily Independent caught up with Kelly to see what’s in store for the Jan. 19 affair. 
Kentucky’s is the first ball leading up to President-elect Barack [...]