McLean County News

1 day ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Matt Lasley

The Grayson County School Board, during its regular meeting last Thursday, received an update on the progress of the Grayson County Technology Center addition/renovation project. Grayson County Schools Superintendent Doug Robinson provided an update on the tech center project and said work had begun to demolish the majority of the existing building. "Everything's going well, but it's early," he said, adding that there were no significant weather delays following recent heavy rains and flooding.

1 day ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Matt Lasley

The Grayson County Fiscal Court, during its regular meeting held last Thursday, April 17, honored Grayson County E-911 and proclaimed National Day of Prayer locally. The fiscal court approved a resolution recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week (April 13-19), and the resolution was signed and read by Grayson County Judge Executive Kevin Henderson.

1 day ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Matt Lasley

The Leitchfield City Council on Monday approved a one-time payment of $50,000 to Grayson County E-911 to assist the agency through a budget shortfall. According to Leitchfield Mayor Harold Miller, Grayson County government and E-911 had requested that Leitchfield provide the $50,000 payment because the dispatch service has experienced a shortfall due to so many people no longer having landline phones. The city currently contributes $80,000 annually ($20,000 per quarter) to E-911.

2 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Farnoush Amiri |Matthew Lee |Ellen Knickmeyer

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration's “America First” mandate.

3 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Don Wilkins

President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News reminded me of a famous legal case that I teach my journalism students each semester at Boise State University. It’s known as the Zenger trial. The case was in 1735, nearly 300 years ago, before the United States was even a country. Then-New York Gov. William Cosby charged the New-York Weekly Journal printer John Peter Zenger with “seditious libel” because the newspaper was critical of Cosby, accusing him of tyranny and violating the people’s rights.