Stories from Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Back in 2002, a memorial service for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, a Wisconsin Democrat, turned into a political rally. Wellstone, his wife and daughter, were killed in a plane crash just prior to his reelection bid. The Democratic Senator was a popular progressive who was gaining national attention and was contemplating a run for President...

Union bosses have full pockets again Well since the state of Missouri voted no on Prop A that means that Missouri is no longer a right-to-work state. What that more importantly means is that the big union bosses have their pockets full of our money again. ...

SIKESTON — Graveside services for Charles Phillip Conrad, 65, who died April 15, 2015, at his home in Plano, Texas, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sikeston Memorial Park Cemetery. Born Feb. 3, 1950, son of the late Benton B. and Glenda Waters Congrad, he graduated from Matthews High School in 1967. ...

FISK, Mo. — Charles Boyles, 86, died Aug. 29, 2018, at Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff. Born Dec. 1, 1931, in Dexter, son of the late Harry Silas and Myrtha Juanita Abney Boyles, he served as a first lieutenant in the Army and graduated from University of Missouri in 1953. He lived in the Southeast Missouri area all his life he was a vo-ag school teacher until 1970 and owned Boyles Farm Service. He attended the First United Methodist Church in Dexter...