Stories from Wednesday, October 3, 2018

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Marion Larry Thrower, 81, died Sept. 24, 2018, at his home in Columbia. Born Jan. 16, 1937, in Sikeston, he was the son of the late A.C. (Junior) and Mildred Thrower. On April 29, 1955, in Sikeston, he married Nancy Mabry, and she survives of the home.

SIKESTON — Colin Gearsham Phillips, 82, died Oct. 2,2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 15, 1936, in Hornersville, he was the son of the late Paul and Victoria Krapf Phillips. On Dec. 30, 1960, in Sikeston, he married Doris Wagoner, who survives of the home...

Sen. Claire McCaskill issued a statement indicating she was troubled by the sexual allegation made against Judge Kavanaugh. Was McCaskill troubled when Juanita Broaddrick stated Bill Clinton raped her; Paula Jones’ claims of Clinton exposing himself to her in a Little Rock, Ark., motel room; and Kathleen Willey’s charges of Clinton sexually assaulting her in the Oval Office? McCaskill must not have been too troubled by these charges against Clinton since he was her honored guest at a major fundraiser for her in St. Louis in 2006.