Stories from Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Just like the iconic television character Mr. Rogers, today kids we're going to learn a new word offend. When you see or hear something you don't like, you can be offended. This also applies if your "feelings" are somehow offended. And when you use this new word, you can demand with much righteous indignation that society change or remove that which offends you.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Donald Ford Slough, 80, died Aug. 30, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 23, 1936, in Memphis, Tenn., son of the late Elizabeth Chambers Slough and Cearley "Kelly" Slough, he was a decorated United Sates Navy Seabee serving during operations Desert Shield/Dessert Storm. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Willis George Robinson, 65, died Aug. 20, 2017, in his home. Born June 7, 1952, in Union City, Tenn., he was the son of the late Sammy Lee Robinson and Margaret Murphy Robinson. On June 22, 1971, he married Larcene Cleaves, and she survives...