by Mike Lear | Oct 30, 2013 | News
Flags will be flown at half-staff in Missouri on Monday in honor of the late former Congressman Ike Skelton. Skelton died Monday in a Virginia hospital. His funeral is Monday in Lexington. Governor Jay Nixon today ordered that U.S. and Missouri flags at all state...
by Jessica Machetta | Oct 30, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Sen. Claire McCaskill has expressed concerns about security operations since the leaks from contractor Edward Snowden and the fatal shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, and now she says she has common-sense legislation to prevent such incidents from happening in the...
by Jessica Machetta | Oct 30, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
ISAAC “IKE” NEWTON SKELTON, IV Former Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton, 81, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA, surrounded by family and friends. Ike Skelton was born December 20, 1931 in Lexington, MO, the son of Isaac Newton...
by Jessica Machetta | Oct 30, 2013 | Military, News, Politics / Govt
Ike Skelton’s memoirs went to print just a few months ago … he held a book signing event in his hometown of Lexington just two weeks ago. Former AP reporter and now consultant Scott Charton helped him organize his stories and write the book....
by Jessica Machetta | Oct 30, 2013 | Military, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri National Guard Adjutant General Steve Danner says Ike Skelton worked tirelessly to secure funding for Missouri’s military, and dedicated his life to the armed services. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Skelton “one of the great...