Stories from Thursday, August 8, 2024

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A body found Sunday, Aug. 4, in the Mississippi River in Mississippi County has been identified as missing person Rose Mary Weaver, last seen July 30 in Cape Girardeau. According to Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker, Weaver’s body was found in the river in a place called Moore’s Landing near Wyatt...

SIKESTON — Tuf Williams Warren and his sister, Sawyer Raye Warren, are season ticket holders for the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, making them the fourth generation in their family to attend the annual event, which is in its 72nd year. Kelly Williams, Tuf and Sawyer’s maternal grandmother, said she and her husband, Marty Williams, have been attending the rodeo for many years and would bring their daughter every year. ...

SIKESTON — Anthony Lucia of Brock, Texas, is a well-known announcer in the rodeo circuit, and fans of this year’s 72nd Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo are getting the chance to know him, too. This week the 39-year-old Lucia is announcing Sikeston’s four-day rodeo, which ends Saturday, Aug. 10, for the first time in his career — an opportunity he was happy to accept...

SIKESTON — A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center, or DRC, is open in Sikeston at the YMCA located at 511 Taylor St. The center’s hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and closed on Sundays. A DRC is also open at the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission Building, 105 E. North Main St. in Dexter, and will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday until further notice. The center is also closed on Sundays...

Children who attend the YMCA of Southeast Missouri Summer Day Camp spent the morning fishing Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at the Sikeston Complex Lake where they learned about different wildlife, such as snakes, from the Missouri Department of Conservation...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — David Wayne Stewart, 66, died June 13, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Private family burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston.

SIKESTON — Vance Billie Raines, age 87, passed away on Aug. 7, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. He was born on July 14, 1937, in Sikeston, to the late Orrin “Pete” and Ornice Moore Raines. On May 24, 1958, in Sikeston, he married Patricia Harris who preceded him in death on Jan. 24, 2015...

Warren Zeiders performs Wednesday, Aug. 10 during the 72nd Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Rhett Walker was set to perform Thursday night with Ludacris on Friday night and Shane Smith and The Saints on Saturday night. For ticket information, visit sikestonrodeo.com...