Stories from Monday, August 8, 2022

SIKESTON, Mo. — The 70th annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo rides into Sikeston this week. The rodeo begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. Scheduled entertainment includes Jordan Davis and Visit MO Night on Wednesday; Elvie Shane, bullfighting and Sikeston Community Night on Thursday; Lil Jon and bullfighting Friday; and Koe Wetzel, Mental Health Awareness Night on Saturday...

After renovations, Cape River Heritage Museum has been reopened to the public. Originally built in 1908 as a combination courthouse, jail, police and fire station, the museum moved into the building in 1981. There had not been any significant renovations, and the museum inherited two 1950s era fire trucks...

SIKESTON, Mo. — For many, the smell of their trash bins can often be unpleasant, but a new local business hopes to solve the problem. Semo Bin Blasters, owned by Robby Lemonds of Benton, Missouri, now offers to disinfect, deodorize and sanitize trash bins...

Lincoln Dewayne Tidwell, 74, of Broseley, Missouri, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mr. Tidwell was born Feb.12, 1948 in Tyronza, Arkansas. He had served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was retired from Arvin Automotive in Dexter...

William “Billy” Hansford Bess II died on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee after a brief illness. His sisters, Jane, and Margaret, cared for Billy before he was transferred by helicopter on Aug. 3 from Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Vanderbilt Hospital...

Rose Dildine, 86, of Patterson, died Monday, Aug. 8, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 11, at Wesley-Dixon Cemetery near Hiram. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com.

Sharon Holden Jackson, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away July 31, 2022 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center following a short battle of cancer. She is survived by her husband, Bob Jackson of Poplar Bluff; their children: Patty (Chuck) Robertson, Teresa (John) Myers, and Kyle Jackson of Poplar Bluff, six grandchildren: Emily Myers Woodrum, Cassie Myers Haley, and John Myers; Lauren Robertson, Lanie Robertson, and Lucas Robertson; two great-grandchildren: Kayden Woodrum and Levi Haley; one sister: Mary Ann (Charles) Polin of Poplar Bluff; and one brother: Jimmy Charles Holden of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.. ...

“It’s all just to give back to Jesus because he’s sure been good to us,” said Dr. Rick Wirz, general surgery specialist in Poplar Bluff. Wirz said he took part in medical mission trips for about eight years before he was called to lead a team of his own...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT A damaged cell phone found in the 2400 block of Perkins Drive was turned in Thursday at the front desk of the police department. A resident in the 1500 block of South 13th Street reported at 7:11 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, her car was allegedly vandalized by an acquaintance while it was parked at her residence...