Barbara Kellum visits the  I-55 bridge over Ramsey Branch stream Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. It was the first time she'd visited the stream since her son, Mychal Douglas "Silky" Byrd, 40, died in September from injuries he sustained in a crash at the site in late July. Before his death, Byrd told Kellum he'd been intentionally run off the road by another driver. Kellum and her insurance company believe Byrd was wrongfully killed but police say there isn't evidence to support that claim. "I'm not gonna let it slide," Kellum said of the investigation. "I'm turning every stone I can turn."

A turnover during the Cape Central Tigers' win over the Notre Dame Bulldogs in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.

Gabe McGlothan takes flight during warmups.

Micah DeLoach, dressed as the Grinch, feigns insult at 5-year-old Jace Yarbro as Audrey Hepler, dressed as Cindy Loo-Hoo, smiles at him from the Pastimes Antiques window.

Carolers.

Eric Cunningham, owner of Cape Bicycle, the oldest bike shop in town. I had a more elaborate portrait in mind involving a ladder and a ten-speed in the rafters of his shop, but he shot me down because, as he put it, "that bike's a Schwinn though, and they're kinda cheap nowadays." Happens.

Jay Knudtson, a local banker, former Mayor of Cape Girardeau and member of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents, delivers the commencement address during the fall graduation ceremony during which he earned his own bachelor's degree decades after starting and then leaving college as a young man.

"We're gettin'er done today, Mom and Dad," he said. "We're gettin'er done today."

Local artist Malcolm McCrae paints a Christmas mural on the interior of a shopfront window on Main Street.

Dusk settles, McCrae keeps painting.