Donna Sinclair smiles while dancing the western swing with her husband, Rick, during the final day of the annual Homecomers festival Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Uptown Jackson.

Too old to participate in the calf-roping himself anymore, Sikeston resident Mike McReynolds carries his 18-month-old granddaughter Rebekah Deane on a tour of the calf-roping chutes during the Sikeston Jaycees Bootheel Rodeo Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in Sikeston.

"Rowdy Crowd" student section leader Aidan Gremminger is reprimanded by a member of campus security after leading a cheer from a railing in the stands during the Southeast Missouri State University home opener against Southern Illinois University on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau.

A student leaps into a hug with Jefferson Elementary Principal Leigh Ragsdale between classes Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. In her first year at Jefferson, Ragsdale and her staff are using S.T.E.A.M. curriculum, mindfulness meditation techniques and positive affirmation (including lots of hugs) to improve student outcomes at what has for years been among the school district's most underperforming schools.

Brianna Venson carries a sign memorializing her late friend, 15-year-old Madison Robinson, during a demonstration Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, outside the Cape Girardeau City Courthouse in Cape Girardeau. The demonstration was held to express disappointment in the Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney's office for dropping charges against a suspect believed by many in the community to have shot Robinson to death in August.

Ada Buersmeyer, dressed in a mouse costume, laughs backstage while playing with other dancers portraying mice before performing with the Moscow Ballet on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus in Cape Girardeau.

Children play underneath a section of bleachers before the start of the the Sikeston Jaycees Bootheel Rodeo Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in Sikeston.

Rebekah Myers, center, adjusts her cap while preparing to perform with the Meadow Heights band during the seventy-fifth-annual Jackson Marching Band Festival Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, at the Pit in Jackson.

Actors from left, Kaitlyn Mulcahy, Molly Jacobs, Makenna Wessel, Carlie Jacobs and Eva Kilburn get tangled up while practicing dance moves before a USO-themed performance put on by Between the Scenes studio during Homecomers Tuesday, July 23, 2019, in Uptown Jackson.

A racer runs his lawnmower across the finish line during a heat race on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at the Patton Saddle Club in Patton, Missouri. Many racers in the top tier swear that with about $10,000 in aftermarket modifications and a competent driver, a lawnmower can do highway speeds on the track. Wayne Goodwin, septuagenarian member of the Old Farts Racing Team, said that even though the only prize is a $7 plaque, racers pour money and time into their vehicles and risk serious bodily harm to win. "Because there's just nothin' like it," Goodwin said. "I'll never quit."

After 136 years as a fixture of Cape Girardeau’s downtown, the Glenn House is falling apart. Bricks are literally crumbling in the riverfront humidity. Caretakers, including historic-preservation student Josh Hepler, say the two-story Victorian home needs tens of thousands of dollars in renovations or else the building, which is listed in the national register of historic places, won’t be standing 20 years from now. Seen here is Hepler, Thursday, June 13, 2019, in the kitchen, where a modern a/c unit and an always-on dehumidifier sit next to a period-accurate wood stove and other accoutrements.