Stories from Friday, May 4, 2012

A Dexter woman remained behind bars this morning, facing a second degree statutory rape charge after admittedly having sex with a juvenile, a 16-year-old male. In the Stoddard County Jail under a $25,000 cash only bond is Larissa Hurley, 37. According to a probable cause affidavit from the office of Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver, the juvenile, a local student, shared the information of the incident at school, stating that he had had sex with Hurley in her backyard Tuesday morning before school. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - An Advance man charged with a March rape and abduction from a local bar is set to re-appear on May 16. Steven Clark Rendleman, 51, has been convicted of rape twice in the past and, in 2009, pled guilty to sexual misconduct in Cape County. ...

Dexter High School took time to recognizes its spring sports athletes at its 2012 Spring Sports Awards Banquet Thursday in the high school cafeteria. Family and friends, along with coaches and school administrators filled the cafeteria as athletes in golf, baseball, tennis, softball and track were singled out for their accomplishments during the spring sports season, which is still underway for some but drawing to a conclusion along with the school year...

It was a special time - a time to pray - as city officials, area pastors, and local citizens gathered at Dexter's City Administration Building just after noon Thursday in observance of the National Day of Prayer. Seven area pastors led seven very specific prayers during the 40-minute observance. Each year at the assembly, prayers are directed to various agencies and entities of national importance...

A Campbell woman charged with lighting an occupied nursing home bed on fire pled guilty Wednesday. Joyce Johnson, 59, was charged with the Class A felony of elderly abuse in the first degree and the Class B felony of arson in the first degree. She pled guilty to a reduced charge of the Class B felony of elderly abuse second degree...

Loyd Jarrett, Jr., son of Lloyd Jarrett, Sr. of Pyletown, Mo., and Diana L. Metcalf of Bloomfield, Mo., was born on Oct. 17, 1979, in Dexter, Mo., and died on May 2, 2012, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 32...

Joyce Ann Henry, former resident of Dexter, was born July 2, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo., and died on May 2, 2012, in Ellisville, Mo. Mrs. Henry was married to Ed Henry. He survives at their home. She was the mother to three children, Deb (Tom) Ramsey, Dean (Cathy) Henry, and Bob (Patsy) Henry, and had seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was a dear aunt, cousin, and friend to many...