Stories from Tuesday, July 15, 2014

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The victim of convicted rapist Steven Clark Rendleman had her own "day in court" on Tuesday and seized the opportunity to tell her accused she would not tell him how he broke her spirit. Nor would she tell him that she was a changed person because of the actions he took on a March night in 2012...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. - The Dexter varsity volleyball team took home the top prize at the eight-team Perryville Shootout July 12. Dexter defeated St. Vincent in its quarterfinal contest, Notre Dame in its semifinal contest and host Perryville in the championship...

Dexter Police July 12- 14 , 2014 Samuel Shope, 43, of Little Rock, Ark. Was arested at 6:50 a.m. at 724 W. Business Hwy. 60 on Friday. He is charged with stealing. A burglary reported to police on Friday at 10:31 a.m. at 901 E. State Hwy. 114 remains under investigation...

Thefts from parked vehicles continue to be a problem in the city of Dexter. Police received four separate reports of thefts on Saturday. The thefts reportedly took place in the 700 block of Rannells St., on Magnolia Drive, on Lakeview Drive, and on the south end of Lewis Street. All remain under investigation...

The Missouri Young Farmers and Young Farm Wives Association, a group formed in the 1960s to promote the personal and professional growth of adults involved in agriculture, will be sponsoring a Farm Tour in Stoddard County for the three-day period from Thursday, July 31 through Saturday, Aug. 2. As many as 200 attendees are expected to converge on the area to participate in the group's annual event...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- County Clerk Joe Watson told the Stoddard County Commission that his office is busy preparing for the Aug. 5 Primary and Special Election. His office has contacted and scheduling poll workers for the various precincts and testing the equipment used in the elections in the county...

Raymond Gale Eaton, President of FTI Printing, died early Tuesday morning at his home in Essex, Mo. Gale was born May 22, 1954 in Dexter, Mo. to the late Maxine Eaton Lacey and Rueben Lacey. He graduated from Richland High School and married his wife, Melody (Hampton) Eaton in 1973...