COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Steelville man who is accused of killing a Hermann police officer will have the jury in his murder trial pooled from Greene County. Kenneth Simpson is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of armed-criminal action, first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful gun possession, unlawful possession of an illegal weapon, possession of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old boy was killed in a Gaconade County crash Wednesday on Highway 19, about a half mile south of Aufderheide Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that the Berger, Missouri, teenager was driving a 2010 Ford northbound when it went off the right side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Rivers Electric Cooperative is asking its customers to conserve energy after the recent cold spell made its grid experience “maximum load.” The cooperative – which serves Cole, Maries, Miller, Gasconade, Osage and Moniteau counties – asked its customers on social media Thursday to try to conserve energy from 6-10 a.m. Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly man was killed and two people were seriously injured after a dump truck crashed into a home Tuesday morning at 305 East Lincoln Ave. in Owensville, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a 2006 Western Star Dump Truck was heading westbound on Highway
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View a full list of area closures and delays on our closings on our website. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road conditions from this weekend’s winter storm have caused more delays and closures in Mid-Missouri. The Jefferson City School District shared on its social media that it would have a two-hour late start on Thursday. The school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials could not determine what caused a fire last month at an antique store and bed and breakfast in Hermann. The Missouri State Fire Marshal report says that an estimated $375,000 was lost from the fire. Electricity and gas were eliminated as causes because the electric meter and gas lines were clear
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Hermann police officer who was shot while in the line of duty last year is beginning a new role in law enforcement. The New Haven Police Department announced in a Tuesday social media post that Adam Sullentrup will work as a public relations specialist for the department. “Although his law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 88-year-old Hermann woman was killed in a Friday crash on Highway 100 in Franklin County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, the woman was driving a 2003 Ford Ranger east on the road, crossed the center line and hit a 2019 Freightliner
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a fire that destroyed an antique shop in Hermann can’t be determined after the building collapsed. Firefighters from multiple agencies were called to Hermann in Gasconade County on Monday morning to fight the blaze on East 1st Street. The building suffered a partial collapse from the fire. State fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A firefighter was brought to an area hospital after a large fire on Monday destroyed a building on Hermann’s First Street. Multiple fire agencies working the fire and the Hermann Chamber of Commerce confirmed that the fire was at a business. Photos showed a building in the 200 block of East First
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A missing Gasconade County man has been found. Manfred Stelzer, 79, was previously at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bland Christian Church at 710 W. Highway 28, according to an Endangered Silver Advisory from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Officials wrote in an email sent at 6:22 p.m. that Stelzer had
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 45-year-old man was killed in a crash early Monday on Highway 50, west of Lake Timber Ridge Road in Gasconade County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. According to the report, a 2010 Dodge Charger – driven by Jason Roberts, 45, of Mt. Sterling – was heading westbound
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 11-year-old girl from Owensville, Missouri was killed in a UTV crash in Gasconade County on Sunday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the girl was the passenger in the UTV driven by another 11-year-old girl. The crash occurred in the 3700 block of Branch Rd.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police officer Phylicia Carson’s name will soon go on the wall of the state’s Law Enforcement Memorial on the north side of the Capitol in Jefferson City. The plaque will rest not far from Angela Koepke’s son-in-law, Mason Griffith. “There’s not a day that goes by that we’re not
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A father and daughter died in a boating accident Sunday night on the Gasconade River near Pointers Creek in Osage County, according to Osage County Sheriff Michael Bonham.
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Hundreds of electric cooperative members lost power as storms moved through parts of mid-Missouri on Thursday night.
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Dialing the number 911 instead of a seven-digit number for emergencies started in Gasconade County in 1995 and the county is now implementing a new system to better connect callers to first responders in emergencies.
Continue Reading GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Little Rock, Arkansas man was injured after a crash in Gasconade County Saturday morning. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Arian Robnett, 46 of Little Rock, AR was driving a box truck South on MO 19 at S Oak Drive at 9:48 a.m. The crash
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) A section of Route 19 in Hermann will close on Monday for a bridge replacement project. The Missouri Department of Transportation is reminding drivers that Route 19 over Frene Creek will close for all traffic starting June 3 and going through mid-August. A post on X states a detour sign will direct
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The Human Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force and the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office rescued 22 dogs from an unlicensed breeder, according to a Humane Society press release and sheriff’s office Facebook post. There were 22 dogs rescued from the property and taken to the Humane Society’s Macklind headquarters in St.
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