COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of municipalities in the Mid-Missouri area are canceling or postponing their Independence Day fireworks displays as intense heat and drought conditions continue to hammer the area. The City of Centralia said Thursday that it is canceling its July 1 fireworks display because of dry conditions. It will be rescheduled, the
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gerald man is recovering from serious injuries after a crash in Gasconade County on Monday evening. Troopers say Thomas C. Winter, 46 was traveling northbound in a 2016 Toyota Tacoma on Holzschuh Rd. when he went off the left side of the road. He then hit a tree and overturned
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) A preliminary hearing for the man accused of murdering a Hermann police sergeant has been moved to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4. Kenneth Lee Simpson, 35, of Steelville, Missouri, is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of armed-criminal action, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is being held without bond
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 43-year-old Anthony R. Cruts was seriously injured in a crash on Monday night. Troopers say Cruts was driving along River Trail Rd. north of Route K when the pickup truck crossed the center of the road, traveled off the left side and hit a tree.
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office announced on its Facebook page that deputies responded on Thursday to a call about explosives being found at a boat ramp at Helds Island Conservation Area. Deputies confirmed the items found were “commercial explosive sticks.” Missouri State Highway Patrol Bomb Squad Unit was called to remove the
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ROSEBUD, Mo. (KMIZ) A BBQ benefit will be held by the Alumni of the Missouri Sheriff’s Academy Class No. 146 to raise money for the family for fallen Hermann Sgt. Mason Griffith. The benefit will be held April 22. at 11 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Rosebud, Missouri. Sgt. Griffith was a graduate
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Hermann Police Officer Adam Sullentrup released a statement on social media thanking everyone for the support and providing an update on his recovery. Sullentrup’s family said he is improving every day. He is in the intensive care unit, but he has recently been upgraded from “critical” condition to “stable.”
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) A new judge has been assigned for the case of the man charged with murdering a Hermann police sergeant. The hearing for Kenneth Simpson, 35, of Steelville, set for Monday was canceled on Friday after the defense asked for a change in judge. Matthew Houston has been assigned to preside over the case.
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OWENSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Community members gathered at Ownensville High School Sunday for a funeral held for Sgt. Mason Griffith, who is one of two officers that was shot in Hermann last Sunday. Hundreds of police vehicles filled the school’s parking lot leading up to the service. The second officer, Adam Sullentrup, at last check was
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The hearing for the man accused of killing a Hermann officer and critically injuring another officer originally scheduled for Monday was pushed back indefinitely until a new judge can be found. Kenneth Simpson made his first court appearance on Wednesday, March 15. Since then, several changes have been made to who will
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Berger man is dead after a crash in Gasconade County early Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said on Twitter at about 2 a.m. that Troopers were investigating a single vehicle crash on MO 100 near Route J. The crash happened when a vehicle driven by Markus Eldringhoff, 20,
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Watch a live stream of the vigil in the web player above. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered the United States and Missouri flags to be flown at half-staff at all government building in the state Sunday in honor Hermann Police Sgt. Mason Griffith. Kehoe is the acting governor of Missouri while
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The man accused of killing a Hermann police officer and gravely wounding another appeared Wednesday by video for his first court hearing on murder and four other felony charges.
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A vigil will be held Tuesday for the Hermann police officer shot and killed late Sunday and he will be laid to rest over the weekend.
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) Local businesses in the Downtown Hermann area are closed following a shooting that lead to the death of one police officer, and severely injured another Sunday night at a Casey’s gas station. Those officers were identified Monday as Sgt. Mason Griffith and Officer Adam Sullentrup. Griffith, 34, died from his injuries. He
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Union man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday in Gasconade County on Highway 28 west of Highway 50. The crash occurred after a 2009 Chevrolet Trax driven by Tracy Skiles traveled off the left side of the road, went down a steep embankment and overturned, according to a
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GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post that it found missing children during a Thursday traffic stop. A Sheriff’s Deputy was notified about a careless driver traveling east on Highway 50 entering Gasconade County from Osage County. The vehicle was located in the area of Highway 50
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man is charged with multiple sex crimes, including rape and child molestation. Mitchell Fox, 26, was charged in December with first-degree rape, three counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, third-degree kidnapping, two counts of third-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree domestic assault. A preliminary
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The second of two teen sisters who went missing over the weekend in Gasconade County has been found.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was updated as more details emerged. GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bland, Missouri, man was arrested after he crashed an alleged stolen vehicle following a chase involving Gasonade County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday night, according to a sheriff’s office Facebook post. Joshua Torrence, 29, lost control of a 2014 Mercedes Benz
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