The Montgomery County Wildcats claimed the Class 3 District 7 Championship with a 58-41 victory over the Hermann Bearcats at the South Callaway High School on 2/28/2025. Senior Clayton Parker led the way with 18 points. followed by Isaiah Thomas with 16 points and Andrew Moore notched 10 points. Herman was led by Daeden Hopkins…
A Community Vigil is being held in Hermann tomorrow (Friday) night in memory of Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith and in honor of Officer Adam Sullentrup according to the Hermann Police Department. The vigil will be held at Hermann High School, 176 Bearcat Crossing at 7:00 with the doors opening at 5:30. Parking will be extremely…
Kenneth Lee Simpson is now arraigned in the murder of Hermann Police Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith and the shooting of Officer Adam Sullentrup. Simpson appeared by video for the arraignment yesterday (Wednesday) morning and during the proceedings entered a plea of not guilty. A preliminary hearing is now set for Monday morning at 9:00 in…
Kenneth Lee Simpson, the man accused of killing Hermann Police Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith and wounding Officer Adam Sullenrtup makes his first court appearance this (Wednesday) morning. His arraignment was scheduled for 8:00 and a clerk within the Gasconade Circuit Clerk’s Office was unable to provide an update on the status of the case as…
The suspect believed to be responsible for shooting two Hermann police officers has been apprehended. The Highway Patrol says 35 year old Kenneth Lee Simpson was taken into custody this (Monday) afternoon. Simpson is wanted for allegedly shooting two Hermann police officers last (Sunday) night leaving one in critical but stable condition and killing Detective…
Two Hermann police officers are wounded and the suspect in their shooting is at large. According to a Blue Alert from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the shooting happened at 9:19 last (Sunday) night at Casey’s in Hermann at 811 Market St. The suspect is 35-year old Kenneth Lee Simpson, a white male 5 feet…
In a follow up to a previous story, pastor John Hampton, Jr., charged for child sex abuse in Camden County has been removed from his appointment to the Hermann and Rosebud United Methodist Churches. He will not be allowed on church property until the resolution of the case. Spokesmen for the congregation do not believe…
Camden County Prosecutors have charged a Hermann pastor, John Hampton, 32, with sexual abuse of a child in a case involving two children over the span of four to five years. Prosecutors consider Hampton a danger to the community because of access allowed by his profession.
One person has died after a motorcycle crash on Missouri 19 in Montgomery County yesterday [Monday] afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a vehicle driven by 44 year old Janet Duke of Hermann made a left turn into the path of a motorcycle driven by 65 year old Randall Shepard of Montgomery City. Shepard…
The Missouri Department of Transportation says more than 300 roads in the state were closed as of this morning [Wednesday] due to flooding. MoDOT is advising all motorists check current road conditions in their areas and on their routes by consulting the Traveler Information Map and the Current Flood Information Page on its website. Amtrak’s…
Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller said there are no new leads in the search for Matthew Beauchamp of Mexico. Beauchamp has not been heard from since September of 2018 according to his family. On March 23, the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department said Beauchamp has multiple active warrants, however, when he has been a fugitive in…
The Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office is still awaiting an official report from the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office regarding human remains found on April 12. In a social media post made this afternoon, [Friday] the department says the preliminary findings indicate the body found inside a barrel on the Gasconade River are those of an…
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has awarded more than four dozen Missouri Hospitals a “Healthcare Community Partner Award” for completing 100 percent of the inventory of untested sexual assault kits. Schmitt’s office has made testing the more than 5 thousand kits in the state a priority in his tenure. Area hospitals to receive the distinction…
An investigation is ongoing into the trolley collision that killed one person and sent several to the hospital in Hermann. The crash happened between 1:30 and 2 on Saturday afternoon, when a car and trolley crashed on MO 100 south of Hermann. The driver of the car that collided with the trolley 55 year old…
