Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko announced a major milestone with the number of in-state parole absconders dropping from 486 to just 97 as of October 1. The Department of Corrections (DOC) launch...

The trial of Ezekiel Mayweather has reached its final stage, with the jury now deliberating his fate. The 24-year-old faces charges of aiding and abetting, as well as conspiracy to commit first-degree...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that the trial of Joseph Hoek, charged in the 2024 killing of Moody County Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok, will be relocated to Pennington County follo...

The South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case stemming from a massive 2020 sinkhole that displaced dozens of families in the Hideaway Hills neighborhood in Black Hawk. The 30-foot...

Fire crews responded swiftly to a blaze at a single-family home on Polk Street In Summerset yesterday afternoon. The call came in around 4:25 p.m., and responders from the Black Hawk Volunteer Fire De...

South Dakota's prison population surged by 9% from 2022 to 2023, one of the highest percentage increases in the nation, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' latest report on U.S. prisoners. ...

Sturgis Police responded yesterday to a report involving a 15-year-old girl who had escaped a residence in Sturgis after allegedly being held against her will, sexually assaulted, and forced to use il...

The trial of Ezekiel Mayweather, who is accused of orchestrating the February 2024 shooting of Esther Wolfe in Rapid City, continued at the Pennington County Courthouse. Mayweather, 24, faces charges ...

The South Dakota Supreme Court is holding its October term beginning today at the Knudson School of Law in Vermillion, hearing oral arguments on eight cases over two days. The opening case on the dock...

At Monday's Deadwood City Commission meeting, officials acknowledged that a recall petition against Commissioner Blake Joseph met the required number of valid signatures. However, they postponed setti...