Category Archives: Local/State Headlines
Rapid City Man Arrested After Alleged Road Rage Shooting
Rapid City police arrested a 33-year-old man following a road rage incident in which a firearm was reportedly brandished and discharged. Shortly after 8 am Monday morning, officers responded to a repo...
Jim Kallas Oct 01, 2025
Coffee Shops Join Forces to Raise Awareness During Domestic Violence Awareness Month
The Pennington County Sheriff's Office Victim Specialists are teaming up with local coffee shops to promote Domestic Violence Awareness Month through a creative campaign titled "Ending Domestic Violen...
Jim Kallas Oct 01, 2025
City Reviewing Petitions That Could Trigger Libertyland Vote
The future of the Libertyland USA tax increment financing (TIF) district could soon be decided by Rapid City voters. On Friday, South Dakota Citizens for Liberty submitted over 5,100 petition signatur...
Jim Kallas Sep 30, 2025
Federal Sentences Handed Down in Separate South Dakota Child Exploitation Cases
Aaron Williams Jr., 24, of Rapid City, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempted enticement of a minor and receipt of child pornography. The case began just one ...
Jim Kallas Sep 30, 2025
North Dakota Backs Off Legal Challenge to South Dakota Pipeline Law
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley welcomed North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley's decision not to pursue legal action over South Dakota's law banning eminent domain for carbon pipeline...
Jim Kallas Sep 30, 2025
Rhoden Joins National Push for Bipartisan Budget Extension
Governor Larry Rhoden and 24 other governors have called on Senate leaders to prevent a government shutdown by passing a clean, short-term funding extension. In a letter addressed to Senate Majority L...
Jim Kallas Sep 30, 2025
South Dakota Courts Process Over 202,000 Cases in FY2025
The South Dakota Unified Judicial System (UJS) processed more than 202,000 criminal and civil cases in fiscal year 2025, according to its newly released annual report. The Second Judicial Circuit, whi...
Jim Kallas Sep 30, 2025
Six Inmates Stabbed in Coordinated Attack at Jameson Annex
A coordinated inmate attack at the Jameson Annex of the South Dakota State Penitentiary left six inmates stabbed Thursday evening around 6 p.m., according to Attorney General Marty Jackley. Five of th...
Jim Kallas Sep 29, 2025
South Dakota Canvassing Leader Calls for Elections Board Resignations
The leader of the pro-Trump South Dakota Canvassing Group, called for the resignation of all seven members of the South Dakota Board of Elections-including Secretary of State Monae Johnson-during Thur...
Jim Kallas Sep 29, 2025
Thousands Trek to Crazy Horse Memorial for Annual Fall Volksmarch
More than 5,000 hikers gathered Sunday at the Crazy Horse Memorial for the annual Fall Volksmarch, one of the largest organized hikes in the United States. In addition to the hike, visitors had the op...
Jim Kallas Sep 29, 2025