Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

A South Dakota native received national recognition during Wednesday night's State of the Union address. Navy Capt. Royce Williams, a South Dakota-born Korean War veteran, was awarded the Medal of Hon...

After social media posts claimed ICE agents were on the Black Hills State University campus last week, University officials confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement did visit BHSU, but only ...

Legislators spent much of the day debating several highprofile bills as part of Crossover Day requirements. Issues included: Property tax reforms, including HB 1308, which would cut owneroccupied prop...

A Kyle man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for assaulting a woman on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Federal prosecutors say 30yearold Clay Loafer pleaded guilty to assault r...

Governor Larry Rhoden on Tuesday signed three bills aimed at strengthening facilities at South Dakota's public universities. The three measures he signed include: SB 117, which funds the design and co...

The Rapid City Fire Department handled two separate fires early this morning with no injuries reported. At 12:30 a.m., crews responded to a fast-moving grass fire near the I-90 and I-190 interchange. ...

A proposal to add a half-penny to sales tax for homeowner property tax relief has been sent to the 41st day. Senate Joint Resolution 507 would ask voters to set the state sales tax at 5 percent and pu...

Senate Bill 96 was passed on Monday. The bill, introduced at the request of Gov. Larry Rhoden, passed 20-to-14 and would let county commissions choose to add up to one-half percent (a half-cent on the...

Governor Larry Rhoden signed six bills into law on Monday: SB 54 revises the conditions for in-service distributions from the South Dakota deferred compensation plan; SB 91 clarifies the procedure for...

Trevon Spotted Eagle, 31, pleaded guilty Monday in Pennington County to two counts of aggravated assault for a 2024 shooting on East North Street in Rapid City. Police say he shot a man in the head wi...