Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

Scorching temperatures sent residents flocking to city pools in record numbers this summer. The City's Parks and Recreation Department reported 88,270 admissions across Sioux Park, Parkview, Horace Ma...

South Dakota incarcerates residents at a rate of 812 per 100,000 people-placing it among the highest in the world, according to new data from the Prison Policy Initiative. That figure exceeds the inca...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced $1.8 million in grant funding for two South Dakota organizations working to assist veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Cornersto...

Tuesday evening at approximately 10:05 p.m., Rapid City police responded to multiple reports of gunshots at 4332 Berniece Street. After interviewing witnesses and detaining several individuals, author...

Rapid City police responded to a hit-and-run crash near the intersection of N. Lacrosse Street and Interstate-90 shortly before 7 pm Tuesday evening. Officers found a sedan that had veered off the eas...

Lawmakers addressed last year's state government fraud cases in a recent Government Operations and Audit Committee (GOAC) meeting. DSS Secretary Matt Althoff acknowledged the damage from Lonna Carroll...

A circuit court judge has rejected a lawsuit by 26 residents attempting to block Cornerstone Rescue Mission from opening a respite center at the former Big Sky Lodge on 2080 Tower Road. The facility w...

The Rapid City Transit System announce starting today the following stops will be closed due to construction on the east bound lane of E Minnesota St. Coolidge South: - E Minnesota St. @ Wingate Ct. -...

South Dakota lawmakers on Tuesday approved a $650 million plan to replace the state's aging penitentiary with a new 1,500-bed facility in Sioux Falls, which will be the largest expenditure in state hi...

The Rapid City man accused of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his father is seeking a competency evaluation at his next court appearance. 30 year-old Nicholas Selig failed to appear at hi...