Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

A Pennington County jury has found 24-year-old Ezekiel Mayweather guilty of aiding and abetting first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the death of Esther Wolfe. Wolfe was...

Pennington County Deputies responded to a report from the owners of a horse found deceased near McCurdy Gulch Road, close to Pactola Reservoir shortly after 9 am yesterday. Preliminary findings sugges...

On September 24, 2025, the Pennington County Sheriff's Office carried out alcohol compliance checks at 11 licensed establishments in Wall and New Underwood. These checks are part of ongoing efforts to...

Officials have released additional information on a fire that broke out in Summerset on Wednesday The Black Hawk Volunteer Fire Department responded to the structure fire in the 6000 block of Polk Str...

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. ...