Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

Two South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would abolish and criminalize abortion statewide. House Bill 1212, filed by Rep. Tony Randolph and Sen. John Carley, seeks to classify abort...

The House State Affairs committee debated lengthy tax breaks being considered to attract large tech companies to build multi-billion dollar Data Center facilities in the state. House Speaker Jon Hanse...

A proposal that would have required South Dakota voters to approve any public school district's decision to opt out of stateset spending limits failed Wednesday in the House, halting momentum behind t...

South Dakota senators advanced two notable bills Wednesday-one launching a statewide review of how to fund emergency medical services, and another increasing penalties for threats that prevent someone...

Police say the manhunt for 37yearold Jeremy Taylor intensified Tuesday after new information suggested he may have been dropped off near North LaCrosse Street and East Anamosa Street in Rapid City, pr...

South Dakota recorded 110 fatal crashes and 123 deaths in 2025 - the lowest in five years - according to preliminary data from the Department of Public Safety's Office of Accident Records. Fatalities ...

A local man has been sentenced to 30 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to two counts of Aggravated Assault for a July 7, 2025 attack on two young women sitting in a pa...

A Rapid City woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for retaliating against a witness who testified in a fentanyl distribution case, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of So...

Meade County Sheriff Pat West said Tuesday Calls for service to the Meade County Sheriff's Office have doubled in three years, rising from 10,875 in 2022 to 21,530 in 2025. The increase has been stead...

A Rapid City man is arrested Sunday night on burglary and other charges in Pierre. Pierre Police Captain Kyle Cummings says officers were called Sunday night just before 8:30 pm to a residence on Monr...