Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

South Dakota is likely to add a new lottery game this fall that features National Football League branding and prizes. Called Powerball X's & O's, the $5 game uses a tictactoestyle card, with play...

Governor Larry Rhoden has signed six bills designed to support students and strengthen education across South Dakota. Included among them is HB 1017, which provides school boards with greater flexibil...

An Omahabased agricultural company will pay a $5,000 civil penalty after reaching a settlement with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. The Scoular Company failed to promptly notify the comm...

Governor Larry Rhoden signed five bills Friday aimed at strengthening agriculture and supporting rural communities across South Dakota. HB 1048, appropriates funding for the expansion of broadband inf...

Secretary of Corrections Nick Lamb announced that Eric Aldridge has been appointed the first warden of the Rapid City Correctional Facility, set to open this summer. Aldridge brings 30 years of experi...

A 92-year-old Piedmont man died Friday evening in a four-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 14A about one mile east of Deadwood, according to the South Dakota Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at 8:04 p.m...

A multiagency search is underway near Cottonwood Springs Dam as authorities look for a missing hiker reported overdue Sunday night. The Fall River County Sheriff's Office says family members contacted...

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the South Dakota Highway Patrol, is investigating an officerinvolved shooting that occurred Saturday, March 21, in Box Elde...

Police have arrested a parole absconder after locating him and the vehicle involved in a Sunday report of a woman calling for help from inside a car trunk. The Rapid City Police Department released an...

Fire crews on the Qury Fire are preparing to scale back operations as the wildfire southeast of Custer reaches 70% containment and transitions to local management on today. The Qury Fire, which has bu...