MISSING PERSON: @penncosheriff is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing and possibly endangered 25 year old male. Gary Harrison III was last seen around 08/06/2025 in the Wasta area. He is known to frequent the Rapid City and Box Elder areas and has links to Hot Springs and Edgemont. Gary is 6'3, app...

The South Dakota Highway Patrol and the Sturgis Police Department released their final reports Sunday, marking the close of law enforcement activity for the 2025 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. According to the Highway Patrol, three injury crashes occurred on Highway 14A and Highway 16 during the rally's final stretch. None...

Authorities have arrested four men following a joint sex trafficking and child exploitation operation conducted during the 2025 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The suspects were taken into custody after allegedly attempting to meet with someone they believed to be a 14-year-old girl for the purpose of engaging in sexual acti...

Following a pause for the Sturgis rally, work will resume on US Highway 385. Starting Tuesday, August 12, 2025, The route will be closed to through traffic between Sheridan Lake Road and Be Still Road, near Hill City. The closure is scheduled to remain in effect until Tuesday, September 2, 2025, as part of an ongoing c...

Terrence Davis, a 39-year-old former state trooper and current legal services employee in Sioux Falls, has announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for South Dakota Secretary of State. If nominated, he would face incumbent Republican Monae Johnson in the 2026 general election. Davis, originally from Te...

President Trump announced that the federal government will assume control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., including deploying the National Guard. Trump signed an executive order declaring crime an emergency in the nation's capital. Federal agen...

President Trump called for the immediate relocation of homeless individuals from Washington, D.C., suggesting they be moved "far" away from the capital. He hinted at increased policing and potentially enacting federal control of the city. Following an ...

A federal judge in Miami has ordered a temporary halt to construction at the immigration detention center known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' in the Florida Everglades. The facility, built by the state of Florida, is facing legal challenges from environmenta...

Texas Democrats, who had fled the state in protest of a Republican-led redistricting effort, were evacuated from their hotel in Illinois due to a bomb threat. The St. Charles Police Department responded to the threat at the Q Center hotel near Chicago ...

The U.S. Coast Guard released a report revealing that OceanGate used "intimidation tactics" to avoid regulatory scrutiny leading up to the June 2023 Titan submersible implosion. The incident claimed the lives of five individuals during an expedition to...