A Rapid City man was arrested this afternoon after police responded to a report of a man brandishing a handgun in a residential neighborhood, an incident that prompted precautionary security measures at two nearby elementary schools. According to police, officers were dispatched around 1:15 p.m. April 28 to the 200 blo...

South Dakota Republican candidates gathered last night for their final gubernatorial primary debate ahead of the June election in Sioux Falls. Toby Doeden, Dusty Johnson, Larry Rhoden and House Speaker Jon Hansen answered questions on taxes, public safety, education, immigration and free speech during the debate hosted...

A Sioux Falls police officer was shot and seriously injured Monday afternoon while responding to a weapons call, according to police. Officers were dispatched to a business near 12th Street and Lyons Avenue after reports that a person pulled a weapon and fled with another individual. As officers made contact with the p...

A Rapid City man has been sentenced to the maximum 25 years in prison for a violent home invasion that occurred just hours after his release from prison. Forty-one-year-old Joshua Peacock received a 25-year sentence in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for a first-degree burglary committed in February 2025. Prosecuto...

A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for sexually abusing children. Jared Wickenhagen received the maximum sentence on two counts of sexual contact with a minor under the age of 16, with the sentences ordered to run concurrently. The abuse occurred between April 2017 a...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla began a four-day state visit to the United States with a formal welcome in Washington, D.C., marking a high-profile...

Security planning for the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner is facing new scrutiny after an armed suspect was stopped near the event area at the...

A shooting disrupted the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, prompting a fast security response and the eva...

A 17-year-old suspect is in custody following a targeted shooting at the Mall of Louisiana that claimed the life of an innocent bystander and injured ...

In a predawn vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate moved ahead with a Republican-backed budget resolution that would direct about $70 billion to Immigration ...