South Dakota Senator introduces bill to revoke death penalty
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - Thursday, Alabama had the first ever known execution by nitrogen gas. Kenneth Smiths original execution by lethal injection in...
Keeping railway freight moving even through deep snow
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway plays an important role in South Dakota's economy, transporting almost every kind of...
Noem to visit US-Mexico border to support Texas
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Governor Kristi Noem announced that she would travel to what her office called "the warzone" at the...
The coldest January in Oglala Lakota County history-and the warmest
Canva Warmest and coldest January in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota history 2024 has started off with intense cold and severe...
‘Chicken from Hell’ – an ‘unusual’ ancient species – once roamed the Midwest, study...
Millions of years ago, a bird-like dinosaur, known as the "chicken from Hell," roamed the North American continent. Weighing around 170 pounds, it sported...
Senate votes to return clemency bill for lifers to earlier, more stringent form
The South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, as seen on Jan. 9, 2023. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A bill that would...
Two men convicted of kidnapping, carjacking an FBI employee in South Dakota
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A federal jury in South Dakota has convicted two men on several charges related to the 2022 kidnapping of...
South Dakota Senate OKs measure for work requirement to voter-passed Medicaid expansion
Many low-income people in South Dakota would need to have a job in order to get Medicaid health care coverage, under a requirement that...
House Republicans to invite abortion rights petitioner to testify in Capitol
House Republicans say they're going to invite the backer of a constitutional abortion rights ballot question to testify in a legislative hearing. The hearing...
Kristi Noem Offers to Drive Greg Abbott More Razor Wire
The South Dakota governor spoke out in support of Abbott's border control policies while on Fox News Thursday.Story continues
