October 17, 2019

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Corrections says a Pennington County man serving life in prison for attempted murder has died. Garreth Gannon died in the infirmary of the Jameson Annex of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Wednesday, Oct. 16. He had been ill but the state did not release what that […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Due to a Supreme Court appeal, a second trial for a Rapid City man already convicted of and sentenced for criminal solicitation is on hold. William Thoman was convicted in August 2019 of criminal solicitation and sentenced to 15 years in jail with 10 years suspended, in a case involving threats against […]

STURGIS, S.D. – The 17-year-old arrested in connection with the death of 16-year-old Shayna Ritthaler appeared in court Thursday for his arraignment hearing. Michael Gavin Campbell, whose name was released because he is being charged as an adult, plead not guilty by reason of insanity to a first degree murder charge with an alternative of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A Sioux Falls man has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after his handgun fired, struck his wife who lost her unborn child. Melanie Pettibone’s sister says Pettibone was shot in the thigh when the gun accidentally discharged Sunday while her husband, Sheldon Pettibone, was cleaning it at their apartment. Emily Snedeker […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Senator John Thune (R-SD) has concerns about President Trump’s new withdrawal strategy in Syria. “The reason U.S. forces got involved in Syria, to begin with, was to address the terrorist threat born out of the vacuum left by the hasty U.S. withdrawal in Iraq.” Thune says there are obvious concerns about […]