October 31, 2019

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A South Dakota judge has denied a state inmate’s request to delay his execution over the drug to be used. Charles Rhines argues that pentobarbital does not act quickly enough to comply with state law. But Circuit Judge Jon Sogn rejected that argument Thursday, writing in a 23-page order that when […]

PIERRE, S.D. – State officials are beefing up security at the South Dakota Capitol building this fall. A security screening room is being built near the north entrance doors of the Capitol in Pierre. In a public service announcement, Department of Public Safety Secretary Craig Price says the screening room will be built into already […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – An Illinois woman was been sentenced to 20 years in prison for providing the heroin that led to an overdose death in South Dakota. Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie Broecker, of Chicago, earlier pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance resulting in death. U.S. Attorney Ron Parson says Broecker mailed heroin from Rockford, Illinois […]