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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Authorities have now issued a felony arrest warrant for Kobey Saunsoci, charging him with two counts of 1st Degree Escape. He is the man who escaped Thursday. Saunsoci is a 22-year-old Native American male. He is described as approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing around 170 pounds, with black hair […]
DEADWOOD, S.D. — Deadwood Police are investigating an unattended death. Authorities were alerted to a body lying in a creek near 26 Water St. slighty before 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. Upon arrival, Deadwood Police officers discovered a deceased man, identified as a 66-year-old resident of Pennington County. Preliminary investigations have not revealed any indications of […]
PRESHO, S.D. – A 33-year-old man died from injuries in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in Presho, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a Case IH Patriot agricultural sprayer was traveling northbound on 305th Avenue. At the same time, the driver of a 2021 Ford Ranger was headed westbound on SD Highway 248. […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – In the Senate chamber of the South Dakota Legislature, a little institutional knowledge goes a long way. Extreme measures emanating from the House of Representatives are often killed in Senate committees or amended on the floor, establishing an “adult in the room” element of political perspective in Pierre. The question, of […]
UNDATED – The South Dakota Highway Patrol has released names in two fatal crashes that occurred earlier this month. A 42-year-old man died Friday, April 12, in a single-vehicle crash in Black Hawk, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Nathan T. Wheeler of Piedmont was northbound on Erickson Ranch Road when the vehicle left the roadway […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Wednesday announced that 11 state prison inmates have now been indicted on a combined 18 felony charges stemming from the March 27-28 disturbances at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. A Minnehaha County grand jury indicted the 11 inmates Tuesday afternoon. A criminal complaint […]
CUSTER, S.D. – The Custer County Sheriff’s Office says a missing Custer woman has been found dead. Her body was found in rural Fall River County Tuesday evening near her vehicle. The Custer County Emergency Management issued a release Thursday with the news. Johnna Helen Bense, 59, was reported missing last week. Authorities say she […]
PIEDMONT, S.D. — A woman has admitted to making child pornography with her husband and a young child. Leslie White plans to plead guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor. She’s signed federal court documents admitting to making hundreds of illegal pictures and videos involving the young girl. Her husband Timothy White, who formerly worked […]
STURGIS, S.D. – No serious injuries were reported after two vehicles collided at the intersection of 4th Street and Lazelle Thursday morning. Sturgis Police Chief Geody Vandewater says a westbound 2023 Ford Bronco traveling on Lazelle failed to stop for a red light at the intersection, and collided with a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. The […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – An 87-year-old man died Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash three miles west of Keystone, SD. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a 2023 Nissan Terrain was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 244 when the […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]