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Acey Morrison case drew national attention over charging delay RAPID CITY, S.D. – The man who shot a transgender Native American woman to death in 2022 pleaded guilty to second-degree […]
RAPID CITY – A Rapid City woman has been sentenced after beating her brother to death over an Xbox console. Lucy Medicine Eagle, 33, was at a residence in St. […]
PINE RIDGE, S.D. — The man shot Friday, August 2, 2024 at the Pine Ridge Pow Wow, or Oglala Lakota Nation Wacipi, died Sunday morning. Francis Thomas “Tom” Thunder Hawk […]
TEA, S.D. — Two months after a deadly shooting, a Tea man is charged with murdering someone who came to his home. According to court documents, the victim was a […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A second teen has been charged with first-degree murder in the May 9 death of Nichole (Nikki) Klich, 41, in Huron, the Brookings County State’s Attorney […]
CENTERVILLE, S.D. (AP) — Three people were shot to death in a small South Dakota town, and a former law officer who once served as the town’s mayor is charged […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – On May 14, in Rapid City, U.S. Circuit Judge Jonathan A. Kobes sentenced Ivan White Plume, also known as Ivan White Butterfly, 33, of Manderson, South […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Duane Sierra, 22, was back in court on Thursday, April 18, accused of the murder of Serena Ann Spider in May of 2023. Sierra is being […]
FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Sioux Falls man charged in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man was found guilty Friday on both counts of first-degree murder and second-degree rape. A jury found James Jumping Eagle guilty following a […]
WATERTOWN, S.D.–Jeremiah Peacemaker spent 1,279 days in the Codington County jail awaiting trial for a murder he said he didn’t commit. Late Tuesday night, a 12 person jury agreed with […]
WATERTOWN, S.D. – Testimony is wrapping up today in the murder trial of a Watertown man. Jeremiah Peacemaker has been on trial since late last month for the killing of […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The man arrested in connection with the shooting death of Esther Wolfe of Rapid City has had his $750,000 bond revoked. Pennington County State’s Attorney Lara […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The man involved in a shootout with law enforcement at last year’s Sturgis Rally appeared in court Wednesday to address part two information, which would enhance […]
WATERTOWN, S.D. – It’s taken years, but the trial in the death of a South Dakota woman is finally underway at the Codington County Courthouse. Jeremiah Peacemaker is accused of […]
RAID CITY, S.D. – The man charged in the death of a woman in her home earlier this week will remain in jail with no bond. Brent Kertzman was in […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Last week, a grand jury in Pennington County issued an indictment against a Rapid City man, who was apprehended in Decatur, Indiana by the US Marshals […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Spearfish, S.D., man was found guilty on Thursday by a jury of second-degree murder, possession of controlled substances, and illegal possession of a firearm. Last […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Charges have been filed against a Pierre man in connection to a death at Pierre apartment last week. In a joint release between the South Dakota Attorney […]
SUNDANCE, WY – A Wyoming man has been sentenced and fined for aggravated vehicular homicide. The charges relate to the death of Ed Svoboda’s wife, Kathleen, two years ago. Svoboda, […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Dupree, S.D., man convicted of second-degree murder in a long-standing feud, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in federal prison. Stuart Cochran, Sr., 50, shot […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A man charged with alternative counts of first and second-degree murder was in court Monday, September 11, for a motions hearing. Duane Sierra is accused of […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The last suspect in a 2015 murder-for-hire case is one step closer to his trial date of September 18. Richard Hirth, 42, is accused of being […]
GLENDIVE, Mont.—A defense motion in a grisly murder case argues that Jake Burghduff, 21, of Ludlow, S.D., was coerced into confessing his role in the murder of Isaac Carrier of […]
PIERRE, S.D. — The ‘stand your ground’ state law doesn’t apply retroactively, according to the South Dakota Supreme Court. The court publicly released the decision Thursday, ruling that a convicted […]
BUFFALO, S.D. — A new felony charged has been brought against a Ludlow, S.D. man who authorities say was involved in the murder of a man in Fallon, Mont. Jake […]
SCOTLAND, S.D. –The man accused of murdering three people in the town of Scotland has decided to have a jury decide his fate. The deadline has passed for 43-year old […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Porcupine man admitted to killing a man on the Pine Ridge Reservation last fall in a change of plea in federal court. Trey New Holy, […]
HELENA, MT. – Montana Division of Criminal Investigation agents arrested two South Dakota men, charging them with homicide and arson following a fire in Fallon, Mont., last month. Sterling Brown […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City woman charged in the death of a 2-year-old child in Box Elder two years ago has changed her plea. After pleading guilty but […]
CARRINGTON, N.D. – Four months after a child was found unresponsive at a North Dakota day care, criminal charges have been filed against the woman prosecutors say caused the fatal […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— Nearly a decade after a missing woman’s body was found in the Black Hills, court papers explain what prosecutors believe happened to Meshell Will. The 38-year-old woman […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Robert Yellow Bird, who was accused of shooting and killing 29-year-old Joseph Standing Bear of Norris and 37-year-old Petan Milk of Rapid City last August at […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A sentencing hearing for a murder conviction revealed grizzly details in an October 2020 case. Jonnie Fineran, Allen, SD, was sentenced to 21 years in federal […]
SUNDANCE, WY – Crook County resident Edward Svoboda has been bound over to District Court on charges related to the death of his wife of 53 years, last September. Svoboda […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A man who helped shoot a man 15 times was sentenced to two life sentences for federal first-degree premeditated murder and other capital felonies. Francisco Villanueva, […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge has determined a defendant from South Dakota accused in a 1974 slaying in Minnesota isn’t competent to stand trial. New DNA testing led […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Among those charged in a fatal shooting in Rapid City at the Dakota Rose Inn, one has reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Tracy Laughlin, 33, […]
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — It was one of the most gruesome mass killings in North Dakota history; four workers at a business who gathered early one morning for “coffee club” […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has been found guilty of helping kidnap a South Dakota woman who was later killed on the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation in Nebraska. […]
WATERTOWN, S.D.–A new trial date has been set for a Watertown man charged with Second Degree Murder. Forty one year-old Jeremiah Peacemaker is accused of killing 28 year-old Kendra Owen […]
Larry John Johnson, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on January 14, 2025, at the […]
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