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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 killer couldn’t use the law to go free. Ramon Smith shot one man to death and wounded two others on June 8, 2019. A Minnehaha […]
PIERRE, S.D. – A Mellette County woman was sentenced May 8 in federal court to 20 years in prison for shooting and killing another woman last year. Sativa Looking Cloud pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to second-degree murder. According to the Department of Justice, 21-year-old Sativa Looking Cloud got into a fight at a Mellette […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An 11-year-old child is in critical condition in Sioux Falls after being shot by a 10-year-old boy. The shooting occurred Saturday. The 11-year-old victim was accidentally shot in the left arm and stomach. At last word, the child was listed in critical condition. Police cannot comment on the case because it […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man has been found guilty on all four counts against him in connection with a shooting at the Central States Fair last summer. Kasey Arehart, 18, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of discharge of a firearm inside a vehicle. The incident happened […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City police say they no longer are looking for Dustin Way in connection with the deadly shooting in North Rapid Sunday night. In a release Wednesday, police say they have made contact with 30-year-old Way. He is the second person police were looking for. They also made contact earlier this week […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Porcupine man who had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison this week. Cassian Richards, 20, shot and killed 19-year-old Creighton Yankton in February near Porcupine. According to the factual basis statement signed by Richards, he carried a loaded semi-automatic pistol into a car […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man was shot by a Rapid City Police officer Friday morning at a Philadelphia Street apartment building. The man, whose name has not been released, was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead. According to Chief of Police Don Hedrick, police received a report about 5:30 […]
RAPID CITY, SD – A Rapid City man has been placed under arrest for first degree murder. Timothy Hauante, 45, was taken into custody  in connection with the investigation into the February 20th fatal shooting incident at 826 Main Street. Shortly before 1:00 a.m. on February 20th, police were dispatched to 826 Main Street for […]
BILLINGS, MT. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials. Fifteen wolves were shot […]
