The South Dakota Supreme Court threw out a drug-and-alcohol conviction this week on an interesting search-and-seizure point. On the evening of October 1, 2013, an unnamed individual…
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I’m on the road in the other direction this weekend, but East River Democrats and Independents, if you need another reason to go to the…
Senator Ernie Chambers tried 37 times during his 41 years in the Nebraska Legislature to repeal his state’s death penalty. This week, on try #38, he succeeded.…
Yesterday Judge Eric Strawn said he will not put Trace O’Connell behind bars for allegedly throwing beer and insults at American Indian children at a Rapid City…
KELO-AM and meat industry propagandist Amanda Radke lead a story on bird flu with state veterinarian Dustin Oedekoven’s assurance that we have nothing to worry about:…
Now that Ben Dunsmoor has left KELO-TV to take a Bath job as Northern Electric Cooperative communications director, he can open his new local paper and be…
Pennington County is receiving a $150,000 grant through the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge to develop a plan reduce its prison population. The county is one of…
Governor Dennis Daugaard’s office has provided some clarification on the openness of the upcoming meetings of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students (BluRTFTS).…
Twelve citizens found Annette Bosworth guilty of twelve felony charges last night. Those twelve jurors had no political agenda, no personal stake in the outcome. They would have…
The Pennington County Democrats are hosting a public information session on the referendum drives against Senate Bill 69 (the Incumbent Protection Plan) and Senate Bill 177…