Rapid City police say they’ve made an arrest in connection to a murder investigation.

Total crime rose by 1.2% year-over-year. Serious crimes, including sex offenses and aggravated assault, rose by 2.5 percent.

Gov. Larry Rhoden announced an expansion of the South Dakota Highway Patrol in the Sioux Falls area.

Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who spent decades in prison for his role in a shootout with FBI agents, has been released from prison.

State prison facilities in Sioux Falls is being placed on lockdown status.

Authorities are confirming a suspect died during a standoff involving federal law enforcement officers in southeast South Dakota.

A bill is advancing which would rename the state Department of Corrections.

Law enforcement officials are offering a reward for information in connection to a Black Hills cold case.

A legislative committee is rejecting a pair of legal immunity bills.

The South Dakota senate is narrowly passing a bill to reduce the state’s felony ingestion law. South Dakota is the only state in the country with a felony charge for ingestion of a controlled substance.