Deadwood News

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press VERMILLION, S.D. An Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman says people should be careful of e-mails from scammers saying they have an undelivered refund.

According to the South Dakota Department of Health, the H1N1 vaccine will be available to more high-risk groups.

A week-long celebration in South Dakota's best-known gaming town started out with a bang.

When legalized gambling in Deadwood began two decades ago, there were five casinos and gamblers wagered $13-million in the first eight months.

Games of chance saved the historic Black Hills town of Deadwood, which was dying before legalized gambling began two decades ago, some historians believe.

Because Halloween falls on a Saturday this year; we'll probably see a little bit more activity.

Deadwood casino operators have talked about adding craps and roulette to the card games and slots that they have offered for two decades.

Wayne Ortman The Associated Press - Posted: Friday, October 23, 2009 6:00 am The day after a state trapper killed a partially blind mountain lion in Deadwood after it was deemed a threat, officials are now looking for a home for the animal's kitten.

In Pete Dexter's new novel, the main character, Spooner, at the age of 4, reaches out to grasp the hand of his soon-to-be stepfather, Calmer, while walking back to their car.

New judge appointed to Deadwood re-sentencing Eds: APNewsNow. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. A Sturgis judge, Jerome Eckrich, has been appointed to handle the re-sentencing trial of an Alaska man for a 2000 torture murder of an acquaintance.

The American Cancer Society can join a lawsuit that will determine whether a smoking ban approved by the South Dakota Legislature will be referred to a public vote, a judge ruled Tuesday.

For many people in KOTA Territory, waking up this morning to snow wasn't the normal way to start the workweek in early Fall.

More than any other modern American city, Los Angeles' history is inextricably intertwined with that of its police force.

Sentencing has been delayed for a Chicago man accused of recording child sex crimes on a cell phone in South Dakota.

Nestled in the small town of Deadwood, South Dakota sits a lovely historic building called the Bullock Hotel.

PIERRE - A South Dakota legislative panel has endorsed a measure that would allow liquor sales on Christmas Day and Memorial Day.

A young writer sat hunched over a table in a San Francisco coffee shop, writing obsessively in a notebook, with 14 cups of espresso sitting nearby.

Casinos took a big hit during this summer's tough economic climate. Reports show that nationally there was a 7.4 percent drop in gambling revenue in the 2009 fiscal year, with some states dipping by more than $100 million.

I know you'll be disappointed to read that I have just three more installments of road trip photos.

A Deadwood judge who sentenced an Alaska man to die for a 2000 torture murder has stepped aside for his re-sentencing trial.