Rapid City News

RAPID CITY- An Air Force sergeant charged with possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to three counts, and two other counts have been dropped.

Today in Washington, DC, South Dakota senators Tim Johnson and John Thune go before the senate agriculture committee to urge the panel to confirm Rapid City native Jonathan Adelstein as Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture.

Access to healthcare is a major part of the South Dakota "Voices for Children" plan.

In this tiny town on Wyoming's northern plains, workers feed large piles of aromatic pine chips into a labyrinth of pipes and tanks that process the wood into 200-proof liquid ethanol.

The Rapid City Journal reports that the Sysco Foods cash-and-carry retail store in Rapid City, South Dakota, is slated to close on August 31.

Ferris Brings Plenty earlier pleaded guilty in Rapid City federal court to involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum punishment of eight years in prison.

RAPID CITY, S.D. - Police arrested a man they said tried to rob a hotel around 6 p.m. on Sunday with a butter knife.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the murder and kidnapping convictions of a deaf woman serving life in prison for killing another woman and cutting up the body with a chain saw.

May unemployment rates have been released for South Dakota cities, and Watertown still has the highest rate among the state's largest cities, although the rate dropped from the month before.

Shye ``Sonny'' Archambault is accused of starting a Rapid City house fire last December to cover up a break-in. At a hearing Thursday, a therapist said Archambault has behavioral problems and recommended inpatient treatment.

For years, people recognized downtown Rapid City for its historic buildings and Native American flare, but today there is more reason to head to the heart of Rapid City.

Associated Press - June 21, 2009 8:35 PM ET RAPID CITY, S.D. - A decade after eight homeless men turned up dead along Rapid Creek, it's still unclear what happened to them, and a decade later, authorities don't agree on whether the deaths were accidents or homicides.

A wildfire near Rockerville in western South Dakota came within 100 yards of a home.

A Sioux Falls woman has been crowned Miss South Dakota 2009. Morgan Peck, who was competing as Miss USD, took the honor Saturday night.

South Dakota Lottery officials say a Powerball ticket sold in Spearfish is worth $200,000. The ticket matched the five white numbers, but not the red Powerball number to win the game's second prize.

How we handle our garbage is very different compared to 20 years ago. As the 'green' movement gains momentum, waste services will most likely be transformed again.

A former high school music teacher in Rapid City is under investigation for possible sexual misconduct with several students.

Field trips are great for children. They can get out of the classroom and learn about things in new ways.

Sioux Gateway Airport is set to get a major face lift, but the project is still waiting for nearly $4 million in stimulus funding to move ahead.

Associated Press - June 15, 2009 1:15 PM ET RAPID CITY, S.D. - A jury in Rapid City has awarded $6.2 million to the estate of the late Teri Powell, a former Spanish teacher who died of cancer in 2007.