Month: August 2023
ABC National News
Teen killed in shooting at Oklahoma high school football game: Police
ABC News/SkordleTV (CHOCTAW, Okla.) — A teenager was killed and several people were injured after gunfire erupted at a high school football game in Oklahoma Friday night, police said. The shooting occurred at Choctaw High [Read More…]
ABC National News
7 injured in shooting at Boston Caribbean carnival celebration
WCVB (BOSTON) — Seven people were shot at a Caribbean carnival celebration in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, according to police. Police responded to reports of multiple people shot just before 8 a.m. Saturday, BPD Officer Michael [Read More…]
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Gunshots fired into Florida home, killing 12-year-old
WJXX (LAKE CITY, Fla) — A 12-year-old girl died this week after shots were fired into her Florida home. Police in Lake City, Florida, said officers found the girl suffering from a gunshot wound on [Read More…]
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Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers seek to remove cameras from courtroom
ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho college students last fall, have asked the judge to nix cameras in the courtroom “for the remainder [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats tout ‘junk fees’ reforms, believe it can translate to 2024 wins
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — From Detroit to Albuquerque, Democratic members of Congress across the country have held events this summer about their party’s efforts to eliminate so-called “junk fees,” with more scheduled in the next [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
FIFA suspends Spanish soccer federation president over conduct, unwanted kiss
ABC News (SYDNEY) — FIFA announced Saturday that it has suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales while a committee investigates his behavior at the Women’s World Cup final, including kissing a player on the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Price Is Right’ legend Bob Barker dead at 99
JB Lacroix/WireImage Legendary TV star Bob Barker, who hosted the famed game show The Price Is Right for 35 years, has died. He was 99. Barker died at his home the morning of Saturday, August [Read More…]
Ag News
Autonomy to headline 2023 Farm Progress Show
The 2023 Farm Progress Show is expected to showcase more autonomous technology than ever before. Show manager Matt Jungmann tells Brownfield multiple companies will have autonomous machinery running at this year’s show. “When Raven started [Read More…]
Latest News
Veterans Activities At State Fair
The South Dakota State Fair will again be offering a variety of events throughout the week to honor veterans, military personnel and their families. On the first official day of the fair, Thursday, August 31, [Read More…]
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Auctioneers Association holding Bid Calling Contest to support youth activities
The South Dakota Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Contest and Benefit Auction will be held Sunday, September 3rd at 2pm on the Dakotaland Stage at the State Fair in Huron. The Auctioneers are once again partnering [Read More…]
Latest News
Tax revenue $1.45 million at 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
PIERRE, S.D., — The South Dakota Department of Revenue estimates that tax collections from the 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was just over 1.44 million dollars. The revenue sum from temporary vendors in the Black Hills [Read More…]
Latest News
Johnson Introduces Bill to Increase Teenager Workforce Participation
South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson introduced the Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act Friday, which loosens federal work hour limitations for 14- and 15-year-olds. Currently, teenagers are not permitted to work past 7 PM [Read More…]
Ag News
Tracking app, TRAKR, launches for hunters
A group of hunters have developed a new mobile app to help other hunters ethically recover big game through the use of trained tracking dogs. Minnesota hunter Shane Simpson is a professional tracker and is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
$4 tickets for Sunday’s National Cinema Day reportedly outselling Saturday sales by 700%
Getty Images As reported, Sunday, August 27, is National Cinema Day, when movie tickets are up for grab for $4 apiece. And according to data from the analysts at EntTelligence published by Deadline, ticket sales [Read More…]
Ag News
Don’t rush critical land decisions
A specialist with Farmers National Company says landowners should not rush a decision if approached by a company to use farmland for a project. Chace Daley, the senior vice president of energy management, says there’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Evacuation orders lifted after chemical leak, fire at Louisiana refinery
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Evacuation orders have been lifted in a Louisiana town following a chemical leak and fire at a refinery, officials said. Crews responded Friday to a release of naphtha — a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s GOP rivals don’t pounce on his mug shot, and more campaign trail takeaways
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The first Republican primary debate and a mug shot for the history books. It was a split-screen week for the GOP as eight presidential hopefuls gathered in Milwaukee on Wednesday [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
ALS Association says it got a donation boost following Sandra Bullock’s loss of partner Bryan Randall
Randall and Bullock in 2018 – Jackson Lee/GC Images Sandra Bullock‘s recent loss of her longtime romantic partner, Bryan Randall, to ALS has led to a boost in donations to the ALS Association, the organization [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Why ‘Golda’ director Guy Nattiv wasn’t worried about Helen Mirren casting backlash
Bleecker Street Media The new movie Golda is a portrait of a tough Prime Minister facing the pressure of war. Helen Mirren plays former Israeli leader Golda Meir, and director Guy Nattiv tells ABC Audio [Read More…]
ABC World News
Bomb likely the cause of explosion that downed Wagner leader Prigozhin’s plane, US officials say
Artyom Anikeev/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (KUZHENKINO, Russia) — The explosion that downed a plane carrying Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine others in Russia was likely caused by a bomb, two U.S. officials told ABC [Read More…]