Month: February 2024

Logan Culhane, a Black Hills State University student, will be appearing on Season 22 of American Idol. The season will premiere Feb. 18, and Culhane will be featured in one of the audition episodes. Culhane [Read More…]

Budget committee looks to revenue post-COVID federal funds, adopts ‘conservative’ projection

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Appropriations officially adopted the revenue projections for the remainder of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 on Wednesday morning at the Capitol. The committee [Read More…]

Teacher pay mandates pass committee without promise of new funding

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight A bill requiring public schools to raise teacher pay with no promise of new state funding passed a legislative committee Wednesday in Pierre. Nobody testified against the legislation, but several lobbyists [Read More…]

Pennington County prosecutor charges man for death of transgender woman

South Dakota Searchlight A Pennington County grand jury has charged a Rapid City man with manslaughter for the August 2022 death of a transgender Native American woman. The Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday [Read More…]

Locust outbreaks could get worse as global temperatures continue to climb, scientists say

Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, according to new research. [Read More…]

1 dead, at least 10 hurt in shooting after Chiefs Super Bowl parade in Kansas City: ‘Tragedy’

Jamie Squire/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY) — One person is dead and 10 to 15 people are injured from a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, following the parade and rally for the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, officials [Read More…]

Great Lakes ice cover is at historic lows heading into peak ice season

ABC News (DETROIT) — The Great Lakes is seeing record-low levels of ice during a time of year when ice cover is typically closing in on peak levels, according to the latest measurements. It continues to [Read More…]

1 dead, 5 injured after vehicle crashes into ER at Austin hospital: Officials

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — One person is dead and five people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a hospital in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, authorities said. A vehicle crashed into the emergency room [Read More…]

Florida deputy fires weapon after mistaking sound of acorn hitting patrol car for gunshot

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (CRESTVIEW, Fla.) — A Florida deputy is seen firing his weapon repeatedly at his patrol vehicle after mistaking the sound of an acorn hitting the roof of the car for a muffled [Read More…]

Jury deliberates in murder trial of former Ohio deputy accused of fatally shooting Casey Goodson Jr.

Family of Casey Goodson (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The jury in the murder trial of a former Ohio deputy charged in the shooting death of Casey Goodson Jr. began deliberating Wednesday, following more than two weeks of [Read More…]

White House rejects Johnson’s requests to meet with Biden: ‘What is there to negotiate?’

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson wants a one-on-one meeting with President Joe Biden to find a way forward to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border security, but those requests have [Read More…]

House panel obtains texts allegedly showing Gaetz setting up 2017 Florida Keys trip with woman his associate paid for sex: Sources

February 14, 2024 J.P. Skelly

Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional House Ethics investigators have obtained text messages allegedly showing that a few months after first joining Congress, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz asked a young woman, who at the [Read More…]

News

Johnson says another potential governmental crisis is looming

While the southern border crisis has been in the spotlight with Tuesday’s impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Congressman Dusty Johnson says another governmental crisis is looming… He says he’d feel a lot [Read More…]

COVID patients are 4.3 times more likely to develop chronic fatigue, CDC report finds

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 patients are at least four times more likely to develop chronic fatigue than someone who has not had the virus, a new federal study published Wednesday suggests. Researchers [Read More…]

Kristen Stewart is tired of being asked about Robert Pattinson

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld Kristen Stewart gave the girls and the gays everything they could want this Valentine’s Day while posing in a jock strap on the most recent cover of Rolling Stone. The actress [Read More…]

Pedro Pascal will star in Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four’

Marvel Studios In a Valentine’s Day surprise, Marvel Studios announced the cast and release date for The Fantastic Four. Everyone’s favorite internet boyfriend Pedro Pascal will play Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic; Mission: Impossible actress Vanessa Kirby will play Sue Storm/Invisible Woman; The Bear actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach will [Read More…]

Ag News

January turkey hatchery numbers down on year

Turkey hatchery numbers fell in January, in-line with USDA expectations because of slow demand and the fallout from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Poults hatched in January 2024 were 21.633 million head, a little bit less [Read More…]

Ag News

Broiler sets, placements under week, year ago

Broiler sets and placements were lower last week, implying a tighter supply of chicken this spring. The USDA says 241.541 million broiler type eggs were placed into incubators, slightly less than both the previous week [Read More…]

Ag News

Census shows fewer Wisconsin farms have Internet access

The newly released USDA Census of Agriculture shows Wisconsin farms are still struggling to get Internet access. USDA statistician Greg Bussler says a higher percentage of farms had access to the Internet in 2022 compared [Read More…]

Ag News

ARC or PLC? Choice not as clear in 2024