Month: February 2024
News
Legislative Committee considers five carbon pipeline related bills
South Dakota lawmakers on the House Commerce and Energy Committee worked well into the evening Monday to deliberate on five separate bills related to the construction of a carbon pipeline in eastern South Dakota. And [Read More…]
ABC National News
Meet the 79-year-old who has traveled to all 193 countries in the world
Luisa Yu (NEW YORK) — A 79-year-old woman has achieved her goal of traveling to every country in the world and she told “Good Morning America” it has been a “dream come true.” Luisa Yu [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Robert Downey Jr. to receive Modern Master Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Universal The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced Monday that the Oscar-nominated Oppenheimer star Robert Downey Jr. will be presented with the highest honor — the Maltin Modern Master Award — later this week. Leonard [Read More…]
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New restaurant set to locate in Mitchell
It’s something the Mitchell community has been waiting for, for quite some time: Wendy’s Restaurant is coming to Mitchell. James Coombes is Area Director for Mountain West Wendy’s group. He confirmed Wendy’s will locate in [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
South Dakota Boys High School Basketball Media Poll – February 5
The South Dakota Prep Media basketball polls for the week of Feb. 5 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
South Dakota Girls High School Basketball Media Poll – February 5
The South Dakota Prep Media basketball polls for the week of Feb. 5 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]
ABC World News
King Charles III has cancer, Buckingham Palace announces
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales attends the “A Starry Night In The Nilgiri Hills” event hosted by the Elephant Family in partnership with the British Asian Trust at Lancaster House on July 14, 2021 in [Read More…]
ABC National News
California storm live updates: Atmospheric river brings flooding, mudslides to Southern California
imran kadir photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A second storm within one week is pummeling nearly the entire state of California with heavy rain and life-threatening flooding. Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a state of [Read More…]
ABC National News
NASA announces new ‘super-Earth’: Exoplanet orbits in ‘habitable zone,’ is only 137 light-years away
ElOjoTorpe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Could a recently discovered “super-Earth” have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated “fairly close to us” — only 137 light-years away — and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino speaks out after saving son from choking
Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and Lauren Sorrentino attend MTV’s Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on August 02, 2023. CREDIT: Santiago Felipe/Stringer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Reality TV [Read More…]
ABC National News
Study of sea sponges lead scientists to believe Earth has already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Earth may have already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming and could be soon heading for 2 degrees of warming, researchers have found after studying sea sponges in the Caribbean. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Black women suffer disproportionately from ‘superwoman schema’
JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When her firstborn child estranged herself from the family after getting married, Glenda Boone, 61, thought her daughter’s new husband was to blame for turning her child against her. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate negotiators defend bipartisan border deal under fire from House GOP
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The three senators who negotiated a bipartisan bill that would beef up border security and immigration enforcement while authorizing more assistance to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine on Monday defended the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Who the hell does he think he is?’: Biden goes after Trump’s rhetoric in Nevada
Ian Maule/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.) — With two days to go until Nevada’s presidential primary, President Joe Biden appears to have his sights set on November: At a get-out-the-vote rally on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Christopher Nolan, ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ and more honored at 51st Saturn Awards
Warner Bros. Pictures While stars of music were being honored at the Grammy Awards, Burbank, California, was the site of the Academy of Science Fiction’s 51st annual Saturn Awards. Presenters and winners included Nicolas Cage, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘NCIS: Hawaii’ star Vanessa Lachey selected as USO Global Ambassador
USO The United Service Organizations (USO) has named NCIS: Hawaii star Vanessa Lachey as a USO Global Ambassador. She joins longtime USO Global Ambassador and her NCIS franchise co-star Wilmer Valderrama. “Lachey, who has deep-rooted [Read More…]
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Suspect in Deputy’s death facing murder charge
The Moody County Deputy Sheriff who was killed during a vehicle pursuit Friday was apparently run over by a fleeing suspect who’s now charged with Premeditated First-Degree Murder and Aggravated Eluding. Forty year-old Joseph Hoek [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued February 05 at 1:43PM MST until February 05 at 2:00PM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON… The patchy areas of fog will continue to diminish this afternoon and evening with some slight visibility restrictions on roadways.
Latest News
Switch to primaries for attorney general, secretary of state advances to House
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – Primary voters would pick their party’s nominees for attorney general and secretary of state under a bill that cleared a state House committee Monday morning. House Bill 1198 is the [Read More…]
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Bill requiring public schools, libraries to publish policies on obscene books passes committee
PIERRE, Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight — A bill that would require school districts and public libraries to publish policies on restricting minors from accessing obscene materials or books unanimously passed the state House Education Committee [Read More…]
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