Year: 2024
Ag News
Ukraine establishing new grain export route
An ag economist says Ukraine is seeking an alternative shipping route that could help boost its grain export volumes to pre-war levels. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield Ukraine is expected to utilize a new [Read More…]
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South Dakota High School Basketball Media Poll – February 26
The South Dakota Prep Media basketball polls for the week of Feb. 26 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…]
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Aggressive Solicitation on SD Highway 28 at Stone Bridge, Lake Poinsett
On Saturday, February 24th, a Hispanic male reportedly approached a vehicle on SD Highway 28 at Stone Bridge, Lake Poinsett. The male walked into the driving lane, causing the vehicle to stop, and then attempted [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg asks for gag order in Trump hush money case after dozens of threats
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday asked a judge to impose a limited gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is charged in New York with [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, accusing of lying about Bidens, remanded to custody after pleading not guilty
Jason Marz/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with lying to the bureau about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, was remanded to custody Monday, pending trial. Appearing [Read More…]
ABC National News
Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial in ‘Rust’ shooting scheduled for July
John Lamparski via Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — The involuntary manslaughter trial for Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in October 2021 has been set [Read More…]
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Pipeline bill amended to return rulemaking to counties — unless PUC says otherwise
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A state House panel updated a high-profile carbon pipeline bill to retain county rights to regulate pipeline locations. But that change was accompanied by another that would force the state’s [Read More…]
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Name Released in Harding County Fatal Crash
Harding County, S.D.- A 24-year-old man died yesterday as a result of injuries sustained in a single vehicle motorcycle crash on February 4 in Harding County. Preliminary crash information indicates a 2024 Kawasaki KX450 driven by 24-year-old Jameson J. [Read More…]
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Lawmakers advance bill allowing adult permit holders to carry concealed guns in schools
Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Legislation that would allow adults to carry concealed pistols in schools after getting a permit and permission from a principal is two steps from becoming law in South Dakota. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pentagon finds no one to blame for keeping Secretary Austin’s hospital stays secret
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — No one will be reprimanded for keeping Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospital stays a secret — including the secretary himself or his chief of staff — after an internal Pentagon [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial to begin in July
ABC News The manslaughter trial for Alec Baldwin in relation to the fatal Rust shooting will begin in July, ABC News has confirmed. New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court on Monday entered a scheduling order [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicolas Cage, Al Pacino, Brendan Fraser and more named as Oscars presenters
ABC The producers of the upcoming 96th Academy Awards have announced the first round of presenters for this year’s telecast, which airs live on ABC on Sunday, March 10. The previous year’s Academy Award winners [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. egg production higher in January
Egg production was up in January. The USDA says 9.274 billion eggs were produced in January 2024, an increase of 2% from January 2023, with table and hatching eggs both above the previous year. The [Read More…]
Ag News
Red meat, poultry stocks in cold storage tighten
Red meat and poultry stocks in cold storage at the end of January were below year ago levels. That’s due to a combination of lower rates of production and solid demand. The USDA says red [Read More…]
ABC World News
Family speaks out as search intensifies for American couple missing in Caribbean
Courtesy Suellen Desmarais (ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA) — A search is intensifying for an American couple who went missing in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners allegedly used their boat to island hop. Ralph Hendry and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg asks judge to impose gag order Trump in hush money case
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is charged in New York with falsifying [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bronx medical school students to receive free tuition after $1 billion donation
Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — A historic, billion-dollar donation to a medical school in New York City has provided students with free tuition moving forward. Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx [Read More…]
ABC National News
Biden to make his 2nd visit to southern border on the same day as Trump
Alex Wong/Getty Images (EAGLE PASS, TEXAS) — President Joe Biden will make his second visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday to make another push for Congress to pass a bipartisan border deal, the White [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump, co-defendants appeal ruling in $464 million civil fraud case
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants are appealing their $464 million civil fraud case. In a filing Monday, the defendants signaled their plans to appeal the [Read More…]
ABC National News
New home sales ticked up in January, despite elevated mortgage rates
Lisette Morales McCabe/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New home sales ticked up in January, despite a twin burden imposed by elevated mortgage rates and expensive housing prices, according to U.S. Census data released on [Read More…]
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