Month: November 2025

MITCHELL S.D. — In his lone season of high school football, Mitchell senior linebacker Colton Smith made a lasting impression. Smith was named to the 2025 Eastern South Dakota Conference (ESD) Class AA All-Conference Team [Read More…]

Jackrabbits Take Down Coyotes in Five Sets

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State volleyball took down in-state rival South Dakota in a five-set thriller Saturday night in front of 2,563 fans at First Bank & Trust Arena. The Jackrabbits have now won both [Read More…]

Jacks Fall at Home to Indiana State

Rashad Rochelle scored all three Indiana State touchdowns on a kickoff return and two on pass plays to lead the Sycamores to a 24-12 upset of South Dakota State Saturday afternoon at Dana J. Dykhouse [Read More…]

Coyotes Hand No. 8 North Dakota First MVFC Loss

VERMILLION, S.D. — The University of South Dakota football put a well-rounded effort on display Saturday afternoon from the DakotaDome with a safety and an 80-yard scoop-and-score as the Coyotes handed No. 8 North Dakota their [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan Wins in Overtime in Dakota Railroad Rivalry Game

YANKTON, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Football traveled down to Yankton to square off against the Mount Marty Lancers in the CorTrust Bank Dakota Railroad Rivalry game. The Tiger defense forced a Lancer punt on the contest’s [Read More…]

32-year-old suspect arrested in stabbing of multiple people on UK train: Police

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly attacking multiple people with a knife aboard a train headed to London on Saturday evening, according to [Read More…]

Juveniles among nine people hurt in shooting at Airbnb house party near Akron, Ohio: Police

Kali9/Getty Images (BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio) — “We are heartbroken by this senseless act of gun violence, and our thoughts are with the injured victims and all those affected by it,” Airbnb said in a statement [Read More…]

‘I don’t look at this as politics’: Kaine pressed on what Democrats have gained from shutdown

November 2, 2025 J.P. Skelly

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As the negative impacts of the 33-day government shutdown compound, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn’t see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are [Read More…]

Lawmaker predicts broad support for rehab and recidivism reforms in wake of prison vote

Makenzie Huber-South Dakota Searchlight A South Dakota legislative leader predicted he can “almost assure” that “every legislator” will support reforms addressing inmate rehabilitation and recidivism during the legislative session that begins in January. Sioux Falls [Read More…]

Rapid City hit and run investigation

November 2, 2025 J.P. Skelly

A hit and run driver injured a Rapid City woman Saturday evening in a single vehicle crash on North Elk Vale Road in Rapid City, SD. The name of the person involved has not been [Read More…]

Two girls fall from Ferris wheel at Louisiana harvest festival: Sheriff

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ROADS, La.) — Two young girls were hospitalized after they were thrown from a Ferris wheel at a weekend harvest festival in Louisiana, authorities said. The incident unfolded at around noon [Read More…]

SNAP benefits run dry as government shutdown continues, here’s how states are stepping in

November 1, 2025 nedvedmedia

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Beginning Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown continues. The [Read More…]

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Six students selected to serve as 2025-2026 National FFA officers

Six students from across the country have been selected to serve the FFA for the next year. Trey Myers of Oklahoma is the newly elected National FFA President. “If I could pull anything away from our [Read More…]

2 more charged in Louvre jewel heist, 3 released from custody

Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Two people arrested in the investigation into the Louvre Museum robbery last month have been formally charged in connection with the case, according to the Paris Public Prosecutor’s [Read More…]

Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: ‘This will devastate us’

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stacy Cox used one word repeatedly as she described how she felt after learning her ACA premium could jump over 300% without the enhanced tax credits: “devastating.” [Read More…]

Top labor groups break with federal union’s demand to end shutdown

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The largest federal workers’ union this week threw its support behind a Republican government funding bill, ratcheting up pressure on Democrats. But many of the [Read More…]

2 adults, 3 children dead in New Jersey house fire