Year: 2026
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Long-time Mitchell business owner honored for her dedication to revitalizing Main Street
During the season’s first, First Friday gathering, Mitchell Main Street and Beyond took time to celebrate and present its First Annual Hope Award to a longtime Main Street business owner and advocate for starting a [Read More…]
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‘Deeply concerned’: Search underway for missing Northern Kentucky University student
Undated photo of Murry Alexis Foust. (Covington Police Department) (CINCINNATI) — A search is underway for a 22-year-old Northern Kentucky University student who went missing nearly a week ago, according to police. The missing student, [Read More…]
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Names released in Davison County fatal crash
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released the names of two people from Pierre who died Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 near mile marker 331 in Mitchell. Preliminary crash [Read More…]
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Joel Embiid leads 76ers to 109-100 Game 7 win over Celtics to complete comeback from 3-1 deficit
BOSTON (AP) — Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Jayson Tatum-less Boston Celtics 109-100 on Saturday night to complete the NBA’s 14th comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Embiid finished with [Read More…]
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Padres announce agreement to sell team to investor group led by Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano
The San Diego Padres have reached an agreement to sell control of the team to an investor group led by Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano. The family of late owner Peter Seidler formally announced [Read More…]
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Golden Tempo takes the Kentucky Derby as Cherie DeVaux becomes the 1st woman to train its winner
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — After being asked all week about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, Cherie DeVaux was nearly speechless when Golden Tempo charged from the back [Read More…]
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An eight-run eighth inning lifts the Blue Jays past the Twins 11-4
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto hit his third home run in two days, Brandon Valenzuela homered in an eight-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4 Saturday afternoon. Lenyn Sosa [Read More…]
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Madison’s Career Day Lifts Jacks Past Bison in Comeback Win
FARGO, N.D. — Ty Madison pitched the final 7 2/3 innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters to help lead South Dakota State to a 5-4, come-from-behind victory over North Dakota State in Summit League baseball [Read More…]
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SDSU Softball Wraps up Regular Season with loss at North Dakota State
FARGO, N.D. — The South Dakota State softball team closed out its 2026 regular season ahead of The Summit League Softball Championship on Saturday with its finale at North Dakota State. The Jackrabbits dropped a 15-2 [Read More…]
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Saturday Sports: May 2, 2026
SATURDAY SPORTS, MAY 2, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels boys tennis team picked up a pair of wins Friday in a home triangular at Hitchcock Park. The Kernels defeated Aberdeen Central 8-1, then topped [Read More…]
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Okamoto goes deep twice, Sosa and Pinango each have three hits; Blue Jays beat Twins 7-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto homered twice, Yohendrick Pinango had three hits in just his fifth career game, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 Friday night. Lenyn Sosa also had three [Read More…]
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2026 DWU Baseball Season Ends Against Concordia in GPAC Semifinals
LINCOLN, Neb. — Dakota Wesleyan Baseball faced the hosting Concordia Bulldogs in the Great Plains Athletic Conference Semifinals, where they needed to win two games back-to-back to advance to the championship series. The Bulldogs and Tigers [Read More…]
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New requirement for combined state, local elections brings dizzying array of ballot variations
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight A new South Dakota law intended to make voting easier is doing the opposite for some of the people running elections. The new law requires cities and schools to hold their [Read More…]
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South Dakota to Receive $10.1 Million in $7.4 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, for their role in fueling the opioid crisis takes effect today (Friday, May [Read More…]
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Nine Native American tribes sue US Forest Service over approval of drilling at sacred site
Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight Nine Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit against the US Forest Service over its approval of a graphite drilling project near Pe’ Sla, a site in the Black Hills that [Read More…]
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South Dakota governor pledges parole reform days after Sioux Falls officer is shot
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota will hire more parole officers, expand monitoring to nights and weekends, and make it easier to send people on parole back to prison, Gov. Larry Rhoden announced this week. [Read More…]
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Man arrested for killing Wendy’s co-worker, roommate in fatal stabbings on Long Island: Police
WABC (NEW YORK) — A man was arrested Friday after police say he fatally stabbed his roommate and then his co-worker at a Wendy’s on Long Island. Rony Alvarenga, 22, was charged Saturday with two [Read More…]
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Airlines reduce, cap fares for Spirit travelers looking to rebook canceled flights
A Spirit Airlines aircraft prepares to depart from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on November 13, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Department of Transportation said on Saturday the [Read More…]
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NATO ally Romania reports increased rate of Russian drone incursions, fighter alerts
A decoy drone flies during a NATO live-fire demonstration of a counter-UAS system on November 18, 2025 in Nowa Deba, Poland. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images) (LONDON) — On NATO’s southeastern flank, one ally is [Read More…]
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College football champion Indiana Hoosiers to visit White House this month: Source
Fernando Mendoza #15 of the Indiana Hoosiers dives for a fourth quarter touchdown against the Miami Hurricanes in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium on January 19, 2026 in Miami [Read More…]
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