Articles by J.P. Skelly

A federal court jury has convicted 41 year old John Odom Harris, Jr. from Stockton, California of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine following a 4-day jury trial in Sioux Falls. The U-S Attorney’s [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota has reached a $15 million settlement with Roblox, an immersive gaming and creation platform. The settlement will be used to protect children from online threats and enhance the [Read More…]

Greater Dakota News Service With the U.S. Senate’s version of the Farm Bill stuck in negotiations, South Dakota farm groups want lawmakers to strengthen it. The Senate released its version of the legislation, the Agricultural [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch-South Dakota News Watch A group of homeowners whose properties were impacted by a large sinkhole just west of Rapid City have lost a major legal battle now that the South Dakota Supreme Court [Read More…]

John Hult-South Dakota Searchlight Incarcerated women will start moving into a new $87 million prison in Rapid City next month, a South Dakota Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed this week. The medium-security prison will be [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-South Dakota Searchlight The stakes are high enough in the race for the South Dakota Republican Party’s nomination for governor that Nancy Turbak Berry became a Republican, at least temporarily. The former Democratic state [Read More…]

A woman from Reliance, South Dakota woman died Thursday evening in a two-vehicle crash near Lyman. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported 63 year old Gayle V. Mohr was driving a 1998 Suzuki [Read More…]

  Bart Pfankuch South Dakota News Watch A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered on a ranch in western South Dakota will be auctioned off in New York City on Tuesday with a possible sale price of [Read More…]

A woman from Reliance, died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash near Lyman, South Dakota. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported shortly before 7pm, the 63 year old driver of a 1998 Suzuki VDD51TON [Read More…]

An elderly person from Sioux Falls who fell victim to an online scam has lost about $200-thousand over the last month. Sioux Falls Police Information Officer Aaron Benson says this scam has a new wrinkle. [Read More…]

A federal jury has convicted 58 year old John Stanford Roth of Glendale, Arizona, of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance – Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance – Fentanyl following a three-day [Read More…]

A 49 year old woman from Pierre has pleaded guilty to one felony count of Grand Theft after earlier being charged with defrauding the South Dakota Medicaid Program of more than $588,000 in federal and [Read More…]

Across the 50 states and U-S territories Wednesday night, a simultaneous reading of the Declaration of Independence took place in celebration of America’s 250th birthday last weekend.  South Dakota’s reading was held in the State [Read More…]

A man from Yankton convicted of two counts of Production of Child Pornography is sitting in a federal prison. 34 year old Robert Barbetti was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison plus 8 years [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says a man from Iowa man been indicted on eight charges, including Vehicular Homicide and Second Degree Manslaughter, in connection with a July 4 fatal crash that occurred in Hughes County. [Read More…]

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, at the request of the Sioux Falls Police Department, is investigating the officer involved shooting that occurred Tuesday, July 7, at about 10 p.m. Sioux Falls Police officers [Read More…]

By Amina Aidarkhanova South Dakota News Watch BROOKINGS, S.D. – Instead of planning long vacations, many South Dakota families are spending summer weekends closer to home, choosing festivals, community events and family attractions that offer [Read More…]

An 18 year old man from Sioux Falls man is charged with two counts of indecent exposure…including a felony. Kason Shields-O’Connor allegedly exposed himself to a woman and her 13 year old daughter late Saturday [Read More…]

A 35 year old man from Lower Brule is in a federal prison following his conviction for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer. Cody Crazy Bull was sentenced to seven years and three months [Read More…]

The Mitchell Indigenous Archaeological Site & Museum offered its thanks recently for the City Council’s continuing annual subsidy. Executive director Christian New said the museum board matched the city subsidy dollar for dollar. “A big [Read More…]