The typical South Dakota teacher’s pay fell by 7.6% over the past six years when adjusted for inflation, according to a new report from a nonprofit economic ...

A Puffy’s Dispensary location is pictured on Oct. 1, 2024, on West Main Street in Rapid City. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight VERMILLION – A Rapid City ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former prison employee has pleaded guilty to one count of a Prohibited Sexual Act Between a Prison Employee and a ...

Rapid City Police confirmed the death of 18-year-old Marquise Walker following a Monday night shooting near an apartment on the 4000 block of Range Road. Walker, a senior and football player for ...

South Dakota partners are celebrating the annual Free College Application Period, a key initiative to increase awareness of higher education opportunities across the state. Beginning Oct. 1 ...

A home explosion in Gary, South Dakota, left two individuals seriously injured on the morning of September 30, 2024. Emergency crews were dispatched to the 800 block of Lac Qui Parle Street, where ...

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Students who see a school threat on social media should report it to authorities, but those same authorities want students to know that sharing threats on ...

Disney/PixarDisney announced Monday that its smash sequel Inside Out 2 attracted 30.5 million views globally in its first five days on Disney+. That makes the Disney/Pixar movie, which has become ...

Although President Joe Biden bluntly declared that “we need a cease-fire now” in Lebanon, his administration appeared to ...

The number of kids dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 season has set a new record for a regular flu season, after one new death was reported last ...

Over 100 years after a white mob attacked a then-thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Department of Justice announced the first-ever federal ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles during a book signing event for his new book ‘Faith: A Journey For All’ at Barnes & ...