Officials are notifying the public about the release of an inmate they consider “high-risk.”

With tight quarters at the Pennington County Jail, local leaders are pushing once again for new space at the facility. This comes in tandem with efforts by legislators to build a new state penitentiary.

Authorities are investigating after the death of a teen in Pierre.

The state’s prison system is overcrowded. As a result, the state has been looking at options to move forward. That includes both building new facilities and keying in on potential reforms to lower recidivism rates.

A man is behind bars in connection to a homicide in northeast South Dakota.

The 2015 murder of Jessica Rehfeld took years to investigate and prosecute. Now, the final accused party is receiving a life sentence.

The South Dakota Supreme Court is upholding a lower court’s ruling concerning the admissibility of body camera footage.

State investigators are asking for the public’s help in the investigation into a former Rapid City gymnastics coach who faces federal child pornography charges.

One of the cases that inspired major changes in state reporting policy, former state employee Lonna Carroll receives five years for her theft of nearly $1.8 million in public funds.

Authorities say a Union County jury is convicting a man of first-degree murder for a stabbing death in Dakota Dunes.