A judge is dismissing a lawsuit brought by a group of western South Dakota homeowners over sinkholes endangering their homes.

Thanks to a new judicial report, the challenges facing the state’s indigent defense system are coming more into focus. Now, the question is how to move forward.

As South Dakota begins its statewide indigent defense program, the results of legislative research have been shared with the public.

This weeks’ lockdown at the state penitentiary resulted in searches, with multiple dangerous items being recovered from the site.

Three million dollars have been allocated to South Dakota’s public defense system.

The South Dakota Supreme Court is suspending former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s law license for six months.

A trial over the ballot initiative to put abortion rights into the state constitution will not start in the beginning of next week.

The state indigent defense board has named its first chief defender, longtime Minnehaha County public defender Chris Miles.

A California man is indicted in connection to an internet scam in South Dakota.

Both the Pennington County Jail and Juvenile facility, or JSC, are operating close to 100% capacity, with JSC having to temporarily reopen a formerly closed wing to house young offenders.