South Dakota's four-year process to address the state's correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men's prison on ...

South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

Perspectives from neighbors, policy analysts and law enforcement show division surrounding plan to build prison in rural ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

Supporters Gov. Larry Rhoden and former Gov. Kristi Noem insisted the nearly 150-year-old SD State Penitentiary in Sioux ...

Former Blacksburg Police chief, Montgomery County supervisor and Vietnam veteran Bill Brown died on Thursday. Brown was born in West Virginia but moved to Southwest Virginia when he was young.

Canton and Sturgis Brown each won the Class B and Class A SDHSAA State Dual Wrestling Championships on Saturday. Canton won their third straight Class B state championship while it was the second ...

A new resolution, HCR 6010, aims to create a committee to oversee development in the Black Hills and protect the area from ...

Heavy rains and dangerous flooding struck the Southeast U.S. as much of the East endured a renewed round of harsh, soggy ...

President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support ...