Category Archives: Local News
Residents Bring Concerns About Proposed Elizabeth Street Change To Pierre City Commission
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Some residents of Pierre's historic Pierre Hill District are expressing concern over plans to expand a one-block section of Elizabeth Street off Euclid Avenue. Resident Sigrid Swanso...
Feb 25, 2026
Eagle Butte Man Sentenced On Federal Abusive Sexual Contact Charge For Assaulting 12 Year Old
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- An Eagle Butte man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on a charge of Abusive Sexual Contact. U-S Attorney Ron Parsons says 22 year-old Jared Paul Dorian, Jr. will also...
Feb 25, 2026
Senate Bill Looks To Create Fund For State Capitol Restoration
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- One of the empty "vehicle" bills used in the South Dakota legislature to support a sudden need is being used to house a measure to fund restoration of the South Dakota State Capitol....
Feb 25, 2026
Multiple Work Crews Will Again Try And Move Euclid Project Quickly Through Construction
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Euclid Avenue isn't the only road to see revision as the second year of the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project gears up. T-J Gallagher with Morris Incorporated says a small segment...
Feb 25, 2026
Oahe Days Officials Announce Music Headliners For Two-Day Event
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Oahe Days Music and Arts Festival has announced a pair of headlining events to take to the Steamboat Park Amphitheater in mid-June. That Arena Rock Show will bring the energy Fri...
Feb 24, 2026
Ceremony Held To Ring South Dakota Liberty Bell In Celebration Of America's 250th Birthday
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Approximately 100 people consisting of lawmakers, school children and citizens gathered around South Dakota's Liberty Bell to hear the bell ring for the first time since it's install...
Feb 24, 2026
Sobriety Checkpoints Planned For Hughes, Lyman And Jones County In March
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Three central South Dakota counties will host sobriety checkpoints conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol and South Dakota Office of Highway Safety with assistance from local l...
Feb 24, 2026
Pierre City Commission To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission is holding it's final regular February meeting tonight. In special business, a proclamation will be made for Engineers Week before the Commission considers...
Feb 24, 2026
Work Underway On Second Phase Of Tatanka Trail
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Work on the second and final part of the Tatanka Trail in Fort Pierre is underway. Mayor Gloria Hanson says the Fort Pierre City office has received numerous calls about what al...
Feb 23, 2026
Fort Pierre City Council Hears From New Stanley County Emergency Management Director
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Stanley County Commission approved establishing its own Emergency Management program and breaking off from the years long relationship it had with Hughes County. Stanley Cou...
Feb 23, 2026