Category Archives: Local News
Office Of Indigent Legal Services Seeing Steady Flow Of Cases Since Beginning Operation
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The workload for the Office of Indigent Legal Services continues to grow. Chief Public Defender Christopher Miles says his office has been appointed to over 80 cases since they began...
Nov 12, 2025
Change Of Leadership Approved For Public Utilities Commission
PIERRE, (KCCR) - New leadership was installed last week for the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Commission chair Gary Hanson requested the change and removal as chair as he undergoes cancer ...
Nov 12, 2025
Pierre City Commission To Hold Rare Wednesday Night Meeting Due To Veterans Day
PIERRE, (KCCR) - Another light agenda will greet the Pierre City Commission tonight. The meeting will start in special business where Dusty Pelle will be formally sworn-in as Pierre's next Chief of Po...
Nov 12, 2025
Veterans Day Ceremonies Held Tuesday In Pierre, Fort Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Students sat shoulder to shoulder with soldiers during the annual Veterans Day ceremony held Tuesday at the T-F Riggs Theater. The ceremony paid tribute to the service of Native Amer...
Nov 11, 2025
Pierre Man Facing Multiple Charges After Friday Night Arrest
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Pierre man is facing multiple charges after kicking an officer among other offenses. Pierre Police Captain Kyle Cummings says officers were called an area near the entrance to Mick...
Nov 11, 2025
Panama City Pulling Out All The Stops To Honor USS Pierre, City Of Pierre
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Festivities are underway some 15-hundred miles away for the U-S-S Pierre, the final Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship to join the U-S Navy with a Commissioning ceremony Saturda...
Nov 11, 2025
Barrett Looking Forward To Expanding Opportunities For Kids With Hughes/Stanley County 4-H
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Michelle Barrett now serves as the Hughes/Stanley County 4-H Educator. She spent much of October meeting with the local governing boards of Hughes and Stanley Counties about how she ...
Nov 11, 2025
Pierre School Board Gets Deeper Dive On Student Achievement From State Report Card
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- On the heels of the release of the State Report Card on school districts in South Dakota the Pierre School Board got a more comprehensive review of where Pierre sits compared to the ...
Nov 11, 2025
Hinkle Promoted To State Fire Marshal Role
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A familiar name to central South Dakota first responders now has a new role as the State Fire Marshal. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety Friday announced the appointment o...
Nov 10, 2025
Officials Continue Search For Missing Pierre Inmate
PIERRE, (KCCR) - Law enforcement and state prison officials continue to search for a Pierre women's prison inmate who did not return from an overnight work release assignment. Latoya Shangreaux is a 3...
Nov 10, 2025
