PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – A committee of South Dakota lawmakers voted 4-3 to endorse a bill Thursday in Pierre that would require public school districts to teach the Ten Commandments and display them in every classroom.

Washington State athletic director Anne McCoy presents new head football coach Jimmy Rogers a jersey during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, at Gesa Field in Pullman, Wash. (Geoff Crimmins/For The Spokesman-Review)

Police records and official law enforcement statements confirm TdA-linked crime and arrests have occurred in 22 U.S. states.

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

North Dakota hosts the South Dakota Coyotes after Mier Panoam scored 21 points in North Dakota's 76-72 win over the UMKC Kangaroos.

The bipartisan Trust in Congress Act prohibits members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks during their time in office.

South Dakota won a share of its first Missouri Valley Football Conference championship and played in its first FCS semifinal in 2024.

As the roster overhaul continues under new coach Jimmy Rogers, Washington State football picked up five new high school commits on Wednesday.

Image Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota visiting the U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas, in July 2021.Credit...Stephen Groves/Associated Press “Kristi has been very strong on border security ...

More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

The family's love for horse riding has been shared with generations in South Dakota and beyond. Willie Cowan and his family were influential in creating rodeo events in South Dakota. The Cowans were a part of the original founders of the South Dakota Rodeo Association and the South Dakota 4-H Rodeo.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.