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Rapid City Police Step Up Enforcement at Oxford Square Apartments
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rapid City Police continue to focus on crime at 225 E. Watertown Street, the Oxford Square Apartments, site of multiple recent violent incidents, including an August 27 homicide, a recent armed robbery, and a fatal assault this week. Over the past 24 hours, police responded to 16 calls for service at the complex. Four arrests were made, including two on outstanding warrants. Another arrest involved a female trespassing and found in possession of methamphetamine, while a second female was charged with simple assault.
Marty Jackley Launches Congressional Campaign
STURGIS, S.D. — Attorney General Marty Jackley officially announced his run for the U.S. House of Representatives at a campaign event in his hometown of Sturgis. Jackley, running on the Republican ticket, said making the announcement in Sturgis was important to him. South Dakota’s current congressman, Dusty Johnson, is expected to run for governor in 2026.
Bridge Replacement Underway in Box Elder
BOX ELDER, S.D. — Contractors have begun replacing a bridge near 151st Avenue and Highway 14-16 in Box Elder. The bridge is currently closed, and detours are in place. Construction, expected to continue until mid-November, is aimed at supporting the area’s growing population and increasing traffic demands.
Pedestrian Struck on East Omaha Street
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Rapid City man was struck by a car Tuesday near the Roosevelt Swim Center on East Omaha Street. Police say the pedestrian was not in a crosswalk and alcohol is not believed to be a factor. The man was transported to Monument Health with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Man Sentenced in Aggravated Assault Case
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Teton Quiver, 38, was sentenced to 15 years in prison with three years suspended after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. The stabbing occurred at a convenience store on East North Street on September 27, 2023, and was captured on video. The victim survived but required surgery for serious injuries.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah university
OREM, Utah (AP) — Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed at a Utah college event in an act that the state’s governor called a “political assassination.” No one was currently in custody late Wednesday, though authorities were searching for a new person of interest, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss the situation by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. Utah authorities said the shooter wore dark clothing and fired from a roof on the Utah Valley University campus some distance away. Trump praised Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder and CEO of the youth organization Turning Point USA, as “Great, and even Legendary.”
NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones in Poland, raising fears of war spillover
WOHYN, Poland (AP) — Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NATO spokesman said it was the first time the alliance confronted a potential threat in its airspace. The incursion happened late Tuesday and into the early hours of Wednesday during a wave of strikes by the Kremlin on Ukraine. The NATO response swiftly raised fears that the war could spill over — a fear that has been growing in Europe as Russia steps up its attacks and peace efforts go nowhere.
New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life. Scientists reported the findings Wednesday, but stressed that in-depth analysis is needed of the sample gathered there last summer before reaching any conclusions. Roaming Mars since 2021, the rover cannot directly detect life. Instead, it carries a drill to penetrate rocks and tubes to hold the samples gathered from places judged most suitable for hosting microscopic life billions of years ago. The samples are awaiting retrieval.