Jamie Stengle, Author at The Rapid City Post

2 arrested in Texas immigration detention center shooting now face terrorism-related charges

October 16, 2025

Two people arrested in a July shooting outside an immigration detention center in Texas are facing new charges that follow President Donald Trump’s order last month to designate a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. Autumn Hill and Zachary Evetts were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Fort Worth on charges that include providing material support to terrorists. The indictment accuses them of being members of an antifa cell that planned the shooting that injured one police officer.

Project connects Americans to the Dutch people who honor their relatives at World War II cemetery

October 13, 2025

A new initiative aims to increase the number of connections between the family members of those buried and remembered at a World War II cemetery in the Netherlands and the Dutch people who have adopted each one. The project was spurred on by “The Monuments Men” author Robert Edsel, whose newest book “Remember Us” tells the story of the cemetery’s adoption program. An official with the Dutch foundation that facilitates the adoptions said that only about 20% to 30% of the adopters and families are in contact currently.

FILE - Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Hector Granados speaks during an interview at his private practice in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Texas drops lawsuit against doctor accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth

September 10, 2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says one of the first doctors in the U.S. accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found not to have broken the law. This comes nearly a year after a state lawsuit called the pediatric endocrinologist in El Paso a “scofflaw” who harmed children. Dr. Hector Granados had been accused of falsifying medical records and violating a Texas ban that took effect in 2023. Paxton’s office quietly withdrew its lawsuit against Granados last week. It said in a statement that “no legal violations were found.”

Ruth Paine, who opened her Texas home to Lee Harvey Oswald and shooed away conspiracies, dead at 92

September 4, 2025

Ruth Paine, whose kindness to Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife as a young mother near Dallas would leave her inexorably linked to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 92. Tamarin Laurel-Paine said Thursday that her mother died on Sunday in a senior living facility in Santa Rosa, California. Oswald’s wife and children had been staying at Paine’s home in the Dallas of suburb of Irving in the fall of 1963, and the morning of the assassination Oswald retrieved the rifle he had — unbeknownst to Paine — been stowing in her garage.

FILE - Frontline healthcare workers hold a demonstration on Labor Day outside Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Hollywood in Los Angeles, Sep. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Labor Day weekend has arrived. What to know about the holiday

August 28, 2025

Labor Day is a holiday celebrating the American worker. But from barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark it by finding ways to relax. It’s celebrated on the first Monday of September. While actions by unions in recent years to advocate for workers have been a reminder of the holiday’s activist roots, the three-day weekend it creates has become a touchstone in the lives of Americans marking the unofficial end of summer.

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice carries after a catch during warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail over Dallas high-speed crash

July 17, 2025

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after authorities said he and another speeding driver caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway last year. Prosecutors say Rice was driving a Lamborghini Urus SUV at 119 mph when he caused the March 2024 wreck. Multiple people were injured. On Thursday, Rice pleaded guilty to felony charges, including causing serious bodily injury. As part of a plea deal, he also received five years of deferred probation and must pay $115,000 for victims’ medical expenses. In a statement, Rice apologized for the harm caused and pledged to make amends to those affected.

A view of a section of the 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 that is displayed by the Dallas Historical Society at the Fair Park Hall of State in Dallas, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Juneteenth started with handbills proclaiming freedom. Here’s what they said

June 10, 2025

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. General Order No. 3, issued on June 19, 1865, declared all enslaved people in the state were free and had “absolute equality.” The Dallas Historical Society plans to put one of those original handbills on display at the Hall of State in Fair Park starting June 19. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in the U.S. in 2021 but has been celebrated in Texas since 1866.

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force Academy shows cadet candidate Ava Moore. (U.S. Air Force Academy via AP)

What to know about the death of Air Force prep graduate Ava Moore in a crash on a Texas lake

May 28, 2025

Authorities say an 18-year-old woman about to begin her first year at the U.S. Air Force Academy was killed when a personal watercraft hit her kayak on a Texas lake over Memorial Day weekend. Ava Moore died following the collision on Lake Grapevine near Dallas on Sunday. Authorities said Wednesday that the woman accused of operating the personal watercraft and the man accused of driving her from the scene were arrested at a Dallas home Tuesday. Authorities say both are Venezuelans who had entered the U.S. illegally in 2023.

If you haven’t left yet, it may be too late to avoid the Memorial Day travel rush

May 23, 2025

Freeways and airports across the U.S. are filling up as more people make their Memorial Day weekend getaways. Even as politics and the nation’s aging air traffic infrastructure rattle the U.S. travel industry, Americans were expected to travel in record numbers for the holiday. Auto club AAA predicts over 45 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Thursday and Monday. The vast majority will be making road trips. The Federal Aviation Administration expected Thursday to be the peak day for air travel, but airports were still busy on Friday. Airlines and lodging companies had observed slower bookings last month and weren’t sure if demand would increase for the unofficial start of summer.

Jamie Stengle.