PIERRE, (KCCR) -- BankWest has awarded 25 scholarships to high school seniors in the BankWest service territory. The two-thousand dollar scholarships are for the 2025-26 school year to allow students to pursue the post-secondary education of their choice. Receiving scholarships are Rowdy Baldwin, Colton Brady, Jesse El...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The U-S Drug Enforcement Administration is recognizing Fentanyl Awareness Day today with partners in the public health, law enforcement and community organization arenas. Emily Murray with the D-E-A's Omaha office says they're partnering to save lives... Murray says parents should have difficul...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Once again, a lighter agenda greets the Pierre City Commission tonight for the group's last regular meeting in April. In special business, the Commission will learn more about additional flights at Pierre Regional Airport. The Commission will consider approval of an eight-item consent calendar. The ca...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre ProStart Culinary Arts team is headed to Baltimore, Maryland this week to compete in the National ProStart Invitational. Pierre qualified for the national event in March... The winning culinary students include Chesney Kalda, Noah Harsma, Zoe Kinney, Christian Stanley and Temperance ...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- A Ziebach County man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of sexual assault. U-S Attorney Alison Ramsdell says 27 year-old Pacer Hayes of Cherry Creek was sentenced last week for Abusive Sexual Contact. Hayes will have to serve five years of supervised release followi...

The Pierre Governor baseball team did not get to play on Monday against the Huron Tigers, but they will still play this evening as the Govs look to regroup after being swept last Friday. The rain on Sunday and forecast for Monday evening made things a lot less appealing to play baseball, and with Huron agreeing and ...

The Pierre Governor tennis team will be at home for the first time this afternoon after having last week's home opener postponed to May. The Governors will be hosting both Huron and Spearfish in a triangular today as the Govs will see both the Tigers and Spartans again. They are 1-1 with vastly different results in ...

Today is the one and only time the Pierre Governor golf team will be at home as they host the Pierre invite as 11 schools will be participating. All but Cheyenne-Eagle Butte are AA schools at Hillsview Golf Course today. The Governors have had strong showings in the first two meets of the season and today will be lo...

The Pierre Governor softball team will be on the road today to face the Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles for the second time this year. The Governors dominated the Golden Eagles to a 16-0 win at home last week Tuesday for its first win of the season. Now, Pierre is 2-5 and Aberdeen Central is still looking for its fir...

The Muskegon Lumberjacks are now one win away from heading the Clark Cup Championship of the USHL playoffs. Muskegon beat the Dubuque Fighting Saints 2-1 and 7-4 on the road this weekend to take a 2-0 series lead. Muskegon has won six playoff games in a row since dropping game two of the opening round best-of-three ...

A new recent study revealed over 124,000 preventable deaths in the U.S. over two years were linked to ultra-processed foods, which are associated with cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, some types of cancer, and depression. Popular items like s...

Pope Francis was laid to rest after a funeral mass attended by over 250,000 mourners and 130 world leaders following his death at 88. His funeral was broadcast around the world to 1.3 billion Catholics. The service, held at St. Peter's Square, honored ...

The U.S. fertility rate in 2024 experienced a marginal increase, with 3,622,673 babies born. The rate of 54.6 births per 1,000 women of reproductive age was slightly higher than the 2023 record low of 54.5. Still, the overall trend has been declining. ...

Why did Shedeur Sanders go from possible top-10 pick to the No. 144 pick? Several FOX Sports personalities weighed in on the biggest draft story this year.

The Cleveland Cavaliers won four straight games to sweep the Miami Heat by a total of 122 points, setting the record for the highest-combined margin of victory in NBA playoff history.

Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to become the general manager of the men's basketball program at Sacramento State.