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DEADWOOD (AP) — The Lawrence County State's Attorney is still deciding whether to seek the death penalty against a Lead man charged in the August stabbing death of a 27-year-old woman. Prosecutors charged James Lewis Rogers Jr. with first-degree murder in the death of Caitlin...

DEADWOOD (AP) — The Lawrence County State's Attorney is still deciding whether to seek the death penalty against a Lead (LEED) man charged in the Aug. 12 stabbing death of a 27-year-old woman. James Lewis Rogers Jr. is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death...

LEAD (AP) — A Lead man accused of stabbing a woman to death has pleaded not guilty to murder. Authorities allege 44-year-old James Rogers killed 27-year-old Caitlin Walsh. Her body was found Aug. 17 in an apartment in downtown Lead. Tests indicated she had been dead for five...

LEAD (AP) — Authorities have identified the victim in what they say is a homicide in Lead. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office says preliminary results from an autopsy indicate 27-year-old Caitlin Walsh, of Lead, died of stab wounds sometime before her body was discovered...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A Lead man has pleaded guilty to hitting a 15-month-old boy in the head. The Rapid City Journal reports 27-year-old Austin Ehnes pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of aggravated child abuse of a child under the age of 7. He was accused to striking the child...

LEAD (AP) — City Commissioners in Lead are revisiting whether to end municipal funding for the Handley Recreation Center. The Black Hills Pioneer reports they unanimously passed this week the first reading of a proposal to repeal an ordinance that would sever all city funding. Lead...

LEAD (AP) — A Chicago-based company has bought the Wharf gold mine for $105 million and plans to quickly increase production at the site, located in the historic Black Hills mining district of Lead. Coeur Mining Inc. finalized the purchase of the mine from Canadian-based Goldcorp...

LEAD (AP) — A $5 million visitor center for the Sanford Underground Research Facility at Lead (LEED) is on track to open by June. The Black Hills Pioneer reports work included the installation of 22 steel support piers that go down 100 feet to the bedrock and keep the building...

LEAD (AP) — A Chicago-based company plans to buy the Wharf gold mine in western South Dakota. Coeur Mining Inc. has an agreement to buy the gold mine near Lead from its parent company, Goldcorp Inc., for $105 million in cash. Goldcorp is based in Vancouver, British Columbia,...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakotans on both end of the state have access to holiday entertainment this weekend. The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will host its annual holiday collage concerts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Washington Pavilion, which involves...

RAPID CITY — Residents of Deadwood and Lead are mourning the death of a local priest in a plane crash in southeastern Montana. The body of Peter Kovarik, 50, was found in the wreckage in a rugged area known as Finger Buttes near Alzada, Montana, on Sunday. He was flying the...

LEAD (AP) — Skiers and snowboarders near Sioux Falls are enjoying Great Bear Recreation Park's earliest opening in more than 20 years, while other parks are scheduled to open on time thanks in part to cold weather that has helped man-made snow stick around. Chairlifts at Great...

LEAD — Scientists working nearly a mile underground in an abandoned gold mine in Lead are trying again to find an elusive substance known as dark matter — and fill a hole in humanity's basic understanding of the universe. A researcher said Friday that investigators expect...