ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: Retired Master Sgt. Robert Ball, former 28th Operational Maintenance Squadron aircraft maintenance superintendent, was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, from 1955 to 1965, where he maintained the base's B-52 Stratofortress fleet. These days, he spends time in the South Dakota Air and Space Museum's Air Yard, where the B-52 is displayed amongst other aircraft empl  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that the owners and operators of the Grand Gateway Hotel and the Cheers Sports Lounge and Casino, a hotel and sports bar located in Rapid City, South Dakota, have entered into a consent decree resolving the Department's lawsuit alleging that the defendants discriminated against Native American customers in violation of Title II of the Civil Rights Act o  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man for two counts of Second-Degree Murder. Jonathan Eagle Elk, age 18, was indicted in October of 2023. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann on October 30, 2023, and pleaded not guilty to the Indictment. The maximu  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced a Watertown, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on October 30, 2023. Taylor Hoff, 29, was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison,  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Spc3 Adam Olson, 28 BW/PA When the U.S. Air Force Academy's Fighting Falcons football team don the 2023 Air Power Legacy Series alternate uniforms in honor of the Doolittle Raiders to square off against the University of Las Vegas Rebels, Nov.18, it will have extra meaning to the base and many serving here. Ellsworth is home to three of the four squadrons that part  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: By Spc3 Adam Olson, 28 BW/PA When the U.S. Air Force Academy's Fighting Falcons football team don the 2023 Air Power Legacy Series alternate uniforms in honor of the Doolittle Raiders to square off against the University of Las Vegas Rebels, Nov.18, it will have extra meaning to the base and many serving here. Ellsworth is home to three of the four squadrons that participated in the historic Doolittle  more