After 26 years in law enforcement work, Captain Tony Harrison is retiring from the Pennington Country Sheriff’s Office. Harrison was just 24 years old in 1996 when he received the call informing him that he got the job. “I got a call saying, ‘We’re going to hire you,’ and I’m like,...
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Independence Day is usually a time of celebration, but festivities often involve fireworks and even alcohol, which can be dangerous alone but may have even worse outcomes when mixed. Within Rapid City limits, fireworks aren’t legal, unless they’re of the novelty variety. “There are code ordinances...
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Every day, evidence from crime scenes in western South Dakota is preserved and processed in Rapid City. After it’s collected at the scene, officers check evidence in to a secure locker. “When they do that process, it has to be done in a very specific manner....