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Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in 2025 Rapid City Stabbing
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A man is pleading guilty to manslaughter over a 2025 stabbing in Rapid City. Diontae Eagleman was scheduled to go on trial for first degree murder before admitting to stabbing Francis Tobacco in the chest on April 1st, 2025. It happened on the 400 block of Sixth Street near Main Street Square around 7:00 p.m. Tobacco was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Eagleman’s sentencing is scheduled for June 15th where prosecutors are expected to ask for a 40-year prison sentence.
Rapid City Area Schools Receives Largest Share of Workforce Education Grants
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Four school districts are receiving grants from the South Dakota Department of Education. The largest grant is going to Rapid City Area Schools to expand its culinary arts lab for more than 223-thousand dollars. The Frederick Area School District, Spearfish School District and Hill City School District are also receiving grants that range from 18-thousand to 55-thousand dollars. They are part of the Workforce Education Grant program, which aims to build career and technical education programs in middle and high schools.
Weapons Detection Systems to Launch at Two Rapid City High Schools
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Area Schools has announced they will begin using weapons detection systems at two high schools starting May 4 as part of a new safety effort. The systems will be installed at Central High School and the Rapid City Alternative Academy. The district says the technology was funded through a federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant secured in partnership with the Rapid City Police Department. District officials say the OpenGate systems are designed to screen for dangerous items while allowing students to walk through at a normal pace.
Sobriety Checkpoints Planned Across South Dakota in May
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Highway Patrol will hold sobriety checkpoints in 21 counties throughout the month of May. Area checkpoints include Butte, Lawrence, Meade and Pennington counties. The enforcement effort is aimed at reducing impaired driving and improving roadway safety.
Man Charged With Attempted Assassination of Trump After Shooting at Correspondents’ Dinner
A California man has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump after authorities say he stormed the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner armed with a shotgun and pistol, prompting an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service agents that left Trump unharmed and one agent struck in a bullet-resistant vest, as investigators allege the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, planned the attack for weeks and was taken into custody at the scene.
Wyoming judge blocks law that bans all but earliest abortions
A judge in Wyoming has blocked a new state law that bans abortion beyond the earliest stages of pregnancy while a lawsuit challenging the provision proceeds. It’s the first court ruling affecting the legal status of abortion in Wyoming since the state Supreme Court struck down sweeping abortion and abortion pill bans in January. The justices found that those laws violated the state constitution. The new law would ban abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, typically at around six weeks into pregnancy. Natrona County District Judge Dan Forgey wrote in granting a temporary restraining order against the law that it too is likely to be overturned.
Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI
Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence. The trial, which began Monday with jury selection, centers on the 2015 birth of ChatGPT maker OpenAI as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion. The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the company’s founding mission to be an altruistic steward of the technology.
