The constitution grants citizens the right to bear arms; South Dakota and 13 other states have now legalized carrying concealed firearms without a permit, which used to be a misdemeanor.  South Dakota...

  Created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Doomsday Clock is an analogy to show how close the world is to total annihilation. The Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the...

South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg, 37,  entered the 2020 race for president on Wednesday. If Buttigieg wins his long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination, he will become the first nominee of a...

The Polar Vortex has triggered some of the coldest arctic weather seen in many places across the US for at least the last two decades. If you are 25 years or younger, you have essentially never felt weather...

Dear Statesman readers, In the past, there has been a bit of confusion surrounding opinion articles released in both the paper and the online editions of the Statesman. To clear up this confusion,...

After much wait and community input, the names of the two new schools in the Sioux Falls school district have finally been announced. There will be two new schools, a high school and a middle school. The...

The last male northern white rhino in the world has died, but the efforts and hopes to save the subspecies from eradication lives on. Sudan was the last male of his species due to poaching. Prior to...

On Monday, Jan. 21, California senator Kamala Harris announced that she will be running as a democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential election. The date of her campaign launch was fully intentional...

The 2019 South Dakota Legislative Session is underway, with many fresh faces headed to Pierre. But despite the shifts in many areas of leadership, the status quo in the South Dakota State Legislature remains...

Wednesday, Jan. 9 - President Donald Trump walks out of a White House meeting as the partial government shutdown nears its fourth week. Already deep into the second longest government shutdown in history...

On Jan, 8, President Donald Trump addressed the nation. The main topic he wished to speak about was the reasoning for the government shutdown: lack of border security. Soon after his speech was over,...

The 2nd-period journalism class had their first experience brainstorming, writing and designing a paper. This is the final product. Each student wrote a story, found or took photos and designed their...