• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Faith man has pleaded guilty to charges in an April crash that killed a Pierre woman.
• Sixty-three-year-old Walt Taton was accused of driving on the wrong side of state Highway 34 near Hayes and colliding head-on with a van, killing 28-year-old Heather Unser, a passenger in the van.
• Taton pleaded guilty Thursday to vehicular homicide, vehicular battery, drunken driving and driving on the wrong side of the road. Prosecutors dropped other charges as part of a plea agreement.
• Taton is to be sentenced Dec. 5. He could face up to 26 years in prison.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers are out in force as the Labor Day holiday weekend arrives.

• The agency is conducting a "saturation patrol" involving nearly all officers to encourage safe driving. It's the end of a summer-long campaign aimed at cracking down on drunken driving, speeding and seatbelt violations.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard also has issued a statement urging South Dakota motorists to use care when traveling this weekend.
• AAA South Dakota says about 69,000 state residents will travel 50 miles or more this holiday weekend, up 3 percent from last year.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota's share of a multi-state

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