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Late Gov. Janklow among SD Hall of Fame inductees
• CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. (AP) -- The late Gov. Bill Janklow is among 10 people who will be inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame later this year.
• The Hall of Fame, located in Chamberlain, will hold its annual honors ceremony on Sept. 13-14 to recognize the new inductees for contributions to the growth and development of South Dakota.
• Janklow, who died in January 2012, was attorney general before serving as governor from 1979 to 1987, and 1995 to 2003.
• Also being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year are Miles Beacom, Sioux Falls; Ruth Brennan, Rapid City; Bernard Christenson, Pierre; Shirley Kells Halleen, Sioux Falls; Dr. Dennis Knutson, Sioux Falls; Pat Lebrun, Rapid City; Thomas Lillibridge, Bonesteel; Jerry Shoener, Rapid City; and Charles Trimble, Omaha, Neb.
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Man sentenced to 9½ years for sexual abuse
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A 27-year-old Rapid City man has been sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a teenage girl.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Faron Ben Cheyenne pleaded guilty in November to sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl near Wounded Knee in July 2011.
• Chief Judge Jeffrey Viken this week sentenced Cheyenne to 114 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $100 to the Federal Crime Victims fund.
• This case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety.
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SD teen faces firearm charges after gun goes off
• BRITTON, S.D. (AP) -- A Britton-Hecla student faces firearm charges after an accidental shooting at a school parking lot, the Marshall County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
• Dusty Groom, 18, of rural Lake City, was showing other students what he thought was an unloaded a .22 caliber handgun when it went off and hit another (Continued on page 18)
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