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Authorities: Robby Knievel arrested on DUI charge
• DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) -- The daredevil son of Evel Knievel has been arrested on a drunken driving charge in South Dakota.
• Meade County Chief Deputy Tom Wilts told the Rapid City Journal (http://bit.ly/149SfWI ) that Robbie Knievel drove his motorhome into a couple of parked vehicles at the Buffalo Chip Campground, a popular spot during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
• Wilts says the incident Tuesday evening property damage. Knievel was stopped a later by a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper in Boulder Canyon and taken to the Lawrence County Jail.
• Authorities say Knievel pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-offense DUI and was released with his driver's license suspended for 30 days and fined about $600.
• Kenievel's spokeswoman, Charmaine Blake, tells The Associated Press in an email that Knievel had been drinking but denied he was intoxicated.
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SD court publicly censures former state lawmaker
• CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Supreme Court publicly censured former state Rep. R. Shawn Tornow on Thursday for his actions in two cases when he was an assistant city attorney for Sioux Falls.
• Tornow, who served two separate terms in the state House, had asked for only a private reprimand, but the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that his conduct was serious enough to warrant a public censure, which gets noted in the State Bar's monthly newsletter.
• The State Bar's Disciplinary Board had recommended publicly censuring Tornow for violating rules governing lawyers' conduct.
• The Disciplinary Board found that while Tornow was assistant city attorney, he acted unfairly by not giving some information to a former city commissioner involved in a case before the city's Ethics Board. The board also found that Tornow had an improper conversation with another lawyer representing Tornow's daughter on a traffic violation.
• Tornow declined to comment, referring questions to his lawyer, Darrell Jesse. The Dakota Dunes attorney didn't respond to phone messages seeking comment about the ruling.
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