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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says former Highmore Police Chief Ken Huber has lost a legal challenge to his conviction for first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife.
• Huber was first convicted of murder in 2008 in the death of his wife, Pam. The South Dakota Supreme Court overturned that conviction, but Huber was convicted of first-degree murder in a second trial held in 2011.
• In an appeal in circuit court, Huber argued evidence presented at his second trial was unfair and his two defense attorneys were ineffective.
• Circuit Judge John Brown of Pierre ruled he could find no fault with the evidence or the performance of Huber's lawyers.
• Huber contends his pistol fired accidentally when he moved it from a bedroom dresser to a gun safe.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Allegiant Air says a flight from Arizona landed safely at Sioux Falls Regional Airport after the pilot reset the landing gear when a cockpit light indicated it wasn't fully extended.
• Allegiant spokeswoman Jessica Wheeler says the pilot retracted and re-extended the MD-80's landing gear Thursday after the indicator light said it was not fully down. The light then indicated that the gear was properly extended.
• Wheeler says the pilots did a quick circle around the airport tower for visual confirmation before landing the plane without incident just after 1 p.m. Thursday.
• The flight was arriving from Mesa, Ariz., which is just southeast of Phoenix. Allegiant is based in Las Vegas.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- More than 240,000 acres in South Dakota's Black Hills have been surveyed for mountain pine beetles infestations since the state launched an effort to fight the beetles two years ago, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Thursday.
• As a result of the surveys, crews have treated 335,000 trees. Nearly 200,000 trees have been cut down on private land, and 135,000 trees have been cut in Custer State Park and other state lands.

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