PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS FILED A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING A SOUTH DAKOTA LAW THAT WOULD REQUIRE WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS TO WAIT THREE DAYS AND UNDERGO COUNSELING AT PREGNANCY HELP CENTERS THAT DISCOURAGE ABORTION. THE THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD WOULD BE THE NATION’S LONGEST. THE NEW LAW IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT JULY [...]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD EMERGENCY EARTHEN LEVEES ON EACH SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HOMES IN PIERRE AND FORT PIERRE FROM FLOODWATERS. HOWEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. DENNIS DAUGAARD SAYS SOME HOMES WILL BE HIT BY RISING WATER WHEN RELEASES INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY BEFORE WORK [...]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD EMERGENCY EARTHEN LEVEES ON EACH SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HOMES IN PIERRE AND FORT PIERRE FROM FLOODWATERS. HOWEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. DENNIS DAUGAARD SAYS SOME HOMES WILL BE HIT BY RISING WATER WHEN RELEASES INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY BEFORE WORK [...]
ROUNDUP, MONT. (AP) _ AS FLOODING WASHES OUT ROADS AND SWAMPS MORE HOMES IN MONTANA, REGIONAL RAINS ARE FORCING RELEASES FROM DAMS THAT PROMISE TO SWELL THE MISSOURI RIVER PAST ITS BANKS DOWNSTREAM IN IOWA AND THE DAKOTAS. THE CENTRAL MONTANA TOWN OF ROUNDUP WAS UNDER AN ESTIMATED 6 FEET OF WATER TODAY AS THE [...]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ THE GREAT PLAINS ZOO IN SIOUX FALLS WILL BECOME A TEMPORARY HOME FOR THREE BENGAL TIGERS AND A SNOW LEOPARD THAT ARE LEAVING A FLOOD-THREATENED ZOO IN BISMARCK, N.D. DAKOTA ZOO IN BISMARCK IS CLOSED AND MOVING ITS ANIMALS TO OTHER ZOOS BECAUSE OF RISING LEVELS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. [...]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ FORMER GOV. MIKE ROUNDS IS AMONG THE HOMEOWNERS ANXIOUSLY KEEPING TRACK OF THE RISING MISSOURI RIVER IN THE PIERRE-FORT PIERRE AREA. ROUNDS AND WIFE JEAN MOVED TO A NEW HOME NEAR THE RIVER NORTH OF FORT PIERRE WHEN HE LEFT OFFICE IN JANUARY. HE TELLS KCCR RADIO THAT THEY’RE [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U. S. House of Representatives has unanimously approved the nomination of the Rev. Patrick Conroy, a Jesuit priest, to be the 60th House chaplain. Speaker John Boehner and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the 60-year-old Conroy was the ideal candidate for the job. He succeeds Father Daniel Coughlin, who [...]
WOODSTOCK, GA. (AP) – Cherokee County high schools will hold graduation ceremonies at the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Georgia, this weekend despite complaints about using a religious venue. The 7,500-seat church charges about $2,000 per graduation for the five county high schools. The school system has used the church since 2005. Rob Usher, a [...]
BASTROP, LOUISIANA (CBN) – Seniors at Louisiana’s Bastrop High School went ahead with prayer during their graduation ceremony despite threats of a possible lawsuit. Atheist graduate Damon Fowler complained to the superintendent about the traditional prayer and threatened to contact the ACLU if it wasn’t removed from the ceremony. School Administrators reprinted all the graduation [...]
AUSTIN, TX. (FNIF) – Texas Governor Rick Perry is asking Americans to join him in prayer for the nation. He has designated August 6th as a day of prayer and fasting. He’s concerned about recent natural disasters as well as the nation’s economic and cultural problems. He says a renewed commitment to spiritual principles can [...]
