Jack Caudill
Anchor/Reporter/Assistant News Director
KEVN/KOTA
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Jack started at KEVN back in 1983 and has been here ever since. Starting as weekend sports anchor, he has served as sports director, news anchor and news director of KEVN and is now the anchor for KOTA Territory News at 5:30 and The SIX each day. Born and raised in Cincinnati, he is a graduate of Ohio University. Jack is passionate about the news business, telling great stories right here in the Black Hills and maintaining the integrity and fairness that have been the hallmark of KEVN and KOTA. If he's not at work, you'll likely find him on his mountain bike somewhere in the hills or hanging out with his grandkids.
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Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 8:03 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Elias Richard was convicted for the shooting death of Vernall Marshall on Christmas Eve of 2020.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 8:44 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
Friday morning, 27-year old Zachary Fegueroa pleaded guilty but mentally ill to vehicular homicide in the case.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
38-year old Arnson Absolu is accused of the murders of Ashley Nagy, Charles Red Willow and Dakota Zaiser back in 2020.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 4:10 AM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
One person is dead after an officer involved shooting in Rapid City Tuesday night, following what Police Chief Don Hedrick described as an attack on police officers.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 7:43 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
Originally charged with second degree murder, 31-year old Lawrence Mexican pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in Seventh Circuit Court Friday morning.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 7:58 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
the accident was on the hill just north of Reptile Gardens on Highway 16.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 8:20 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
A new mental health crisis hotline is kicking off this weekend here in South Dakota.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
The number of new cases here in South Dakota has now risen for eight straight weeks, with a total of 970 new cases this week.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
The number of new cases of COVID-19 here in South Dakota has been on the rise for more than a month and a half. But the CDC says South Dakota is doing better than almost the entire rest of the country.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 11:11 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
Sasquatch will be allowed to start season next week
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 7:52 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
South Dakota is reporting a total of 453 new cases this week. 63 of those are from Pennington County, with 16 each in Lawrence and Oglala Lakota Counties and 15 in Meade County.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
The number of new cases in South Dakota is up for the third straight week, with a total of 373 new cases this week.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 7:41 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
A Rapid City man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of 19-year old Ocean Eberlein back in November of 2020.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 8:26 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
The Appeals Court reversed three of Garbacz's wire fraud convictions.But the court let the other convictions stand, along with his sentence and restitution.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 7:52 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
The new tipi was painted by local artist Martin E. Red Bear and features a total of 41 horses, no two alike and no two with the same color scheme.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 7:54 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
A Pennington County Grand Jury has now indicted 19-year old Quincy Bear Robe on a charge of second degree murder and commission of a felony with a firearm.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
20-year old Jonnie Fineran pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the stabbing death of Thomas Sitting Bear in Manderson in July of 2020.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 7:55 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
Last week, they were listing 2,323 active cases. That drops all the way down to 488 active cases this week.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 8:08 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
The former owner of Thirsty's in downtown Rapid City pleads guilty to a tax charge in federal court Friday afternoon.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
A Pennsylvania man is sentenced to ten years in federal prison Friday after being caught in a sex sting during the 2020 Sturgis Rally.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 7:52 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
We've talked through the pandemic about how health experts want to see the positivity rate for COVID-19 tests to be below five percent.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
Mayoral candidate Tammy Bohn and council candidates Justin Bonn and Brenda Vasknetz filed the suit, claiming the 2007 vote to change to a city manager form of government wasn't valid.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 6:06 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
Starting this week, South Dakota is reporting COVID numbers just once a week, on Wednesdays.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 7:53 PM CDT
|By Jack Caudill
19-year old Quincy Bear Robe made his first appearance in Seventh Circuit Court Tuesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 7:49 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Artist Deborah Mitchell lost her garage art studio in that string of fires. She says it's been a struggle since then, but is now looking to move forward.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 4:57 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
In plea deal, Rapid City man admits to shooting another man during an argument.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 7:50 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
One of the goals of health experts has been to get the percentage of COVID tests that turn out positive below five percent. They're getting close to that in South Dakota.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 1:28 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Custer County Search and Rescue is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing hunter. They began searching for Jerry Paul Constance (he goes by Paul) on Tuesday night.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 7:57 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Originally charged with murder, 36-year old Dirk Garnier pleaded guilty in federal court to voluntary manslaughter and discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence in the death of Beau Blacksmith.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 7:53 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The South Dakota Department of Health says 93 percent of the state's residents age 75 and up are now vaccinated against COVID-19. That's the highest percentage of any age group.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 7:47 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The number of active cases falls to 9,771, dropping below 10,000 for the first time since January 3rd.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 7:51 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Just three weeks ago, the state had 36,155 active cases. Since then, that figure has fallen by 67 percent, down by 24,872 cases, with the figures out Tuesday.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 7:44 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The number of active cases falls for the 13th straight report, dropping by another 1,904 to 15,679.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 at 5:49 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The South Dakota Department of Health says 70.4 percent of the state residents age five and up have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 7:49 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
For the Week of January 9th through the 13th, the South Dakota Department of Health listed 857 confirmed and 421 probable cases in the state's K-through-12 schools.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 8:29 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The number of active cases in the state has now fallen in ten straight reports, dropping by another 1,947 to 23,105.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 8:22 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Monday’s rally started at the bandshell at Memorial Park, with the group then marching from there to the Rapid City Federal Courthouse.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 8:00 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
With drought and pricing problems for producers, these have been tough times for a lot of ranchers. But they still need equipment, and that has equipment dealers adjusting to the changing marketplace.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 7:51 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
There was an enthusiastic group Friday at the youth goat show at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. But keeping them can be a challenge these days with so many things going on.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 8:38 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Tilsen is charged with second degree robbery and two counts of simple assault against law enforcement.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 7:59 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
South Dakota sees its first death from COVID-19 from someone in the 10-to-19 year old age group. The state Department of Health says that person was from Pennington County.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 7:56 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The seven-day rolling average for new cases reached 2,105 cases a day on the 16th of this month.By the 27th, that average had fallen to 1,199, dropping by nearly half.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2022 at 7:36 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill and Nick Nelson
Senator John Thune told Axios earlier this month that there’s some interest among Senate Republicans to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2022 at 8:08 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill and Nick Nelson
Thune has climbed up the ranks in Washington over the past 18 years and now serves as the Senate Minority Whip.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 8:08 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The state continues distributing one million Flowflex COVID antigen home-tests, with over 560,000 kits processed and shipped this week.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 7:47 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Thune has seen a big rise through the ranks into leadership positions in the Senate since he was first elected to the Senate in 2004.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 10:51 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill and The Associated Press
It's official. There's going to be an opening on the United States Supreme Court.Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday at the White House.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 7:44 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Rapid City Area Schools says they had 182 students and 34 staff with active cases of COVID on Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 7:58 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
The number of active cases falls by 82 to 36,155, the first time that total has dropped since December 23rd, when it stood at a 7,090.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 7:45 PM CST
|By Jack Caudill
Over the past seven days, that rate has been at 41-percent in the state.
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