(KOH) – A murder suspect from Silver Springs has been captured in Lovelock, according to the Lyon County Sheriffs Office. An anonymous tip at 8am yesterday placed 45-year-old Sonny Fernandez at a Lovelock gas station, and Lovelock Police arrested him as he was leaving. Fernandez was free on a $500,000 bond, but failed to show up…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Sparks Police Hosting Unity in the Community BBQ
Sparks Police are again inviting residents to come out to their free Unity in the Community BBQ. Meet some police officers see the police horses of their mounted patrol, inspect a SWAT vehicle, a police car and their Mobile Command Center. The Unity in the Community BBQ is at Sparks Marina Park from 11 a.m.…… MORE
Possible Photo of Armed Robbers Car
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detectives released photos of a red four-door sedan they believe was involved with the armed robbery of the 7-Eleven in Lemmon Valley early Tuesday morning. Detectives are asking for any information from the public about the vehicle and the two suspects in the robbery. At approximately 4:20 a.m. on Tuesday, July…… MORE
Nevada Dems Torch Heller For Repeal Vote
The Nevada Democratic Party delivered a harsh assessment of Senator Dean Heller’s vote for the failed “Skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act. Party Chairman William McCurdy II says Heller “Walked the plank for President Trump and proved he’s been playing Nevadan’s for fools.” McCurdy says the vote was a moral test and Heller failed…… MORE
Police Looking For Man Who Robbed Tow Truck Driver
Reno Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a tow truck driver at gunpoint early this morning. Police say the tow truck driver was robbed while parked on the 2-thousand block of Vassar Street. The suspect approached the driver while wearing a bandanna across his face and took his wallet and cell phone. No…… MORE
Senator Cortez-Masto Joins Heller in The Fight to Preserve Medicaid Expansion
Dean Heller took his shot with an amendment to preserve Medicaid expansion funds for states, now Senator Catherine Cortez Masto will try. Her amendment would remove any language that proposes medicaid cuts from the senate bill. Cortez-Masto says this would protect hundreds of thousands of low income families, women, seniors, children, veterans and people with…… MORE
Convicted Embezzler Fails to Show up For Prison Term
It could mean another ten years added to a 30 month prison sentence, after a Reno woman failed to surrender to the bureau of prisons in California to begin her federal prison term. 51 year old Jannifer Ree Campbell is now facing a charge “failure to surrender.” Campbell was convicted of bank embezzlement and tax…… MORE
Catholic Charities Helping Children Who Experience “Food Insecurity”
Catholic Charities says there are more than 26,000 children in Washoe County who experience food insecurity. That’s why they’re asking the community to donate new lunch boxes and refillable water bottles for local students in need. They also plan to stuff the lunch boxes with snack packs for each child. The drive wraps up Saturday…… MORE
Winnings up at Nevada Casinos
Winnings were up for the fiscal year at Nevada casino’s. Winnings were up 2.9 percent from the previous year. Gaming revenues in June were 895 million dollars, and for the year–July to July winnings totalled 11.4 billion dollars. Some of the biggest increases were at Lake Tahoe’s south shore, 7% and downtown Las Vegas, which…… MORE
The Effort to Keep Invasive Plants Out of Lake Tahoe Continues
Divers are working to stunt the growth of invasive plants at Lake Tahoe. they’ve installed more than 100 sun-blocking barriers on the bottom of a lagoon on the south end of the Lake to slow the growth of invasive aquatic plants that have taken over man-made waterways in the Tahoe Keys. The Tahoe Daily Tribune…… MORE
