Heated Argument Leads to a Fight at Douglas County Commission Meeting

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports some Douglas County Commissioners got into a fight Thursday at a meeting in Stateline. Only minor injuries were reported. The sheriff’s office got a report of a heated argument just before 6pm, it quickly escalated into an altercation, according to the sheriff’s office. An investigation continues into the case…MORE

Small Fire Closes Foothill Road

About a half acre of land burned Thursday night near Minden as Foothill Road was closed for about two hours. It has since reopened. The East Fork Fire Protection District reports the fire started at the bottom of a power pole at about 7 p.m. near Foothill Road and Muller Lane. Crews kept it from…MORE

Criminal Reform Bill Advancing in The Nevada Legislature

A criminal reform bill is moving ahead. The bill that seeks to roll back Nevada’s rapidly growing prison population passed out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. All of the republicans on the committee opposed the bill. The bill has been toughened up somewhat, with provisions that would have reduced drug possession to a misdemeanor dropped,…MORE

Reno Man Accused of Attacking His Daughter With a Baseball Bat

A Reno man is accused of attacking his daughter with a baseball bat. 57-year-old Robson Nelson is charged with Domestic Battery, Battery with a Deadly Weapon Causing Substantial Bodily Harm, Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Reno Police say the incident happened about 11PM Wednesday night, when Nelson broke into his grown daughter’s home on Robinhood…MORE

American Cancer Society Praising The Passage of SB 159

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and its volunteer advocates, most of them cancer patients and survivors, are pleased SB 159 was passed unanimously by the Assembly and is now headed to the governor’s desk. Tom McCoy, Nevada government relations director for the Cancer Action Network says the bill authorizes the use of sunscreen…MORE

Sparks Warns of Scams, Threats Against Underage Girls

The Sparks Police Department is warning about a scam asking girls ages 10 to 14 for pictures of themselves, in various states of dress,  and threatening the girls or their families if they don’t cooperate. The scammers also cloned the girls’ accounts to make fake social media accounts. The information they got included the addresses…MORE

Death Penalty Reimposed For Nevada Triple Killer

It’s was up to a Washoe County jury to decide if a man on death row since 1985, should have his sentence reduced to life without parole, or life with a chance for parole, or whether his death sentence remains in effect. Tracy Petrocelli murdered James Wilson of Reno in 1982, and two other people,…MORE