A convicted felony child abuser has drawn a sentence of 20 years in prison. 30 year old Lashae Gallon of Reno will serve at least 8 years before she’s eligible for parole. The case stems from a December 2015 incident that left a 23 month old baby with permanent brain damage. She claimed the child…… MORE
Hunt On For Child and Domestic Abuse Suspect
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding the suspect in an ongoing child abuse and domestic violence investigation. 39-year-old Nicholas Lightfoot is believed to be driving a white 2011 Porsche Panamera, with Nevada license plate LT43263. Anyone with information about Lightfoot’s whereabouts is asked to contact Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.…… MORE
Suspect Harassing Children in South Reno
Reno Police say there have been two incidents since Monday, involving young girls being grabbed by a 16 – 22 year old Hispanic male.… MORE
Reno Heritage Foundation Has a Plan For Historic Homes
Twelve historic homes could be demolished by the University of Nevada, Reno, if no one steps up to move them. The Reno Heritage Foundation is proposing a plan that would involve moving the homes a few blocks east of its current site to Evans Park. Alica Barber with the group says the project has many…… MORE
Nevada’s Dean Heller Joins National Wildfire Rountable
Senator Dean Heller joined Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, U.S.D.A. Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Forest Service Acting Chief Vicky Christensen at a wildfire prevention roundtable. In 2017, wildfires ravaged over 10 million acres across the country, including 1.2 million acres of land in Nevada alone.… MORE
Stamp Out Hunger This Weekend
It doesn’t get much easier to donate than it will be during Saturday’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Just leave nonperishable food items in bags or boxes near your mailboxes, and your local letter carriers will pick them up. Now in its 26th year, Stamp Out Hunger is the country’s largest single-day food drive of…… MORE
Dept of Ag No Longer Looking For a Transfer of Ownership For Wild Horses
The Nevada Department of Agriculture they’re no longer looking for a transfer of ownership for more than 2,900 horses on the Virginia Range. The agency decided to withdraw requests for proposals to manage the horses because no one submitted a proposal by the April 16th deadline. The Virginia Range horses are considered “feral” livestock, and…… MORE
North Carolina Man Extradited to Washoe County on Sexual Assault Charges
A North Carolina man has been extradited to Washoe County after an investigation into a reported assault on two minors. 55-year-old Parrish Williams of Monroe is charged with three counts of Sexual Assault with a Child Under 14 and four counts of Lewdness with a Child Under 14. Detectives from the Union County (North Carolina)…… MORE
Scott Dozier is Headed Back to Death Row
Convicted killer Scott Dozier is headed back to Death Row. The state Supreme Court overruled a state court judge, and says that court went beyond it’s discretion when it stopped the execution based on questions about a paralytic drug, which would be used in a drug cocktail for the execution. Dozier has asked to be…… MORE
Two Arrested After Investigation Into Phony Prescriptions
Detectives of the regional Street Enforcement Team started an investigation after being contacted by multiple local pharmacies, reporting suspected fraudulent prescriptions being called in to the pharmacies. They were for promethazine with codeine, commonly known as “lean,” “sizzurp” and “purple drank.” S.E.T. Detectives were able to conduct an undercover operation at the time the suspects…… MORE
