Reno teenager Carter Wilkerson just dethroned Ellen DeGeneres’ famous Oscar selfie for the most retweeted tweet. Last month, Wendy’s challenged the teen to get 18 million retweets after he asked the fast-food chain via Twitter what it would take to get free chicken nuggets for a year. “Consider it done,” Wilkerson tweeted back. At last…… MORE
Sculpture Fest Opens Friday in Downtown Reno
The 3rd annual Reno Sculture fest will celebrate it’s opening day Friday, with artists, sponsors special guests and downtown V-I-P’s. The festival opens at 5PM with the longest art walk in downtown Reno. Backed by the City of Reno, it’s larger than life art, music and culture across 12 city blocks. Reno Sculpture Fest is…… MORE
Republicans Would Like Menendo Removed From Committees During Investigation
Senate Republicans would like to push embattled state senator Mark Manendo off any legislative committees while he’s under investigation for sexual harassment. GOP leaders say harassment charges against Mandendo have been happening regularly, with accusations made in 2003, 2009, and now. Reno Senator Heidi Gansert says “Enough is enough” and says the senate majority leader…… MORE
Senator Cortez-Masto Asking Republicans to Stop ACA Repeal Efforts
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus on a letter to Senate Republican Leaders urging them to drop current ACA repeal efforts, and work in a bipartisan way to reform America’s healthcare system. Cortez Masto and her colleagues say the bill rushed through without a CBO score, could still result in millions…… MORE
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Inviting You to an Open House
The employees of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office are inviting you to join them at the DC Judicial Building at 1038 Buckeye in Minden for an Open House. It’s tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. KOH’s Jon Sanchez will be broadcasting live, and there will be lots of fun things for the whole family,…… MORE
Governor Sandoval Signs Green Card ID Measure
Governor Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill 162, a measure which requires that any business that accepts a DMV-issued I.D. car or driver’s license as proof of identification must also accept “Green cards” for that same purpose. AB 162 permits green cards to be used as proof of ID in other commercial, legal, and transactional activities…… MORE
Dump Truck Overturns, Closes Second Street
The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that has closed part of Second Street in Reno. The crash happened about 10:30AM. NHP says the driver of a dump truck headed south on I-580 took the Second Street/Glendale offramp and hit a car sitting at the light. The truck pushed the car across the road…… MORE
Sparks PD Investigating Shooting Involving Teen
Sparks Police are investigating a shooting involving a 15-year-old boy. It happened just after 7 o’clock last night near Pyramid and York Way. Police say the teenager and two other people were in a car when a handgun went off. The bullet hit the boy in the leg. He is now recovering from minor injuries.…… MORE
Douglas County Looking For Donation Thief
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who stole a donation bucket from a 7-Eleven. About 3:45PM May 2nd deputies were called to a theft at the Riverview 7-Eleven. They were told a white man walked in and stole the bucket that had money in it. He then got into a white vehicle…… MORE
Carson City Asking For Help to Catch Bad Check Scammers
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying two subjects who cashed stolen checks at two local banks. Between Aoril 14th and the 20th, two unknown subjects cashed multiple stolen and forged checks at local bank branches. The subjects were able to secure several thousand dollars off the fraudulent activity. …… MORE
