The Department of Justice will monitor polls on Election Day in Washoe and Mineral counties. The department will send 500 people to 67 jurisdictions across the country — including the two Nevada counties — to gather information on whether or not counties are complying with federal voting laws. The Department of Justice release didn’t say…… MORE
Category Archives: KOH Local News
Missing Elderly Man Found Dead
The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says a 77-year-old man reported missing has been found dead. About 10:30AM Sunday, dispatch got word from a Silver Springs resident that a body had been discovered in a nearby wash. The body was identified as Larry Hyatt, last reported seen alive November 2. He was the focus of a…… MORE
Manufacturing Company Moving to Reno
The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada has announced that Dutch based Cimpress, a mass customization company, will open its first American manufacturing operation in Reno. Cimpress chose Reno because of its access to distribution markets and strategic supply chain. According to EDAWN, last year the company customized more than 46 million unique items across…… MORE
Police Search For Bank Robbery Suspect
A man who claimed to have a gun, held up the First Independent Bank at Sharlands and Robb Drive Monday. About 12:15PM officers responded to the bank, and were told the robber said he had a gun, though no one saw one. The man ran out of the bank after getting cash. Police say the…… MORE
Fernley Shooting Was Domestic Violence
The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a fatal shooting in Fernley and now say it was an incident of domestic violence. 50-year-old David Wayne Frees was found dead of apparent suicide on November 3rd; detectives say he shot himself after shooting another person at the MSC Warehouse in Fernley. The victim, whose name…… MORE
Suspect Robs Virginia Street Mini-Mart
Reno police are searching for an armed robber who held up the Citi Mart on S. Virginia St this morning. According to police, the suspect walked into the store just after 2am, pulled out a gun, and ran away with some merchandise. There is no description of the suspect available, but police say he may…… MORE
Girl Injured in Car Vs Pedestrian Crash
A 5-year-old girl was struck by a car Sunday morning in the area of Prater Way and I Street in Sparks. According to Sparks Police, the girl was sent to the hospital with serious injuries. She was in the crosswalk, and the walk signal was on when she was hit on Prater Way just after…… MORE
Flame War Between Brekhus And Clinger
There’s a flame war of sorts developing between Reno City Councilwoman Jenny Brekhus, and former City Manager Andrew Clinger. Brekhus fired the first shot in a memo that became public, where she tried to persuade the author of a published report on city operations to change its contents. Brekhus suggested the document had been unduly…… MORE
Reno Man Denies He’s a “Democratic Plant”
Donald Trump’s campaign manager says a Trump protester involved in a disturbance at a rally in Reno was “a Democratic plant.” Trump was speaking to supporters when chaos broke out in the crowd, and Secret Service agents hustled Trump off stage. Kellyanne Conway tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that Austin Crites was canvassing…… MORE
Fatal Shooting in Fernley
A person is dead and another injured after a shooting at an industrial supply company in Fernley. According to Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Michael Carlson, the shooting happened at MSC Industrial Supply on the 2300 block of East Newlands Road just after 7 o’clock last night. PIO Michael Carlson says they are…… MORE
