King’s Variety store is leaving Spring Creek. The King Company, based in Idaho, says the changing business environment has forced them to close all their locations, including the ones in Nevada. The company says rising rent costs, internet shopping, and employee salaries are some of the reasons their getting out of the business. It’s not…… MORE
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Sargento Expands Its Cheese Recall
Sargento Foods Inc. has ended its relationship with a supplier over potential listeria contamination of its cheeses. The company, one of the largest cheesemakers in the United States, recalled several of its products on February 10th over the fears. The recall was expanded on February 17. Its products, including Sargento Sliced Colby, Muenster and Pepper…… MORE
Battery Thieves on The Loose
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two suspects in two separate thefts of battery cores from the Walmart on Topsy Lane south of Carson City. The first theft was reported January 30th and the second was on February 20th. The two men are seen on surveillance photos stealing used vehicle battery cores from…… MORE
Sparks Rape Suspect Arrested in Mexico
A Sparks rape suspect has been arrested in Mexico. Alfredo Lomeli-Garcia has been wanted in Sparks after a wave of crime, including burglary, robbery with a deadly weapon, sexual assault, and battery. He ran to Mexico in 2011, after being identified as a suspect. US Marshalls with the help of the Mexican government, arrested Lomeli-Garcia…… MORE
Beware of Latest Jury Duty Scam
The U.S. Marshals Service is warning of a scam where a caller tells someone they missed federal jury duty and have to pay a fine immediately to avoid going to jail. The caller poses as a U.S. marshal or deputy marshal, and drops names of real law enforcement officers or court officials to sound credible.…… MORE
CHP Officer Killed in Sacramento
Officials say a California Highway Patrol officer died last night after crashing his motorcycle while chasing a suspect in Sacramento. Sacramento television station KCRA reports officer Lucas Chellew was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died. Chellew was an 8-year veteran of the CHP. He leaves behind a wife and children.… MORE
Reward Offered For ATM Vandalism Suspect
Secret Witness is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the suspect wanted in connection with the vandalism and destruction of property of a Heritage Bank ATM machine on S. Virginia Street. The suspect caused over $4,000 in damage.… MORE
Sparks Suspect Uses Stole Credit Card (Pic Inside)
The Sparks Police Department have released photographs of a man suspected of using a stolen credit at the Target store in Sparks. Police say the man went into the Target just after 11am on January 28th and used a credit card stolen from the vehicle of a Sparks woman earlier that day. Police described the…… MORE
Record Breaking Rain in Reno
Another winter storm dumped record-breaking rain on Reno and pummeled the Sierra Nevada with 3 feet of snow Tuesday. No injuries were reported but the storm snarled traffic during yesterday’s commute in Reno and Sparks, and forced the closure of Interstate 80 over the top of the Sierra in whiteout conditions. Nearly an inch of…… MORE
Major Flood Threat Passes in Dayton
Lyon County officials spend much of Tuesday worried about the potential overflow of a retention basin, but by late Tuesday afternoon the threat had passed. Water is still flowing in the drainages but no property or structures are threatened. No evacuations were ordered and there are no reported injuries or fatalities. Lyon County requested the…… MORE
