Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful announces the 21st annual Christmas Tree Recycling campaign for residents of the greater Reno-Sparks area. People wanting to recycle their trees are asked to make a minimum donation of $3. Funds collected will support this recycling program and other valuable KTMB community beautification and education. Tree collection will take place through…… MORE
PUC Votes to Restore Solar Rates
The Public Utilities Commission voted to restore favorable rates for residential solar customers in NV Energy’s Northern Nevada service territory – one year after the commission passed a fee increase that brought the state’s residential solar market to a halt. In the draft order Chairman Joseph Reynolds wrote: “Abraham Lincoln once said that ‘Bad promises…… MORE
Sparks Police Searching For Auto Thief
Sparks Police are looking for a young man who tried to steal at least three vehicles from a Gault Way residence. Police were called to a report of an auto theft at about 7:00 Sunday morning in the 200 block of Gault Way. The victim’s security system captured video of the suspect as he unsuccessfully…… MORE
Burglar Uses Bold Smash & Grab Method
A burglar backed a truck through a roll up door at Sierra Smoke Shop in Sparks Sunday morning and stole several items from the business. The incident happened at 56 E. Glendale Ave. at about 8 a.m. The man, described as white and wearing a mask and coveralls, drove a white 1990s Ford pickup truck…… MORE
Burglary Arrest Leads to Three Hour Standoff
The arrest of a suspected burglar led to a three-hour standoff for Sparks Police Thursday evening. Sparks police say a homeowner in the Express Street area west of Sparks Boulevard came home shortly before 6:00 Thursday evening and called police after he heard what sounded like multiple voices in his home, which should have been…… MORE
Solar Could Be Coming Back in Style
The Public Utilities Commission is considering allowing about 1,200 more customers in northern Nevada, to install rooftop solar systems and get older, more favorable rates when they sell back excess electricity. The PUC discussion comes a year after regulators raised rates for rooftop solar customers. That led to layoffs in what was once a fast-growing…… MORE
Attempted Murder Suspect Arrested
Reno Police have arrested 45-year-old Celestin Glenn Tappin, charged with Attempted Murder after they say, he severely beat his roommate. Police say they got a call about a domestic disturbance between a father and son on Stewart Street just before midnight Wednesday. They say Tappin reportedly arrived at his parents’ house, with blood on him,…… MORE
Suspect Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting
Officer Ken Gallop with the Sparks Police Department has reported that the suspect in the officer-involved shooting at 5th & Vine has died, and no other suspects are outstanding. Reno police officers were investigating a recent burglary and arson and encountered the suspect in the 400 block of Vine Street around 5:15 pm yesterday. An…… MORE
Police Identify Standoff Suspect
Reno Police have identified the man arrested after allegedly shooting into a home on the 17 hundred block of Bonneville Avenue. Officers found several spent shell casings and several bullet holes that had struck a residence. Nobody in the home was injured. 36 year old Corey Leggett was located Tuesday night, in the 1000 block…… MORE
No Charges For Officer in Hug High Shooting
No charges are expected to be filed against the officer who shot a 14-year-old boy at Hug High December 7th. Reno Police say the boy had taken knives to school on days before the incident, with the intent to fight with another student. That didn’t happen, but just before the shooting incident, the boy was…… MORE
