An $800,000 upgrade of Nugget Avenue gets underway today. NDOT is repaving and reconstructing a one mile section between Pyramid and McCarran, through the end of spring. If you travel that roadway, keep in mind that eastbound traffic will be closed during the project. Westbound travel remains open, and access will be open to businesses…… MORE
Sparks PD Investigating Weekend Shooting
Sparks Police are investigating an incident in which one man was stabbed and another was shot Saturday night. Officers were called to a location in the 1400 block of South Rock Blvd. shortly before 9:00 Saturday night. They found one man with a stab wound to his arm and another man with a gunshot wound…… MORE
Stolen Car Found in Sparks Marina
A Sacramento couple’s Reno vacation turned into a nightmare when their car was stolen and found at the bottom of the Sparks Marina. The couple left their Lexus with a valet at the Grand Sierra Resort on Friday. They were unable to find it anywhere the next morning. Meanwhile, Sparks police received reports of a submerged vehicle Friday at the…… MORE
Brothel Owner To Run For Nevada Assembly
Brothel owner Dennis Hof has filed to run as a Libertarian in a rural Nevada Assembly district. The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office says the star of the HBO series “Cathouse” filed paperwork Friday in Carson City to run for Assembly District 36. The district includes Pahrump, the southern Nevada town where his Love Ranch…… MORE
Reward Offered For Cemetery Vandals
Vandals have struck the historic Comstock cemetery on Virginia City’s north side. They toppled and broke a large marble gravestone that marks the last resting spots of 10 year old Maggie Stack and her one year old brother Daniel, who were buried in the 1880’s. Cal Dillon and the Comstock Cemetery Foundation are looking for…… MORE
Sharron Angle Joins The Senate Race
Sharron Angle is giving it another go, the former state legislator filed paperwork in Carson City to run for the republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Until now congressman Joe Heck and former Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto were the heavyweights in the race. Angle told the AP she’s jumping into the race because…… MORE
Baskin Robbins Clerk Robbed at Gunpoint
Sparks Police responded to the report of a robbery last night at the Baskin Robbins on North McCarran. Officers learned that a male had entered the business just before 9:30, displayed a firearm and told the clerk to empty the cash drawer. He then fled the business on foot in a west bound direction. The…… MORE
Police Looking For Sparks Stabbing Suspect
Sparks police are looking for a woman who may have stabbed a man. Police were called to the 1600 block of I Street at 6:30 p.m. yesterday. When officers arrived they found a man with an injury to one of his arms. He told officers that the injury was self-inflicted. Officers transported him to the…… MORE
Aces Ballpark Has a New Name
It’s been Ace’s Ballpark for seven seasons, but now you can call it Greater Nevada Field. SK Baseball and the Reno 1868 Football club have a new 15 year naming rights agreement with Greater Nevada Credit Union. The agreement includes exclusive sponsorship and advertising rights and prominent signage on the ballpark’s exterior, along Evans Avenue…… MORE
Upgrades For Nugget Avenue Planned
A one mile section of Nugget Avenue is getting ready for a makeover, and the work starts on Monday. Repaving and reconstruction will be happening between Pyramid and McCarran through the end of spring, and eastbound traffic will be closed during the duration of the project. Curbs and gutters will also be replaced during the…… MORE
