Placer County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Squaw Valley man on child pornography charges. With the help of Truckee Police and Scottsdale, Arizona Police, 71-year old William Heacox was arrested June 5th. The three agencies served search warrants at homes in Squaw Valley and Scottsdale after receiving information from the National Center for Missing and…… MORE
Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto Urging Her Colleagues to Support The “No Junk Plans Act”
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto urged her colleagues in the Senate to support the “No Junk Plans Act,” which undoes the Administration’s order allowing insurance companies to offer consumers up to three years of coverage via “junk plans.” Junk plans are supposed to be short-term, limited-duration plans originally intended as a bridge when changing jobs. Cortez…… MORE
Inmates at The Nevada Department of Corrections Raise Funds For Homeless Veterans
The Nevada Department of Corrections presented a check for $7000 to the Health Care for Homeless Veterans organization this week. NDC’s Brooke Santina talks about how inmates helped raise the money. The check was given on D-Day to honor our armed forces in the battle that was the turning point in WWII.… MORE
Free Fishing Day Returns This Saturday
Free Fishing Day is your one chance during the year to get hooked for free. During the annual Free Fishing Day Saturday, anglers can fish in any public water in the state without a fishing license.… MORE
Reno Air Race Pilot Forced to Make Emergency Landing on Pyramid Highway
A Reno air race pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on Pyramid Highway last night. Andy Findlay is in Reno for the annual pylon racing seminar at the Reno-Stead Airport. He was on a photo mission when his Aircraft experienced electrical failure. He rerouted to the airport in Stead when the malfunction got…… MORE
Reno Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography
A Reno man has pleaded guilty to possessing thousands of images of child pornography. 50-year-old Daren Phillips admitted to keeping more than 5,000 images and videos of child pornography on his laptop from 2016 to 2018. He also admitted to possessing child pornography on his laptop before moving to Nevada from Georgia. Phillips faces a…… MORE
Silver Springs Man Sentenced to Life in Prison For Triple Murder
A Silver Springs man has been sentenced to life without possibility of parole, in the murders of his girlfriend and her parents. 50 year old Scott Baskette pleaded guilty to the three counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of Rebecca Driver, and Frank and Coral Evans in a crime that happened in…… MORE
Reno Crews Respond to Fire, Homeless Camp May be to Blame
A fire in northeast Reno yesterday evening spread from a ditch to a field before Reno Fire Department crews knocked it down. The fire was in a field behind Tripp Drive south of Hug High School and was reported just after 6pm. The Reno Fire Department says it started along the Orr Ditch and spread…… MORE
Nevada Still The Leader in Gold Production
Nevada Mines produced less gold in 2018 than in the year before. But the state is still the big leader in gold production in the USA. … MORE
A Lesson in Fire Sprinklers at City Plaza
Reno, Sparks, and Tahoe Douglas firefighters demonstrated the impact sprinklers make in a fire situation by burning two mock up rooms at City Plaza in Reno.… MORE
