As part of Reno’s year-long 150th birthday celebration, the City of Reno has announced a new festival coming to the biggest little city. The first annual Fiesta Latin is planned for September 23rd in the Reno City Art Plaza, and the city is looking for vendors, and others, who’d like to get involved. If you…… MORE
Spring Creek Man Arrested on Bestiality Charges
A Spring Creek man has been arrested on bestiality charges after severely injuring a dog. At some point in the investigation, the dog was found with safety pins stuck in his skin, and had also been burned. Sheriffs determined that the last person in contact with the dog was 32 year old Thomas Copland. Copland…… MORE
President Trump Signs Heller Cosponsored Bill Into Law
President Trump signed into law the Veterans Educational Assistance Act, sweeping, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Sen. Dean Heller to improve veterans’ education benefits and enhance the post-9/11 G.I. Bill. The historic proposal includes three provisions authored by Heller to aid Nevada’s veteran and military communities. The legislation also provides increased resources and authority for educational…… MORE
Driver Hits Person in Wheechair on Prater Way
A driver hit a person in a wheelchair at Prater Way and El Rancho Drive just before 10:30 last night in west Sparks. According to police the person in a wheelchair suffered leg and neck injuries. The driver is cooperating with police.… MORE
Two Sparks Kids Missing, May be With a Family Associate
Sparks Police are looking for two children missing from their home on Elaine Way. Janet Lopez says her two children, 10-year-old Gloria “Jasmine” Ramirez and 14-year-old Reimundo Edward Ramirez were not home when she went to wake them for school Wednesday. Janet contacted police with the belief her son Reimundo took Jasmine sometime over night…… MORE
Arrest Made in Reno Murder
A man shot at the Alder Creek Villa Apartments on Nutmeg Place just before midnight Tuesday August 15th has died. Reno police have arrested a suspect on an open murder charge. he is 58 year old Daniel Fuentez. Detectives caught up with his after witnesses described a suspect and a vehicle, they found a vehicle…… MORE
Music Festival to Honor Carson City Sheriff’s Deputy Carl Howell
This week is the second anniversary of the passing of Carson City Sheriff’s deputy Carl Howell, and in honor of the man who was shot to death during a domestic violence call, there’s a big celebration in his name this Saturday. The inaugural Carl Howell Memorial Music Festival is being held at Battle Born Harley…… MORE
Late Night Shooting May be Gang Related
Reno Police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital late last night. Police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Nutmeg Place, near East Peckham Lane just before midnight. When they arrived, they found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to the a…… MORE
Space Whale Ceremony to be Held This Week in Reno
The Burning Man art work Space Whale, originally slated to light up the Reno City Art Plaza early last week, is now scheduled to be lit up this Friday night. Many builders who get the event in the desert ready for revelers head to the playa this weekend, so the city decided to dedicate the…… MORE
Settlement Reached in Dog Bite Case
The RGJ reports, there’s a settlement in the lawsuit filed by a suspect who was badly bitten by a police dog. Eugenio Corona sued, after a dog was “sicced” on him as he knelt on the sidewalk with his hands behind his heads. The deputies involved don’t admit liability, but Washoe County will pay Corona…… MORE
