The Carson City Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect believed to be responsible for two recent larcenies at local retail stores. The incidents occurred on January 11 at a store located on Carson Street and Winnie Lane. A second theft happened on January 12 at a store near…

A 31-year-old Reno man was arrested Sunday morning in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Area after deputies discovered he had multiple outstanding felony warrants. At approximately 11:20 a.m., a Storey County sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the area when he observed a man standing behind a locked gate at a business that had recently victimized by multiple…

The Nevada State Police is looking to locate a blue semi-truck believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning on westbound Interstate 80 in Sparks. The crash occurred around 5:10 a.m. on Jan. 24 in the westbound lane of I-80 just east of Vista Boulevard. A preliminary investigation indicates that an…

A 39-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of violating a protective order related to a stalking case and for alleged possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were dispatched around noon to Mayflower Way following a report of a court order violation. While en route, dispatch advised deputies that…

Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a vehicle and driver believed to be involved in a shots-fired incident reported early Monday in a Sparks neighborhood. According to the Sparks Police Department, patrol officers were dispatched at approximately 6:59 a.m. Jan. 26 after residents reported hearing gunfire near the intersection of Dearborn Drive…

A man was hospitalized Friday evening after being shot once on Sutro Street near Quincy Street, according to local authorities. Police said the shooting occurred at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23. Officers were alerted to the incident after the injured man approached a passerby on the street and asked the individual to call…

Several Nevada federal officials issued sharp rebukes Saturday following the fatal shooting of a man by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, an incident that sparked hundreds of protesters to flood city streets already unsettled by another deadly police encounter weeks earlier. U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto criticized the deployment of federal agents, stating that…

Eddie wasn’t the kind of guy to make history. He was the kind of guy who made coffee nervous. Third-year math major, shirt untucked, hair fighting a losing battle with gravity, one of those bright students who understood everything except how to stop talking to himself out loud. It was a late afternoon in the…

Down in the valley, where the sorghum fields swayed under a harvest moon, folks gathered at Rusty’s Feed & Seed to chew over life’s troubles. Lately, the talk turned to the city folks pushing apps and algorithms, telling farmers how to plant and pray. Old Miss Eula, her hands knotted from years of quilting, sipped…

After writing a commentary on the shooting that happened today in Minneapolis, I had a FB friend take me to the woodshed, then unfriend me. Here’s the exchange. Matthew Brockmeyer: Rioter? Now protesters are labeled as rioters, that’s the First Amendment right to gather and protest out the window. Armed? There goes the Second Amendment.…