Commentary It should not have happened, but it just did. A Fallon man charged with nine felonies, including five counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 14, has been released back into the community without posting a single dollar in bail. Thirty-two-year-old Sebastien Landers, arrested in November, walked free despite facing…

James Allen was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 14, to a minimum of four years and four months and up to 11 years in the Nevada Department of Corrections for multiple domestic violence-related convictions. Allen was convicted of felony domestic battery by strangulation, felony assault constituting domestic violence with the use of a deadly weapon, and misdemeanor…

An inmate died Saturday afternoon after suffering a medical emergency at the Carson City Jail. Carson City Fire/Paramedics responded to the jail at approximately 1:19 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, after receiving a report of an unresponsive inmate who was not breathing. Despite resuscitation efforts, the inmate was pronounced deceased at the scene at approximately…

The Reno Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing, endangered woman. Officers responded to the area of Coronado Way in reference to Trina Desilva. Police say Desilva suffers from mental health conditions that can cause confusion and make her unable to care for herself, raising concerns for her safety. Desilva…

Three suspects were arrested on drug-related charges Saturday afternoon following a traffic stop in Storey County, according to the Storey County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a vehicle in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center shortly before 3 p.m. on Jan. 17. Three occupants were inside the automobile…

Reno police are investigating a vehicle-pedestrian crash that left an 8-year-old child with major injuries Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred just after 1:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Walmart located on Vista Knoll Parkway, according to the Reno Police Department. Officers and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene and located the child…

The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the person whose body was found in south Reno late Wednesday morning as 63-year-old Shellie M. Vickers of Reno. Vickers was pronounced dead at the scene near South Virginia Street and Huffaker Lane after authorities discovered her body around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The cause and…

In the Hollow, where the cottonwoods whispered secrets to the wind, folks gathered at Mabel’s Diner to jaw over coffee and cornbread. The conversation that autumn evening was intense, as a federal mandate required every farmer to install expensive, complicated irrigation systems that were unnecessary for the small plots in the Hollow. Ol’ man Tucker,…

It wasn’t that he hid from hygiene; he didn’t chase it down either. Somewhere between apathy and endurance lived a small idea he called “frugalness.” It made him proud, in a way that was both pathetic and heroic. He wore his blue jeans for thirty-five days straight, and each morning when he pulled them on,…