Nearly five decades after a woman’s body appeared in a snowbank, authorities have identified her as Melinda “Pip” Beardsley, a mother who had been missing since the mid-1970s. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office announced the identification in partnership with Moxxy Forensic Investigations and the Reno Police Department, marking a breakthrough in a case that began…

Las Vegas Metro Police re-arrested a repeat offender on Wednesday, weeks after a Las Vegas Justice Court judge ordered his release to an electronic monitoring program. Joshua Sanchez-Lopez, 36, has a criminal record that includes drug convictions, involuntary manslaughter, and 35 prior arrests. Metro officers arrested him for the 36th time after finding him in…

A fifth-grade teacher at Wing and Lilly Fong Elementary School is facing charges following multiple reports of inappropriate and threatening behavior toward students, according to police documents obtained by 8 News Now. Kha Nam Nguyen, 51, was accused of calling young girls “gold diggers,” holding students on his lap, and playing a game called “knife-tag,”…

A Silver Springs man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after allegedly fleeing from deputies and leading law enforcement on a lengthy pursuit through the area, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies attempted to stop 40-year-old Troy Nelson around 1:45 p.m. for reckless driving near Idaho Street and U.S. Highway 95A. Authorities say Nelson failed…

A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday morning following a hit-and-run crash that damaged three parked vehicles along Silvertip Drive, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding to the scene located the damaged cars and began following a trail of debris believed to have been left by the suspect vehicle. The trail led…

A person received injuries in a crash involving multiple off-road vehicles on Tuesday evening in Sun Valley. The collision happened around 7:30 p.m. near East 7th Avenue and Charjene Way and involved four off-highway vehicles, including two OHVs, one ATV, and one side-by-side, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities have not yet determined…

A driver was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon following a rollover crash in east Sparks, according to the Sparks Police Department. The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. in the area of Vista Boulevard and Whitewood Drive. Police say a preliminary investigation indicates a single vehicle was traveling north on Vista Boulevard when it left the roadway just…

One person is dead, and another received injuries following a crash that shut down Sun Valley Boulevard in both directions Tuesday evening. The collision occurred around 6:50 p.m. near Gepford Parkway, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Preliminary investigation indicates a vehicle traveling southbound in the right lane of Sun Valley Boulevard left the roadway…

Many people have their own quirks due to their excesses and wastefulness. I didn’t arrive at that conclusion through deep study or a documentary. I figured it out standing in my kitchen at midnight, holding a half-eaten yogurt I didn’t remember opening, staring into a refrigerator that looked like a crime scene of good intentions.…

Sue Wagner, a record-setting Nevada legislator, the state’s first woman elected lieutenant governor, and a longtime voice for bipartisan governance, died peacefully in Reno on March 17, 2026. She was 86. Born on January 6, 1940, in South Portland, Maine, Wagner came of age in a politically engaged Republican household. Her father served as the…