The locomotive that is the Spanish Springs High girls basketball team kept steaming down the tracks last Tuesday when they easily took care off its rival Reed, 63-29. Mariah Barraza led the way with 15 points for the Cougars and Autumn Wadsworth finished with 13 and Jada Townsell 12. A total of 10 Spanish Springs players got into the scoring column in a game that saw them … [Read more...]
Wolf Pack Suffers Pair of Road Losses
Boise State 73, Nevada 64 BOISE, Idaho — Derrick Alston scored 24 points, Justinian Jessup tied the Mountain West Conference record for 3-pointers made in a career, and Boise State beat Nevada 73-64 on Saturday night. Jessup finished with 17 points and hit two 3-pointers, giving him 296 career 3s, tying Jimmer Fredette’s conference mark set at BYU from 2007-11. … [Read more...]
February 5, 2020
Nevada News Briefs
NHP Probes Pedestrian Death on US 50 Northeast of Dayton CARSON CITY — The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle over the weekend on U.S. Highway 50 in Lyon County near Dayton. The patrol says the male victim whose name has not been released had gotten off his ATV and was in the travel lane he was hit Sunday evening … [Read more...]
Sparks City Council Meeting Highlights
The following are highlights from the Jan. 27, Sparks City Council Meeting: General Business Mayor Ron Smith and Sparks City Council presented the 2019 Sparks Hometowne Christmas Parade winners’ awards and thanked the numerous community organizations, businesses and City staff who helped make the 2019 parade possible. The mayor proclaimed January 2020 as National Radon … [Read more...]
For Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Bighorn Sheep Reintroduction Part of Decades-long effort to Recover Wildlife
By Daniel Rothberg The Nevada Independent Tribal members, conservationists and students, bundled up in thick coats and beanies, gathered in two rows fanning out from transport trailers to watch the release into tribal land, an area usually closed to the public. Bighorn sheep, separated into two trailers, rushed out in waves. First came the ewes. The rams came next. … [Read more...]
Area Crime News
4 Juveniles Arrested in Carson City Shooting over Marijuana CARSON CITY — Sheriff’s deputies have arrested four juvenile suspects in connection with a Carson City shooting over the weekend apparently sparked by an illegal marijuana deal. The Carson City sheriff’s office says two male adults in their 20s were shot Saturday evening when the juveniles met with the victims to … [Read more...]
Reno Couple Plead Guilty in Death of 5-Year-Old Girl
By Scott Sonner RENO — A Reno couple has pleaded guilty to murder charges in the torturous death of the man’s 5-year-old daughter who police say was handcuffed in an animal cage and starved before she died and they stashed her emaciated body in a duffel bag found in a California storage unit. Averyauna Enoch pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and Tyler Anderson … [Read more...]