By Michelle Rindels and Riley Snyder The Nevada Independent Bob Cashell, the former longtime mayor of Reno and Nevada lieutenant governor known for his big personality, died on Tuesday at a Reno hospital. He was 81. Jim Bauserman, a family friend, confirmed the news to The Nevada Independent. A source close to the family says he had heart problems and died after … [Read more...]
Former Mayor Passes
Biggest area story last week was the passing of former Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. Unfortunately, in the first edition of the daily Reno paper the bulk of the obituary on Bob was left out. To their credit the paper apologized and ran the complete story in two later editions. It isn’t often that the word “legendary” can be applied to a local citizen, but in Bob’s case it was … [Read more...]