It’s a new year unlike any other…South Lake Tahoe for the first time isn’t preparing for the SnowGlobe Music festival–it and all other New Year’s Eve festivities have been canceled due to COVID-19. South Lake Tahoe is adding enforcement with help from the California Highway Patrol for New Year’s Eve. The area remains under a … Read more
This week marked the passing of a TV icon from Nevada. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-123120-HANCOCK-Dawn%20Wells%20Dies.mp3
Rich Hancock reports on the passing of an iconic local celebrity; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-123120-HANCOCK-Dawn%20Wells%20Dies.mp3
An iconic local TV star has died. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-123120-HANCOCK-Dawn%20Wells%20Dies.mp3 [recorded copy] Reno native Dawn Wells, who portrayed Mary Ann on the 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday in Los Angeles of complications related to COVID-19. She was 82. Wells was also Miss Nevada in the 1959 Miss America pageant.
Two men from Lyon County die from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll for the Quad-County region to 108. The latest victims were in their 90s and 60s. The region added 139 cases and 40 recoveries Tuesday.
It was the only Christmas gift his family and fellow deputies wanted and it’s just fine that it came a few days late. Douglas County Deputy Sergeant John Lenz is now home after being shot in the face in Gardnerville during a traffic stop 10 days ago. Officers from all over held a motorcade escort … Read more
We’re learning more about a shooting in the Moon Rocks area over Christmas weekend. Police, who originally said a woman was shot, now say a 17-year-old girl was the victim of the shooting that they still believe was accidental. It happened during a party at Big Wash. Charges aren’t likely.
COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in Nevada for the month of December. At Tuesday’s COVID-19 task force meeting, biostatistician Kyra Morgan says in a normal month, the Silver State sees between 550 and 650 deaths tied to heart disease. She says COVID deaths in the state, to date, stand at nearly 700 … Read more
Reno police are investigating vandalism at city hall. They were called there last night for reports of shots fired. They say a second-floor window was damaged, but there was no evidence of gunfire at the scene.
A home under construction catches fire in west Reno. Firefighters were called to the structure on Allen Street near Hunter Lake Drive early Tuesday morning. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.