Month: May 2021

Rich Hancock has more on unemployment edging up in Carson City, Vegas and Reno; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-052621-HANCOCK-NV%20Jobless.mp3

Carson City, Vegas and Reno unemployment edged up in April. Rich Hancock has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-052621-HANCOCK-NV%20Jobless.mp3

Two WCSD trustees are set to leave the board, citing different reasons in their May 24 resignations. Vice President Andrew Caudill’s resignation will go into effect on June 25 of this year or sooner, while Kurt Thigpen’s resignation will become effective after a replacement is found. Caudill is leaving the school board to accept a … Read more

The MGM-backed gun bill will advance in the Senate. Rich Hancock has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-052521-HANCOCK-Casino%20Gun%20Ban.mp3 More at; thenevadaindependent.com

Rich Hancock reports on the MGM-backed gun bill advancing in the Senate; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-052521-HANCOCK-Casino%20Gun%20Ban.mp3 Read more at; thenevadaindependent.com

An MGM-backed gun control bill will advance in the Senate. Rich Hancock has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-052521-HANCOCK-Casino%20Gun%20Ban.mp3 Learn more at; thenevadaindependent.com

Sparks Police are asking for your help in finding a silver Ford F-150 that they say was involved in a hit-and-run. Police say the truck – a late nineties or early 2000s single-cab model struck a building on the 500 block of Victorian Avenue Friday morning. They say it should have sustained front-end damage.

A home is left uninhabitable after a fire in southeast Reno. Truckee Meadows firefighters were called to Blue Hills Drive in Hidden Valley Saturday morning. They arrived to find fire in the attic. No one was home at the time-and no one was hurt. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Reno police issue more than two dozen tickets as part of an illegal street racing operation. Police arrested one driver on a felony warrant, doled out 28 tickets, and issued six warnings as part of a Joining Forces operation. Further crackdowns are expected as the weather gets nicer. They warn both participants and spectators face … Read more

A Fernley man gets nearly 50 years behind bars in two separate cases. Elizha Ortega-Reeves, 20, a convicted sex offender, pleaded guilty to three counts of leaving the scene of an accident that injured three juvenile, who he left in a burning vehicle. He also pleaded guilty to a probation violation for sex trafficking. He … Read more