Sparks News

A man and woman wanted in connection with a rape and kidnapping in Sparks have been arrested.

This year's local Tonopah Get-Together, open to all former and current residents of Tonopah, will be at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Coney Island Bar, 2644 Prater Way in Sparks.

The current Leadership Reno-Sparks class has scheduled a rummage sale this month to raise money for its chosen project, which is remodeling the library at Florence Drake Elementary School in Sparks.

With funding help from the state, Sparks is cracking down on underage drinking. Nevada's state government is providing city police with a $10,000 grant to bolster the effort.

Sparks police have arrested three people in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a 32-year-old Reno woman they say was handcuffed, beaten and sexually assaulted over a period of nearly 20 hours.

Despite all the wet weather, this Fourth of July is expected to be a hot one with many potential fire hazards.

Elected to be Sparks Greenbrae Lions officers were Secretary Alan Snellbaker, 2nd Vice President Bob Capurro, 1st Vice President George Twaddle, President Suraj Zutshi, Past District Governor Hugh Lantz and 'baby' Lion Justin Lantz.

Sparks firefighters helped put out a brush fire this afternoon off Rocky Ridge Drive north of the Orr Ditch, officials with the Sparks Fire Department said.

A checkpoint in Washoe County over the weekend resulted in 3 arrests for driving under the influence and nearly two dozen citations for seat belt violations.

Thousands of Fourth of July revelers gathered in Victorian Square on Saturday for a nighttime fireworks display to cap a day of barbecues, time with family and honoring what it means to live in America "It's time to think of the independence of our country," said Nancy Hahne of Reno, who was camped out in a small tent with her 4-year-old twins, ...

Custom built and specially designed for this lot, this single-level home in Sparks offers panoramic valley views from many rooms.

Last year more than 40,000 people filled Victorian Square and the surrounding areas for Sparksa fireworks show.

Tribune/Debra Reid - Retired county school bus mechanic Linda Van Orman accused her former boss Kenneth Theiss of stealing parts and using workers for personal jobs.

A 66-year-old woman was arrested on charges she drove her Hummer drunk and almost into the path of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper.

Sparks police are looking for anyone who was at Golden Eagle Park on June 21, when two girls were fondled.

Washoe County commissioners have approved an agreement to try to preserve the former Northgate Golf Course in northwest Reno as open space.

Though they were not among the numerous speakers at the grand opening of the Legends at Sparks Marina, the city's public safety staffers are key behind-the scene players in making sure all goes smoothly at the retail-entertainment center.

Will he or won't he? Whether Sparks Mayor Geno Martini will endorse U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's 2010 re-election run remains an open question.

With the 2009 session of the Nevada Legislature in the books, Sparks leaders are looking at how decisions by state lawmakers will affect the city in the coming months.

Cowboy poet and balladeer Tony Ilardi is scheduled to perform at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sparks Heritage Museum, 814 Victorian Ave.