Sparks News

Legislation mandating that Carson City elect supervisors depending on which ward they live in, rather than citywide, received final legislative approval Friday.

Gustavo Alvizar, 26, drove his car to a residential neighborhood in southeast Reno on Feb.

A bill changing the charters of four Nevada cities to requiring ward only voting in municipal elections has won final legislative approval.

It was approved by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, 10-5. It was a victory, but there will be more battles for the bill before the Legislature ends June 3. Thursday's vote was down party lines.

Vicki Boman wrote in to say she lives at the Grace Senior Apartments in Sparks. She wants to know why Charter is her only option for tv service? She also wants to know if somebody's getting a kickback from the cable company? I did check with the city of Sparks, they say they do not have any agreement in place allowing Charter to monopolize cable or ... (more)

Chris Crookshanks is a fisheries biologist with NDOW. He said they're living in a one mile section of the Truckee River in Sparks and that's a huge concern.

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office Special Operations and Criminal Investigations Division are conducting an investigation on an in-custody death from Monday, May 20, 2013 at approximately 5:00 a.m. The Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office says the decedent has been positively identified as Carlos Salgado, a 24-year-old Sparks resident.

Most Washoe County offices will be closed Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.

The violence in Damascus is a long way from Sparks, Nevada. Nearly 6,000 miles actually.

He has since been caught and apprehended. According to our affiliate in Fresno KSEE, he is wanted in connection to a home invasion where his accomplice was killed with a samurai sword.

A judge on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a 25-year-old Northern Nevada man accused of killing two couples in two homes in the rural town of Fernley and a newspaper deliveryman off an Interstate 80 exit in Sparks during the Mother's Day weekend.

At Reno Police Department headquarters, the basement is fullholding just a fraction of what they recover from burglaries.

The Nevada Department of Corrections reports that inmate Leonardo Cruz was found dead in his cell mid-day Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

The Sparks City Council approved a $55.1 million general fund budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year, requiring no layoffs or service reductions.

A non-native snail has turned up in the Truckee River in Nevada for the first time, and wildlife officials are hoping it doesn't harm the river's trout population.

Sparks Fire Department Chief Andreas Flock has announced he's retiring this September after 6 1/2 years of service.

Hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts have already registered for Street Vibrations Spring Rally June 7-9 in Sparks, NV and hundreds more will join them for the official kickoff to the riding season at this No Colors event.

In the past his mother says 35-year-old Marcus Moreland struggled with drugs and alcohol, and she says he was turning his life around.

A 38-year-old woman driving on 4th Street in Sparks had her car door fly open, and when she went to close it, she accelerated and crashed into a home, according to Sparks Police.

Traffic is seen Jan. 13, 2011, on Interstate 15 in a construction zone for the Interstate 15 South Design-Build South Project.