Sparks News

At Washoe County's first licensed composting center, R.T. Donovan Co. Inc., is taking in yard trimmings from homeowners, landscape businesses and golf courses at its mining pit in north Spanish Springs.

A divided Nevada Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence and ordered a new penalty hearing for 1 of 3 men convicted of robbing and killing a paraplegic woman in Sparks.

Sparks police need your help catching a guy who tried to lure a 12-year-old girl into his van three times in three weeks.

A judge said Wednesday that an accused serial rapist from Washington State's sexual crimes against a mentally disabled Sparks girl 'should send shivers down the spine of every human being.' Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan told truck driver Richard Bunch he could not use his judicial power to take back a child's innocence, or their parents' ...

There are no drunk driving checkpoints planned for this weekend in western Nevada, but the Nevada Highway Patrol reports there will be extra peace officers on the streets looking for suspected drunk drivers.

Sparks police said Monday that the man killed in a Saturday car crash on Vista Boulevard has been identified as Kristoffer Prinz.

Sparks Police say Kristoffer Prinz, 24, drifted off the roadway early Saturday morning, smashing into a transformer and causing a power outage.

Reno police say officers shot and wounded a man after he raised a weapon with a laser sight at them.

For motorists traveling through Sparks, work is under way on refurbishing Interstate 80 as part of an $8.6 million project that will stretch into next summer.

One person died this morning in a fatal crash in Sparks that also knocked out the power for thousands.

The 29th annual Fall Home and Lifestyle Show is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, 4590 S. Virginia St.

Sparks Mayor Geno Martini officially announced Thursday he will run for re-election in 2010.

Lake Tahoe is the land of the environmental impact study. From expanding a resort to changing a road or proposing a new development, practically every action that could affect the lake's environment is tested and tried.

Sparks Mayor Geno Martini plans to announce today that he will seek re-election. The announcement is planned for 2 p.m. at the Kiley Ranch Welcome Center, 1000 Kiley Ranch Parkway.

Two 21-year-old men were sentenced to probation Wednesday for sexual acts with an intoxicated high school girl who attended a party at one man's home.

University of Nevada, Reno students Trent Wood and Kristin Palmer were sleeping in their Sparks rental home Tuesday morning when they found themselves trapped beneath a car that crashed through their front window, an office wall and onto their bed.

Sparks police are looking for a man they think worked with one other man to threaten a third man with handguns.

A Sparks couple trapped in their bed last Tuesday beneath a car that crashed through a wall of their home will appear today between 7 and 9 a.m. on NBC's 'Today' show.

Voters for Sensible Growth are challenging Sparks' annexation of land in the East Truckee River Canyon, six miles beyond the city border.

Sparks Police conducting age age verification checks at area businesses found 11 of them to be in compliance with the law.