Sparks News

The Sparks City Council does not meet this week. The council's next meeting will be a joint session with Reno City Council, Washoe County Commission and the Washoe County School District board of trustees at 11 ...

Dry, hot conditions and lightning strikes sparked at least seven fires in the Reno-Sparks area Sunday, while smoke from fires in California continued to blow into the Reno area.

If you missed Tami Atkinson's patriotic Fourth of July house in 2007, you were not alone.

Star Spangled Sparks is in its ninth year of celebrating the nation's birthday. This year's theme is "Support our troops." Here are today's activities: Sparks Marina Park Events at the marina, 300 Howard Drive, ...

Aspiring singers and dancers brought their talents to the stage Friday as they vied to be named Sparks Idol on Friday at the Sparks Marina.

Reno police were looking for a Sparks couple that allegedly embezzled more than $67,000 from a Reno business.

Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday." In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the state's energy costs and commuters' gasoline expenses, Utah is ...

The Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit is advising the general public to keep a look out for a HIGH RISK sex offender that has been seen watching junior volleyball tournament girls near the Reno-Sparks ...

A Sparks police dog assisted in the arrest Thursday of a man charged on a warrant with false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon in Reno.

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Joel F. Dailey plans to plead guilty to two drunken driving charges that caused the death of one Incline Village resident said Elliot Sattler, the Washoe County assistant district attorney prosecuting the case.

Northern Nevada may be facing high to extreme fire danger this weekend, so local fire departments are limiting the number of fire crews sent to California's more than 1,000 blazes.

A 21-year-old Sparks man must serve at least 44 years in prison for breaking into a woman's home in 2007, raping her at gunpoint, beating her boyfriend who interrupted the attack, and then stealing her ...

Tracy Rodriguez of Sparks High School is being recognized as the top Nevada League of Cities Youth Award recipient.

The fifth annual Moonlight Run has been scheduled for 9 p.m. July 18 at the Sparks Marina, 300 Howard Drive.

Sparks Firefighters responded to a reported brush fire at the intersection of El Rancho Drive and McCarran Blvd 7:25 p.m., Mon., that firefighters say may have started with a cigarette.

Selena La Rue of Sparks, was recently appointed Grand Worthy Advisor of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls in Nevada.

A 22-year-old Sparks man is facing murder and attempted murder charges after three men were hit by gunfire early Sunday morning, Reno police said.

Working under a grant provided by the Department of Public Safety/Office of Traffic Safety, the Sparks Police Department conducted a DUI checkpoint during the evening of Friday, June 27th from 6:00 p.m. to ...

Hundreds of Reno and Sparks area kids find relief from the smoke and heat at Pump It Up? The Inflatable Party Zone.