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Prison Mustangs Adopted Out This Saturday
Last Updated: 6:30 PM 02/10/12 - Imagine getting out from behind bars after spending years at Northern Nevada Correctional Center. That story will be played out tomorrow not once but 16 times. It’s not what you think. Its 16 newly trained Mustangs by inmates involved in a Silver States Industries Program.
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Santorum Opposes Allowing Women to Serve in Combat
Last Updated: 5:53 PM 02/10/12 - As one reason, Santorum cites "the emotions of men."
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Woman Drives Car into Surf on San Francisco Beach
Last Updated: 4:21 PM 02/10/12 - Authorities have pulled a car out of the surf on San Francisco's Ocean Beach after a woman apparently drove it into the water.
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Buckbean Brewing Company is Shutting its Doors
Last Updated: 6:32 PM 02/10/12 - Buckbean Brewing Company in Reno has announced that it will be shutting down operations at the end of February.
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Living History: Founding Fathers Debate At Local School
Last Updated: 6:39 PM 02/10/12 - Students at a Cold Spring School learn the Founding Fathers were real people with strong beliefs.
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AG: BofA Lawsuit Gave Nevada Settlement Leverage
Last Updated: 3:00 PM 02/10/12 - Nevada's attorney general says the state got a bigger slice of a nationwide foreclosure settlement pie because it had a federal lawsuit pending against one of the major lenders involved in the deal.
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Nevada's Newest Officers Graduate
Last Updated: 6:08 PM 02/10/12 - Nineteen DPS Law Enforcement Officers graduate in Carson City; Most will become NHP Troopers
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Report: Teacher in LA Molest Case Paid to Resign
Last Updated: 2:11 PM 02/10/12 - The former third-grade teacher charged with committing lewd acts on students was paid $40,000 to drop an appeal of his firing, a newspaper reported Friday.
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Carson CIty Fire Destroys Mobile Home
Last Updated: 6:31 PM 02/10/12 - A Carson City family is without a home Friday after flames rip through their mobile home
18-Year-Old Arrested for Touching Himself in Public
Last Updated: 4:58 PM 02/10/12 - Man seen touching himself in various places in Sparks is now in custody.
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Serial Killer's Tip Leads to Remains of Second Body
Last Updated: 5:09 PM 02/10/12 - Searchers using information provided by a convicted California serial killer have recovered the remains of a second person.
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Fire Destroys Carson Mobile Home
Last Updated: 3:37 PM 02/10/12 - A modular home was destroyed by fire late Friday morning in Carson City.
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AG: Man's Facebook 'Surfer' Page Lured Teens
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 02/10/12 - A married father used phony Facebook profiles to pose as two different Florida surfers to solicit sexually graphic messages and photos from seven teenage girls in western Pennsylvania.
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Sandusky Takes Stand Over Request for Local Jury
Last Updated: 12:26 PM 02/10/12 - Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's request for greater freedom of movement - and for visits from his young grandchildren - while he awaits trial on child sex-abuse charges was taken under advisement by a judge Friday.
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Dozens of Pets Rescued from Ohio Fire Find Home
Last Updated: 1:54 PM 02/10/12 - Several dozen animals rescued from an Ohio house fire in suburban Cincinnati have found temporary shelter.
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Obama: Birth Control Policy Meets Everyone's Needs
Last Updated: 1:24 PM 02/10/12 - President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free birth control, as he rushed to defuse an election-year political uproar that threatened to overtake his administration.
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Panel OKs Funding for Nevada Child Care Subsidies
Last Updated: 12:37 PM 02/10/12 - A Nevada legislative panel has approved shifting money from one agency to another to restore child care subsidies for the working poor.
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Nevada Beats Hawai'i, Wins 20th Game of Season
Last Updated: 12:29 PM 02/10/12 - Deonte Burton scored 20 points to lead Nevada to an 88-79 victory over Hawai'i Thursday night.
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Erectile Pump for Your Health?
Last Updated: 11:28 AM 02/10/12 - An Illinois man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for shipping unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes patients in a scheme to bilk Medicare of more than $2.2 million.
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Local Student Pitches Invention to President
Last Updated: 11:28 AM 02/10/12 - It's not every day the President offers you a job.
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Friday Daybreak Weather on the Web
Last Updated: 9:42 AM 02/10/12 - Only one warm day left, then two cold fronts bring the temperature down and the moisture up.
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Extreme Weather - Feb. 10
Last Updated: 9:37 AM 02/10/12 - Flooding in Australia, hot lava in Italy and snow in the Midwest.
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NOW Foods Announces Sparks Expansion
Last Updated: 10:10 AM 02/10/12 - A company in Sparks is looking to hire about 100 workers. Most are science-based, well-paying jobs. In this economy, this isn't the kind of news we hear often and that's why it's getting a lot of attention.
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Surveillance Photos Released of CVS Robber
Last Updated: 9:43 AM 02/10/12 - Reno police have released surveillance photos of the man who robbed the clerk at the CVS Pharmacy at 3360 South McCarran Boulevard Tuesday night.
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Victim's Father: Serial Killer's Map Leads to Skull
Last Updated: 9:44 AM 02/10/12 - Searchers following a map prepared by a serial killer on California's death row have unearthed human remains that could be one of his victims.
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Nevada Could Get $1.5 Billion in Foreclosure Deal
Last Updated: 9:45 AM 02/10/12 - Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid says Nevada homeowners victimized by foreclosure abuses could reap about $1.5 billion from a sweeping settlement with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders.
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Caretaker Sentenced For Ripping Off 91-Year Old Client
Last Updated: 9:43 AM 02/10/12 - A former caretaker was sentenced Thursday on charges she stole $119,000 from the 91-year old man she worked for.
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Reno Creating more Transparency on Spending
Last Updated: 6:38 PM 02/09/12 - Want to know how much construction vests cost? Want to find out what the fire department is buying? The information is now provided online. Reno is the first municipality in Nevada to provide such transparency.
Truckee Men Accused of Selling Cocaine
Last Updated: 1:37 PM 02/09/12 - Two Truckee men are charged with ongoing sales of cocaine.
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Driver Identified in Deadly Truck Crash North of Reno
Last Updated: 4:28 PM 02/09/12 - The Lassen County Coroner's Office has released the name of the driver killed in a truck fire Tuesday. He was 62-year-old Clarence Carpenter of Los Molinas, California.
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Under Attack, Santorum Defends 'Good' Earmarks
Last Updated: 1:51 PM 02/09/12 - Under attack for his spending habits in Congress, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum defended his use of earmarks, saying Thursday that some were necessary for defense or health programs.
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Virginia Moves Forward to Let Agencies Bar Gay Adoption
Last Updated: 3:15 PM 02/09/12 - The Virginia state Senate has passed legislation allowing private adoption agencies to deny placing children in homes that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality.
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Obama: Mortgage Deal Turns Page on Reckless Era
Last Updated: 1:28 PM 02/09/12 - President Barack Obama says a $25 billion settlement between mortgage lenders and states over foreclosure abuses "will begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness that has left so much damage in its wake."
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Car Theft Suspect Held After LA Roof Standoff
Last Updated: 2:15 PM 02/09/12 - A suspect in an auto theft has been arrested after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Los Angeles neighborhood.
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Caretaker Gets Prison for Stealing from Elderly
Last Updated: 1:56 PM 02/09/12 - A Reno woman will serve at least six years in prison for emptying the bank account of the man she worked for, a 91-year-old World War II veteran.
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LA School in Sex Abuse Scandal Reopens
Last Updated: 1:40 PM 02/09/12 - Children returned Thursday to an elementary school where the entire staff was replaced after the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class.
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10 States Get Education Waivers
Last Updated: 11:57 AM 02/09/12 - President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law in exchange for promises to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students.
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Heather Mills Says McCartney Calls Were Hacked
Last Updated: 11:39 AM 02/09/12 - She squared off against former Beatle Paul McCartney in divorce court; on Thursday, Heather Mills took on Piers Morgan at Britain's media ethics inquiry.
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Hard-Hit Nevada Agrees to Take Foreclosure Deal
Last Updated: 1:28 PM 02/09/12 - After balking, Nevada's state attorney general has signed the Silver State on to a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses.
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Giffords Aide to Run for Seat in Special Election
Last Updated: 10:50 AM 02/09/12 - A top former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced Thursday that he will seek to replace her in a special election.
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Unemployment Aid Applications Near a 4-Year Low
Last Updated: 9:28 AM 02/09/12 - The number of people seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, a positive sign that strong hiring could continue in the coming months.
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Nevada Casinos' Earnings Up in December
Last Updated: 10:49 AM 02/09/12 - Nevada casinos have won nearly $856 million in December, marking a 2 percent increase compared with the same month a year ago.
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Revamping Moana Stadium
Last Updated: 10:32 AM 02/09/12 - Reno City Council formally shut down Moana Stadium during Wednesday's meeting. They also gave the green light to move forward with plans to revamp the stadium into a fresh new field. The project is now known as Miracle on Turf.
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1 Suspect No Longer Sought in Lemmon Valley Death Investigation
Last Updated: 10:33 AM 02/09/12 - Washoe County Sheriff's detectives are no longer looking for one suspect in the death of Jared Hyde, a Reno resident. But the search continues for Bobby Schnueringer.
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Thursday Daybreak Weather on the Web
Last Updated: 9:38 AM 02/09/12 - Very warm today with two different cold fronts coming through in the next five days.
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Hyde Homicide & Social Media
Last Updated: 9:47 AM 02/09/12 - He was beaten to death at a party. Washoe County Detectives think they know who killed Jared Hyde last Saturday in Lemmon Valley. They need to find them. Social networking is playing a big role in this investigation.
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Crash Sends Truck Into Ditch
Last Updated: 9:39 AM 02/09/12 - One person was sent to a hospital after a two-vehicle crash that closed North Virginia Street Wednesday afternoon.
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Agency Will Investigate 911 Call in Powell Fire
Last Updated: 9:33 AM 02/09/12 - A social worker pleaded with a 911 dispatcher throughout a nearly seven-minute call to quickly get police to Josh Powell's house after he locked himself inside with his two sons.
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GOP Vows to Reverse Obama Birth Control Policy
Last Updated: 9:34 AM 02/09/12 - Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals provide employees with free contraceptives as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."
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28 More Airports Will Test Lower-Hassle Screening
Last Updated: 9:34 AM 02/09/12 - A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights.
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