Reno Conflict & Tragedy News

Seven months have passed since the disappearance and slaying of college student Brianna Denison. Brianna Denison, 19, disappeared when she was visiting friends at the University of Nevada, Reno. The 19-year-old undergraduate from Santa Barbara, California, disappeared while visiting friends...

Nev. — A Reno girl who collects toys and books for young disaster victims across the country has won a national award. Ashlee Smith, 10, will receive a Founder's Youth Award from the nonprofit group World of Children in New...

Biela is also charged in two other sexual assaults on or near the UNR campus. Deputy District Attorney Elliott Sattler told the Reno Gazette-Journal on Friday that analysts at the Washoe County Crime Lab followed established protocol when testing DNA...

Whan said he suspected the three men knew each other, because there was no sign of forced entry at the home. Police were awaiting a search warrant to investigate further inside the home. "We don't see any indication it was...

Washoe County school trustees have taken a step toward issuing up to $51 million in bonds for school improvements. The trustees on Tuesday ordered the financial team to use borrowing programs authorized by President Barack Obama 's stimulus program...The school...

Nev. — A 22-year-old Nevada man has been jailed on suspicion of murder after he allegedly fatally beat a woman who denied his request for a cigarette. Ryan Bonnett is accused of killing 47-year-old Eileen Pruitt on Sunday night. Storey...

Last year around this time, there was an immigration raid in Reno and one of our kids' soccer coaches was taken and chose not to fight as he would have been detained in jail for a very lengthy period of...