KOH Special News Reports

Reno Police were called to a report of a vehicle versus pedestrian crash at about 7:00 tonight at Stead and Lear. Police, fire and REMSA arrived on scene to find a pedestrian down in the roadway. The injured person was taken to a local hospital with life threatening injuries. The Reno Police Department's Major Accident Investigation Team is conducting an investigation. The team has determined that the pedestrian was crossing Stead Blvd. with several other people outside of a marked crosswalk when the person was struck by a southbound vehicle. Neither alcohol nor drugs appears to be a factor at this time. The names of all the involved subjects are being withheld at this time.

With a storm approaching this weekend, sandbag stations have opened throughout Washoe County. You have to fill your own sandbag so it is advised that you bring your own shovel. They're available at Truckee Meadows Fire Station on Nectar Street in Lemmon Valley; at Lemmon Drive and Pompe Way intersection; Blue Heron Circle and Warrior Lane intersection, Belli Ranch; Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Station on Old Hwy 395, in Washoe Valley; Truckee Meadows Fire Station on Eastlake Blvd; Washoe County Operations Yard, Longley Lane, Reno; Highland Ranch Parkway, one mile west of Pyramid Hwy; and Andrew Lane and Paddlewheel Lane intersection, Pleasant Valley.

A Sparks man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a Sun Valley robbery, after blood left at the crime scene provided DNA evidence that led to his arrest. 38-year-old Kalum Fortune was sentenced on robbery and burglary charges. Fortune went into the B&T Market in Sun Valley January 24th and robbed the clerk at gunpoint. During the robbery, he broke display items and knocked over a cash register, injuring himself leaving the blood at the scene that led to his arrest and conviction. Fortune has to serve at least seven years before being eligible for parole.

A Sparks man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a Sun Valley robbery, after blood left at the crime scene provided DNA evidence that led to his arrest.

A Sparks man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a Sun Valley robbery, after blood left at the crime scene provided DNA evidence that led to his arrest. 38-year-old Kalum Fortune was sentenced on robbery and burglary charges. Fortune went into the B&T Market in Sun Valley January 24th and robbed the clerk at gunpoint. During the robbery, he broke display items and knocked over a cash register, injuring himself leaving the blood at the scene that led to his arrest and conviction. Fortune has to serve at least seven years before being eligible for parole......

Parkview Street was closed much of Thursday at Mazzone Avenue and Neil Road, while Reno Police were investigating a fatal shooting. Police got the call as a "vehicle into a building" around 4:22 a.m. Thursday. Responding officers found a dead woman with gunshot wounds inside a running vehicle in the intersection. She has since been identified as 26-year-old Luz Linares. A homicide investigation is underway......

Reno real estate is on fire, and people like Par Tolles are investing big, to be a part of the inevitable growth.