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Parole revoked for man who sold then killed his own baby

The parole of a man who sold and then killed his young daughter in 1990 was revoked after a short hearing in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on Tuesday.

Gold coins of Nevada recluse sold at auction

CARSON CITY— The last remnants of a fortune of coins found packed in ammunition boxes in the garage of a recluse who died last summer was auctioned Tuesday for more than $3.1 million — but not before bidders got assurances they could return any of the rare $20 gold pieces that some collectors spotted as counterfeit.

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Unpaid furloughs cut nearly in half at Defense Department

The Pentagon is moving to ease the pain of unpaid furloughs, good news for 1,100 civilian workers at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases and 530 civilian technicians who work for the Nevada National Guard.

Shelter euthanizes dog when owner couldn’t pay fee within three days

Staff members at Carson City Animal Services are undergoing an “intensive” training on customer service and ethics this week after a small dog named “Rollie” was put down because its owner couldn’t immediately pay a $100 fee.

 
Python escapes enclosure, strangles two sleeping boys in Canada

A 100-pound python blamed in the strangling deaths of two Canadian boys apparently escaped from its enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceiling into the room where the young brothers were sleeping, authorities said Tuesday.

 
Pa. man charged with killing 3: Town stole my home

A man who fatally shot a township official and two others during a municipal meeting in northeastern Pennsylvania was about to fire more rounds when he was wrestled to the ground, possibly preventing more bloodshed, authorities said Tuesday.

 
Lawyer: Deadly boardwalk crash “horrible accident’

A lawyer for a Colorado man charged Tuesday with murder and assault for allegedly driving his car through a weekend throng on the Venice Beach boardwalk said it was an accident that has left his client devastated.

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