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Troubled Lied Middle School gets new principal

Families of Lied Middle School have been subjected to their share of controversy over the past half year because two male teachers were charged with sex crimes against children, but the upheaval isn’t over. The teachers facing criminal charges are gone, but Principal Kimberly Bass-Davis has also been transferred away from Lied.

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Mother asks why police had to kill her son

A week after her son was shot and killed by police near Red Rock canyon Tracy Meadows has more questions than answers.

Purse snatcher in pink slippers subject of police search

Police said a woman, described as approximately 25-30 years old with a heavy build, solicited money and stole a purse in a casino the morning of Feb. 2 in the 4000 block of Boulder Highway.

Police: Reno baby declared dead twice in same day

Reno police have launched an investigation into an unusual case involving a baby who was pronounced dead twice in the same day at the same hospital — five hours apart.

 
Freight train strikes movie crew on railroad tracks, killing 1, injuring 7

A movie crew was working on train tracks without permission from the railroad when a freight train crashed into the production team and its equipment, killing one and injuring seven others, a sheriff’s investigator said Friday.

 
Former tribe chairwoman killed 3 relatives, police say

A former tribal leader killed her brother, nephew, niece and a worker at the headquarters of a small Indian tribe that was evicting the suspect and her son from its land in far Northern California, police said on Friday.

 
Missing mother found dead in ticketed, snow-covered car

An autopsy was scheduled Friday on the body of a missing young mother found inside a car that was parked near Philadelphia’s main train station and had a number of parking tickets on the window.

BLM creating full-time Burning Man job

The Bureau of Land Management is creating a full-time position dedicated to the annual Burning Man event in Northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

Suspect in pet shop arson goes before judge

Kirk Bills, 27, faces 31 charges that on Jan. 27 he and Gloria Lee tried to set ablaze her Prince and Princess Pet Boutique at 6870 S. Rainbow Road, south of the Las Vegas Beltway.