The VA held its 18th annual Stand Down event on Friday for our local veterans, providing them with resources and benefits.
A Reno man who fled while a jury was deliberating his case and was subsequently found in Las Vegas was sentenced to life in prison.
47-year-old Keith Watkins will serve between four and ten years in prison for Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Child, Attempted Child Abuse, and Soliciting a Child for Prostitution.
Saturday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and local organization Safe Embrace has been working on a project to help area businesses.
A police operation helped rescue 17 adults and a child who were found to be victims of human trafficking.
Police say Conner Marks talked online with a HEAT detective who posed as a juvenile.
The district attorney's office says a man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to attempted kidnapping.
A 15-year-old girl who went missing from Yerington in June has been found.
Sparks Police have arrested 37-year-old Austin Brewer on 11 charges related to drug possession and sexual coercion of underaged girls.
The Northern Nevada International Center held its annual festival to celebrate the hundreds of refugees in the region.