March 2019
Nevada Lore Series: The truly bizarre tale of Frank Sinatra Jr.'s Tahoe abduction
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 11:28am
Days after President Kennedy was assassinated, Frank Sinatra, Jr., just barely an adult, was in the midst of a tour getting his music career off the ground.
On his tour during a snowy Tahoe December, he performed at the Harrah’s Club Lodge in Lake Tahoe.
Little did he know he had a few followers trailing him from city to city, and they weren’t hopeful fans, but instead, hopeful foes.
Squeeze In cuts ribbon at grand opening, Nevada governor visits for lunch
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:44am
Carson City’s newest restaurant, Squeeze In, held its official grand opening today with a ribbon cutting complete with a champagne toast, and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak stopped in for lunch to welcome the new breakfast and lunch eatery to town.
Smith's to no longer accept Visa credit cards because of excessive fees
Submitted by Brett Fisher on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:34am
Beginning April 3, Smith's Food and Drug Stores will no longer accept Visa credit cards as a form of payment because of the credit card company's excessive transaction fees, Smith's corporate offices announced in a statement.
Carson Kids Dental celebrates opening with ribbon cutting ceremony Friday
Submitted by Brett Fisher on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:02am
The Carson City Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting to mark the opening of Carson Kids Dental Friday. In attendance were Dr. Chelsie Todd, Chamber members and city officials, including Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell who helped Dr. Todd cut the ribbon on the new dental care clinic.
Dr. Todd and her staff are excited to provide quality care and a comfortable experience for kids in the community.
Fugitive woman apprehended for felony escape, meth possession
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 9:44am
A 46-year-old transient woman was apprehended Thursday afternoon by Special Enforcement Team deputies after having allegedly escaped from the attorney general’s office. She was also arrested on two contempt of court warrants, possession of methamphetamines, drug paraphernalia possession, and attempting to conceal or destroy evidence.
SET Deputies arrested Sally Jean Whooley after they received a report that a bail bondsman had apprehended a fugitive.
RGJ politics reporter to be Democratic luncheon speaker
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 6:31am
Event Date:
March 4, 2019 - 11:30am James DeHaven, who covers Northern Nevada and statewide politics for the Reno Gazette Journal, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon.
A Dayton, Nevada, native, DeHaven is the winner of the 2015 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism and a two-time recipient of investigative reporting awards from the Nevada Press Association, which acknowledged his work on stories uncovering fraud and tenant intimidation at a low-income housing complex, as well as a previously unreported backlog of parolees in the Nevada prison system.
