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Many of our readers have probably not heard of Warrick Dunn, former running back for Florida State University and the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons.

Dunn had a great college career, winning a national championship with the Seminoles in 1993. He followed his college success with a very good twelve-year career in the NFL. He made the Pro Bowl three times, although his successes were overshadowed by the likes of Shaun Alexander, Adrian Peterson, and Corey Dillon.

During the South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting Tuesday, City Manager Nancy Kerry said former President Bill Clinton may be arriving into town for the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Stateline this week.

Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury announced Monday that a sheriff’s deputy acted in self-defense in the 2015 shooting of a domestic violence suspect. Deputy Carl Howell and Jonathon Pope were both killed when they exchanged gunfire at Pope’s residence in Carson City in the early morning hours of August 15, 2015.

Nevada police officers and local law enforcement agencies including the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Nevada Highway Patrol, Nye County Sheriff’s Office and Reno Police Department negotiated tough turns Friday during the 14th Extreme Motor Officer Challenge competition at Mills Park.

To open his presentation at Tuesday night's Sierra Nevada Forum in Carson City, Lt. Ray Spencer shared the story of 14-year-old Amanda Todd. He showed a video she made and posted to her Youtube account.

Navigating the dangers lurking online can seem overwhelming, even impossible with the latest developments in technology. That’s why Lt. Raymond Spencer, commander of vice and sex trafficking sections with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, created “The Dark Side of Social Media” presentation in 2011.

Reno Police Department has released the name of the victim who died in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 50 near Dayton that involved an on-duty Nevada Highway Patrol trooper.

UPDATE 7:56PM: From NHP: At approximately 2:40 p.m., a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was involved in a fatal crash on Highway 50, 5 miles east of Dayton. One person was confirmed deceased on scene. The NHP tooper was transported via CareFlight to Renown with serious, but not life-threatening injuries.
Reno Police Department M.A.I.T. Investigators are handling the crash investigation.

UPDATE 2:34PM: KRNV News 4 in Reno is reporting that Klug has turned himself in to the South Lake Tahoe Police on Friday after an arrest warrant had been issued in connection to embezzlement charges filed against him.
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a South Lake Tahoe man suspected of embezzling funds from the South Tahoe Pop Warner football program.

A Carson City man wanted on multiple felony warrants including allegations of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon was arrested Wednesday by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team.

The body of 62-year-old Pamela Suwinsky was found in the Upper Truckee River in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday, about one-third mile north of Highway 50. Divers found her before noon but did not have positive identification until about 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

A musical lineup headlined by national award-winning musicians is expected to draw a crowd of thousands to the inaugural Carl Howell Memorial Music Festival Aug. 19 in Carson City.

Individuals and teams from Carson City, Northern Nevada and Northern California took an icy cold dip into Lake Tahoe Saturday for the annual Special Olympics Polar Plunge, raising around $150,000 for the program's many functions.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Friday the appointments to the Governor’s Task Force on the Implementation of Question 2, the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act.

UPDATE 10:27AM THURSDAY: The following was on Missing Pieces Network: Kirsten has been located and sadly, she is no longer with us. Her family has requested prayers, silence, and respect for their privacy at this time. Thank you to everyone who has helped in the search for her. Please keep her loved ones in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
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Kirsten Yamaoka, 21, of Reno is missing. She was last seen on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 when she left work early after falling ill. She spoke to her father on the morning of Feb. 23 and has not been heard from or seen since.

The Sparks Police Department confirms there has been an officer-involved shooting inside the Eldorado Casino in downtown Reno. According to authorities, Reno Police were conducting an investigation in the downtown area when the subject led them to the Eldorado Casino, where the shooting took place.

A 32-year-old transient and an inmate in the Carson City Jail about to be released from custody was charged Wednesday for being a fugitive from justice, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A Reno man is in the El Dorado County Jail after being identified as the man behind an alleged pimping operation at a South Lake Tahoe motel.

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department was contacted after a 23-year-old woman went to the Carson City Sheriff's Office to report the crime.

Lyon County officials met Friday with city leaders from Fernley and Yerington to discuss implementing requirements under Nevada's recently passed Question 2, the initiative to regulate and tax marijuana, said County Manager Jeff Page.

A Reno man who was pulled over for a traffic stop Monday afternoon on I-580 south of Mt. Rose Highway, and then fled in his vehicle from a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper faces multiple charges after crashing the vehicle and fleeing on foot.

A 43-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Tuesday as the suspect in a food contamination case at Raley’s in the Village Center near Stateline.

A 33-year-old Reno man faces 11 charges including possession of a stolen vehicle, eluding an officer and trafficking a controlled substance after an early Friday morning pursuit that began on the freeway, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Nevadans will vote in coming days on legalizing the recreational use of marijuana here, as four other states have already done.

Both advocates and opponents have made strident cases to support their views. However, the two camps cite data that appears to conflict. We have mixed views on this initiative, but we are interested in informational clarity.

UPDATE 8:38AM FRIDAY: The Clear Creek fire is 100 percent contained as of Friday morning. Fire crews are keeping an eye on hotspots and embers and were busy overnight with spot fires, said Carson City Fire Department Spokeswoman Stacey Belt.
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UPDATE 9:10PM: Approximately 65 homes have been evacuated because of the fire in the Clear Creek area in southeast Carson City. The cause of the fire, reported at 5:38 p.m., is under investigation. Carson City Fire Department spokeswoman Stacey Belt said all the large flames have been knocked down, however there are embers and hot spots. There is zero percent containment as of 9 p.m. There will be crews monitoring the fire throughout the night. Evacuees will not be allowed into their homes before midnight, said Belt.
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UPDATE 8:57PM: The Carson City Sheriff's Office has turned over its police operations to Washoe Tribe Police Department because the fire is on tribal land, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Carson City Fire Department and other outside agencies continue to monitor the fire, striking down blowing embers and attempting to get a perimeter. The Salvation Army is at Fuji Park providing assistance for the evacuees, said CCFD spokeswoman Stacey Belt.
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UPDATE 8:32PM: Clear Creek Fire update From Stacey Belt, public information officer for Carson City Fire Department: As of 8 p.m. there have been no structures lost, no injuries reported, mutual aid is responding from throughout the region. Public Works is responding in the neighborhoods, looking for spot fires.
"We are fighting high winds. Embers are flying. We are expecting the winds to pick up in the next hour. So our goal is to get around this as soon as possible to save this community," she said.
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UPDATE 7:58PM: Power is out in the Topsy Lane area, NV Energy work crews are working to restore power. Traffic lights are out in the area. Winds continue to move the fire. No containment at this time. There haven't been reports at this time of structures burned.

Back by popular demand is the Scarecrow Festival at the Carson Mall, held Thursday through Saturday this week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

A Cesna 182 airplane with two passengers on board crashed Monday afternoon as it was landing at the airport in South Lake Tahoe, injuring one person, according to South Lake Tahoe Fire and Rescue.

A 34-year-old man who was arrested earlier this month in Bakersfield along with five others in Carson City for alleged involvement in a large methamphetamine trafficking ring was extradited to Carson City on Friday where he is being held on $250,000 bail, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

More than three pounds of methamphetamine along with weapons were seized and several were arrested Wednesday at a home raid in Carson City following a three-month investigation, according to the Tri-Net drug task force.

Arrest warrants were executed in Carson City and the Bakersfield, California area. During the investigation, a decade long Mexican drug trafficking organization was dismantled in Carson City, according to Sgt. Dan Johnson, Nevada Department of Public Safety Investigation Division of the Tri-Net Narcotic Task Force.

Nevada Department of Corrections inmate Ricardo Soria Valencia was recaptured at 1:45 Tuesday morning in Reno, prison officials said. The minimum security inmate walked away from Stewart Conservation Camp in Carson City on Sunday morning.

Carson City Sheriff's Office investigators assisted Newport Beach, Calif., detectives in last month's arrest of a Carson City man for his alleged involvement in the murder of an elderly southern California philanthropist.

Anthony Thomas Garcia, 56, was arrested July 28 by Newport Beach Police Department detectives in Carson City. He is awaiting extradition to California to face a charge of murder with enhancement for financial gain.