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Actual killer sentenced in 1985 columnist stabbing

The 1985 brutal stabbing murder of a newspaper columnist that saw one man wrongly serve 15 years in prison concluded on Tuesday when the actual killer received up to life in prison.

Former county employee averts trial in theft of public money

Woman entered guilty plea on morning when trial was to start

4 men sentenced in jail cell beating

The reported ringleader in a March 14 jail cell beating that resulted in an inmate receiving a broken rib was sentenced to the maximum after being caught "red-handed."

Man denies charges in 2021 fatal DUI

A May 3, 2023, jury trial has been set in a March 7, 2021, collision that claimed the life of a Gardnerville man.

Jury convicts mask protester in stalking

A Gardnerville Ranchos man convicted of violating an extended stalking order issued after he harassed a Douglas County deputy and his wife at a Gardnerville grocery store faces an Oct. 10 sentencing.

Man denies felony in teen prostitution sting

Aaron Michael Fisher, 26, was among nine men arrested in a July 7-8 investigation by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Reno Human Exploitation and Trafficking Task Force at the Hard Rock Casino Resort.

Chase through Douglas ends in Carson City crash

Two men, one adult and one juvenile, were arrested Monday night after a high-speed incident that started in Douglas County.