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Have not been released. A jury in yerington is deciding the fate of a Silver Springs man. Accused of killing his girlfriends son. Cody wallace is charged with the death of 2yearold Thomas Oconnell the fourth. Back in november of 2010. He was watching the boy, while his mother was at work. Wallace says the boy fell and hit his head. But. Prosecutors say this cant be true. And the boys injuries prove this point. Here is a portion of the closing statements. First from wallaces defense attorney. The...

Lindsey matherly joins me. Northeast california be well above average today before easing down slightly over the weekend. It will be breezy this afternoon and evening, with a chance for showers mainly north of interstate 80 tonight and early saturday. Another weak system is possible sunday night, with hows traffic looking so far . Traffic running smoothly. Reno area highways. No major delays on highways in northern new this morning. Police say the traffic lights are out at the intersection of pl...

Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders in a dead heat. So who will come out on top . Thanks for joining us on good morning reno. Im Amanda Sanchez and im dave lawrence. The snow moved in fast some problems for people heading over the mountains. Kolo 8 news nows rebecca kitchen is live at gold ranch with more on the traffic nightmare. Officials with caltrans say interstate 80 at stateline is closed due to severe weather. All vehicles are being turned around at the gold ranch casino exit on i80. They ...

Thursday. Up to 4 of snow is possible and Winter Driving conditions are expected above 5000. A fastmoving, but intense storm system will bring wind, rain, and snow to the area through thursday. Wind will be gusty, especially east of the sierra crest through the evening hours. Rain will develop in the sierra and change over to snow below 7000 after sunset, and around the tahoe basin before midnight. Snow levels will drop to valley floors before sunrise, bringing the possibility of a few slushy in...

Silver springs. According to lyon county sheriff al mcneil. One of those injured was a lyon county deputy. He was shot in the hand. The injury is non life threatening. The sheriff tells us the incident started as a report of a stolen vehicle in sparks around 9 30 last night. A short time later around 10 p. M. The sheriff says a lyon county deputy spotted the stolen vehicle. A red chevy cruze. In the parking lot of the Silver Springs nugget. As the officer approached the vehicle. Someone in the c...

Winter weather advisory in effect for lassen, plumas, and sierra counties from 10 pm wednesday until noon thursday. Up to 4 of snow is possible and Winter Driving conditions are expected above 5000. A fastmoving, but intense storm system will bring wind, rain, and snow to the area through thursday. Wind will be gusty, especially east of the sierra crest through the evening hours. Rain will develop in the sierra and change over to snow below 7000 after sunset, and around the tahoe basin before mi...

Through by 4 am with showers after. At this point, with it just periodic showers and warm ground temps, expect much of the snow on roads to melt after the snow ends. Therefore decided to hold off on issuing an advisory for the sierra front as the warm road temps will likely result in more wet pavement than slushy roads. Still expect a reno trailer park is back open after a deadly shooting last night. It happened around 7 oclock at the ponderosa trailer park on kietzke near snowbird lane. Police ...

The shootout killed one suspect. 19yearold tristan conte, and injured another who was flown to a hospital in unknown condition. The deputy shot is in good health and has been released from the hospital. Two other suspects have been detained. We have all the subjects accounted for, one of the subjected admitted there were four of them in the vehicle. And we are told the captured suspects are juveniles who are currently at the Detention Center in reno. The Carson City Sheriffs Office will lead the...

Had gone to trial once but a mistrial was declared. Wallace maintains the child fell while he was taking care of him, but that he never heard him. He spent the past 5 years in jail waiting for his day in court. His lawyer says his client is anxious to move forward with his life. I dont know if he ever really thought that this day would come, but now that he sees daylight in his future, i know he has some big plans to try to move on from this experience. He now faces a sentence of 2 to 20 years o...

But while the mountains could see some minor accumulations , the valleys should be shadowed out from most if not all the the strong winds will slowly abate thursday, but the strong cold front responsible will bring snow to the valley floors and leave behind a foot or more of snow in the mountaintops. A mountain winter storm warning is in effect until noon thursday after which snow will decrease to showers. In the valley, accumulations could be limited due to the ground being so warm the past sev...