
Two Las Vegas women are in the White Pine county Jail, each on a $1 million bond after a routine traffic stop turned into a major drug bust. Sadith Chavez-Perez and Carla Regalado were arrested Thursday on several drug charges after deputies discovered well over three pounds of the meth were discovered in their car after [...]
Burdel Welsh, a Kansas lawman will be the new West Wendover Chief of Police. Welsh, 57, was appointed by Mayor Emily Carter Tuesday and unanimously endorsed by the city council in Tuesdays meeting. A 35 year veteran of law enforcement Welsh hails from Tonganoxie, Kansas a city of about 5,000 in Leavenworth county. In an election profile [...]
A Salt Lake City man who briefly tasted freedom is back in custody after escaping from an unlocked West Wendover police cruiser Monday morning. 24-year-old John A. Ramirez-Juarez was arrested Monday after first running a stop sign and then being found in possession of drug paraphernalia. Ramirez was cuffed and put into the back seat of [...]
A facebook page has earned the ire of outgoing Ely City Councilman Shane Bybee and it is on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting. click link for meeting click link for meeting Boasting 250 members White Pine & Ely Politics has become a lively forum for ely residents to express their opinions on just about anything political in Ely [...]
Posted on 24 May 2013
Two Las Vegas women are in the White Pine county Jail, each on a $1 million bond after a routine traffic stop turned into a major drug bust. Sadith Chavez-Perez and Carla Regalado were arrested Thursday on several drug charges after deputies discovered well over three pounds of the meth were discovered in their car after [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 May 2013
Burdel Welsh, a Kansas lawman will be the new West Wendover Chief of Police. Welsh, 57, was appointed by Mayor Emily Carter Tuesday and unanimously endorsed by the city council in Tuesdays meeting. A 35 year veteran of law enforcement Welsh hails from Tonganoxie, Kansas a city of about 5,000 in Leavenworth county. In an election profile [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 May 2013
A Salt Lake City man who briefly tasted freedom is back in custody after escaping from an unlocked West Wendover police cruiser Monday morning. 24-year-old John A. Ramirez-Juarez was arrested Monday after first running a stop sign and then being found in possession of drug paraphernalia. Ramirez was cuffed and put into the back seat of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 May 2013
A facebook page has earned the ire of outgoing Ely City Councilman Shane Bybee and it is on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting. click link for meeting click link for meeting Boasting 250 members White Pine & Ely Politics has become a lively forum for ely residents to express their opinions on just about anything political in Ely [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 May 2013
Nothing quite illustrates just how fragile our hold on life is than having a car smash against our bedroom wall just when we were going to sleep. Or as our grandfather of blessed memory once said: Everything was fine and then it wasn’t. So what lesson can we take from the event of Saturday night? Only that life [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 May 2013
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 1 COURT SCHEDULE LAW & MOTION CALENDAR May 20, 2013 CR-FO-12-79 Hofhine, Jamie Lynn (DA/Evenson) Sentencing (Obtaining and Using Personal Identifying Information of Another for an Unlawful Purpose) CR-FP-11-1307 Larsen, Ian Martin (DA/Macfarlan) Change of Plea (Driving Under the Influence with Two or More Prior Convictions) CR-FP-12-12-799 Ferguson, Brianna Ranae (DA/Stewart) Sentencing (Possession of a Controlled [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 20 May 2013
Keith Wiley Arraignment Kelsey Rae Corkum Probation Revocation Hearing Anthony M. Ferriolo Arraignment Daniel Norgaard Arraignment Antoinette Ooshawe Arraignment James Allen Repinec Sentencing Curtis Blaine Williams Arraignment Devon Zerrance Bishop Sentencing Continue Reading
Posted on 19 May 2013
A high speed chase ended at midnight at the bedroom wall of Advocate Publishers Howard and Corinne Copelan. Advocate Publishers Corinne and Howard Copelan escaped serious injury around midnight when a car smashed into their house around midnight Saturday. “Whoever was driving took a left at very high speed lost control and hit the house,” said Howard [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 May 2013
A man hit by a semi-truck in near Wendover early Friday morning is listed in critical condition. According to Utah Highway Patrol reports the victim whose name is not yet released was driving a car in the right lane of travel when he came to a complete stop near the six mile marker just east of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 May 2013
A body discovered last week on a hill facing the Wendover Catholic church was identified as William Matthew Richmond a 35 year old Salt Lake City man, said Tooele county Sheriff’s Detective Travis Scharmann. “We received an attempt to locate and welfare check request from Salt Lake police on May 1st,” Scharmann said Tuesday. “Richmond was [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 May 2013
As temperatures begin to heat up in March so did the action in Wendover’s casinos which recorded their highest total gaming win in over five years at $16.75 million according to this week’s report from the Nevada Gaming control Board. According to the report Wendover’s total win increased 7.66 percent from last March and was the [...] Continue Reading