Fallon News

Preliminary hearings were scheduled Thursday for four of seven Fallon residents involved in a scheduled fight on June 16 that resulted in one of them being shot.

A young woman, meticulously dressed and neatly coifed, freely admits she attends 14 Narcotics Anonymous meetings each week ... but she only has to attend two.

A 38-year old former Fallon man charged with 18 crimes involving burglary related offenses, pleaded guilty to four of them as part of a plea agreement in District Court on Tuesday morning.

Quient Franklin Barton, pleaded no contest June 17 to battery/domestic violence and driving over, torturing, injuring or abandoning animals; failure to proper sustenance.

A former Fallon softball coach placed on probation for supplying alcohol for her teen-aged daughter's party in January 2008 is facing additional charges in Justice Court for violating terms of her probation.

How much money the 2009 Silver State International Rodeo will bring into Fallon and Churchill County this year is not known yet, but it should be definitely in the seven-figure range.

Every year at this time, Marcia de Braga answers her home phone by saying "rodeo office" instead of "hello" or "de Braga residence." That's because her Stillwater home, and especially her kitchen, becomes the place where all the paperwork for the annual Silver State International Rodeo is gathered and processed.

The Fallon Police Department in a concerted effort with the Churchill County District Attorney's Office arrested and charged five more individuals on Thursday for their role in a shooting that sent one man to the hospital on June 16.

CEDA breakfast, mixer offered Wednesday The Churchill Economic Development Authority will hold its monthly breakfast and Business After Hours mixer on Wednesday, July 1. The breakfast will be at The Slanted Porch, 310 S. Taylor.

With the Fourth of July holiday weekend quickly approaching, residents will have a multitude of activities to choose from during the long weekend.

Longtime Fallon resident Bob Sworden has been named to the Teamsters Union Local 533 board trustees.

Adam Fortunate Eagle of Fallon, the architect of the American Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, will mark his 80th year next month.

A 26-year-old Fallon man, accused of numerous sex crimes against children, waived his preliminary hearing Thursday and is expected to plead guilty to reduced charges in District Court on July 7. Under the agreement, Robert Michael Johnson II would plead guilty to unlawful use of a minor as a subject in producing pornography or a subject of a sexual ...

The 18 year-old Fallon man arrested Thursday evening for shooting another Fallon man last week is facing additional charges.

Eagle volunteers helped out at the last Fallon Farmers Market. Pictured in front are Penny Cassell and Bettina Shaw.

Elks have Father's Day brunch Sunday The Elks Lodge, 93 W. Center St., invites the community to share in its Father's Day brunch on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a ceremony planned at noon.

Kim Lamb/LVN photo Candylycious located at 116 S. Maine St. is a family affair specilizing in a large variety of candies, ice cream, nostalgic candy, candy gift baskets and flowers.

Western Nevada College's On Stage! youth production of Disney's The Jungle Book Kids" will be performed Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, at 7 p.m. at the Churchill County High School auditorium.

Two of five people arrested on drug charges in February were sent to prison on Tuesday.

Senior leaders often call the daughter of a Fallon couple - and those who serve with her - a part of the next "greatest generation." Army Pfc.