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🌱 Liquor Chain CEO Dies + I-80 Crash Kills 2 Children

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Good day, neighbors! Rachel Kilimnik here with the latest issue of the Reno Daily.


First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 56 Low: 33.


Here are the top stories today in Reno:

  1. The chief executive officer of Nevada's largest liquor dealer died Friday in a vehicle crash near the Nevada-Utah border, the company said Saturday. Kenny Lee was 53 years old. His father, Hae Un Lee, started Lee's Discount Liquors, which has 23 stores in Las Vegas, Reno, Mesquite, and West Wendover. The company said the crash happened in West Wendover. (KOLO)
  2. The California Highway Patrol says two children and two adults were killed Saturday after a person drove the wrong way on Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevada. It says a witness called 911 near 5 a.m. to report a wrong-way driver. The crash involving three vehicles happened minutes later near Eagle Lakes Road in Sierra County. A baby who was being held in the arms of an adult survived and was airlifted to a Nevada hospital. (KOLO)
  3. The Cook Political Report shifted Nevada's Senate race from "Lean Democrat" to the "Toss Up" column along with two other states in which Republicans have a chance of gaining control. (Las Vegas Sun)

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Rachel Kilimnik

About me: Rachel is a born-and-raised New Yorker who recently relocated to the mountains in the west. She is a freelance copywriter for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is assisting Patch.com with community newsletter curation. During her free time, you can find Rachel roller skating, making pottery, drinking tea, and tending to her growing collection of houseplants.

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