UPDATE 4:51 PM: Firefighters said the electrical fire inside a Winnie Lane home was found smoldering in the attic area of a master bedroom. Additional fire units called earlier are standing down.
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Carson City firefighters responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to a structure fire in the 1800 block of North Winnie Lane. Traffic control measures were put into place at 4:40 p.m. on both the north and south ends of Winnie.
Firefighters report via dispatch that they plan to make entrance into the home to ascertain how serious it is.

Some Carson City firefighters traded in their fireman hats for Santa caps today to help out area children in need. The Carson City Firefighters Association went on a shopping spree at Walmart to buy toys for the Salvation Army Christmas Assistance Program.

String players of all ages and levels are invited to join the fifth annual Christmas Carol Playalong on Friday, Dec. 21, 10 a.m., inside the Carson Mall, 1227 S. Carson Street. The event is free and open to the public.

The Christmas Carol Playalong is hosted by Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players, the Carson City Symphony Association's string ensemble for adult beginning and returning musicians directed by Sue Jesch. It includes violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp players who meet Thursday mornings, September to June.

Nura Tung, a sixth-grader at Carson Middle School, worries for the loss of innocence among the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 students and teachers were shot and killed during a shooting spree Friday.