On the campaign trail Rory Reid touts plans to improve the economy, fix the schools and balance Nevada’s upside down budget. But he hasn’t yet unlocked a formula for the most vexing problem his campaign faces — closing ground on opponent Brian Sandoval.
Ruby Duncan picked cotton in the fields of Louisiana as a child, dropped out of high school and was raped while working as a barmaid. She moved to Las Vegas and cleaned hotel rooms on the Strip until she was fired for protesting overtime hours without pay.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for all of Southern Nevada between noon and 9 p.m. Saturday.
A Clark County commissioner has asked that the coroner’s inquest into the police shooting of Erik Scott at the Summerlin Costco be televised on the county’s cable channel.
Controversial incidents and deadly officer-involved confrontations have plagued the Metropolitan Police in recent months but the agency retains the confidence of most Clark County voters, with 59 percent of respondents in a new Las Vegas Review-Journal/8NewsNow poll saying it does a good or excellent job.
The Henderson police officer arrested Wednesday for soliciting prostitution had allegedly had sex with the prostitute on several occasions, according to his arrest report.
The official causes of an explosion and a fire downtown last month have been ruled as undetermined, the Las Vegas Fire Department said today.
Two people have been shot at a small car dealership at 3401 S. Decatur Blvd., near Desert Inn Road.
Las Vegas police are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a 45-year-old man in a central valley neighborhood this afternoon.
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association said Friday that it is staying out of the heated U.S. Senate race in Nevada, declining to endorse Sen. Harry Reid or his Republican challenger Sharron Angle.