A small sky-diving plane crashed Saturday afternoon at the Mesquite Municipal Airport, just two months after two sky divers plunged to their deaths when their parachute malfunctioned above the airport.
Perhaps one of the most senseless federal prosecutions of the past generation ran its course Friday when a judge slapped Barry Bonds on the wrist for giving misleading testimony to a grand jury.
Usually, odd-numbered years aren’t that great for political news. But 2011 proved to be an exception in some very big ways.
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ACLU of Nevada leaders Dane Claussen, Staci Pratt and Katrina Rogers present an argument for independent accountability in the investigation of police shootings.
Chris Collins, head of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, argues that negative coverage ignores the extraordinary circumstances that confront officers in the line of duty.
Stacie Vance interviewed students at Legacy High School.
