The Nevada Division of Investigation should investigate Boulder City’s chief of police, the City Council decided Tuesday. Chief Thomas Finn is accused of ordering officers to delete emails to hide them from a possible public records request. Destroying a public record is a felony in Nevada.
Las Vegas residents continued flocking to Arizona on Tuesday in an effort to get their hands on the winning ticket for one of the highest jackpots in Powerball history.
Until now, Bobby Hauck has been given time to gradually build UNLV’s football program. The building phase is officially over.
A jury late Tuesday began deliberating the fate of Ralph Conti, a Henderson pediatrician, and Alfred Sapse, an 86-year-old medical researcher, charged with defrauding chronically ill patients through an experimental stem cell implant procedure. Conti, 51, has been practicing medicine here since 1990, and Sapse is a Romanian-educated physician not licensed in the United States.
Khoi Pham, 36, of California is suing Las Vegas police and an officer who “slammed” him to the floor of the Clark County Detention Center last year. Video of the Oct. 2, 2011, incident shows jail guard Sean Berndt walking up to a handcuffed Pham and pushing him back into a chair. One of Pham’s legs swings up, possibly striking the officer.
The Pentagon should make it easier to learn more about service members who are recognized for performing acts of heroism, according to the head of a media organization that chronicled dozens of stories about U.S. military valor overseas.
Emmanouil “Manny” Varagiannis, operator of a large escort service, was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on a charge of unlawfully structuring roughly $2.4 million in transactions to evade financial reporting requirements. Varagiannis, 42, also the former general manager of the Olympic Garden strip club, faces a Dec. 7 arraignment.
In June, downtown visitors will be able to zip through the Fremont Street Experience starting from the world’s tallest slot machine, SlotZilla, which will replace an existing zipline with an 11-story ride that will propel riders out of the world’s largest slot machine at 120 feet.
After a year of hearings, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada settled Tuesday on a smart-meter opt-out plan, but not without a late twist that could upend the agency’s decision. The commission voted to approve a one-time fee of $98.75 and a monthly charge of around $9 for local ratepayers who choose to leave NV Energy’s NV Energize smart-meter initiative.
Las Vegas police officers shot a coyote about 2 p.m. in front of Dailey Elementary School on Reno Avenue, near Tropicana Avenue and Spencer Street. No one was injured.
Asked Tuesday what is holding up passage of an online poker bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a one-word response. “Republicans.”
The board of directors of Dillard’s Inc., has declared a one-time cash dividend of $5 per share in addition to a quarterly cash dividend of 5 cents per share, according to a statement posted on the company’s website Monday.
A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge Tuesday the government is close to charging the last round of defendants in an investigation into corruption at Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations. The long-running investigation so far has resulted in the convictions of 27 people.
The Las Vegas Township constable’s office is being sued by an insurance company in connection with a wrongful termination lawsuit involving two former deputies.
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