A man who “feared for his life” shot and killed a would-be robber who tried to take his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint early Saturday, Henderson police said.
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Project REAL’s former executive director now faces theft charges amid allegations that he diverted money from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Foundation, which he also oversaw.
Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center’s new HVAC program is the first of its kind, providing inmates vocational training that has usually been offered in men’s prisons.
The judge overseeing the case still has to rule on the admissibility of some evidence after a hearing.
Robert Telles, who was found guilty of killing RJ reporter Jeff German, has filed a motion for an evidentiary hearing to clarify several statements jurors made to the press after his trial.
A modern-day abolitionist movement that includes Las Vegas law enforcement officials, the state attorney general’s office, legislators and grass-roots activists wants to reclassify the pimps who dominate the world’s oldest profession as modern-day slave traders.
Like infinite numbers of women before her, Heather Robbins came to Las Vegas with a bit of luggage and a big dream: to someday become a showgirl; or at the very least, to dance in a strip club and maybe work her way up by catching the attention of somebody influential.
Pretty polka-dot bows on top of heads, GPS monitors on the ankles. Teenagers having babies, then leaving them at home with grandma so they can make money on the streets, in motel suites.
Marc Schifalacqua, a Clark County prosecutor, has put plenty of pimps behind bars for pandering girls and women. He’s the first to say that Las Vegas is one big revolving door for pimps who commonly receive light sentences even if they abuse prostitutes or pander minors.
CARSON CITY — Assemblyman Steven Brooks will have to wait one year to buy a gun in Nevada from a licensed gun dealer because of information identified in a background check, the state Department of Public Safety said Monday.
CARSON CITY — Troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been put on leave with pay and banned from the Legislative Building following the adoption Monday of rules by an Assembly committee reviewing his conduct over the past several weeks.
Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick jokingly mimicked Assemblyman Steven Brooks’ “Jesus-on-the-cross” photo that appeared in Friday’s Review-Journal.
If you’ve considered taking advantage of a temporary increase in the water-smart landscape conversion rebate incentive, but have yet to put your plans into action, the time to get off your grass is now—because the clock is ticking! Through the remainder of 2024, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is offering homeowners only a temporary […]
Two inmates at High Desert State Prison were hospitalized after a stabbing incident at the facility, a Nevada Department of Corrections spokesperson said.
One suspect is believed to have been involved in more than 20 burglaries targeting businesses and restaurants across the Las Vegas Valley, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Police said Patricia Sierra broke into a funeral home and removed the body of a woman for whom a viewing was held the day before the burglary.
Jesus Ayala is accused of using a stolen vehicle to strike Andreas Probst, 66, as he rode his bicycle near Centennial Parkway last year.