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.
The opinion from the Nevada Supreme Court stems from a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed she was subject to a “demeaning and humiliating” strip search while visiting a Nevada prison.
Gov. Steve Sisolak is asking the Nevada Board of Pardons to consider commuting all death sentences in the state during a meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
A judge dismissed a domestic violence case against a Nye County commissioner, but the prosecutor intends to refile once witnesses respond to subpoenas to testify.
Former university regent James Dean Leavitt is challenging appointed Judge Maria Gall for the District Court Department 9 seat.
Tudor Chirila Jr., 77, was being held Thursday in the Washoe County Jail without bail on a charge of being a fugitive from another state.
The Nevada Board of Pharmacy can no longer classify cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug, a district Judge ruled on Wednesday.
Nye County Commissioner Leo Blundo has been charged with felony domestic battery following allegations that he choked his wife at their Pahrump home in March..
The Nye County district attorney has asked the state to investigate whether sheriff’s deputies should face criminal charges and whether the department withheld key evidence.
Hundreds of thousands of traffic tickets — even those for serious offenses — are reduced to parking violations, a Review-Journal investigation found. And with a siloed court system, bad drivers face little punishment.
Nye Commissioner Leo Blundo accused his political opponents and law enforcement of trying to ruin his re-election chances by releasing a body camera video of an altercation with his wife.
September is Hunger Action Month, and Albertsons and Vons are teaming up with Three Square Food Bank to make a difference in our valley. Throughout the month, customers can donate directly to the charity at any local Albertsons and Vons check-out line using the pin pad. Three Square’s motto is: “Together, we can feed everyone.” […]
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.