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TitleMax broke Nevada law, but won’t pay damages

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Title Max broke state law by offering loans twice as long as state law allows, thus overcharging customers, but the company won’t have to pay damages because it didn’t willfully violate the law.

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2 plead guilty in connection with 2016 break-in at protected spring

Edgar Reyes of North Las Vegas and Steven Schwinkendorf of Pahrump pleaded guilty to destruction of government property for their actions at Devils Hole on April 30, 2016, the National Park Service announced Friday.

Case focuses on decision over school, child’s best interests

A Las Vegas family court judge should have been more thorough when considering the best school interest of a child wrapped up in her parent’s divorce, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Nevada agency keeps worker behind the wheel despite 3 DUI arrests

A state agency that can suspend a cab or limo driver’s license for drunken driving allowed one of its law enforcement officers to continue driving a state vehicle despite three previous DUI arrests.

Woman’s decomposing body found in Kingman

The decomposing remains of a woman were found in Kingman, Ariz., in a hilly, desert area south of Radar Hill on Sunday morning.

Inmate killed in prison had 4 months left in sentence

By March 14, according to the Nevada parole board, 28-year-old Carlos Manuel Perez Jr.’s debt to society would have been paid. But instead of leaving High Desert State Prison a free man, he left a dead man.

Nevada Court of Appeals hears first oral arguments

Cued by the words “all rise,” the three judges of Nevada’s new Court of Appeals entered their Las Vegas courtroom Wednesday to hear oral arguments for the first time.

Nevadan, 77, sentenced to life for rapes

A 77-year-old Elko County man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of raping and molesting three young step-relatives.