Two women died in separate crashes and a man was killed after being stabbed in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend.
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A man died early Saturday morning after being stabbed in the east valley.
A person suffered life-threatening injuries after they were intentionally struck by a vehicle near downtown Las Vegas, according to police.
A hit-and-run suspect accused of killing a pedestrian last month in central Las Vegas was arrested Thursday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
A woman has sued Las Vegas police, alleging that police kept her hijab from her when she was being detained, and that she resorted to using her own bra as a covering.
A change in Nevada law has allowed the Las Vegas Justice Court to establish it’s own mental health court, replicating an existing program in District Court.
Four teens arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High student have been formally charged with second-degree murder. Also, about 100 people remembered the teen during a vigil.
Rancho High School history teacher and State Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva, D-Las Vegas, said fights happen frequently in the area surrounding the school.
A graduation ceremony celebrated 22 people who completed a diversion program for those who need help with mental health or substance abuse.
A jury awarded a Nevada prisoner more than $200,000 in damages, but the attorney general’s office is now trying to avoid paying, the prisoner’s attorneys allege.
Lathaniel Hutcherson, 28, and Daniel Thomas, 55, were pronounced dead, the department said.
Las Vegas police showed off robots and police dog takedowns at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation’s sixth annual Lunch with the Sheriff event.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who spent decades in prison after he was convicted of acting as a getaway driver in a bank robbery that ended in a FBI agent’s death.
Ronald Lee Winborne, 53, died six days after his arrest by the Henderson Police Department.
The intent of the law that was passed in 2021 and took effect January 1 was to decriminalize most traffic violations, turn charges into civil infractions and keep people out of jail.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
Colin Czech is accused of killing a man outside a downtown convenience store and eating parts of the victim’s face, police said.
Shiva Gummi was arrested in April 2023 after he told a 911 dispatcher he had killed his wife, who was a new doctor at University Medical Center.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
An 18-year-old was taken into custody after police said he was “doing donuts in the grass area” of a Henderson park.