A Clark County resident is being charged with making online threats against Gov. Steve Sisolak, statements his attorney insists are First Amendment-protected speech.
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A group of international students from a small Reno school has filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, seeking to invalidate a rule that prevents them from playing varsity high school sports.
Charles Gary Sullivan, the 73-year-old man charged with the 1979 killing, was extradited Friday to the Washoe County Sheriff’s jail.
The American Bar Association, the ACLU of Nevada, public defenders and law professors are all urging the Nevada Supreme Court to ban the death penalty for people who suffer from severe mental illness.
Colon Jackson, charged with killing a 3-year-old girl on on Ely Shoshone tribal land earlier this year will remain in jail until his trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
The Washoe County Commission has approved a $3 million settlement for a woman wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years and later freed by DNA evidence.
Cathy Woods, a woman wrongfully imprisoned in Nevada for more than 35 years, is suing the state under a new law and may be eligible for $3.5 million in damages.
A Las Vegas man was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation by a judge for his role in a voter fraud scheme during the 2016 election, Nevada law officials announced Wednesday.
“All I really know is being in prison, and that’s pretty normal for me now,” said Williams, who has served nearly 18 years in the Nevada prison system after killing six teenagers working on a roadside cleanup crew in a 2000 car crash.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
A man was found inside a vehicle suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.
The weekend highs will be a bit above normal before a few days of excessive heat in the middle of the coming week.
The new restaurant from the “Cake Boss” star is also a pizzeria that will serve signature pies and Jersey-style sandwiches.
In a ceremony with Clark County officials, José Manuel Carrera became the first sidewalk vendor to become licensed with the county.