A look at the number of homicides in Clark County in 2023. Among the trends, a rise in domestic violence-related murders in Las Vegas.
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A fiery Fourth of July with dozens of suspected impaired drivers and thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks kept Las Vegas valley law enforcement busy.
The fatal shooting of a police officer Thursday was the third officer-involved shooting in Clark County this week.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said it has received thousands of complaints about missing or stolen mail in Southern Nevada over the last year.
A former North Las Vegas firefighter charged with murder in his wife’s overdose death told officers he was worried that the city would learn of the investigation into his spouse’s demise, body camera footage in the case shows.
Officers arrested 15 men during a two-day sting targeting people attempting to lure children online for sex.
If the former North Las Vegas firefighter had rushed his wife to a nearby hospital instead of the faraway fire station, she could have survived, her parents said.
Christopher Candito, 33, was arrested Wednesday and booked at the Henderson Detention Center on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Tiffany Slatsky, 25, from February 2020.
Metropolitan Police Department Detective Robert Sigal, the only detective in the department’s animal cruelty unit, investigates about 100 cases of felony animal abuse across the valley.
More than 4,600 burglaries were reported in Las Vegas as of Aug. 29, down 35 percent from the same time last year, according to Las Vegas police.
Clark County saw its most drastic drop in homicide investigations in at least a decade last year, down 33 percent from the previous year.
A North Las Vegas Justice Court bailiff accused of paying a teen boy for sex is now facing an additional sex trafficking charge.
Police are reporting a spike in thefts of large pickup trucks in the Las Vegas Valley.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in District Court, alleges that Maysen Melton tackled the plaintiff around May 2016 and sodomized her against her will.
The lawsuit, filed last week in District Court, claims the district and Maysen Melton’s parents disregarded other students’ safety by allowing him to stay in public school.
Intense heat grips southern Nevada every summer. However, in recent years, the topic of worksite heat stress safety has become a focus. In 2022, Federal OSHA introduced its national emphasis program on heat stress safety. The same year, Nevada OSHA also issued its state heat stress guidelines for businesses. As summer 2024 approaches, it’s time […]
Colin Czech is accused of killing a man outside a downtown convenience store and eating parts of the victim’s face, police said.
The Las Vegas Strip casino introduced a new tier in its loyalty program, and visitors will need to reach at least that tier to receive unlimited free parking.
Harry Reid International Airport said its parking was in “high demand” this weekend, and expected Terminal 1 long term and economy parking to be at capacity.
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.