A Henderson woman charged with drowning her two young children wrote that she faced “suspension or dismissal” as a Department of Family Services worker before the killings.
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Before being named assistant city editor in September 2021, David covered courts and legal affairs for the Review-Journal. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Over the course of a civil trial, attorneys for Hogs & Heifers Saloon accused its landlord Downtown Grand of trying to push the business off the street it has thrived on for 13 years.
The makers of ketamine, a drug planned for the execution of Zane Floyd, have demanded that Nevada prison officials return the supply before the lethal injection scheduled for next month.
A teenage couple accused of fatally stabbing Daniel Halseth pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges.
The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed a lower court judge’s decision to throw out attempted murder and battery charges at the start of a trial.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Tobiasson appeals allegations from the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline.
Prosecutor Jacob Villani and District Court hearing master Bita Yeager are facing off for the open judge seat in Department 1.
A 159-count racketeering indictment handed down this week charges 18 people with alleged ties to a criminal syndicate known as the United Samoan Organization with crimes including attempted murder and forgery.
Ron Israel is hoping to retain his seat on the Clark County District Court bench in a judicial primary against attorneys Jim Cavanaugh and Alexandra McLeod.
A former Metropolitan Police Department officer accused of taking unauthorized videos of people was ordered Tuesday to serve probation and perform community service.
A judge denied a new trial for a pair of teens convicted in the slaying of 17-year-old Matthew Minkler in Henderson in June 2018.
A judge on Monday set a preliminary hearing for a retired Las Vegas police officer charged with soliciting a child for prostitution.
A man jolted from a toilet and injured after a tour bus slammed into a rest stop near Valley of Fire State Park has filed a lawsuit in Las Vegas.
A Summerlin man with a history of engaging in police standoffs was sent to a psychiatric facility after being found incompetent to stand trial.
A 44-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the slaying of a Venetian executive during a company picnic at Sunset Park.