The coronavirus pandemic has forced creative people in Las Vegas, a city that thrives on live performance, to adapt to new or changed ways to entertain. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Governor Steve Sisolak held a press conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building Friday, to provide an update on the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and to discuss steps the State of Nevada and local and federal partners are taking to monitor and prepare.
Las Vegas real estate broker Scott Gragson pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in his fatal DUI case. He is expected to spend several years in prison. Melissa Newton, a mother of three, was killed in the wreck on May 30, 2019. (James Schaeffer and Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bani Duarte sentenced to 51 years to life in prison – VIDEO
Day one of the death penalty trial of Ray Charles “Ray Ray” Brown, 26, who is accused of being the gunman in the April 2016 robbery and killing of a Lee’s Discount Liquor store clerk.
Clark County prosecutors are increasingly charging fatal DUI suspects with murder. However David Westbrook and his wife, Deborah, are public defenders who are litigating a case involving such a defendant and have already filed a brief with the Nevada Supreme Court noting case law has already rejected this practice. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Christopher Sena, who was found guilty in February of multiple counts of sexual assault with a minor, incest, use of a minor in the production of pornography, lewdness with a child younger than 14 and child abuse, was sentenced to over 337 years behind bars.
About 40 18-wheeled Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series semi trucks rolled north on the Strip past Fremont Street and then headed for the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thursday evening during the Hauler Parade. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Metro Police Assistant Sheriff, Brett Zimmerman addresses the officer involved shooting on January 24,2019, where suspect Isai Rodriguez was fatally shot, either by officers, or self inflicted. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Notable Las Vegas area deaths in 2018, including Dennis Hof, Robin Leach and Art Bell.