Metropolitan Police Department officials provided an update Wednesday about a cold case homicide from 1991.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
The embattled director of Clark County’s Juvenile Justice Services was accused earlier this year of nepotism, inappropriate remarks and sham discipline proceedings.
Lawmakers did away with the caucus in 2021 and instituted a presidential primary process for major political parties, unless there is only one candidate in the race.
The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board on Monday announced that it had received 100 completed applications during a 10-day window earlier this month.
Clark County will soon need to hire a new chief operating officer after Yolanda King is retiring after six years at the helm.
The battle-hardened former pilot transformed his plight with PTSD into a quest to aid other veterans with similar experiences.
Officers responding to a call about a “suspicious vehicle” made the discovery about noon in the 4900 block of Cartier Avenue near Nellis Boulevard and Carey Avenue.
The would-be developer of housing planned for the defunct Badlands golf course is ready to settle its longstanding legal dispute with the city of Las Vegas for $64 million, according to documents prepared for Wednesday’s City Council meeting.
The single-vehicle wreck happened about 10:10 p.m. at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Brooks Avenue, just south of Cheyenne Avenue, police said.
The man died at University Medical Center.
Fatima Mitchell, 36, is being held in the Henderson Detention Center on a count of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.
The six-vehicle crash that left nine dead in North Las Vegas took “everything” from Erlinda Zacarias and her husband, Jesus Mejia-Santana, who lost four biological children.
Police said they witnessed a man’s suicide Sunday evening when they responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in southeast Las Vegas.
The family of a woman who survived Saturday’s mass casualty crash in North Las Vegas, but was hospitalized with serious injuries, is raising funds for medical bills.