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 alleged shooter had not been arrested and the scene remained “active,” police said.
California authorities said that a suspect wanted in a downtown Sacramento mass shooting that left six dead was arrested in Las Vegas.
The RJ Español app — downloadable on the Apple and Google stores — mirrors the RJespanol.com website.
Las Vegas police identified two of three suspects wanted in a fatal shooting during a targeted robbery in a southwest valley home in March.
David Chou, 68, of Las Vegas, is facing one count of murder after a shooting in Laguna Woods, California. His neighbors remembered Chou as a “grumpy” but friendly person.
Former Undersheriff Kevin McMahill, former Assistant Sheriff Tom Roberts and former Sgt. Stan Hyt all want to pin on the sheriff’s badge come November.
Controversial Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore is battling businessman Manny Kess for the right to challenge incumbent Treasurer Zach Conine in November.
Former Assemblywoman Ellen Spiegel will face political newcomer Michael Costa in the Democratic primary for state controller.
Police said speed was a factor in a crash that killed a bicyclist in North Las Vegas on Sunday morning.
Seven people were hospitalized following a suspected DUI-crash in Summerlin Sunday morning, Las Vegas police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department was involved in a standoff Sunday morning with a “suicidal” person in the heart of downtown Las Vegas.
To many, the grim discovery of the body of a shooting victim in Lake Mead inspired a callback to a darker Las Vegas past, but the the reality could be as murky as the waters where the body was found.
Jose Marmolejo, 21, who is accused of traveling as fast as 97 mph before losing control of his Ford Mustang and jumping onto a sidewalk where he hit the boy, was indicted in April.
A full-scale Fourth of July parade is returning to Summerlin following two years of pandemic-related restrictions, organizers announced Tuesday.