Sixty-seven Clark County Detention Center inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, 51 of whom were identified during widespread testing in June.
Katelyn Newberg
Katelyn Newberg began covering the courts and legal affairs for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in October 2021. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified a man fatally shot this month in the parking lot of a central valley Siegel Suites.
A Las Vegas man faces murder charges after police say he fatally shot his 71-year-old neighbor and her friend in front of his daughter on Thursday night, according to an arrest report.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 66-year-old woman who police said was killed by her husband during a murder-suicide in North Las Vegas.
The body of a man in his 50s was found in front of a business early Tuesday in the east Las Vegas Valley, police said.
The body of a woman who went missing while swimming in Lake Mead on Wednesday was found in the lake Saturday morning.
Caesars Entertainment on Saturday confirmed an employee has died after testing positive for the coronavirus.
A motorcyclist has died following a crash Saturday afternoon in North Las Vegas near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Carey Avenue, police said.
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed a man who had fired at him while running from a traffic stop Friday night in Elko.
The Culinary Union plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against “major Las Vegas Strip casino companies,” alleging that casinos have not adequately protected workers from the coronavirus.
The unusually high number of coronavirus cases reported in Nevada on Saturday was caused by a delay in laboratory reporting from the Southern Nevada Health District earlier this week, but it still shows evidence of the recent spike in cases, officials said.
The house fire, which displaced two adults and three children, was “likely caused by illegal fireworks,” the Henderson Fire Department said.
Las Vegas police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man during an argument in late May at an apartment complex.
Las Vegas police were investigating a crash involving two garbage trucks Friday morning in the north Las Vegas Valley.
One person was hospitalized Friday morning after a three-car crash in the central Las Vegas Valley, police said.