Kinnetha Lord’s husband was arrested on suspicion of murder after he told Las Vegas police Monday that his wife shot herself inside a home in the south valley.
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 Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Wednesday that it’s investigating the death of an inmate who was in a “physical altercation” with another inmate in July.
A man crashed into a Smith’s Marketplace grocery store and caused “extensive damage” Wednesday evening in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
Clinton Ryan, the North Las Vegas assistant police chief, resigned July 24, four days after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
A man was arrested after a hit-and-run crash Tuesday evening in the central valley, where his motorcycle collided with a Metropolitan Police Department officer’s motorcycle.
A former U.S. Marine involved in an hourslong standoff with Las Vegas police last week told officers he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
A 25-year-old man died earlier this month after he was injured at the Clark County Detention Center, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
A nearly 4,450-acre fire burning since Wednesday in the northeast Lake Mead National Recreation Area has yet to decrease, the Bureau of Land Management said Saturday evening.
The summer grasshopper invasion in the Las Vegas Valley is so large it may be showing up on the National Weather Service’s radar as evening rain storms.
The woman was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Friday on suspicion of murder and child abuse in connection with the October death of a 2-month-old boy.
A 26-year-old woman was indicted on an accessory to murder charge Friday in connection with a June 2018 fatal shooting, according to district court records.
Bureau of Land Management officials are set to begin removing up to 225 extra wild horses in the Red Rock Herd Management Area near Las Vegas.
A former Clark County School District substitute teacher has been accused of touching three female students inappropriately in May during class, according to an arrest report.
Another case of West Nile virus has been reported in Clark County, one day after the Southern Nevada Health District announced an “outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases.”
Officers were called about 2:15 p.m. to West Flamingo Park, near South Jones Boulevard, on reports of the stabbing, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.