North Las Vegas police have recommended misdemeanor charges against a 51-year-old Clark County School District bus driver who while on duty struck a teenage girl in a crosswalk and pinned her under the vehicle’s wheels, severely injuring her in November.
With the state’s growth and a corresponding increase in court appeals, the Nevada Supreme Court soon with accept its 60,000th case. More than 59,700 cases have been filed with the Supreme Court since statehood in 1864, and the 60,000th should come in early 2012.
Rep. Shelley Berkley’s husband has been investing in troubled homes, renting out some but selling two this year for $86,000 profit, according to Republicans seeking to dent her U.S. Senate candidacy. Republicans charge the transactions show Dr. Larry Lehrner to be opportunistic in the search of profits in the midst of Nevada’s foreclosure crisis, at a time when Berkley has been highly critical of banks forcing constituents out of their homes.
A 33-year-old man died Wednesday after driving a pickup onto a sidewalk and striking a business on Decatur near Charleston boulevards, Las Vegas police said.
The state Supreme Court has temporarily suspended two Southern Nevada lawyers who have had run-ins with the law. In separate orders filed Nov. 17, the court suspended Las Vegas attorney Susana Ragos Chung and Henderson attorney Robert Weatherford.
Clark County commissioners Tuesday will again considering tweaking their ethics policy. Proposed changes include holding spouses of commissioners and the people they live with to the same standards as elected officials when they lobby the board: They can’t act as paid consultants or lobbyists for people or companies that deal with state and local government.
A married couple charged with slaying a man whose body was found cut up in a box this month in downtown Las Vegas were ordered held without bail Wednesday.
A Las Vegas area man tied to the sports betting operation ACME Group Trading has been indicted on charges of violating federal currency transaction laws. Robert Walker, 43, was charged with four counts of causing a financial institution, the Golden Nugget Race & Sports Book, to fail to file an accurate currency transaction report.
New Clark County School District teachers may get pushed out midyear before guiding their students on to the next grade. The cash-strapped district, at an impasse with its teachers union over cost-saving measures, is bracing for about 1,000 possible layoffs of licensed staff. The ax will fall if an arbitrator sides with the Clark County Education Association, which has refused to grant $78 million in contract concessions.
