A Clark County resident is being charged with making online threats against Gov. Steve Sisolak, statements his attorney insists are First Amendment-protected speech.
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An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
A crowd of judges and magistrates gathered at the Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse on Saturday, watching as a funeral motorcade carrying the namesake of the building stopped along Las Vegas Boulevard.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero to the four Nevada women who now serve on the state’s historic, female-majority high court. “What a gift,” one said of her.
A Las Vegas judge on Thursday rebuked the state’s process of deciding who should open up new marijuana dispensaries.
More than 100 Nevadans and at least 10,000 nationwide have filed claims against the BSA alleging the organization failed to stop sexual abuse.
Robert Eliason’s legal battle began in 2017. The embattled lawman, who is not a certified police officer, has served in office since 2015 and is now in his second term.
A reputed leader of international gang MS-13 brought other high-ranking members of the group to Las Vegas in order to distribute drugs and sell guns, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Law enforcement vehicles escorted Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Jenkins’ body as it was driven to the Clark County coroner’s office Friday night.
Charles Gary Sullivan, the 73-year-old man charged with the 1979 killing, was extradited Friday to the Washoe County Sheriff’s jail.
After 33 years on Nevada’s death row, Paul Browning was released Wednesday morning from Ely State Prison.
On the eve of Independence Day, a Las Vegas judge ordered 200,000 pounds of fireworks returned to the owner, who must haul the explosives out of Clark County.
A former security guard for the Nevada National Security Site filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a government security contractor Monday.
Residents are focused on other issues, she said, such as rising utility costs and a requirement to show identification at the landfill. The planned execution of a convicted murderer is secondary, she said.
A drug manufacturer filed suit Tuesday in an effort to stop this week’s execution of convicted murderer Scott Dozier.