The federal government has secured $1.1 billion to continue cleanup of a former chemical manufacturing site in Henderson as part of a settlement with the site’s owners.
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Federal prosecutors filed court papers late Thursday asking a judge to order former power broker Harvey Whittemore to begin serving his two-year prison term for unlawfully funneling campaign contributions to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Seven men claim they worked more than 40 hours a week as stagehands for David Copperfield’s magic show at the MGM Grand without receiving overtime compensation.
Richard Schlacta, a 49-year-old Californian with a lengthy criminal history, pleaded guilty to one count each of sexual assault with the victim being under age 14 and first-degree kidnapping. Authorities say he assaulted a 13-year-old girl who was on her way to her school bust stop in August.
Las Vegas police asked for the public’s help Thursday in finding a man suspected of robbing three northwest valley convenience stores in late March. The armed robberies happened from March 25 through 27, police said. During each robbery, the suspect entered a convenience store and demanded money while pointing a gun at the store clerk.
A Henderson man sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the slaying of his girlfriend’s 6-week-old son will get a new trial, the Nevada Supreme Court said in an opinion issued Thursday.
A second defendant suspected of being part of a Korean organized crime group was sentenced in Las Vegas on Thursday to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a botched home invasion.
Nevada federal judge nominee Richard Boulware advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday despite surprise opposition from Republicans who questioned his experience and his ability to become impartial.
Las Vegas police asked the public’s help Thursday in finding two men who robbed a convenience store on the southwest side of the valley in February.
Officers involved in the death of a fugitive who shot and wounded an FBI agent last year were cleared by Clark County prosecutors Thursday. District Attorney Steve Wolfson’s heavily redacted report left out the involved officers’ names, including the agent who killed the 32-year-old man.