Nevada’s appellate courts decreased their pending caseload by more than 12 percent in fiscal 2015, and the decline is expected to continue next year.
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The man who was shot and killed through the front door of a west valley couple’s apartment Wednesday morning died as the result of a tragic misunderstanding, his friend told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
A Texas teen from a wealthy family, a fugitive after breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, has been taken into custody in Mexico, a law enforcement official said on Monday.
A corrections officer employed with the Metropolitan Police Department since 2005 was arrested Wednesday and faces a misdemeanor prostitution count, the department announced Monday.
A man who was shot and killed in an east valley apartment complex Wednesday night was identified Monday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday.
The Las Vegas Fire Department is investigating a fire in downtown Las Vegas that broke out just after 10:30 a.m. Monday, fire department spokesman Tim Szymanski said.
An inmate serving time for possession of a stolen vehicle died Saturday afternoon at the Northern Nevada Corrections Center in Carson City, officials said.
As soon as the dog was released, it was clear something was wrong. “My baby,” Arturo Arenas-Alvarez said in halting English as a Henderson police K9 ran toward his sport utility vehicle, which sat nearby in a parking lot. “I’ve got my baby.”
Executives with the Florida-based company that has taken over operation of the state prison in Golden Valley are promising to lead the embattled penitentiary in a new direction.
From the Moapa Zoo to O.J. Simpson to the Bunkhouse Saloon, here’s a look back at some of the people and places we wrote about this year.
A blaze to a home in North Las Vegas that caused about $300,000 overnight Christmas was intentionally started, Fire Department investigators determined.
Metro is asking for the public’s assistance in finding a 72-year-old man last seen in North Las Vegas.
A man shot and killed Wednesday through a front door by a resident, who told police he thought the man was trying to barge into an apartment, was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Friday.
A teenager fatally shot by a homeowner when police said he and another teen were burglarizing a central valley house on Wednesday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
