The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide in a neighborhood just south of the Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
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Experts said District Judge Jessica Peterson’s initial restrictions amounted to an unconstitutional gag order.
Video footage from J.E. Manch Elementary School showed the aide dragging a student 30 feet down a hallway after refusing to leave a classroom, police said.
Tyler Johns, 22, is charged with murder in the Nov. 14 death of Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria.
Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
The lenders who assumed the inside track to buy 480 acres of federal land once targeted for an arena in Henderson cleared their first hurdle Friday when they paid the city $250,000 for the legal fees associated with its land fraud lawsuit against developer Chris Milam.
How is this for a scary movie: a committee of attorneys designing a courtroom for what could be a marathon trial.
A disgraced Clark County School District teacher who was fired several years ago but recently won his job back in arbitration was sent home from Bonanza High School Friday after officials learned he faces felony drug trafficking charges.
Visitors at Lake Mead National Recreation Area have been advised to secure their valuables before hiking.
CARSON CITY — The man who killed four people in a IHOP restaurant in 2011 was a “paranoid schizophrenic” and “gun nut” who wrote a high school paper on gun safety, Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong told legislators Friday.
Denver Broncos safety Quinton Carter, a former Cheyenne High School standout, is facing felony charges alleging that he cheated at a craps game last weekend at Texas Station, authorities said Thursday.
Health Plan of Nevada’s defense was dented Thursday when Clark County District Judge Timothy Williams tightly circumscribed what a key witness could say on the stand about his time as a former medical practice partner of Dipak Desai.
Developer Chris Milam officially settled with the city of Henderson over an arena land deal gone bad, but one prominent defendant linked to a former national official in the Milam lawsuit is refusing to go away quietly.
A Los Angeles judge formally identified a 26-year-old man as the suspect wanted in a Strip shooting and car crash that killed three people last month.
Luis Solano’s family says he appeared healthy when he entered jail on Feb. 21. Four days later, after a three-minute struggle with four corrections officers, Solano, 38, couldn’t breathe and lost consciousness, Las Vegas police said. He died March 6.
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Three hours before his clients arrived at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last year, Nevada Stupak was already there, walking the route they’d take that evening. He rode the shuttle to time it. Scoped out the Paddock Club grounds. Found the spots where the light would hit just right for photos. Reserved the best table in the hospitality suite. Even talked his way into getting them front-row seats for a driver’s speech.
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Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he was found asleep at a traffic light on North Lamb and East Lake Mead boulevards at 4 a.m. on Sept. 12, according to police.
The defendant, accused of wielding a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of sexually assaulting multiple alleged victims. He appeared in “Dances With Wolves” as Smiles a Lot.
