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.
A young mother from Bullhead City, Ariz., who failed to protect her infant son from fatal abuse allegedly inflicted by her former boyfriend was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday.
North Las Vegas police were searching for a shooting suspect whom they considered armed and dangerous.
Las Vegas’ environment-friendly City Hall has nothing on the recycling efforts of two council candidates seeking to work there.
CARSON CITY — Former Republican secretary of state candidate Rob Lauer has won a default judgment against Jennifer Von Tobel over comments she made about him in his 2010 campaign, according to Clark County court records.
A Kingman, Ariz., man whose abuse of a baby led to her death at a Las Vegas hospital agreed to a plea deal that will send him to prison for at least 10 years.
MODESTO, Calif. — Police are investigating an early morning shooting Wednesday at a motel in Modesto, Calif., that left two Las Vegas residents wounded.
Prosecutors have extended the cloud of secrecy over a grand jury investigating the campaign contribution practices of longtime lobbyist Harvey Whittemore. Security officers even refused Wednesday to allow reporters to stay on the second floor of the courthouse where the grand jury was meeting.
CARSON CITY — A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a Nevada law requiring sponsors of citizen initiatives to collect a percentage of voter signatures from each congressional district to qualify for the ballot.
A court hearing for a woman accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter was delayed Wednesday when the defendant refused to leave her jail cell.
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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.
