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Las Vegas middle school teacher arrested on child sex charges

Kweku Turkson, 37, an English teacher at West Prep Academy, was arrested Friday by Metropolitan Police Department officers and is jailed on counts of lewdness and attempted lewdness with a minor.

Judge to decide Clark County School District bullying lawsuit

Testimony wrapped up Tuesday in a civil trial over whether the Clark County School District did enough to protect two students at Henderson’s Greenspun Junior High from being bullied.

UNLV audience hears push for state appeals court

Supreme court justices continued their campaign asking the public to vote yes on the initiative to establish a Nevada Court of Appeals during a panel discussion at Boyd Law School on Monday.

Lawsuit: Clark County School District officials put kids at risk of abuse

The allegations appear in an amended complaint filed this week in U.S. District Court by John and Dina Phipps, the parents of an autistic child who is nonverbal. The boy was a 10-year-old student at Variety School, a school for disabled students, when the allegations arose.