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UNLV president plans to revive Barrick Lecture Series

Based on how the late Marjorie Barrick’s wishes to keep the Barrick Lecture Series going strong after her death and how the lectures have been allowed to languish, I’m not sure I’d give the UNLV Foundation millions. Presuming I had millions.

Hearing on new trial in huge mortgage fraud case opens

Defense lawyers took their opening shots in federal court Wednesday in their bid to get a new trial for a once high-profile couple convicted in the largest mortgage fraud case in Nevada.

Family of man killed by police endured home invasion five months before father shot

Police shot and killed a man Monday night outside his northeast valley home — the same residence police responded to just five months earlier on a July morning when the man’s 23-year-old son fought back against a pair of armed home-invasion robbers, shooting and killing one.

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CCSD: Overnight custodian arrested for ‘lewd acts’ while alone in classroom

New details were released Wednesday about the arrest of a 42-year-old Clark County School District employee who police say performed “lewd acts on himself” 36 times while working as an overnight custodian at a southwest valley elementary school.

CCSD employee arrested in connection with theft of 40 school iPads

An information technology employee with the Clark County School District was arrested Monday in connection with the theft of 40 iPads from a North Las Vegas school, CCSD police said Wednesday.

Taxi trips drop as ride-hailing companies start up in Las Vegas

The influence of ride-hailing companies on Southern Nevada’s transportation landscape has surfaced in the Nevada Taxicab Authority’s November statistics, and if you’re a taxi company owner, it isn’t pretty.

SWAT snipers involved in fatal shooting identified

Las Vegas police released the names of two SWAT snipers who shot and killed a woman after an hourslong standoff Monday afternoon.

Las Vegas expected to freeze overnight

Freezing temperatures are expected Wednesday night into Thursday morning in the Las Vegas Valley.

Attorney pleads not guilty in forged documents case

Defense lawyer Vicki Greco pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 138 criminal charges in an alleged scheme to file forged court documents in misdemeanor cases involving prostitutes.