Two men, including one from Henderson, who worked for BP during the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster have been charged with manslaughter and a third with lying to federal investigators, according to indictments made public Thursday, hours after BP announced it was paying $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disaster.
What should have been a routine traffic stop in 2011 ended in a shootout in which Las Vegas police officer Patrick Burke killed a man who had served more than 13 years in prison for second-degree murder. Burke was one of 18 Metropolitan Police Department officers and 12 supervisors honored Wednesday for going “above and beyond the call of duty.”
Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins is facing misdemeanor charges for unlawfully discharging a firearm within the city limits and disturbing the peace the night of July 3, the North Las Vegas city attorney’s office announced Wednesday.
A 22-year-old woman who had paranoid delusions after taking drugs at the Electric Daisy Carnival died Monday after she fell from her Strip hotel room, according to her family and friends.
Henderson Police Chief Jutta Chambers was asked to resign Monday in a formal request from outgoing City Manager Mark Calhoun.
