A panel of the Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a $7.5 million defamation judgment against soft-porn king Joe Francis on behalf of casino developer Steve Wynn.
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Henderson police Capt. Bobby Long, a 21-year-veteran of the department, had a meltdown last week — apparently threatening bankers — after the off-duty officer was forced to wait a few minutes to cash a check at the U.S. Bank inside Vons at 45 E. Horizon Ridge Parkway, near Horizon Drive.
Yordani Corona Del Toro, 23, a felon who defense lawyers called a “gang banger” and habitual criminal, is the government’s star witness in the theft trial of the three men unfolding in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey. Del Toro laid out details Thursday of an alleged plan to kidnap and rob a delivery van driver of pharmaceutical drugs in 2013.
A man’s convictions for both incest and sexual assault are not mutually exclusive and do not amount to double jeopardy, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The high court’s seven justices unanimously affirmed the convictions of Delbert Roy Douglas, who specifically challenged his incest convictions in the Clark County case.
The school, at 3650 Cambridge St., was put under precautionary lockdown after police got a call saying shots were fired about 9:15 a.m. No one was hurt, but said an unoccupied vehicle got shot.
A bone found amid recycled waste at a North Las Vegas trash transfer station was an animal bone, according to the Clark County coroner.
A missing Kentucky woman may have made her way to Las Vegas, according to the woman’s family. Jena Chisholm, 20, was last seen on Dec. 19 at her Florence, Ky. home, according to a Facebook page dedicated to finding her.
People under age 18 could be subject to a $300 fine for hanging out downtown after 9 p.m. on weekends under a curfew ordinance approved Wednesday.
Three people were indicted on murder charges in the torturing and killing a homeless man in August, prosecutors said Wednesday. The victim’s ankles were bound with electrical tape and he was strangled, beaten and stabbed before being stuffed inside his own suitcase.
On March 29, detectives placed a designer Coach purse on a chair in front of a “Blue Blazes” slot machine at Planet Hollywood Resort and waited.
A Henderson SWAT officer was suspended last month pending an internal investigation into shenanigans with a SWAT co-worker. The Review-Journal has learned that suspended officer shocked a fellow cop with a handheld stun gun while clowning around at the office.
A man found dead in the desert Sunday after a heat wave struck the Las Vegas area was identified Tuesday.
Local agencies in Clark County are competing against applicants from across the state for a piece of Nevada’s federal homeland security funding.
There is nothing ominous about the neighborhood around 705 E. St Louis Ave., where the 7-year-old girl with short black hair and a toothy smile often roamed on her bike. Karla Rodriguez wasn’t afraid to be a kid in this neighborhood.
Daniel Bastine is an aspiring rapper from San Diego. He’s a graduate of a private high school in posh La Jolla, Calif. He moved to Las Vegas four years ago to try to make it big in the local music industry.
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A man was shot and killed by police after pointing a rifle at officers in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex, according to police.
This was the Henderson Police Department’s second officer-involved shooting in 2024, officers said.
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A federal website that tracks missing people has posted photos of the clothing worn by a man whose remains were found in a barrel at Lake Mead two years ago.
