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Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy leaving office

Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy is leaving office for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, where he’ll be program manager of the center’s unknown victim identification program.

Man with self-inflicted stab wound found near wedding chapel

Las Vegas police responded to a stabbing on Las Vegas Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the High Hat Regency Motel, 1300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, across the street from A Little White Wedding Chapel and south of Charleston Boulevard.

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Girl asks officer ‘are you coming to shoot me?’ at community event

At a town hall meeting, held at the 100 Academy of Excellence charter school in North Las Vegas, law enforcement and black community leaders met to discuss policies that were in place to bridge the gap between police and communities of color.

Woman, granddaughter killed in bus stop crash ID’d

Authorities on Tuesday identified a Las Vegas woman and her granddaughter killed the day before in a hit-and-run car crash at a bus stop, as well as the man police said is responsible for their deaths.

Nevada assemblyman confirms Metro probe in attempted extortion

Republican Assemblyman Chris Edwards confirmed Saturday that Las Vegas police are investigating allegations of attempted extortion in exchange for his vote for Assembly speaker.

38 lawyers vying for seats on District Court bench

A total of 38 lawyers have applied for three judicial District Court seats made vacant by the newly appointed Nevada Court of Appeals.

 
Second suspect in LAPD shooting arrested in Las Vegas

A second suspect was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a Los Angeles shooting over the weekend where two men opened fire on a police squad car.

 
Wrongful death suit filed in Red Rock shooting

The mother of a man who was shot and killed by two federal rangers near Red Rock Canyon in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Woman accused in fatal hit-and-run to face jury

After a lengthy, often heated morning-long hearing, a judge decided Wednesday that a 29-year-old woman should face a jury on a charge that she struck and killed 63-year-old Michael Grubbs while he was pushing his granddaughter in a stroller along Rainbow Boulevard.

Justices order study of Nevada prison diets

A panel of the Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a lower district court and ordered it to compel the state’s chief medical officer to examine and report on the nutritional adequacy of the diet of prison inmates as required by state law.

Reno wins Supreme Court ruling in firefighter layoffs

The Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a victory to the city of Reno in its decision in May to lay off 32 firefighters after federal funding that supported their positions ran out.