This was the fifth time Family Court Judge Cynthia Giuliani has dressed as a fairy godmother for a special Halloween adoption event. She said she hoped the event would encourage others to adopt or consider foster care.
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William Hatley has paid his debt to society for traveling overseas with a phony passport. Hatley, 64, pleaded guilty in federal court to making a false statement on a passport application and using the Social Security number of another person, both felonies. He was sentenced Jan. 21 to the four months behind bars he served while waiting to resolve his case.
A move toward consistency may help get child welfare cases resolved faster and children into permanent homes sooner.
Homa Woodrum makes a living as a guardianship attorney, but it is her work as an allergy advocate that she calls her “passion project.”
Las Vegas police said they thought a man they shot and killed in the west valley Thursday afternoon was holding a gun.
A man Metro said was shot by a dental office employee two weeks ago in a thwarted robbery that left a masked woman dead has been arrested, police say.
Neil Brian Gandler parked his car at a 24 Hour Fitness Monday night and never left. He was shot and killed there three hours later.
A man who was stabbed to death Wednesday night in a west valley parking lot was identified Saturday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Maurice Iorio traveled from Las Vegas to Chicago in the summer of 2013 for what was considered a procedure of last resort: surgery to remove his bladder.
Shauna Tiaffay spoke to her husband for three minutes the night before she died. George Tiaffay hung up with his wife and, within a minute, dialed the number of a homeless man who said he was hired to kill the 46-year-old Palms waitress.
Metro on Monday identified the officer who shot and killed a man police said was armed during a weekend foot chase.
A 28-year-old man was shot and killed in a 7-Eleven parking lot early Monday, according to North Las Vegas police.
A man was shot in the side of the head in the central valley on Friday, according to Las Vegas police.
A federal appeals panel Friday ordered the dismissal of a mortgage fraud case against a lawyer who claimed he was charged after prosecutors falsely accused him of violating an immunity agreement.
Looking through the van for the first cash bag of the day, security guard Matthew Allen heard a voice behind him say: “Give me the money.”
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
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