Both sides of the criminal justice system — defense and prosecution — appeared to fall short in the case of a 2008 after-school shooting, a Clark County judge said Tuesday, but that didn’t compel him to toss a conviction.
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The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the motorcyclist who died Monday evening at the Desert Inn Road and Berwyck Street intersection.
On Tuesday, District Judge Abbi Silver sentenced Carlos Saenz III to five years probation for the felony, but said he must spend the first six months of that term in the Clark County Detention Center.
A former Lyon County sheriff’s deputy accused of forcing female inmates to perform sex acts at the jail is free on bail awaiting a pretrial hearing Dec. 4.
Uber, which last week brought its controversial ride-sharing app to Nevada, is battling opponents and gathering support with an online petition drive before it faces a Clark County District Court hearing Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s daughter Lana Reid Barringer has unexpectedly taken ill and will need surgery, the senator’s office said Tuesday.
A Bullhead City, Ariz., man has been arrested in the death of his girlfriend’s infant son.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man connected to a late September robbery in the southwest valley.
A motorcyclist driving a bike police say was stolen is in critical condition after crashing into a wall Tuesday morning in the east valley, according to a Las Vegas police report.
A nuclear waste repository might or might never be built at Yucca Mountain but one group profited from a long legal fight over the Nevada site — the lawyers.
Authorities say a man shot by a California Highway Patrol trooper in Jean after a more than two-hour chase that crossed state lines died of a gunshot wound to the head.
No opposition was voiced at a workshop Tuesday to a proposed rate schedule for unemployment insurance that businesses will pay next year to cover jobless claims. The rate would be about the same as this year.
The man wanted in connection with a string of cellphone robberies has committed three more robberies, Las Vegas police said.
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A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights claims the Reno college discriminates against women with policies that allow students to participate in sports based on their gender identity.
Bryan Vargas-Caicedo previously pleaded guilty in District Court to reckless driving and, in a lower court, to misdemeanor DUI in connection with the death of 37-year-old Wesley Larsen.
