Las Vegas parents Donald E. Brown and Melissa D. Lawrence didn’t face criminal charges involving child abuse until January, following their 11th CPS investigation and a Metropolitan Police Department investigation that led to their arrests.
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North Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal car crash involving two vehicles near Alexander Road and Commerce Street on Saturday night.
Rail aficionados will have something to cheer about when workers contracted by the Nevada Transportation Department begin construction of the new freeway next spring.
Angry parents are talking about sex education or – to put it more clearly – guidelines suggested by a national group as the starting point for schools seeking a comprehensive curriculum, one the Clark County School District is considering.
The Washoe County School District has received a $973,000 federal grant for anti-violence programs, nearly a year after a deadly schoolyard shooting rampage in the Reno suburb of Sparks.
The city of Las Vegas will need more than a proposed $200 million downtown soccer stadium to help pay down its eight-figure investment in redeveloping Symphony Park.
One man was hospitalized after a shooting in the southeast Las Vegas Valley on Saturday.
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and other officials on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of power generation by Glen Canyon Dam, a structure that helped usher in a new era in the Southwest.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is in the middle of a trip to Afghanistan as part of a contingent with the National Governors Association and will talk about his experiences in a phone interview Sunday with members of the media.
A federal judge has refused to block the release of oil and gas leases in Nevada that critics say will be used for hydraulic fracturing that could harm sage grouse and cause more environmental damage than the Bureau of Land Management admits.
A diverted JetBlue Airwaves flight headed to San Francisco Saturday landed safely in Las Vegas, a McCarran International Airport spokesperson said.
RENO — A former executive director of the Nevada Podiatry Board has been sentenced to five years’ probation after pleading guilty to misappropriating board funds and falsifying financial accounts.
The Cactus Avenue-freeway interchange and Interstate 15 flood repair project were finished ahead of time, but don’t expect early openings to be a trend in Southern Nevada — accelerated projects are generally more expensive to build.
A trio of men were indicted Friday in connection with a Las Vegas mortgage fraud scheme in which five people were “swindled out of their life savings,” according to prosecutors.
Nevada Democratic congressional candidate Erin Bilbray said Friday the national minimum wage should be raised to $15 per hour — more than twice the current rate — to boost the middle class and help those barely making ends meet.
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A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
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.
In addition to travelers being able to purchase branded Mob Museum souvenirs, they’ll be able to see a red Jaguar once owned by Gambino crime boss John Gotti.
All eyes are on Death Valley as people hope for a superbloom.
