A Mesquite woman was sentenced to one year in prison Monday after pleading guilty to several fraud and obstruction charges. Shawnanna Flores, 36, had raised hundreds of dollars for her 7-year-old son whom she said had liver cancer.
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A Pahrump lawyer who was shot by Las Vegas police five years ago during a traffic stop is running to be Clark County’s top prosecutor. Raymond James “Jim” Duensing filed to run for district attorney on Friday noting that he would stop prosecuting nonviolent crimes, including traffic tickets, if elected.
Gary Casupang, 59, faces charges of battery, domestic violence, coercion, and two counts of kidnapping. Casupang was being held Monday in Clark County Detention Center on $400,000 bail.
A $6.8 million flood control project began Monday to ease the type of flooding that happened in northwest Las Vegas in August. Motorists can expect detours along Grand Teton Drive and North Grand Canyon Drive during the project.
Less than a month after he stalled efforts to create a new national monument in the fossil-rich hills north of Las Vegas, Rep. Rob Bishop took a short hike through Tule Springs and held bits of mammoth bone in his fingers.
There are better ways to kick off a new job as an armed security officer than to be sentenced in federal court in an excessive force case.
Eight years after Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic rant during a drunk-driving arrest, Hollywood is debating the rehabilitation of an Oscar winner who was once one of the industry’s most bankable stars.
Investors were able to put aside the ongoing political turmoil in Ukraine on Monday to focus on a bit of good news on the U.S. economy. Stocks ended sharply higher on Monday, helped by a report that showed factory output rebounded last month. The rally sent shares of Allegiant Travel Co. and major Las Vegas casino companies higher.