A specialized police unit created to combat reckless driving in Las Vegas has made 119 arrests and towed 149 vehicles, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said.
Brett Clarkson
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Brett Clarkson was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Humber College's journalism program in 2002. He has lived in various places including Toronto, Los Angeles, South Florida, Northern Virginia, and now, Las Vegas. Before joining the Review-Journal in 2022 he worked at the Niagara Falls Review, Toronto Sun, and South Florida Sun Sentinel, contributing to the Sun Sentinel's coverage of the 2018 Parkland shooting, which earned the paper the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal For Public Service. He is the father of two children and has a dog named Julio.
Nevada voters will be asked to amend the state constitution to include a prohibition on discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin in November.
Nevada voters will decide Question 2, which proposes to amend the state constitution to require employers to pay a $12 per hour minimum wage.
Question 3 on the November ballot would implement open primaries and ranked-choice voting in Nevada.
Two Las Vegans were killed and six other people were injured in a bizarre stabbing spree on the Strip on Thursday.
Darin Dyer, a former U.S. Marine, was carrying an AR-15 in his own backyard.
The Justice Department has found that Nevada violates federal law by failing to provide adequate services to children with behavioral health disabilities.
Eric Enriquez, 44, died of a stab wound to the chest, the coroner said.
A Las Vegas police officer has been suspended with pay after he allegedly “committed a lewd act” at a chiropractor’s office.
Amir Haggi, 41, was found dead on Aug. 19 at the Budget Suites on West Tropicana Avenue.
Rasheem Waters, 30, died of gunshot wounds to the chest, according to the coroner.
A Cessna 182 plane en route to North Las Vegas airport landed in Lake Mead near Boulder City.
An influx of financial support after Oct. 1 has buoyed efforts to ensure completion of a new police training complex.
When school bus driver Vicente Linan pulled over for a second time on his way back from a Henderson public school, a girl grabbed the steering wheel and said she would drive.
A general manager of a Las Vegas shuttle bus company called in the tip that got the escaped Luxor bomber recaptured by police on Wednesday night.