Las Vegas resident Lorell Guydon, 96, is the last survivor among her 17 siblings. Her grandfather, Leander Guydon, was one of more than 2,000 people interviewed as part of the Slave Narrative project.
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Anyone searching the internet for the city of Las Vegas’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program will instead encounter a page with an error message.
Felicia Cavanagh is alleging her daughter Allison Bailey died, in part, because of how the Guard treated Bailey after she reported being sexually assaulted.
The Metropolitan Police Department has an unlikely partner in its technology-backed crime fighting efforts. Metro has accepted millions in donations.
Melanie Rouse, the Clark County coroner, said that her office saw an increase in reported deaths of around 14 percent.
Las Vegas police say experience can help reduce the number of officer-involved shootings, as officers with less than five years of experience are more likely to open fire.
Councilwoman Carrie Cox fired back after attorneys for Henderson’s mayor sent Cox a cease and desist letter accusing Cox of “spreading rumors about a purported extra-marital affair.”
The decision was hailed as a success by prisoner rights advocates. Christian Walker, 44, died at High Desert State Prison on April 15, 2023.
Members of UNLV’s Rebel Girls & Company co-ed dance team are once again national champions.
When a man with a bat charged at Las Vegas police officers in September, they deployed an electronic control device to stop him. It didn’t work.
One of the High Desert State Prison inmates who died was a 52-year-old man who killed two people at a restaurant in 1996.
A Metropolitan Police Department officer arrested Wednesday pointed a gun at his wife and a man she had developed a relationship with amid her separation from her husband, according to an arrest report.
A 35-year-old man serving a sentence for robbery was stabbed and killed inside High Desert State Prison.
A judge ordered that a man accused of striking a Henderson Police Department sergeant with an SUV remain detained without bail.
A Henderson Police Department sergeant who was struck by an SUV had to get 11 staples in his head to treat his injuries, police said.