Richard William Ward of Las Vegas was discovered suffering from a gunshot wound on Feb. 25 in Golden Valley, a rural area between Bullhead City and Kingman.
Jeff Burbank
Before returning to the Review-Journal in 2022, Jeff spent seven years as a content development specialist at the Mob Museum. Before that, he worked as a reporter for the Bay City News Service, the Las Vegas Sun, UPI, Los Angeles Times and others, including the RJ from 1991-1995. He also has considerable experience teaching at UNLV, San Jose State and DeVry University. Jeff was a Fulbright Scholar in 2011.
CCSD trustees approved an agreement between the district and the Police Officers Association of the Clark County School District that includes a pay increase.
A man who allegedly robbed a person outside a Target store was shot and killed by police after he refused to put down a knife and lunged at an officer.
Crews found no one hurt in a fire that devastated a house in a neighborhood just east of Harry Reid International Airport.
Three women and a dog were found dead after North Las Vegas police shot and killed an armed man who walked toward officers and ignored their commands.
A suspect armed with a knife ran into a restaurant across from UNLV. The restaurant had to be evacuated.
About 50 people celebrated the 4,000-square-foot expansion of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth facility that finds homes for local kids each year.
Attorneys for a Clark County woman allege Las Vegas police have violated Nevadans’ civil rights by taking suspects to Arizona for nonconsensual blood draws.
A man suspected in an arson fire at his home in North Las Vegas was arrested hours later at a cemetery in Santa Barbara County.
Silverado High School graduate Charlie Clark, a sophomore at Wyoming, was one of three members of the college’s swim and dive team who died in a February crash.
A man riding a motorcycle was killed in a crash, prompting the Nevada Highway Patrol to shut down all four ramps at Spring Mountain Road and Interstate 15 for hours.
A fight related to custody of a pit bull ended in the death of a 69-year-old man last summer. Months later, an autopsy by the Clark County coroner’s office revealed he died of an irregular heartbeat and the manner of death was a homicide.
Roman Ramirez, 51, was booked into the CCDC in connection with the death of Larry Vargas after they fought over a pet, according to police.
Clark County’s foster care program raised the number of regular foster care homes last year by 42 thanks to better recruitment of new licensed foster parents.
For those with the desire and inclination to be a foster parent for children, the steps to obtaining your foster parent license in Clark County have never been easier.