Revenge over a lost job may have been the motivation in the beating of the elderly Pahrump woman, Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said.
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A Las Vegas police officer shot and killed an advancing, knife-wielding suspect as two other officers tried to obtain nonlethal shotguns in January, a detective said in a hearing Wednesday.
Police seeks other possible victims after arresting 57-year-old man on charges of allegedly sex trafficking a minor he reportedly met online.
A 19-year-old man is custody after a suspected DUI-related fatal crash at the intersection of Flamingo and Lindell roads early Saturday morning.
Adams, who advocated for open records and limiting campaign funds for unopposed judicial candidates, died at 74.
Las Vegas police on Tuesday distributed about 2,500 frozen turkeys and containers of ingredients for stuffing and other traditional side dishes to celebrate Thanksgiving.
A two-alarm fire at an apartment complex Saturday in northwest Las Vegas near U.S. 95 damaged eight units and displaced 17 people, firefighters said.
Federal agencies are investigating the non-injury collision of a single engine plane with a helicopter at North Las Vegas Airport.
A portrait with the likeness of slain NHP Trooper Micah May will adorn a float in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., after organs from his body saved the lives of three people.
Agents from the U.S. Air Force, FBI raid two homes owned by webmaster of Area 51 fan site.
District Court Judge Carli Kierny ordered that Joshua Buckingham, convicted of felony reckless driving resulting in death, serve between two and six years in prison in the 2019 crash that killed Randy Reiner.
Three Civil War veterans were honored on Veterans Day for the first time at their final resting place on land they once owned in North Las Vegas.
A judge set bail at $100,000 Thursday for a DUI defendant accused of fleeing the scene of a crash that killed two cyclists near UNLV.
Kristin Denise Bush and James Bush were sentenced to 28 to 120 months in state prison in the child abuse death of their 14-year-old disabled son in 2015.
A man who was recently fired from a McDonald’s on the Las Vegas Strip is accused of donning a skull mask and shooting an employee outside the restaurant.