Las Vegas firefighters treated three construction workers who were injured when lightning hit the ground near them on Friday afternoon.
Katelyn Newberg
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Katelyn Newberg began covering the courts and legal affairs for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in October 2021. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
The Nevada Board of Health voted Friday to require vaccinations for all Department of Corrections employees and workers at state institutions with “vulnerable populations.”
The state reported 1,552 new coronavirus cases over the preceding day along with an increase in the two-week daily average from 859 to 876. It also reported 21 additional deaths.
The Las Vegas Fire Department will kick off 9/11 events on Saturday with its 20th remembrance ceremony to honor those killed in the terrorist attacks.
The state also recorded 1,125 new COVID-19 cases over the preceding day, and has now logged at least 1,000 cases of the disease in 10 of its last 11 daily updates.
A month and a half after Las Vegas officer Jason Swanger died of COVID-19, fellow officers escorted his 9-year-old son to his first day of fourth grade.
The Clark County district attorney’s office will determine if criminal charges will be filed after a shooting left a 22-year-old man dead early Saturday, Las Vegas police said.
NV Energy is asking customers to conserve electricity on Saturday and Sunday evenings due to record-breaking heat.
Journalists participated in three use-of-force scenarios Thursday at the Metropolitan Police Department’s Reality Based Training Center.
Clark County school police on Wednesday arrested a 28-year-old former employee accused of “unlawful contact with a minor,” officials said.
The Mariachi Nuestra Raices band played Saturday afternoon at Cashman Center while people lined up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Nevada on Saturday reported 752 new coronavirus cases and nine additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
A woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash before her body was found Saturday morning near a west Las Vegas Valley shopping center, police said.
Las Vegas police have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of murder after a woman was dropped off at a hospital with a fatal gunshot wound early Friday.
Two Las Vegas police officers will not face charges after they shot and killed a man armed with a sawed-off shotgun last April.
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