A North Las Vegas police SWAT officer shot a man while trying to disarm him just after midnight New Year’s Day, the first officer-involved shooting for the department in two years, and the first for the valley in 2011.
Crime
Edward Colucci would laugh after punching and smacking his girlfriend’s 5- and 8-year-old sons. The 33-year-old laughed while forcing the 5-year-old to eat vomit-covered rice.
It was a nationwide story: A Las Vegas judge was so concerned about her own needs that she made jurors in a murder trial pull an all-nighter rather than delay her vacation.
Michael Douglas is the new chief justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, taking over the leadership role at a critical time.
A 46-year-old Las Vegas man has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the smuggling of 161 pounds of khat, a drug commonly found in northeastern Africa and the Middle East.
Casino bosses are serving notice to the bandit who made off with $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio: Try to redeem those worth $25,000 soon or they’ll become worthless. Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International is discontinuing its standard $25,000 chip and calling for all gamblers to redeem them by April 22.
Station Casinos will cover the $13,000 loss the Salvation Army suffered after its headquarters was burglarized last weekend, officials announced Wednesday.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
Sean Lucero faces charges of theft and oppression under the color of office. Metro accused him of making ill-gotten cash deposits totaling $37,160.
Residents in a Spring Valley neighborhood shot and killed a man suspected of trying to break into their house, according to Metro.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a sex abuse indictment against Nathan Chasing Horse, while leaving open the possibility of charges being refiled.
Five of the 11 alleged motorcycle gang members recently indicted on racketeering charges appeared in District Court on Wednesday.
