A male inmate convicted of second-degree murder in 2008 died at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City on Wednesday.
Education
Clark County prosecutors slapped former Wengert Elementary School teacher Melvyn Sprowson with four new charges of unlawful use of a minor in production of pornography after authorities found images of a 16-year-old girl on her cell phone.
Jeffrey Hinton, a history teacher at Northwest Career and Technical Academy, was honored as Nevada’s 2014 Michael Landsberry Teacher of the Year on Wednesday.
Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley is taking on a new job as CEO and senior provost of the Touro College and University System in Nevada and California.
UNLV freshman Chanhee Shin doesn’t use the school’s Academic Success Center and isn’t happy about having to pay more next year so it can expand its services.
The only class of felony sex offenders in Nevada not required to register in a national database are school employees and volunteers convicted of having sexual relations with their students who are younger than age 18.
The Automated Sports Ball Launcher won grand prize in the fall 2003 Senior Design Competition at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Clark County School District will have $41 million more in resources than expected for the 2013-14 school year due largely to sales tax collections exceeding predictions.
Clark County’s crowded elementary schools already use 1,282 portable classrooms, but new state standards are forcing the district to request $13.5 million from the state so it can add hundreds more.
UNLV President Neal Smatresk has been confirmed as the new president for the University of North Texas by the system’s Board of Regents.
A 53-year-old man is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle near Lamb Boulevard and Boulder Highway Wednesday night, Las Vegas police said.
Melvyn Sprowson’s history of alleged student sex abuse in Los Angeles was an open book for any prospective employer, but Clark County school officials chose not to read it, LA’s school chief said Wednesday.
Will Spanish ever become America’s official second language? Some College of Southern Nevada students think it could.
From a drone to a 3-D-printed electric toothbrush to a robot the National Rifle Association would love, senior engineering students displayed their best ideas Thursday Dec. 5 at the Senior Design Competition.
UNLV stadium consultant Mark Rosentraub says a new on-campus venue could appeal to major football conference TV networks, giving the university leverage to join a BCS conference like the Pac-12 or Big Ten and to draw millions of dollars in new TV revenue.
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