Nevada reported 24 additional coronavirus deaths on Saturday, along with 859 more cases, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Katelyn Newberg
Katelyn joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s metro desk in June after graduating from the University of Florida. She previously worked with the paper in the summer of 2017 as an intern on the business desk. Before graduating college she was the editor in chief of the Independent Florida Alligator. She was born and raised in Orlando, Florida.
A Las Vegas officer filed a federal lawsuit against the police union, alleging that fees have been improperly withheld from her paycheck after she requested to revoke her membership.
Oris Jones, 67, told police he grew angry when his father “began speaking badly about Steve Harvey and bald headed men” while the two were watching TV, an arrest report said.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is attempting to locate the driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash Tuesday night on Interstate 15 in the far northeast Las Vegas Valley.
The Clark County coroner’s office said the death of a homeless man whose body was found in July on the side of the road was accidental.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 16-year-old boy shot by his brother last month in a North Las Vegas home, a killing the brother told police was an accident.
One man died and another was injured at a house party early Saturday at a home on the 5700 block of Ruby Creek Drive, near Sahara Avenue and Sloan Lane, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
A 29-year-old woman crashed an SUV through a Henderson fitness studio on Saturday afternoon, according to the Henderson Police Department.
One man was hospitalized and is expected to survive following a shooting Saturday morning in the central valley, police said.
A North Las Vegas church caught fire late Friday, but as of Saturday officials did not believe it was suspicious, the North Las Vegas Fire Department said.
A boat crash Friday evening on the Colorado River near Lake Havasu, Arizona, left two men dead, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported an additional 986 cases of the coronavirus and five additional deaths.
Saturday marked the fourth time Henderson officers have shot someone this year, according to records maintained by the Review-Journal.
A Moldovan man pleaded guilty in Las Vegas federal court on Friday to a conspiracy charge for his role in a global cybercrime ring, the Justice Department said.
A 29-year-old man charged with attempted murder shot another man through the neck in late June while driving in central Las Vegas, according to an arrest report.