As of Monday, 56 of Nevada’s nearly 12,500 state prisoners have been tested for the coronavirus, representing less than half a percent of inmates.
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.
Maleeya Gordon, 15, and Zion Torres, 14, were last seen Tuesday, according to a tweet from the North Las Vegas Police Department.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman who died after she was struck by a van last month in central Las Vegas.
North Las Vegas police continue to investigate the December death of a 1-month-old, although the Clark County coroner’s office does not know how the baby died.
A 94-year-old inmate in Las Vegas police custody died at University Medical Center on Tuesday; officials said his death was not related to the coronavirus.
Las Vegas police believe that a man whose body was found early Tuesday in downtown Las Vegas died after he was hit by a train.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the man killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday morning in the central Las Vegas Valley.
The Highway Patrol posted on Twitter that the mountain lion has been “making the rounds recently” along Kyle Canyon Road at higher elevations in the Mount Charleston area.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 19-year-old fatally shot after a fight at a “friend’s residence” on Sunday afternoon.
Some retail stores throughout the Las Vegas Valley were open on Saturday, the first day of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Phase One to reopen businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
As of Saturday morning, there were 6,028 cases throughout the state, according to data posted online from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Arizona police on Thursday arrested a 33-year-old man accused of killing another man with a hatchet in what officials said was an “unprovoked” attack at a home in Mohave County.
A 29-year-old woman crossing Cheyenne Avenue outside of a crosswalk was struck and killed by a pickup truck Friday morning in North Las Vegas, police said.
The daughter of Angelica Rodriguez, a 62-year-old great-grandmother and medical worker, is raising money to offset the cost of Rodriguez’s lengthy hospitalization due to COVID-19.
Justin Charland was armed with a samurai sword and said he was a ninja before a Metropolitan Police Department officer fatally shot him at an east valley apartment complex, police said.