The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday said an inmate who died at High Desert State Prison in April died of natural causes.
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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.
The Clark County coroner’s office said that the death of 7-day-old Kayleigh Tate, who died in December, was an accident due to positional asphyxia.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man fatally shot in front of a liquor store on Saturday in the east valley as 27-year-old Elliod Engeda.
Juan Dolores, 31, was arrested Saturday in connection with the fatal stabbing of 41-year-old Angel Arellano on Friday, North Las Vegas police said.
Violent crimes overall have dropped in the Las Vegas Valley in the past year, and one type of crime — sexual assaults — had a noticeable decrease in reports.
A man is his late 20s died following what appeared to be an exchange of gunfire outside a liquor store on Twain Avenue and Swenson Street, police said.
An hours-long barricade that stemmed from a “domestic violence incident” has ended Saturday morning in a southwest valley gated neighborhood, Las Vegas police said.
A warn Saturday in the Las Vegas Valley is expected to be followed by a cold front and rain chances at the beginning of the week, the National Weather Service said.
North Las Vegas police are asking for help identifying the shooter in the January fatal shooting of Sidney McKnight, 25, who was found dead near Ann Road and Clayton Street.
Firefighters were called to a fire Friday night just outside the Tarkanian Basketball Academy that forced the evacuation of up to 100 people, the department said.
A man who North Las Vegas police said was killed in self-defense in December died from a heart attack during a “civilian restraint.”
The Rev. Kathryn Murphy, 75, spent 10 years working as a chaplain at Divine Hospice in Las Vegas before she was killed Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash.
Three people were taken into custody Friday morning after a crash involving a stolen vehicle in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
A 15-year-old Cheyenne High School student was arrested Friday morning after school police found a gun in his backpack.
Police responded Friday morning to the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center, at 1650 E. Flamingo Road, which is operated by the HELP of Southern Nevada.