The Metropolitan Police Department corrections officer tested positive for the virus after returning from vacation to a city heavily affected by the virus.
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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.
Las Vegas police are still looking for an assailant in the killing of a man whose body was found at a south valley park on Thursday morning.
The Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday identified the 37-year-old man arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting another after an argument over money.
A fourth person has been arrested in the November slaying of a woman who was shot to death in east Las Vegas after reporting illegal activity at some area nightclubs.
Officials said there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among inmates in the Clark County Detention Center, but some are awaiting test results.
Clark County’s sheriff and district attorney offered assurances that the criminal justice system is continuing to protect the community during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday said that the death of David Baxter, who died following a police restraint in January, was a homicide.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday ruled that the death of a man whose body was found after an early February fire in a vacant home was an accident.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man who died after the car he was driving struck a pole Saturday night as 54-year-old Raymond Williamson.
The Just One Project’s mobile food pantry saw unprecedented crowds on Saturday morning in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in the Las Vegas Valley.
Police said one person had been arrested in connection with a shooting Friday afternoon.
The city of Las Vegas also has apparently changed its stance against enforcement of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Friday order for all nonessential businesses to close as a measure to curb the coronavirus outbreak.
The Las Vegas Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire in a downtown Las Vegas two-story vacant building where “squatters” were seen Saturday morning.
The Las Vegas Valley is in for a dry weekend with slightly cool temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.
One of The Harbor Juvenile Assessment Center’s locations have been closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Clark County announced Friday.