Law enforcement officials in Las Vegas and Florida arrested five people this week in connection with a scam police said was carried out by employees of moving companies.
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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.
Nevada reports 1,310 new coronavirus cases and 12 additional deaths as hospitalizations inch higher according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Officers responded to reports of a fight at the Aquarius Casino Resort involving “a large fight between multiple suspects” early Friday, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas Valley residents, visitors and business owners woke up to a new face mask requiremen Friday, and most appeared to be abiding by the edict.
For the second day in a row, Nevada on Thursday reported the highest one-day increase in new coronavirus cases in more than six months.
The Department of Corrections has been taking up to half of the money families send prisoners for basic supplies even after new legislation intended to cap such deductions.
A body was found Wednesday morning near an east valley golf course, Las Vegas police said.
A small plane crashed and caught fire on U.S. Highway 95 northwest of Las Vegas early Wednesday, forcing the closure of the highway for several hours.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday told state officials that the number of fully vaccinated Nevada prison employees is “atrocious.”
Nevada’s third Buffalo Soldiers Day was celebrated Saturday to honor the country’s all-Black military units.
A 21-year-old Las Vegas man was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to two years in prison for robbing two U.S. Postal Service mail carriers, according to the Justice Department.
Nevada on Friday reported 1,003 new coronavirus cases and 20 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The woman was shot and killed by her husband in a murder-suicide on Wednesday night, Las Vegas police said.
A 7-year-old boy found dead in Mountain Springs in May had been strangled, the Clark County coroner’s office confirmed on Thursday.
The state Health and Human Services Department also reported eight deaths and a 0.1 percentage increase in the COVID-19 test positivity rate, which now stands at 12.7 percent.