A forum meant to address racial justice in the criminal justice system grew tense Saturday afternoon as top law enforcement officials in Nevada tried answering audience questions.
Katelyn Newberg
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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.
New cases, hospitalizations and test positivity rate have risen steadily for more than a month and Clark County’s top health official says there is no sign the rise is slowing.
A 33-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested in June on a child pornography charge after investigators found dozens of files on his cellphone, according to an arrest report.
Police arrested a 29-year-old man in June on suspicion of child sex trafficking after he transported a 15-year-old girl to Las Vegas from San Diego, according to an arrest report.
The diesel fuel supply in Beatty was low on Wednesday afternoon, Nye County authorities said.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a semitrailer Wednesday afternoon in the far northeast Las Vegas Valley.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 20-year-old man shot and killed during a party at a northwest Las Vegas steakhouse on Monday night.
After nearly two months, the Clark County coroner’s office has identified a homeless man who was shot and killed by a shotgun blast near downtown Las Vegas.
Las Vegas police are investigating after a man in his 30s was shot and killed Tuesday morning in an east valley apartment complex.
The two-week moving average of new cases, which now stands at 468, has been climbing since it reached a low of 132 on June 5.
Las Vegas police have arrested a 31-year-old man in the beating death of his girlfriend on Monday at a hotel near the Strip, according to an arrest report.
Homicides in Clark County rose 13.6 percent during the first half of 2021 when compared to January through June of last year, according to records maintained by the Review-Journal.
The Clark County district attorney’s office will determine if criminal charges will be filed after a shooting left a 22-year-old man dead early Saturday, Las Vegas police said.
NV Energy is asking customers to conserve electricity on Saturday and Sunday evenings due to record-breaking heat.
Police believe Christopher Najera shot and killed a man in May in retaliation for another gang-related shooting that left a 17-year-old dead, according to an arrest report.