Nevada on Thursday reported 571 new coronavirus cases and 14 additional fatalities, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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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.
A man accused of fatally shooting three teenagers in North Las Vegas in 1996 appeared before a judge on Thursday, a day after he said he falsely confessed to the crimes.
Willis Davis, who is accused of killing three teens in North Las Vegas in 1996, told the Review-Journal that he made a false confession to the killings while high on PCP.
A 43-year-old man was charged with three counts of murder last week after he confessed to three unsolved homicides from 1996, according to an arrest report.
Nevada on Tuesday reported 398 new coronavirus cases and 21 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Wednesday and Thursday’s COVID-19 vaccination appointments at two Las Vegas sites are now full for utility workers and those 65 and older, city officials announced Saturday.
Nevada on Saturday reported 371 new coronavirus cases and 37 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The homicide happened near the 6000 block of West Flamingo Road, near Decatur Boulevard.
State sees higher-than-average numbers of new coronavirus cases and deaths for day, but all major COVID-19 metrics have now been declining steadily for more than a month.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 25-year-old Henderson woman who was killed in what police said was a murder-suicide Tuesday with two young children present.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at a southwest Las Vegas Valley apartment complex.
Washoe County on Thursday announced it had detected the first confirmed Nevada case of a coronavirus variant that originated in South Africa.
Nevada on Thursday reported 488 new coronavirus cases and 31 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
A Colorado man who recently opened a Las Vegas exotic pets store died when a wrong-way driver struck his van on Interstate 15. Two of his dogs and a pet parrot also died in the crash.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 363 new coronavirus cases and 41 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.