The Clark County coroner’s office ruled that the death of a 21-year-old woman who overdosed was an accident, although her boyfriend was charged in December with second-degree murder.
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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 has identified a 31-year-old man shot and killed in the first homicide police have investigated this year in the Las Vegas Valley.
A 25-year-old woman accused of mishandling a firearm and fatally shooting her 3-year-old son in December appeared on Tuesday in Las Vegas Justice Court.
The updated figures posted to the state Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought state totals to 235,455 cases and 3,235 deaths.
After a drastic drop the previous year, 2020 saw a 33 percent increase in the number of homicides investigated in Clark County.
From 2021: Eric Echevarria’s family is left with their sadness and anger after the 52-year-old was killed in a DUI crash, in which a UNLV basketball recruit was accused of driving impaired.
Nevada on Saturday reported 1,825 new coronavirus cases reported and five additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Participants in the 8th Judicial District Court’s felony DUI program have struggled to pay the cost of participation in the specialty court during the pandemic.
The fatalities from the disease and new cases of COVID-19 reported by the state over the preceding day were well above the 14-day rolling averages.
Three sisters have been located safely Thursday afternoon after they went missing around midnight, police said.
The latest figures pushed the state totals to 212,211 cases and 2,916 deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Jordan Barson is accused of DUI in a Dec. 10 crash south of Las Vegas that killed five bicyclists.
Las Vegas police on Wednesday urged any additional victims of four sexual assault suspects, described as “violent predators,” to come forward.
The health district announced it received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine, the second drug to win emergency authorization from the federal government.
Nevada set a somber milestone for most coronavirus deaths in one week on Saturday, surpassing the previous benchmark reached just a week ago. The state’s new cases also boosted total case numbers past 200,000.