An attorney for the owners of a now-shuttered boarding school at the center of a child abuse case said they are close to reaching a plea deal with Nye County prosecutors.
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Rio Lacanlale, whose work for the Review-Journal ranges from crime reports to video storytelling, joined the newspaper in October 2016. Before that, the UNLV broadcast journalism graduate contributed to newsrooms in central Italy and Washington, D.C. Rio is also a passionate traveler who enjoys living out of a backpack for months at a time.
“When he perished, he perished on the bike,” a fellow cyclist said of Aksoy Ahmet, 48. “He went out doing what he loved.”
All five bicyclists were Las Vegas residents and died of multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
Nearly 20 bicyclists set out early Thursday from Henderson to complete a roughly 130-mile ride — just as the group has done each year for the past 15 years.
Shawn McDonnell and Kayleigh Lewis will join McDonnell’s brother, Christopher, in Clark County after the suspects were separated following their capture in rural Arizona.
Inspired by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anne Carpenter accepted a promotion that would make her the first woman to take command of the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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Thomas McEniry was shot and killed by Las Vegas police on Nov. 24, 2015. What followed is a yearslong dispute over the facts of the case between police and his family.
A lawsuit stemming from the criminal case claims a “frat boy” culture among Topgolf Las Vegas executives helped protect a sexual predator.
He was denied heart medication for days, according to the lawsuit, even though he complained to jail staff of chest pain. Then he was found unresponsive in his cell.
An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
Marcel and Patricia Chappuis, the married owners of the Nye County boarding school for at-risk youth, each face 45 counts of child abuse or neglect.
Michael Russell’s pardon, which restores all of his civil rights, was a rare move by the Nevada Board of Pardons, considering the circumstances around the man’s case.
Clark County voters were asked in the general election to choose between the incumbent or the challenger in two races in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas justice courts.
Clark County voters in the general election were responsible for deciding 11 races in Family Court, where decisions are made about child custody and alimony.