The knife-wielding woman who was shot and wounded by a Las Vegas police officer Friday night was identified as Tania Torres-Espinoza, 49, on Saturday.
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Nevada Republicans and business leaders put their best foot forward on Friday as they pitched the Republican national party on holding its 2016 convention in Las Vegas.
The Metropolitan Police Department is testing a new tactic, the Neighborhood Gateway Project, to thwart crime. The pilot program has the department focusing on places rather than individual criminals.
Clark County Clerk Diana Alba has withdrawn as a candidate for re-election.
Opening statements began Friday in a personal injury lawsuit against a Strip resort filed by comedian George Wallace.
The Animal Foundation and Home 4 Spot will work together to find homes for 27 dogs that were rescued from a pet store fire in Las Vegas.
A 58-year-old Mesquite man with no criminal history “attempted to chamber a round” from his shotgun at Las Vegas police, prompting return fire that killed him Sunday near the Jean Airport, Metro Undersheriff Jim Dixon said Friday.
The second annual Wild West Cross Country 5K Challenge is scheduled from 7 to 10 a.m. March 29 at Bonnie Springs Ranch, 16395 Bonnie Springs Road.
A grand jury indicted a 29-year-old Cuban national for the May 2009 fatal shooting of a man found on Blue Diamond Road outside Las Vegas, Clark County prosecutors said.
When licensing parameters allowed community theater companies to produce “Les Miserables,” it was music to the ears for Signature Productions. The company plans to present the famed musical April 4-26 at the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center.
For the past six years, chef Bernard Tordjman has been presenting his sophisticated California/European menu at Lake Las Vegas. That sophisticated menu is now a little closer to town at his new second location on Sunset Road.
This week, Las Vegas police announced that the disappearance of Irma Mkrtchyan, a Farmer’s Insurance agent, is being handled as a homicide. Her ex-husband and children say they have been questioned, but they have no clue where she might be — or if she’s alive.
A Las Vegas police SWAT team tried for six hours Thursday to remove a person from a house near Sahara and Eastern avenues.
Suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones waited 35 minutes before calling 911 to report that he discovered the body of his girlfriend, Lisa Willardson, at her Henderson home the day after Christmas, according to a police report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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