The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection on Tuesday named three finalists for an open Clark County Family Court seat.
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A race for Las Vegas justice of the peace has turned into one of the more expensive in the valley’s history, as the two candidates have combined to raise more than a half-million dollars for their campaigns.
Should fundraising be a deciding factor in next month’s election, the Nevada Supreme Court could have a majority of women for the first time.
Starting Friday, Family Court Judge Cheryl Moss, who has pushed for years to create a designated court for problem gamblers, will oversee a new division for those whose cases stem from addiction.
A Las Vegas jury on Thursday acquitted a former Marine on charges of sexually abusing his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter and physically abusing her 4-year-old son at The Linq Hotel.
Lonny Joseph DiTirro Jr., 36, was found guilty after a three-day trial of four counts of sexual exploitation of children by producing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
Interviews with 11 candidates vying for an open Clark County Family Court seat have been set for next week.
Walter Laak was found guilty but mentally ill in August after prosecutors argued the he knew his actions in September 2016 were illegal, while acknowledging that the Iraq War veteran suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
The lawsuit filed by Marsha Byrd alleges that the father of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. dragged her out of his car and punched her repeatedly after a Sept. 16 boxing match at T-Mobile Arena.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline is investigating whether state Supreme Court candidate Jerry Tao improperly used partisan language in campaign materials.
The attorney general’s office wants the Nevada Supreme Court to wave off a lower court judge’s ruling that blocks the state from using the sedative midazolam in capital punishment.
A man charged in the death of a 1-year-old boy was indicted Wednesday on additional charges after prosecutors accused him of scuffling with officers at the Clark County Detention Center.
A man was acquitted of an attempted murder charge Thursday, more than two years after he shot at a shoplifting suspect outside a Target store in southwest Las Vegas.
David Copperfield, under his company David Copperfield’s Disappearing Inc. sued a German company for creating a replica of his “highly sophisticated flying object” used in his “Live the Impossible” performance at MGM Grand Hotel.
A man whose life sentence was overturned because of a prosecutor’s comments more than a decade ago was found guilty Wednesday in a shooting that left a 22-year-old woman dead.