The Culinary Union plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against “major Las Vegas Strip casino companies,” alleging that casinos have not adequately protected workers from the coronavirus.
Katelyn Newberg
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 unusually high number of coronavirus cases reported in Nevada on Saturday was caused by a delay in laboratory reporting from the Southern Nevada Health District earlier this week, but it still shows evidence of the recent spike in cases, officials said.
The house fire, which displaced two adults and three children, was “likely caused by illegal fireworks,” the Henderson Fire Department said.
Las Vegas police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man during an argument in late May at an apartment complex.
Las Vegas police were investigating a crash involving two garbage trucks Friday morning in the north Las Vegas Valley.
One person was hospitalized Friday morning after a three-car crash in the central Las Vegas Valley, police said.
Las Vegas police are searching for a woman who threw hot coffee at a fast-food employee in March, causing second- and third-degree burns, according to a tweet from the department.
The number of Nevada prisoners with positive test results went from nine on Wednesday to 15 on Thursday, but the infection rate in the state’s prisons remains low.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Thursday identified a 30-year-old man who died in a motorcycle crash Wednesday night at Ann Road and U.S. Highway 95.
Carlos Pagoaga had last been seen Wednesday night in the northeast valley, police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a 63-year-old man shot and killed by a North Las Vegas police officer on Monday at the end of an hourslong standoff.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in finding a sedan believed to be connected to a fatal shooting reported early Wednesday in Pahrump.
An earthquake was felt in the Las Vegas Valley on Wednesday morning.
The North Las Vegas Police Department is asking for help in finding Thanh Cong Tran, also known as Oliver Tran, who was last seen on June 11.
A husband and wife were arrested Saturday after police accused them of leaving two dogs in the sun trapped in a hot cage. One of the dogs died.