Coverage from 2023 included stories on the anniversary of fellow reporter Jeff German’s murder and an investigation into a Nye County youth psychiatric facility.
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.
Two more teenagers are facing charges as adults in connection with a September killing prosecutors have said was part of a larger gang crime spree.
UNLV confirmed Friday that the man who opened fire on campus and killed three professors earlier this month had applied to four positions at the university during a four-month period in 2019.
The negotiated agreement, approved by an arbitrator, came after a long period of negotiations and disputes between the teachers union and the school district.
A criminal trial for the former owner of the Alpine Motel Apartments is not scheduled to start until February 2025, court records show.
Sakari Harnden and Chance Comanche both face charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of 23-year-old Marayna Rodgers.
Since his arrest in September 2022, Robert Telles has gone through a series of attorneys, including firing his public defender for private attorneys.
Jesus Ayala’s public defender had filed a petition seeking the dismissal of an indictment charging Ayala with murder in the death of 66-year-old Andreas Probst.
Defense attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis allege that his book outlining his involvement in the Tupac Shakur killing was written for financial and entertainment purposes.
The Clark County School District was ordered to release footage of an incident in which a police officer appears to push a Black student to the ground.
A 19-year-old Las Vegas woman faced a judge on a murder charge in connection with the disappearance of a woman whose remains were found in Henderson.
A change in Nevada law has allowed the Las Vegas Justice Court to establish it’s own mental health court, replicating an existing program in District Court.
The Nevada Supreme Court issued an order declining to rule on the merits of the petition filed by Nathan Chasing Horse’s public defenders.
Prosecutors are seeking a $250,000 bail and electronic monitoring for three of the four teenagers being tried as adults.
Defense attorneys for two of the teenagers arrested in connection with the death of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis have filed paperwork asking for their clients to be released from custody while they await trial.