Before a fire that killed six people, it had been 32 months since a downtown building had received a city fire inspection, despite a history of code violations going back more than a decade.
Rachel Crosby
Reporter: Investigations/Projects
Email: rcrosby@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 477-3801
Rachel Crosby is an investigative reporter at the Review-Journal. The University of Florida graduate and Las Vegas native cut her teeth at internships with the Tampa Bay Times and Chicago Tribune before starting at the Review-Journal as a nightside crime reporter and columnist in 2015. Her work has helped document the scope of the Oct. 1 mass shooting.
A January 2010 shootout at the federal courthouse in Las Vegas left court security officer Stanley Cooper dead.
Her body would later be found in the hallway near the back door, according to her nephew, one of six victims killed in the deadliest residential fire in the city’s history.
Colin DeFrate, whose tattoos have appeared on Las Vegas locals and Hollywood celebrities, died earlier this month, suffering an aneurysm as he rested his head in his wife’s lap.
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“Everybody wants the guns destroyed,” an attorney said. But until the MGM settlement is a done deal, the weapons used in the Oct. 1, 2017, attack remain in FBI custody.
The Arizona man accused of selling illegally manufactured ammunition to the Route 91 Harvest festival gunman pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.
Attorneys rated 89 judges in this year’s Judicial Performance Evaluation, which marks the 13th time since 1992 that the Las Vegas Review-Journal has sponsored the survey.
In the 2019 Judicial Performance Evaluation, Clark County lawyers favored retaining all Nevada Supreme Court justices and all judges on the state’s Court of Appeals.
North Las Vegas only has one municipal judge. He may be failing, according to results from the Review-Journal’s latest Judicial Performance Evaluation.
Douglas Haig previously pleaded not guilty to one count of manufacturing ammunition without a license in connection with the sales. A change of plea hearing is expected Tuesday.
The Friday wreck happened on the 3900 block of West Carey Avenue. Traffic on Carey is shut down between Simmons Street and North Rancho Drive as police investigate.
A Las Vegas nonprofit is collecting professional clothing so that local women looking to re-enter the workforce can receive fresh interview attire.
An ex-Red Rock Country Club tennis instructor claims she was fired in 2016 after a member complained about the presence of her biracial daughters at a tournament.
Each of the thousands affected by the Las Vegas shooting will receive a share of a settlement announced last week, but experts caution that the shares will not be equal.
