Francisco Aguilar, Nevada secretary of state, was charged with violating the Civil Rights Act after he responded on Aug. 21 to a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Akiya Dillon joined the Review-Journal as a metro reporter in August 2024. Akiya grew up in Nevada and moved to North Carolina briefly to study political science, English, and journalism at Duke University. After graduating and completing internships with the Los Angeles Times and Newsday, she returned to Las Vegas to cover breaking news. Akiya is also a Chips Quinn Scholar for Diversity in Media, and in her free time, she enjoys collecting limited-edition sneakers and doing puzzles.
A teen who is among five people accused in last month’s explosion at Piero’s Italian Cuisine confessed to “the entire operation,” prosecutors said.
The North Las Vegas Police Department collaborated with several groups to select participants ranging in age from toddler to teenager.
Diana Ready’s “life mattered,” her sister told Judge Tara Clark Newberry during a Tuesday sentencing for Cody Hill, who pleaded guilty to driving impaired and causing Ready’s death.
Joseph Gutierrez, 18, faces five felony charges, including manufacturing or possessing an explosive or incendiary device, first-degree arson, conspiracy to commit first-degree arson, and, in a separate case, transporting an explosive.
Law enforcement agencies across the valley are joining forces, forming a traffic task force to decrease road fatalities.
Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the planned substation will be similar to the kiosk erected outside Resorts World Las Vegas in 2021.
The videos were released hours after the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a column disputing the department’s earlier refusals to share the recordings.
Since the collision, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has requested recordings of 911 calls, body-worn camera footage, and crash video from the Las Vegas police.
Valente Ayala recounted his account of the events that led to the shooting during a Henderson Justice Court hearing for 22-year-old Tyler Johns.
The coroner’s office has identified the 35-year-old man who was struck and killed by a truck in the east Las Vegas Valley.
Every Saturday, Sally Hernandez, the food pantry director at TCMI Church, distributes fresh produce, nonperishable goods, and premade meals to approximately 500 people.
Around 100 people gathered inside the building for the luncheon, while dozens more lined up near a truck distributing frozen meals in the parking lot.
Stanley Weaver, 29, was charged with counts of aggravated stalking, stalking through the use of the internet or electronic communications, and malicious destruction of property.
A GoFundMe page for Vanessa Lainez, who police reported was in critical condition after the collision, stated that as of Monday, she is “fighting for her life” in the hospital.