Clark County News

A Nevada judge ordered a woman who wielded a pellet gun during a robbery at a Henderson pet store and held police at bay by taking a woman hostage at a Las Vegas gas station released from jail pending treatment at a Florida mental health facility.

About 1,700 taxpayers in Nevada did not receive their tax refunds this year because of mailing address errors - a total of $2.2 million in undeliverable checks, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

A tiny town in the Nevada desert plans to mark the placing of a historic marker this weekend at a park in front of the community center.

Former North Las Vegas police officer James Vernon Clayton was all set to plead guilty to five gross misdemeanor counts related to police misconduct today, but there was just one catch: He denied ever offering to dismiss traffic tickets he issued to women he pulled over in exchange for sexual favors.

Two illegal immigrants who face life in prison without parole will not be sentenced until January 2010.

The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting two more deaths from the H1N1 flu, bringing the total number of deaths in Clark County to 20.

A federal judge today dismissed Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins' lawsuit that had held up a vote on a Las Vegas Beltway widening job.

Sabra Smith-Newby says she helped get a bill passed in Carson City this year allowing for civil penalties for business license infractions.

A woman suing Gov. Jim Gibbons, claiming she was fired because he believed she leaked information about personal messages sent from his state cell phone, was hired Monday by the state controller to oversee stimulus accounting.

The same group promoting Las Vegas as an adult playground wants to make it more family friendly, at least for conventions.

Eleven-year-old gymnast Alicia Ross practices on the balance beam and works at perfecting her other skills at Brown's Gymnastics, where she spends about 25 hours each week.

Ingeo recently increased its population coverage in Nevada to more than 87% with the addition of Clark County to its nationwide network of 307 counties, the largest network of any other provider in the e-recording industry.

The Air Force says local and military authorities are investigating the discovery of human remains in a remote desert area at Nellis Air Force Base.

A 41-year-old former foster mother could face 20 years to life in prison after a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a 7-month-old boy in her care in 2006.

A Las Vegas social services office that closed due to budget cuts has gotten a nearly $200,000 grant to reopen.

A lawyer says the physician being investigated in Michael Jackson's death will appear for a Nov.

Dr. Conrad Murray is blaming Michael Jackson and the fledgling economy on his inability to pay child support -- but the District Attorney of Clark County, Nevada ain't buying it.

H1N1 Flu Virus With six more deaths confirmed by the Southern Nevada Health District on Wednesday, the number of H1N1-related fatalities in Clark County rose to 18.

The Southern Nevada Health District confirms that four people died last week as a result of the H1N1 virus.

Lawyers for the political advocacy group ACORN and a former voter registration supervisor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to illegally paying canvassers to register Nevada voters during last year's presidential campaign.