A judge is scheduled to hear a challenge of criminal allegations that a former Las Vegas firefighter hired a homeless man to bludgeon his estranged wife to death.

The Clark County School District would get millions of dollars to help young children learn to speak and understand English before entering elementary school.

Republican state Sen. Michael Roberson has introduced a bill to do away with the Las Vegas Township Constable's office.

Tusko says the same car may have been involved in a hit-and-run crash minutes before in the parking lot of a nearby Toys-R-Us store.

The Clark County coroner said Monday that 17-year-old Alexis Monasterio died in the 12:10 a.m. Sunday crash on Charleston Boulevard about seven miles east of downtown Las Vegas.

Police say a car in the procession ran a red light and collided with a motorcycle Saturday afternoon at an intersection in front of the Las Vegas Culinary Academy.

Cast members and casino officials plan to mark the fifth anniversary of the Las Vegas Strip headline show "Jersey Boys" with the installation of a "Las Vegas Walk of Stars" marker honoring Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

A Las Vegas high school teacher who recently won his job back in arbitration after he was fired several years ago has been suspended.

The sign outside Wayne Newton's sprawling "Casa de Shenandoah" in southeast Las Vegas says "For Sale."

A Los Angeles judge has formally identified a 26-year-old man as the suspect wanted in a Las Vegas Strip shooting and chain-reaction car crash that killed three people last month.

Officials say a Southwest Airlines flight bound from Las Vegas to Tulsa, Okla., returned shortly after takeoff to McCarran International Airport after an indicator light signaled a fire in a cargo hold.

A Henderson SWAT officer whose expensive police SUV went up in flames two weeks ago told investigators he hit a median, but kept driving home after he didn't notice any damage.

A 20-year-old woman is facing a felony attempted murder charge in the stabbing of her boyfriend's mother in Las Vegas.

Southern Nevada officials are declaring the start of spring after the region's tortoise mascot emerged from his burrow at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

Nevada has shed its title as the national leader in unemployment.

The Nye County sheriff says one jail guard was fired and several others were disciplined after an investigation of the use of a Taser on a handcuffed inmate in the county lockup in Pahrump.

Wynn Las Vegas chief operating officer Timothy Poster has resigned from a position he assumed less than a month ago.

Police have arrested a man in California on charges that he fatally beat his wife with a vacuum cleaner in North Las Vegas.

The iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign is going green in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

Police are questioning a woman about a stabbing at a second-floor apartment several miles west of downtown Las Vegas.

Prosecutors are considering the death penalty for a mother and stepfather who pleaded not guilty to murder and felony child abuse in a case alleging they beat the woman's 7-year-old son to death for lying about reading the Bible.

A Nevada senator wants to put Southern Nevada Water Authority under the jurisdiction of the state Public Utilities Commission.

A partner in a prominent Las Vegas law firm has been confirmed by the Senate for a lifetime appointment as federal court judge in Nevada.

A conservative think tank is publicly posting the salaries of Las Vegas police employees, and blaming the police officers' union for departmental budget problems.

The Bellagio Buffet is making its caviar bar a permanent institution after a few weeks testing out the gourmet offering.