Clark County

Where the jobs are

2004-03-29 00:00:00

Even in a jobless recovery, people are finding work -- if they have the right skills. Or if they are willing to move. Last month, the U.S. economy produced a disappointing 21,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That capped a three-year...

Man who vanished from Chicago 32 years ago pleads guilty to identity fraud

2011-09-26 11:39:00

LAS VEGAS — A man who disappeared from his Highland Park home more than 32 years ago before he was found living in Las Vegas has pleaded guilty to a felony identity fraud charge. A Clark County District Court hearing master told 73-year-old Arthur...

Are wild horses native to the U.S.? A federal court seeks the answer

2011-06-05 16:33:59

Train from Las Vegas to Calif. gets environment OK

2011-07-13 10:25:00

LAS VEGAS -- A rail project that would connect Las Vegas and Southern California and could create tens of thousands of jobs is moving forward. The federal Department of Transportation has formally finished reviewing the environmental impacts of the...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Jailed on Grand Larceny Charge

2010-09-10 13:33:00

LAS VEGAS -- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested in Las Vegas on a felony theft charge stemming from a domestic violence complaint by his ex-girlfriend. Mayweather, 33, was booked Friday on a grand larceny charge at the Clark County jail and...

Bruno Mars Takes Plea Deal, Avoids Prison Time

2011-02-16 08:24:00

LAS VEGAS -- Singer Bruno Mars can avoid prosecution for a Las Vegas, Nevada, drug arrest if he stays out of trouble for a year, gets drug counseling, does 200 hours of community service and pays a $2,000 fine, according to terms of a deal confirmed by...

Paris Hilton Prosecutor Arrested for Buying Cocaine

2011-03-22 05:56:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Las Vegas deputy district attorney who prosecuted Paris Hilton for cocaine possession was arrested over the weekend after allegedly buying a rock of cocaine, authorities said on Monday. Clark County Deputy District Attorney...

Former Denver police officer, husband found dead in home

2011-01-26 08:31:00

MESQUITE, Nevada -- A Nevada city councilwoman who faced possible sanctions over a travel expense voucher and public comments was found dead with her husband, hours before a City Council meeting that had the issues involving her on its agenda, officials...

Cops: Embattled Councilwoman Killed Husband, Self

2011-01-27 08:59:00

MESQUITE, Nevada (CNN) -- An embattled Nevada councilwoman e-mailed a friend about items intended for her mother and called police shortly before they found her and her husband dead in an apparent murder-suicide, police in Mesquite said Wednesday....

Body of Woman Missing for 4 Months Found Buried Under 'Pack Rat' Clutter

2010-08-27 14:04:00

LAS VEGAS -- A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman came to a ghastly end this week when her husband found her corpse in their home amid a labyrinth of squalor that had been impassable even to search dogs. Bill James apparently had no idea...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. facing eight charges

2010-09-16 16:33:37

Paris Hilton cuts a deal in felony drug possession case

2010-09-18 04:32:23

Homeowner Steve Shoaff peers over a fence to see a ransacked backyard, a telltale sign of another home abandoned after foreclosure. He's "underwater" on his mortgage but is planing to stick it out.

2011-04-22 00:00:00

Located less than 25 miles north of the Las Vegas airport, the Clark County Shooting Park is not your normal gun range. The 2,900-acre facility has an archery range, a building with a 30-seat classroom, a rifle and pistol range, and 24 trap and skeet fields.

2011-01-24 04:18:26

. Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, drug possession and obstructing an officer, as part of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors following her August 27 arrest for cocaine possession on the Las Vegas Strip.

2010-09-20 11:17:05