The Black Hair Care drive runs throughout February, which is Black History Month. The mayor said that anyone who wants to donate can drop off items at North Las Vegas City Hall or purchase online through the city’s Amazon registry.

A lawsuit alleges the Alexander Dawson School failed to protect the victim from years of escalating bullying that culminated in a brutal assault.

An expert in ballistics and use of force reviewed the body camera footage released by Metro and agreed that the the father posed was instantaneous.

Anthony Newton, 46, was found guilty on six counts, including first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and first-degree kidnapping, in the slaying of Ulyses Cesar Molina.

Frank Mariani, 46, was charged with three felony counts of lewdness committed by a person over 18 with a child 14 or 15 years of age and seven felony counts of child abuse or neglect.

Brandy Hood’s lawsuit against the city of North Las Vegas and officer Nimi Isaac alleges excessive force and denial of medical care.

Metro Undersheriff Andrew Walsh, who issued a 2023 memo banning officers from citing, stopping, and detaining jaywalkers, said pedestrian safety is about more than issuing tickets.

Las Vegas police defended their decision to fire on a man holding his 3-year-old son hostage, saying the man had threatened to kill the boy and himself.

Jason Roscow, 46, died on Feb. 4, 2025, after a shootout that afternoon with Alexander Mathis, 25, near Lone Mountain Road and Camino Al Norte, according to authorities.

Police said a suspect held the child hostage outside a southeast Las Vegas apartment complex, pointing a gun at the boy before officers opened fire.

That morning, police received a call from a 7-year-old boy who said his mother was hurt and needed help, according to a police report.

A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.

Vaughn Griffith, a former Alexander Dawson School student, faces one felony charge in connection with an April 2025 attack involving classmates, records show.

Vaughn Griffith, 15, was charged as an adult after prosecutors accused him of recording a group attack on a classmate and storing the video on Snapchat.

Shirley Raines, widely known online as “Beauty to the Streetz,” the name of the nonprofit she founded, died Tuesday at 58.