Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

LAS VEGAS – Hospitality workers in Culinary Local 226 have reached a tentative contract agreement with Wynn Resorts, joining two other major employers in reaching a deal and averting what could have been the largest hospitality strike in U.S. history. About 35,000 union members at Wynn, MGM Resorts International, and...

LAS VEGAS – A 28-year-old woman was arrested last week for allegedly cheating while working as a baccarat dealer at a Summerlin casino. Yuxuan Leng was arrested by agents with the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Nov. 2 on charges of attempting to cheat at a gambling game and two...

LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas Metro police have arrested Joshua Aja on 22 charges, including several counts of lewdness with a child and sexual assault against a child. A child under the age of 10 reported in October that a person had forced her to perform oral sex on him....

Las Vegas, NV – A shooting near Las Vegas Academy caused panic among arriving students on Thursday. Las Vegas Metropolitan police received the distressing call about gunfire at 6:51 a.m., just moments before the commencement of the school day. Responding officers discovered a man in the 400 block of South...

Carson City, NV – In the aftermath of a destructive house fire on Poole Way late Sunday night, Carson City deputies have taken swift action, announcing the arrest of 48-year-old John Wayne Bragg, Sr. on a first-degree arson charge. Deputies executed the arrest on Tuesday evening, bringing Bragg into custody...

NEVADA – In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada’s charter schools face academic scrutiny as the State Public Charter School Authority Board identifies two dozen institutions as academically underperforming. The board issued notices of concern for 11 schools, with an additional 13 expected to follow at the December 8...

LAS VEGAS – In a significant development, Culinary Union workers successfully reached a tentative contract agreement on Thursday morning with MGM Resorts International properties along the famed Las Vegas Strip. The timely resolution averts a strike that was set to commence within 24 hours. The union made the announcement through...