Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (702 Times, NV Globe) – The woman convicted of murdering a small child she was babysitting last year was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. Lauren Courtney, now 23, will be eligible for parole after serving 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (702 Times, NV Globe) – Families around the valley are preparing to prepare some holiday dinners, and Southwest Gas wants to remind customers of ways to remain safe when heating up those appliances. Natural gas leak detection: Smell of a distinct, sulfur-like odor, similar to rotten eggs....

RENO, Nev. (775 Times, NV Globe) – The 2022 Kids Cafe winter break free meal program was released on Thursday. The Food Bank of Northern Nevada organizes the café, which provides free meals to children and youth while school is not in session. This year, the handouts will run from...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (702 Times, NV Globe) – The Southern Nevada Health District and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advocate masked up to weather the storm of COVID-19, RSV, and the flu. According to doctors with the Southern Nevada Health District, certain localities in the state had already...

RENO, Nev. (775 Times, NV Globe) – The Reno city council decided Wednesday to remove the liquor licenses of two downtown convenience shops, which authorities say deplete law enforcement and fire resources and are related with increased crime rates. Council members decided 5-2 to restrict the sale of alcoholic drinks...

SPARKS, Nev. (775 Times, NV Globe) – In a 2021 road rage incident, a Sparks man was convicted guilty of second-degree murder. Isaiah Alexander Norwood, 20, was convicted on one count of second-degree murder with a dangerous weapon and one count of firing a handgun from a vehicle in a...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (702 Times, NV Globe) – Authorities in northern Nevada are looking into the deaths of a man and woman who were hit by an incoming train in Winnemucca only seconds after exiting a car that seemed to be stalled on the railroad tracks, according to police. At...