A 15-year-old former eighth-grader from a private Las Vegas school has been indicted and charged as an adult for allegedly recording a graphic sexual assault of a classmate during a school field trip to Costa Rica in April 2025. Vaughn Griffith, described in court records as a golf champion, class president, and high-achieving student at…

A joint investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered what authorities described as a possible biological laboratory inside a home in the east Las Vegas valley Saturday morning. According to an LVMPD release, investigators discovered the lab while serving a search warrant at a residence on Sugar…

Nevada drivers are paying more at the pump this week, even as national gasoline prices remain relatively flat, according to new data from GasBuddy and AAA. GasBuddy reports the current national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.83. In Nevada, however, the average has increased by 8.9 cents over the past week,…

A 30-day public protest period has opened to gather additional input on 11 proposed oil and gas lease parcels in Nevada, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The protest period began Friday, January 30, and will close Monday, March 2. The parcels under consideration…

A wolf has been spotted on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wolf tracking map in the Truckee area, prompting local officials to urge residents to remain alert and take precautions. The wolves appeared near the community on Sunday, Feb. 1. Authorities said that members of the public should not approach, feed, or…

The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office responded on Monday afternoon to Silver Stage Middle School after reports of a confrontation between parents and school staff over students participating in an anti-ICE protest. The incident occurred around 2:10 p.m. and was in response to a student-led walkout that took place at the end of the school day.…

A suspected gas leak late Sunday night prompted the closure of Pyramid Highway in both directions in Sparks. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. near the intersection of F Street and Pyramid Highway, just south of the Sinclair Gas Station, according to authorities. Sparks Fire Department crews responded to the scene along with NV Energy…

Three men involved in large-scale drug trafficking in Washoe County are going to prison following investigations by local law enforcement, officials announced. Efrain Salazar-Gurrola, convicted by a jury last September of trafficking a controlled substance, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with eligibility for parole after 10 years. Prosecutors had argued for a…

Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man accused of two separate shootings that left more than a dozen people injured in the Reno-Sparks area. Frank Hewitt faces a total of 25 criminal charges, including 11 counts of attempted murder, stemming from shootings in 2023 and 2024. One of the incidents occurred in…

Three people remain jailed after authorities say they helped steal two semi-truck trailers carrying more than $500,000 worth of cargo from the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. According to the Storey County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), deputies learned on Jan. 29 of the theft of two semi-truck trailers from the industrial complex. Investigators coordinated with the trailer…