LAS VEGAS - More than 2,700 College of Southern Nevada students will graduate Monday night. Many graduates, however, are discovering few job opportunities once they enter the workforce.

Half of the graduates are going to transfer to universities such as UNLV, but approximately 1,400 are entering Las Vegas' job market.

Some are struggling to find work in an economy that seems to be turning around. CSN Career Services Director Kelly Wuest says the job market is slightly worse than last year.

She's helped approximately 1,000 students try to find work. Half of those students have job offers. The others are still searching.

Their degree choice may play a factor. Applied sciences degrees, which are technical in nature, have helped graduates find jobs quickly.

Wuest says one reason for the lack of hiring is many new graduates are tentative about their next moves.

LAS VEGAS -- The Clark County District Attorney formally charged a 20-year-old Las Vegas man with several counts in connection with the murder of a teenager.

The DA's office announced Thursday the charges against Demetrius Black, which include murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, battery, and discharging a firearm at or into a structure.

In all, Black is now facing 16 counts.

According to Metro Police, Black shot and killed 17-year-old Betty "Jay" Pinkney in January 2012, during a house party.  

Black and his friends were kicked out of the party, but returned and started shooting randomly into the house, police said.

A 32-year-old woman was also hurt in the shooting.

The charges came on the same day that North Las Vegas Justice Court Chief Judge Chris Lee set bail at more than $1.1 million for Black.

LAS VEGAS -- Police have charged and have in custody a man they believe is responsible for the cold-case shooting death of 17-year-old Betty Jean Pinkney.

Demetrius Black, 20, is charged with the murder of Betty, who was killed in January 2012 when shots were fired into a house party she was attending near Craig Road and Lamb Boulevard. Betty, a student at Desert Pines High School at the time of her death, was an innocent bystander, the police said.

8 News Now spoke with Pinkney's mother, Charolyn, who relayed information about her daughter's death that she received from Metro Police detectives. Black already was in police custody for another crime when he was charged with Betty's murder.