Eight elderly residents safely escaped from a burning group home in northwest Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon thanks to an automatic fire sprinkler that confined flames to one room, fire officials said.
One lane along a four-mile stretch of Kyle Canyon Road will shut down starting Wednesday through late next year while crews widen and improve the street.
Lt. Nichole Splinter said police found the woman after officers were summoned to a home on the 5800 block of Sleepy Spruce about 8:14 a.m. They also found a man who had been hurt in a failed suicide attempt, Splinter said.
A Las Vegas real estate escrow officer was convicted today of conspiracy and fraud charges in connection with a scheme that cost lenders and banks millions, Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden announced.
Grabbing a cold treat tonight could help a local family coping with a recent tragedy. A parent at Lamping Elementary is holding a snowcone fundraiser for the family of Cesar Navarro, a 9-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his teenage brother last week at their Henderson home.
Federal authorities are searching for a Las Vegas man indicted today in connection with a massive fraud ring accused of stealing 2,000 identities to claim millions in bogus tax refunds.
Trembling and bleary-eyed, Ana Karen Martinez sat on a curb in front of her aunt’s apartment Friday night, shaking off the irrational urge to send a text to coax her outside.
Two Phoenix men have been convicted of breaking into a home in North Las Vegas last summer while brandishing guns and threatening to kill a group of people inside, Nevada's U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden announced today.
A seatbelt likely spared a woman from serious injury after her SUV went rolling on the 215 Beltway this afternoon, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said.
Two men were seriously hurt late Tuesday after being struck while jaywalking in separate and unrelated wrecks that occurred less than three miles apart, police said.
The unidentified officer was shot while responding to a burglary at a plumbing business in the 4700 block of Quality Court near Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard about 11 p.m., Lt. Ken Romane said.
A woman has been arrested on suspicion that she killed her roommate by firing a shotgun through his closed bedroom door, striking him while he talked on the phone with his boyfriend.
A fight over methamphetamine fueled a fatal shooting near the north end of the Strip earlier this week, according to an incident report released today.
A woman was arrested Wednesday in an arson in which she instructed her 11-year-old son to light her minivan on fire, causing him to accidentally catch himself on fire, Henderson Police said.
Las Vegas and the region keep expecting a break from a record-setting monsoon season, which may come today, as forecasters are predicting a 20 percent chance of showers after a previous evening of heavy downpours.
Multiple people had been involved in an argument late Tuesday that escalated into a fight in an alleyway behind Sahara Avenue when a man pulled out a gun and shot two people, Metro Police said.
A Nevada homebuilder was sentenced today to more than four years in prison for embezzling from a federal housing grant program that was used to build affordable housing for a Navajo community.
A Mesquite woman remains jailed on allegations she solicited donations for her 7-year-old son by falsely claiming the boy was stricken with cancer. The 36-year-old mother is in the Clark County Detention Center on counts of theft, obtaining money under false pretenses and child abuse.
A cacophony of honks rang out along Interstate 15 to the delight of protesters who gathered along the Tropicana Avenue overpass early Saturday to shun President Barack Obama's push to launch a military strike against Syria.
Police have released more details about a collision in which a motorist in a stolen car was critically injured while speeding away from police late Friday.
Amid glitter, spandex and rainbow stripes, the city's gay and lesbian community and its supporters gathered downtown Saturday for a night of partying and coming together for the Southern Nevada Association of Pride's 15th annual night parade.
Police have released video footage capturing the shooting and beating of a youth as he waited for the release of a new pair of shoes at Meadows mall last month in hopes that the images will help the public identify two men wanted in connection with the crime.
Two men accused of strangling and beating a homeless man to death, stuffing his body into his own suitcase and dumping it inside a trash bin have been arrested in California, prosecutors said.
Las Vegas lawyer Gerry Zobrist, who pleaded guilty in January to his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost lenders $30 million, has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison, Nevada’s U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bodgen announced today.