A man accused of killing two people while driving drunk on Summerlin Parkway was released today from University Medical Center and is now behind bars at the Clark County jail.
Strong winds are expected to blow through the Las Vegas Valley tonight and Sunday, pushing away heavy cloud cover and bringing back bright, sunny skies.
Police have arrested a man accused of pretending to be a cop after trying unsuccessfully to solicit sex from a massage therapist at Sunset Spa in Henderson.
Metro Police investigators are asking the public for help identifying two robbers who beat a convenience store employee over the head on Tuesday, critically injuring him.
Here’s a fair warning for distracted drivers in Henderson — plainclothes officers will be targeting motorists who run red lights, speed or use their cellphones this month in the city.
A driver hit and critically injured a pedestrian today, prompting a four-and-a-half-hour closure of Flamingo Road between Las Vegas Boulevard and Koval Lane.
The candidates’ hourlong discussion was the first debate held in the race to fill an elected position widely regarded as the second-most influential in the state, behind the governor’s.
An autopsy for Genaro Martino, 69, has been requested. Officials with the Nevada Department of Corrections did not say how he died or where he was found.
A second alleged victim told police she recognized Mark Picozzi’s photograph after news reports emerged about his recent arrest in the similar rape of an escort.
A convicted cop impersonator who was arrested last week for posing as an officer and raping an escort at a Las Vegas Strip hotel has been handed more charges after a second victim emerged.
A man driving a GMC pickup on the road’s westbound lanes crossed the median just west of Rampart Boulevard and headed against eastbound traffic, crashing head-on with a Toyota Corolla, NHP said.
Nurse Orsburn Stone and about 200 fellow picketers gathered in front of St. Rose Dominican's Siena Campus Tuesday evening with a public message for the hospital: "(Management officials) are cutting to the bone," Stone said. "I don't think the public is aware that their nursing care is being degraded." Stone is one of 40 employees losing their job at a St. Rose hospital in the coming weeks — it will be the company's second round of layoffs in the past year.
A 7-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries Friday afternoon after he was attacked by a pit bull outside his family’s home. He underwent surgery at University Medical Center later that evening to be treated for a bite on his right calf.
Standing next to an intersection where Cleottus Harvey was gunned down in front of his two children, Lt. Ray Steiber made a public plea for help: “This is a busy intersection. Somebody had to see something.”
A possible fugitive who barricaded himself inside a house near McCarran International for about five hours today has turned himself in to SWAT officers.
A man who remained barricaded for about three and a half hours this morning while police tried to get him to come out has surrendered without further resistance, Metro Police report.
A motorist was shot dead this afternoon while traveling down a busy intersection with his two young children. The man was shot at 5:17 p.m. near Tropicana Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard.
North Las Vegas can’t use its financial crisis as an excuse to freeze first responders’ salaries by suspending their bargaining rights, a Clark County judge ruled Tuesday.
A teacher at Spring Valley High School is under investigation following allegations that she had an inappropriate relationship with a student, school district officials said. The teacher has been put on paid administrative leave, officials said.
A wreck this afternoon shut down traffic on a portion of Desert Inn Road. Metro Police Officer Laura Meltzer said the crash happened about 2:45 p.m. near Fort Apache and Desert Inn roads. One person was rushed to University Medical Center with serious injuries not thought to be life-threatening.
A 49-year-old man opened fire Tuesday in his North Las Vegas home, wounding his daughter and wife before turning the gun on himself at the end of a six-hour standoff with police, authorities said.