Brent Kassens sat on a black trash bag on Fremont Street, his frail legs cradling a Styrofoam plate filled with turkey and trimmings. The hot Thanksgiving meal, served this morning during a volunteer event dubbed Gobble Gobble Give was a welcome gift for Kassens, who has been homeless in Las Vegas for more than two decades.
The storm has brought moisture to the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort on Mount Charleston, which reported getting 16 inches of fresh snow since Thursday.
When firefighters arrived, smoke was billowing from underneath the garage door, which was open about 6 inches from the ground. Inside, a man was lying unconscious on the floor.
The state Commission on Ethics on Wednesday accepted settlements from two Clark County School District officials accused of misusing public resources to promote the passage of a tax increase for schools in 2012.
A motorcyclist who may have been racing with a car was seriously hurt when he crashed this afternoon on Interstate 15, highway patrol officials said. The motorcyclist was traveling near Sloan.
Hours after a woman died and a child was critically injured in separate wrecks on opposite ends of the Las Vegas Valley, Metro Police issued a plea Tuesday afternoon urging travelers to be more careful on area roads.
Firefighters were summoned to the Bradford Townhomes complex in the 3900 block of Hartford Place shortly before 5 a.m. after residents saw the burning carports, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said.
Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze that consumed two large recreational vehicles this afternoon in the northwestern side of the Las Vegas Valley.
A person was critically hurt this afternoon in a three-vehicle wreck that happened next to a group of mourners who were holding a roadside vigil for a teenager killed in the same spot over the weekend.
A nuclear gauge containing radioactive materials tumbled off a pickup truck near Charleston and Lamb boulevards earlier this week, and police are asking the public for help locating the potentially dangerous item.
A man accused of driving drunk and recklessly has been arrested in connection with a Halloween wreck that killed a teenage mother and critically injured an elderly couple.
Drivers heading to and from McCarran International Airport tonight could see traffic backups as crews shut down lanes along the Airport Connector to paint the overhead bridge.
Expect periodic road closures along northbound U.S. 95 near Martin Luther King Boulevard starting Wednesday night as NV Energy crews conduct maintenance on power lines across the highway.
An alleged drug dealer and member of the West Coast Bloods gang has been charged in the retaliatory shooting of a rival gang member, Metro Police said.
A second suspect has been identified in the 2011 kidnapping and sexual assault of a tourist on the Strip. Matthew Goin, 25, has not been arrested and is considered a fugitive, Metro Police said.
Four men at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City died last month, and prison officials have yet to disclose the specifics of how they died. Relatives are seeking legal counsel to get answers.
Metro Police have issued a warning about a pair of scam artists who pretended to be cops to swindle money from a woman who believed she had won the lottery.
A hunt for a reported gunman near Parson Elementary School ended this afternoon after police determined the man they were looking for was carrying a telephone.
Earlier in the night, the couple got into an argument at a party before the woman took her boyfriend home and drove to her own apartment on Green Valley Parkway near Warm Springs Road. Police described the couple as estranged.
A wreck involving seven motorcycles and three cars caused traffic delays on Interstate 15 for hours Saturday afternoon, according to officials with the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Capt. Ken Young with the Clark County School District Police Department identified the teacher as Melvyn Sprowson but said no other details about the arrest would be available until Monday.
Witnesses reportedly told Metro Police that they saw a car and a pickup speeding north along North Maryland Parkway just south of East Bonanza Road when both motorists suddenly lost control as they approached a curve.
An inmate with the Nevada Corrections Department was on the loose for less than five hours this afternoon after he walked away from a work assignment by Boulder Highway.
A Las Vegas man was charged with felony cruelty to animals for allegedly beating his dog, breaking its ribs and causing the animal’s head to swell, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office announced today.
A locked door and a more attentive father could have saved the life of 2-year-old Khloe Vidal, Metro Police concluded after the child drowned earlier this month.
A motorist ran over a 6-year-old girl before leading a good Samaritan on a winding car chase that startled packs of trick-or-treaters and sent them fleeing on Halloween night.
A New Orleans lawyer who was working in Las Vegas as a real estate agent was sentenced to three years in prison in a mortgage fraud operation that scammed more than $50 million from financial institutions.