A 48-year-old man was crossing Tropicana when a Ford SUV struck him, throwing him into the left-turn lane, Metro Police said. He then was hit by a second vehicle.
Light snow continued to fall on Mount Charleston this morning at 9,200 feet, adding to at least five inches that fell overnight. The snow was measured at Lee Canyon, while the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort reported about seven inches of snow. The same storm system brought light rain to the valley, National Weather Service officials said. The rain and snow are expected to disappear by this afternoon, but the clouds and cooler temperatures are expected to remain throughout the day, officials said.
Metro Police have identified a woman who was arrested this morning after she allegedly shoved an elderly crossing guard to the ground and stole his car.
Two people died today in a hit-and-run collision between a sedan and a pickup truck. Metro Police responded to the crash at about 1:15 a.m. at Desert Inn Road and Channel 8 Drive, near the Strip.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced today in a Medicaid fraud case in which he intentionally failed to maintain adequate records to support his Medicaid claims.
The Southern Nevada Health District is investigating a potential tuberculosis exposure within Summerlin Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit over the summer.
The Pentagon ordered most of its furloughed civilian employees back to work over the weekend, but it remains unclear today how many civilians that decision impacted at Nellis Air Force Base.
Two women killed in separate homicides Saturday were identified today as Dixie Chaney Jones, 71, and Karen Vernel Hevener, 56, both of Las Vegas, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
A construction worker on a residential development project in Henderson fell 15 feet through an open manhole this morning. The man, who was not a city employee, fell at about 7 a.m.
The U.S. Department of Justice commended Metro Police today for taking significant steps to improve its transparency and reform its use of force policies to decrease officer-involved shootings.
Embattled Las Vegas Zoo owner and director Pat Dingle allegedly attacked a KSNV Channel 3 reporter who was at his door Tuesday night seeking an interview.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to more than 17 years in jail for conspiring with a now-deceased Henderson pediatrician to steal thousands of dollars from chronically ill patients through fraudulent stem cell implant procedures.
A man wanted in connection with a gang-related shooting that left one person dead three years ago was extradited Sunday to the Clark County Detention Center from Monterey, Calif., Metro Police said.
A High Desert State Prison inmate was found dead Friday in his jail cell, where he was serving sentences for second-degree murder and attempted murder charges.
A man is accused of killing his girlfriend by repeatedly beating her in the head with a glass beer mug after an argument, according to a Metro Police arrest report.
Every day for nine months, Lt. Elaine Winstead tracked her husband’s missions sweeping Afghanistan roads for improvised explosive devices. Every day she was consumed with worry. She knew where her husband was supposed to be and when he was supposed to get there. She also knew where the enemies, with their AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, typically attacked the convoys. Any hitch in her husband’s mission brought with it a flood of concerns.
For one night, four military heroes were brought behind celebrity lines and received star treatment at the world premiere of the movie “Runner, Runner” at Planet Hollywood. Dressed in their finest suits, they walked the red carpet, confronted the gaggle of media and met movie stars Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck on Wednesday night. Only a few months prior many of them had been in Afghanistan disarming improvised explosive devices without protection and saving lives while facing enemy fire.
A vehicle carrying explosives was discovered today in Goldfield after the driver was pulled over for allegedly firing a shot at another vehicle, authorities said.
Two people were shot Monday night at a bus stop after an altercation between a group of people. Metro Police responded to the shooting about 11:15 p.m. at a bus stop in the 3500 block of Maryland Parkway.
A group of 15 children scribbled names and messages in marker onto orange balloons and stood in a circle on a recent evening outside Adam’s Place For Grief. The balloons contained messages to deceased parents and siblings, and were decorated with hearts and sad faces. “Dad, I miss you and love you,” one elementary-school-aged girl wrote. The messages dangled in the air, tethered to the children, who listened to Adam’s Place For Grief founder Kelly Thomas-Boyers share a message about letting out grief. Then on Thomas-Boyers’ command, the children let go, watching the balloons drift into the gray sky.