Nickia Davis’ voice echoed down Las Vegas Boulevard Saturday morning as she marched about 100 demonstrators from the Heart Attack Grill to the U.S. Courthouse.
A thunderstorm swept through the Las Vegas Valley Friday night, setting a rainfall record, causing floods and power outages throughout the area, setting a house on fire and displacing some residents of an apartment complex.
Louis Isaiah Thomas walked to the microphone wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and clutching a Watermelon Arizona Iced Tea in his hand. The 23-year-old North Las Vegas resident wears hoodies all the time — especially for long walks outside — but on Wednesday, he wore it to make a statement. With the hood up, he addressed the waiting audience staring back at him inside the Pearson Community Center. “I am Trayvon Martin,” Thomas said.
Teen DJ Tanner Seebaum, who performed a set during Electric Daisy Carnival weekend at Rehab Pool, died on Friday in Centennial, Colo., after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.
John Lee knows the perception people have of North Las Vegas. Ever since he moved to the city when he was 6 years old, North Las Vegas has battled a negative image of some form or another.
A Las Vegas radio personality accused of attempting to lure a 13-year-old girl through an online chat room will appear in court on July 19 for his arraignment hearing.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported on Wednesday that one person has died from West Nile virus this year and two other people have been hospitalized with the virus. There have been four reported cases of the virus in 2013.
Barry Becker looked forward to the weekends, when he’d drive up to Prospect Springs Ranch and unwind. As owner of the 40-acre mountainside pad, the 68-year-old businessman visited the ranch every Saturday to make sure the place looked nice.
Metro Police arrested a man Tuesday night suspected of shooting and killing a man and injuring a female earlier that day. Gary Chambers, 45, was arrested on suspicion of murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon and burglary with a deadly weapon.
The Mount Charleston wildfire burned six structures Tuesday night in Prospect Ranch as the fire continued its path of destruction. After charring nearly 40 square miles of the mountain, the fire reached its first buildings in the Harris Springs area, burning one commercial building and five other structures, officials said.
One person died and another was injured Tuesday in a double shooting on Las Vegas Boulevard North. Metro Police responded to reports of a shooting at about 10:20 a.m. in the 3600 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North.
Firefighters battling the wildfire engulfing more than 30 square miles of Mount Charleston faced a tough adversary Tuesday — a 20 mph southwest wind that was gusting to 30 mph.
Henderson Fire responded to calls about 8 a.m. from neighbors who noticed smoke rising from the roof of the home on Parawan Street, near Lake Mead Parkway and Athens Avenue.
A security guard died early Friday morning after a fight with another man in downtown Las Vegas. Metro Police responded to the incident about 2 a.m. in the 800 block of Bridger Avenue, near Las Vegas Boulevard.
The cost of fighting the fire that is threatening more than 500 structures on Mount Charleston has grown to $2.4 million, but officials indicated Sunday the effort was making headway. Officials with the Great Basin Incident Management team, which is directing firefighting efforts on Mount Charleston, said the fire grew by just 50 acres -- from 14,108 acres earlier in the day to 14,158 acres late Sunday afternoon.
An arrest report detailed the incident leading up to the arrest of Carl Fruge, including the former Metro Police deputy chief wrapping his hands around a North Las Vegas Police captain's neck.
Others taking refuge in the cooler areas under the Fremont Street canopy
Sunday, June 30, 2013
The gold statue rested on a plastic bin Saturday afternoon, munching on a sandwich and taking swigs of water near the Bellagio fountains. The sun was partially blocked by the trees, but the asphalt and car exhaust that emanated from the traffic radiated heat like a furnace.
Dozens of people were taken to local hospitals with heat exhaustion throughout Friday afternoon at the Vans Warped Tour outdoor concert at the Silverton Casino.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is joining Metro Police and other law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada to crack down on drunk driving around the Fourth of July holiday.
The summer inferno is here. The heat wave that has been slow-cooking the Las Vegas Valley will reach a high of 115 degrees on Friday, tying the record for June 28, National Weather Service meteorologist Larry Jensen said. If that’s not hot enough, temperatures are expected to ratchet up to all-time record high levels of 117 degrees Saturday through Monday. With heat reaching record levels, it makes Thursday’s high temperature of 109 degrees seem downright cool … or at least bearable.
Before Kat Welniak left on her business trip to Florida, she told her two daughters to craft signs for the rally at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center on Wednesday.
Stephen Tyson, 50, of Las Vegas, was charged in connection with the fire June 16 at Encantada apartments on N. 28th Street, near Eastern Avenue and U.S. 95.