A boy ran out of a burning vacant home Thursday afternoon screaming. His clothes were on fire and his brother was trapped inside. Fire crews arrived about 4:25 p.m. to a fire at a home in the 2300 block of Howard Drive, near Eastern Avenue and Fremont Street.
Henderson Police Capt. Bobby Long clicked through PowerPoint slides showing tangled wires jutting out of a light pole, and then a manhole with the top popped off and the wires once again ripped and twisted.
On Friday, a troop of 35 World War II veterans will walk and wheel their way into McCarran International Airport for a final mission. They will board a plane for Washington, D.C., and won’t have a clue what surprises await them on the first-ever Las Vegas Honor Flight.
The Las Vegas Red Rock Search and Rescue team said it has discovered Keith Goldberg's body. The team said the Goldberg family “has peace and are extremely happy to have their son and brother back home where he belongs.”
Urban geography professor Rex Rowley knows what it’s like to live in Las Vegas. He was a local. It wasn’t until he attended the University of Kansas that Rowley realized just how unusual it was that residents in a city identify themselves as a "local."
The victim stood stripped down to her underwear in the shower stall begging for her life as the man she was trying to leave beat her, tortured her with waterboarding and choked her.
Nursery manager Amy Dunn tends to more plants at the Las Vegas State Tree Nursery than she can count. Tucked into the corner of Floyd Lamb Park off a gravel road, the nursery is home to hundreds of plants indigenous to Southern Nevada.Underneath a stretch of shaded area, there are rows upon rows of trees and shrubs sprouting up from buckets filled with soil, sand and fertilizer. There are desert willows and desert almonds, eucalyptus trees and honey mesquites. They range from older 3-foot-tall bright green shrubs to young tiny seedlings peeking out of a dirt-filled yellow test tube.
A man died Tuesday after his cigarette sparked a fire fueled by his oxygen tank in his living room, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said.
Boulder City’s former police chief Thomas Finn will not face criminal charges for allegedly deleting emails related to preparation for the Mongols Motorcycle Club and directing the staff to do the same.
Three Las Vegas men were indicted Tuesday for allegedly stealing pharmaceutical drugs and designer goods from storage facilities and delivery trucks and reselling them, said Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney for the district of Nevada.
A man died Friday night after his car was hit by a woman believed to be driving under the influence of alcohol, North Las Vegas Police spokeswoman Chrissie Coon said.
A man died Friday night after he was hit by a vehicle while riding his bicycle under the influence of alcohol, North Las Vegas Police spokeswoman Chrissie Coon said.
Christa Watson always thought there’d be a red flag, a warning that foreshadowed tragedy, but Friday afternoon couldn’t have been more normal. Then ambulances and police cars came rushing to her neighbor’s home.
People living in three separate apartments have been displaced Friday after an electrical fire at a Henderson apartment complex, Henderson Fire officials said.
Three people were found dead Friday in a house in the 10000 block of Wolf Pack Lane. Metro Police think a woman killed her children with a knife, then turned the weapon on herself.
When Andrew Devitt woke up on Monday, he noticed something odd — his phone was filled with voicemails from his business’ neighbors and alarm company. As he shook off the grogginess, he listened with confusion. Someone had broken into his startup company, Sport-Social, where he taught autistic children social skills through sports and arts, and set it on fire.
A foreclosed golf course caught fire Thursday in Pahrump, torching the closed course’s fairways and roughs, Nye County Sheriff’s Office officials said.
Firefighters were battling a blaze at a North Las Vegas recycling plant where fire has broken out three times in the last 12 months, fire department Capt. Cedric Williams said.
Metro Police are hoping to drum up new leads to track down a teenager suspected of shooting and killing another man in June 2009. Police allege that Kevin Alejandro Vargas shot and killed his friend Michael Guerrero on June 24, 2009, in the desert area in the 2600 block of Holly Avenue. Vargas, who was 16 at the time, has eluded police since then.
A Metro Police patrol car cruising to a call with its lights flashing and siren blaring collided with another car Monday at the intersection of Nellis and Charleston Boulevards, Metro Police officials said.
A high school student was found dead Thursday on the East Career and Technical Academy campus, Clark County School District officials said. The student was a senior at the Las Vegas magnet school at 6705 Vegas Valley Drive and has been in the district since elementary school.
Welcome to the world of Swifty Swine pig racing. Announcer Zach Johnson lays out the only rule: The winner gets dibs on the Oreo cookie at the finish line.
A man was injured Saturday after attempting to rescue people from a double-wide mobile home fire at West Valley Mobile Home Park, Clark County Fire officials said.
For two decades, a New Yorker named Rosemary has been on the hunt for the elusive jackpot, playing the slot machines at Flamingo Las Vegas in regular visits. At 1:08 a.m. on Friday, she finally found it.
A High Desert State Prison inmate died Wednesday after he collapsed in the dining room from what appeared to be natural causes, Nevada Department of Corrections officials said.
A fatal traffic wreck east of McCarran International Airport occurred moments after a patrol officer attempted to pull the car over for multiple traffic violations Friday morning, Metro Police officials said.
Michael Franzese knows he’s lucky to be alive. More than 30 years ago, he was one of the most powerful mobsters in America. In 1980, he rose to the ranks of caporegime, a “capo” or captain, in the Colombo crime family in New York. There he masterminded scams in the auto industry, on union kickbacks and gasoline taxes. He escaped several indictments and earned millions in cash every week.
Metro Police made a series of mistakes leading to the December 2011 shooting death of Gulf War veteran Stanley Gibson, but the officer who fired the fatal shots will not face charges, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said.
Growing up in downtown Henderson, Airman First Class Daniel Walling never expected to leave the United States. Yet two years after enlisting in the Air Force, the Basic High School graduate has been stationed in Aviano, Italy, and recently was chosen to visit Morocco to train with the Moroccan air force.
A woman died Wednesday in an apartment fire at the Destinations at Valley View apartment complex sparked from careless smoking in the living room, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said.
A Las Vegas 16-year-old is charged in connection with a shooting at a party four months ago that left 14-year-old Haji Mohamud dead with a bullet in his head and another person wounded.
For one hour BMX professional Ricardo Laguna and a cast of Revolver dancers scooped ice cream cones in virtual anonymity Tuesday afternoon at Ben & Jerry’s.
A woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing Boulder Highway outside of a crosswalk, Metro Police officials said.
North Las Vegas Finance Director Al Zochowski outlined the city’s projected budget to the city council on a special meeting Tuesday. Once again the city faces a budget gap, this time totaling $18 million.
Three suspects were arrested in Las Vegas on Saturday after a body believed to be that of Nevada's chief insurance examiner was found in a river in Carson City.
The Windy25 Memorial 5K is held to commemorate the 11 passengers and five fallen members of the Windy25 flight crew and raise money for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.
Paul Kraft fell in love with Wahoo’s Fish Taco 11 years ago in Costa Mesa, Calif. Last year, he decided to combine his love with his work. He obtained franchise rights from the chain and brought Wahoo’s Fish Taco to Las Vegas.