The Wizard of Oz lives in a home at the northernmost reaches of North Las Vegas. It’s a humble two-story home, built like all the others in its gated subdivision. There is no yellow brick road to follow, and he doesn’t try to scare off visitors with a booming, floating head. But this is where the man who makes the world of Oz come to life in the imagination of children everywhere lives.
Metro Police are putting a second officer in patrol cars as a safety precaution while the search continues for a former Los Angeles cop suspected of killing three people and targeting law enforcement, authorities said.
It is fitting that residents in today’s Paradise Palms neighborhood party once a month in a hallowed hall of Las Vegas’ yesteryear. In a city that would rather demolish and rebuild than preserve and restore, these residents are fighting to hold on to what makes their neighborhood special.
While the Northeast braces for blizzards over the weekend, residents in Las Vegas are about to get a dose of cooler weather starting Friday, as a cold front passes over the valley.
The North Las Vegas City Council voted on Wednesday to ratify a proposal to make acting North Las Vegas Fire Chief Jeffrey Buchanan’s position permanent.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified the burglary suspect shot and killed in the break-in of a 72-year-old man’s home as 27-year-old Anthony Guerra.
In the courtyard outside Good Samaritan Lutheran Church at 8425 W. Windmill Lane in Las Vegas, the Rev. Collete Paul's congregation was hairier than usual.
A Metro Police officer shot and injured a suspect in an armed bank robbery Saturday after a chase over walls and through homes in a southwest Las Vegas neighborhood, police said.
A Clark County Department of Family Services employee has been fired for policy violations in handling the child-abuse case of a 7-year-old boy who was beaten to death in November, officials said.
It is impossible to know what may have caused Jim McCarty to snap and allegedly shoot his family and then himself, but neighbors who know the family well say underneath his routine was a bleak life.
A man authorities allege shot and killed three people and a dog Tuesday at his home before shooting himself will be arrested and booked in absentia while he recovers, Metro Police said.
A 23-year-old woman was killed Monday after the car she was driving crashed into the back of a bus, injuring five passengers, according to Metro Police.
A man died and a woman was injured after a fire ripped through a garage at a southern valley home on Monday, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified two people who died in car crashes, one from a medical episode and the other in a rollover that police said may also have been preceded by a medical event.
If there’s one thing Mark Noel knows about himself, it’s that he has an addictive personality. Everything he develops an interest in, he does to the point of excess. He is a voracious reader, he constantly tinkers on his cellphone to the point where it annoys his wife, and he once had a streak of 2,500 consecutive wins in a solitaire-like card game. Yet none of those addictions ruled his life, and threatened it, quite like his addiction to food.
A 22-year-old man is in critical condition after losing control of his car and crashing into a power box and light pole Sunday morning near Buffalo Drive and Gilmore Avenue.
A child in a baby stroller was struck by a car Thursday after the vehicle lost control while making a right turn and drifted onto the sidewalk, Metro Police officials said.
Until Dec. 30 when a double-homicide occurred at the Washington Senior Guest Home, neighbors said the one-story house with a white fence was quiet; the only activity was nurses arriving each day. The fact that the slayings took place at a group home that caters to up to eight elderly residents who need living assistance meant little to the neighbors.
A 7-year-old girl was hit and killed by a sport utility vehicle Wednesday in a hit-and-run incident on U.S. 93 in Arizona, seven miles from the Hoover Dam Visitor’s Center, police said.
A stalled vehicle and a wreck on U.S. 95 near Cheyenne Avenue were causing long delays Wednesday for morning commuters, Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Jeremie Elliott said.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified a man killed Monday in an industrial accident at the Apex Quarry and Plant as 54-year-old Kenneth Kurakis of North Las Vegas.
A Metro Police officer apparently shot himself after killing his wife and child and setting their Boulder City home on fire, authorities said Monday afternoon. Henderson Police spokesman Keith Paul said the tragedy unfurled this morning about 8:20 a.m. when a man called 911, confessed that he had shot his wife and child and said he planned to shoot himself, too. The caller also warned the emergency dispatchers he would shoot any police officer sent to try to stop him.
When it came time to choose the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade grand marshals, the selection of both the Rev. Marion Bennett and Lillian McMorris was simple for parade president Wendell Williams.
A woman and two dogs were displaced from their Henderson home this morning after the garage caught fire, Henderson Fire Department Battalion Chief Scott Satterlee said.
A four-vehicle pileup Thursday afternoon on Charleston Boulevard at the 215 Beltway sent three people to University Medical Center, a Nevada Highway Patrolman trooper said.
A man died and three other people suffered smoke inhalation Thursday morning after their house caught fire, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said.
Seven bridge inspectors equipped with climbing harnesses stood in a circle Wednesday morning atop the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge for a safety check.