At least 40 people witnessed the shooting that killed 14-year-old Haji Mohamud after a party Saturday morning, but not one has stepped forward with information, Metro Police said.
Two adults and a child were displaced from a Henderson condominium Tuesday night after the attic caught fire from an electrical issue, Henderson Fire Department Battalion Chief Doug Koopman said.
North Las Vegas Mayor Shari Buck’s State of the City address today focused on rebuilding. Speaking at the Texas Station convention center, Buck began by addressing the difficulties of 2012.
When Nadine Logan heard the gunshots, she took cover. It was around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. She was sitting inside her second-floor apartment at Sage Point complex as another party raged below.
A 3-year-old child was killed and a man was transported to University Medical Center with serious injuries today following a head-on collision with a sport utility vehicle, Metro Police officials said.
A Henderson Police sergeant was arrested Friday night in Henderson on a count of driving under the influence of alcohol, police department spokesman Keith Paul said.
The victim of a fatal shooting after an altercation at a party Saturday has been identified as a 14-year-old boy, the Clark County Coroner’s Office said. The teen, Haji Mohamud, died of a gunshot wound to the head, officials said.
A woman was killed this morning after the car she was driving crossed the median on Interstate 15 and collided head-on into a semitrailer, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.
Author Michael Thompson takes conversational approach in workshop
Monday, Jan. 14, 2013
Before participating in renowned child psychologist Michael Thompson’s parenting workshop Sunday, Lisa Larian was worried that moving to Las Vegas from Los Angeles so her daughter could enroll in a private school might hurt the development of her five children. Larian was one of about 70 parents seeking guidance at Thompson’s workshop on developing a parenting philosophy.
A cold front from the northwest is bringing a wintry reality check for the Las Vegas Valley, with a wind advisory issued today and sub-freezing temperatures expected starting Friday, the National Weather Service said.
A 22-year-old man who allegedly chased a woman through an apartment complex with an ax surrendered after barricading himself inside an apartment for three hours, Metro Police said.
About 400 people filled the Bread of Life Ministry Tuesday to celebrate Jade Morris’ life. Some knew the vivacious girl who loved to sing jazz and acted beyond her years. Others did not but came because they were touched by her story.
A Metro Police officer who on Sunday shot and injured a man suspected in a robbery has been identified as Daniel Garmendia, authorities said. Garmendia shot and critically injured Brandon Joseph Ogonowski, 28, of Las Vegas.
The Eighth Judicial District Court will open eight new courtrooms at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday converted from rooms that once stored millions of legal documents.
In 24 hours, Ruggero Scorcioni developed a phone app connected to a headgear device that tracks a user’s brainwaves to reject calls when they are busy.
The wife of a man shot in the neck while driving on Interstate 15 in November has become the third person arrested in a suspected highway murder plot, according to a Metro Police report.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified a pedestrian struck by a car and killed Friday night on Tropicana Avenue as Yamel Moreno, 35, of Las Vegas.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified a man shot and killed Saturday at a North Las Vegas apartment complex as Vernon Hill, 28, of North Las Vegas.
Hearts pounded, adrenaline flowed and voices wavered with nerves Sunday as teams stepped before a panel of judges to present their car or phone app at the AT&T Developer’s Summit.
A woman was charged with arson after she allegedly set her mobile home on fire Sunday morning, killing two cats in the Sand Creek Mobile Home Community.
Metro Police are searching for a Las Vegas man who went missing Wednesday and was last seen in the 3100 block of Mountain Vista Street near Desert Inn Road.
With fireworks, fanfare and frivolity, Las Vegas once again showed the world Monday night how to put on a New Year's Eve party as 300,000-plus New Year's Eve revelers on the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street braved sub-freezing temperatures to toast the first few ticks of 2013.
Despite a nip in the air as temperatures drop into the 30s, Las Vegas is giving its traditional warm New Year's Eve welcome to hundreds of thousands of visitors tonight throughout the Strip and in the downtown's Fremont Street. As the expected gathering of some 314,000 revelers celebrate, Sun reporters and photographers will be capturing the sights and sounds of celebration.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified the two victims in a mobile home fire on Christmas morning as Charito Whittier, 24, and Angelo Romero, 25, both of Las Vegas.
A man is in critical condition after he was hit by a drunken driver Wednesday evening near Pecos Road and Tropicana Avenue. The 22-year-old male driver was arrested on charges of driving under the influence.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified the suspect who died in a home invasion shooting on Christmas Eve as Maurice Howard, 35, of Los Angeles. Howard was one of four suspects who police say tried to invade a first-floor apartment at the La Ventana apartments.
When Aarik and Aalik Poeling were in high school, their future could’ve ended at any moment. The 18-year-old identical twins lived lives of fast money and drugs. Aalik Poeling fell into the clutches of drugs at 14 years old and became addicted to methamphetamine. He’d go to school for a week, maybe a month, until he either was suspended or stopped going because he couldn’t get high when he wanted. He ran with a gang — a clique of friends.
Daniel Reyes, 10, gaped out the window of the helicopter as it made its way through the jagged El Dorado Canyon on Saturday afternoon, unaware of what was to come. He had been looking forward to this day since Dec. 7, when the nonprofit charity In12Days granted his prayers, giving him a scholarship to Mountain View Christian School. All he knew was his gift would be presented to him with the theme “10 Lords A-Leaping” to signify the 10th of 12 days of gift-giving that match the song “12 Days of Christmas.” He was excited to learn that he’d get to ride in a helicopter, but that was nothing compared to what he saw next.
There was a note on the concierge desk at Excalibur that said it would reopen Sunday. It was among the only visible evidence remaining from a shooting that killed two people there Friday night.
Scott Martin played his last soccer game on July 9, 1993. Two days later, he almost died because of flesh-eating bacteria. He went into a coma and underwent four surgeries. His mom received a call from the hospital suggesting she call a pastor because he was about to die.
Katie Kincheloe had planned to shield her third- and fifth-grade boys from the news of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., but then her fifth-grader asked a question she couldn’t avoid.
A man and woman were killed in a possible murder-suicide shooting Friday night near the Excalibur registration desk. The woman, Jessica Kenny, 30, worked at the Excalibur concierge desk as a vendor for travel website VEGAS.com. Police said she appeared to be the intended target of the shooter and that no one else was injured.
A man was struck by a van Friday afternoon outside Harrah’s along the Las Vegas Strip, Metro Police officials said. Police said the man is in critical condition and was transported to an area hospital.
Metro Police arrested a second suspect Wednesday in a possible murder-for-hire plot where a man was shot in the neck while driving on Interstate 15 near Valley of Fire.