Moisture from rain caused two power outages in the Las Vegas Valley Thursday night that left approximately 2,000 customers without electricity, NV Energy officials said.
Three adults, three kids and a dog were displaced from their apartment near Tropicana Avenue and Maryland Parkway after the kitchen caught fire Thursday afternoon.
Up until Thursday, CLS Transportation owner Charles Horky's life appeared to be the epitome of an American success story. He began his company with one limousine in Los Angeles and grew it into a multimillion-dollar business.
Once a year, thousands of people undergo cowboy transformations for the Wranglers National Finals Rodeo. For 10 days, they trade their slacks and dresses, gym shoes and high heels for blue jeans, belt buckles, cowboy hats and boots. Many want to give the duds a whirl on the dance floor. That’s where Las Vegas’ two country music radio stations, 95.5 KWNR-FM and 102.7 KCYE-FM, come in.
Rape Crisis Center Executive Director Hannah Brook was tired of dinner fundraisers. She wanted to do something fun and family-oriented. That’s when chairwoman Janice Wolf came up with the idea of a gingerbread-themed event: the first "We Knead the Dough" fundraiser.
Two people were taken to a hospital after a crash involving three cars and a pedestrian at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Bonanza Road on Friday night.
North Las Vegas Police located the van stolen from a murder victim’s home on Friday, but a suspect remains at large. City police spokeswoman Chrissie Coon could not comment on where the 2006 white Dodge Sprinter cargo van was located.
A man accused of shooting at Circus Circus security officers after he was caught breaking into a car in the parking garage was arrested Thursday, Metro Police said.
A crew of 175 workers has 24 hours to transform the Thomas & Mack Center into a dirt-filled palace for the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. This is their day.
North Las Vegas Police Department urged the city council Wednesday to support a resolution asking the Legislature to earmark more revenue for police from an already-voter-approved quarter-cent increase in Clark County sales tax.
Felix Buehler put off his scheduled chemotherapy to conserve energy for his family’s first family portrait Saturday. “For me it’s just documenting our family,” Shareece Buehler said. “Despite what he’s fighting, this is still our family."
A construction worker killed Wednesday on Interstate 15 died of blunt-force trauma when guardrails he was helping load onto a truck fell on him, authorities said.
Two Las Vegas Valley men were convicted of conspiracy and fraud for scamming thousands of dollars out of chronically ill patients, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A two-alarm fire broke out Wednesday in the recycling yard of the Secured Fibers plant in North Las Vegas, officials said. North Las Vegas Fire Capt. Cedric Williams said the blaze was reported about 12:05 p.m. at the recycling facility at 4751 Vanderberg Drive.
A construction worker died Monday in an industrial accident on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway while working on a road maintenance project. Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Loy Hixson said the man had been assisting with loading equipment when he was injured and died.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified the two people involved in a murder-suicide on Sunday as Dorothy Huss, 87, and Clifford Huss, 86, both of Las Vegas.
Metro Police shot and killed a coyote in front of an elementary school Tuesday after receiving reports that the animal was wandering through yards in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
A man was convicted Monday of murder and extortion in the stabbing death of of Wen Jun Li at the Forbes KTV Bar and Restaurant in Las Vegas in July 2009.
Two people were shot and killed in their residence near Tropicana Avenue and Boulder Highway on Sunday in what appeared to be a murder-suicide, Metro Police said. Police said dispatch received a call that two people had been shot in a home on the 6400 block of East Tropicana Avenue.
Several lanes of Interstate 15 North will be closed from Lake Mead Boulevard to Cheyenne Avenue starting at 9 p.m. Monday while construction continues on the North 5th Street Bridge.
A hiker who fell to his death at the Red Rock National Conservation Area on Saturday has been identified as 31-year-old Nathan Paul McKinney of Las Vegas.
Two men who died Wednesday in what police termed a murder-suicide have been identified as Anthony Rafael Garcia, 22, and William Joseph Pearce Jr., 25, both of Las Vegas, the Clark County Coroner’s Office said.
A person was found dead after a fire in a second-story apartment at the Alpine Village Apartments on Saturday, said Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski.
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Bill Smith works in a building surrounded by secrets only he can understand. They’re on his cluttered desk, pieces of graph paper with schematics of boxes and torturous-looking contraptions bursting out of a rack of manila folders. Some are recorded on VHS tapes stacked 10-high on his television to be copied to DVD, for his eyes and his customers’ eyes only.
Five years ago Blaze Trumble made a birthday wish that baffled his parents. He decided he wanted to spend his sixth birthday distributing hot chocolate to the homeless.
Portions of Deer Creek Road near Mount Charleston will be closed starting Tuesday while Nevada Department of Transportation begins an excavating project for trail improvements.
A man police suspect called Henderson 911 operators more than 3,600 times made his first appearance in Henderson Justice Court on Monday, where a date was set for a preliminary hearing.
Several lanes on Interstate 15 will be closed from Lake Mead Boulevard to Cheyenne Avenue overnight Monday and Tuesday for construction on the North Fifth Street Bridge in North Las Vegas.
A man suspected of shooting and killing another man in March was arrested Sunday, Metro Police officials announced. Akeem Tripp, 20, was taken into custody around 1 a.m. near Sierra Vista Drive and Rome Street in Paradise.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified two men involved in a murder-suicide in North Las Vegas on Wednesday as Alberto Gutierrez Jr., 44, and Hamlet Similien, 22, both of North Las Vegas.
Oversight initially left DA's Office without police report detailing counts
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
Hold the phone. Just when the man arrested for allegedly calling Henderson 911 more than 3,600 times was about to be released from custody after a reporting error, he was rebooked Thursday into the Henderson Detention Center.