The challenge has been set for next year’s Clark County high school graduates. A Clark County School District press release said that high school graduates from the class of 2012 accumulated a district-record $240 million in scholarship funds.
A child playing with a lighter accidentally ignited an apartment fire that left two adults and two children without a home at 1901 N. Jones Blvd. on Friday, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials said.
A woman jumped to her death Friday morning from the top of the parking structure at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, Metro Police officials said.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office has dropped a gross misdemeanor case against Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins. Chief Deputy Attorney General Thom Gover said there was not enough evidence to present a case.
North Las Vegas Police detectives are searching for a man suspected of stabbing his 44-year-old wife to death, officials said. Officials said Alberto Gutierrez, 46, allegedly stabbed his wife multiple times with a knife after a heated argument Saturday.
North Las Vegas Police are searching for a 54-year-old man who disappeared on March 15, officials said. Leon Culpepper was last seen at his family’s home near the 3000 block of Magnet Street, where he lives with his wife and other relatives, officials said.
Approximately 40 homes in North Las Vegas are without water after a residential water main broke on Ellis Street early Tuesday afternoon, North Las Vegas spokeswoman Juliet Casey said. Casey said the eight-inch underground pipe broke around 1:45 p.m., and began gushing water down the residential street near Cary and Haddock Avenues for nearly an hour.
New group's effort dips lower than Southern Nevada Water Authority’s stated goal for water usage
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Kami Dempsey wants the phrase “90 by 20” to be in the back of Southern Nevada residents’ minds whenever water is used. She wants them to think about it when they water their lawn, brush their teeth and refill a glass from the tap. She wants them to know water can disappear, but they can help prevent the evaporation of water resources by remembering “90 gallons per capita per day by 2020.” Dempsey is the Southern Nevada coordinator for the “90 by 20” water conservation campaign that targets residential water usage in Colorado River Basin cities. The campaign’s goal is for each home in those cities to limit per capita water usage to 90 gallons per day by 2020.
Benedetto Vitale, the SafeNest donation center director, was fired Friday after the agency received an official crime report from the North Las Vegas Police Department regarding his arrest.
A woman was struck by a car on Craig Road near Jones Boulevard as she attempted to escape with stolen money from a nearby business, Metro Police officials said.
A man was found dead around 9 a.m. today inside a car parked outside the North Las Vegas Department of Motor Vehicles office at 7170 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas Police officials said.
A tip from a hiker walking near Wallace Canyon led to the discovery of one of the largest outdoor marijuana grow operations in Clark County on Wednesday, Metro Police officials said.
Metro Police arrested a man they say confessed to attempting to sexually assault a woman with a deadly weapon and committing a rash of burglaries at a southwest valley apartment complex.
Paramedic Ray Spigner dangled over the side of the Vdara Hotel some 550 feet in the air early Wednesday afternoon. News helicopters circled around him and the 100-degree summer heat emanated from the windows. His life rested in the hands of an 800-foot rope and his fellow firefighters on the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Technical Rescue Team working the equipment to lower him. Below him, four window washers waited, stranded outside the 35th floor in a window washer’s basket. Their fate and safety rested in his hands.
A 20-year-old man died after crashing his Toyota Camry over an embankment on the northbound Las Vegas Beltway at 11:35 p.m. on July 13, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said.
An employee at a North Las Vegas agency that assists victims of domestic violence was arrested Tuesday for attempting to coerce a woman into having sex with him instead of working her community service hours, North Las Vegas Police reported.
In two years, more than 370,000 non-elderly Clark County residents with pre-existing health conditions will be able to cross health insurance coverage off their list of worries.
After two years as a fugitive, a member of the anti-government group known as Sovereign Movement was convicted Tuesday of money laundering, conspiracy and failing to appear in court, Nevada U.S. District Attorney Daniel Bogden said.
Connor Fields leaned on a wooden fence beam at Boulder City BMX, armed with a Sharpie and two 24-packs of Monster Energy Drink. A flock of kids straddling BMX bikes surrounded him. For nearly an hour on a sweltering 90-degree day, he scribbled his initials – a C and backward F the way his dad does it –and Team USA onto cans, BMX jerseys, bike seats and anything else thrust at him. Kids ranging from 4 to 14 years old shout his name and fight for his attention. They don’t need to though.
Victoria Toledo had been sitting in her mother’s apartment keeping cool on a typical, sweat-inducing Saturday afternoon when she heard voices and a guitar. She decided to peer over her front balcony to see what the commotion was about. In the short time she’s been in town from Chicago visiting her mother at Karen Estates, she’s seen a dead body and police searching for some people who were armed. This time, though, she saw something encouraging.
A man and woman were injured after flipping over in a 2002 Ford Mustang on Las Vegas Boulevard North around 3:10 a.m. on Saturday. Both were transported to University Medical Center, officials said. The woman was admitted in critical condition, while the man is in serious condition.
Clark County firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire on Las Vegas Boulevard South. Clark County spokeswoman Stacy Welling said the fire was at the Paradise Spa Country Living apartment complex.
Three small pets died from smoke inhalation in a house fire Friday in the western valley, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials said. Officials said firefighters received a call around 3:40 p.m. Friday notifying them of smoke and flames emanating from the house at 429 Warmside Drive, near Rainbow Boulevard and Alta Drive.
A man died after crashing his motorcycle into the side of a blue Honda four-door sedan around 4:40 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Lake South Drive and S. Fort Apache Road, Metro Police officials said.
A juvenile who hid her pregnancy and birth of her baby from friends and family has been identified as the mother of the baby found Wednesday morning in a trash bin in the northern valley, Metro Police announced this afternoon.
Metro Police arrested two suspects in connection to an armed robbery of a pawnshop located in the 300 block of N. Nellis Boulevard that occurred Wednesday morning, officials said.
A mother and 3 year-old child died and three other members of the family were injured when their Ford F-250 truck rolled over on Interstate 15 near Apex on Wednesday.
A convicted Las Vegas pimp was sentenced to 13 life prison terms Tuesday for his conviction on a litany of counts, including kidnapping, battery, coercion and pandering with force. Clark County District Judge Elissa Cadish found Raymond Sharpe, 48, was a habitual offender and sentenced him to 13 life terms, 10 of which would run concurrently. On one of the life sentences, for first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon, Cadish stipulated Sharpe serve his term without the possibility of parole. The other sentences carry the possibility of parole after 10 years.
By the year 2030, Nevada Department of Transportation project manager John Terry envisions future highways filled not with flying cars, but express car pool lanes.
How to tell if your business is headed in the right direction
Monday, July 16, 2012
Carolyn Portuondo doesn’t sleep well. Most nights she lies awake in bed as her mind wanders to her bakery, Caked Las Vegas. She wonders about the air conditioner going out, losing cash flow and customers. Most of all, she worries about her dream coming to an end. “Even though today I am successful and making money, you are always wondering, ‘What if I don’t get these customers next month?’” Portuondo said.
For a brief moment Saturday, the Las Vegas Natural History Museum aquarium room was particularly festive. It was because of the museum's 21st anniversary ...
A woman has barricaded herself inside an apartment at the Budget Suites on Rancho Drive with a knife and a young hostage since 7:10 a.m., Metro Police officials said.
A man died after crashing his silver four-door sedan into a traffic signal pole at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Perry Street on Friday, Metro Police officials said. A female passenger was injured in the crash.
A white Ford Explorer rolled over on Interstate 15 just north of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leaving a 6-year-old in critical condition and four others injured on Friday, Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Jeremie Elliott said.
The campgrounds, trails and picnic areas of Mount Charleston will begin receiving makeovers throughout the summer, which will leave many of them closed for construction, U.S. Forest Service officials said in a release.
North Las Vegas Fire Department Chief Al Gillespie has been placed on paid administrative leave due to an investigation into an incident that occurred during a January training exercise.
A body was discovered less than a mile from the Hoover Dam bypass bridge, while it was closed for investigation into a man’s suicide off the bridge earlier on Thursday, Lake Mead National Recreation Area officials said.