The man arrested in the slaying of a bartender Monday shot his ex-boyfriend as he fled then reloaded a semi-automatic pistol and fired 15 more rounds into his body, a Metro Police report says.
In a surprise vote Thursday morning, the Regional Transportation Commission approved a settlement with First Transit to end a months-long deadlock on the operation of the public bus system.
Officials are so concerned about the recent rash of pedestrian accidents they held two press conferences on the topic Tuesday, one in Las Vegas and one in North Las Vegas.
Gas prices in the northern parts of Nevada have fallen slightly during the past month, while prices in Clark County rose slightly, leaving the state average nearly the same as it was in October, according to the AAA auto club.
A 15-year-old boy hit and killed on a Henderson street, a trick-or-treater dies after being hit by a car in Summerlin, a woman dead after being struck near Nellis Air Force Base and two pedestrians hospitalized after they were hit on the valley's most famous stretch of road — the Las Vegas Strip.
They started out as basic white lines across a road. But as cars got faster and roads got bigger, a number of improvements have been proposed to make crosswalks safer for pedestrians.
Biking and running events will lead to some road closures during races
Friday, Nov. 4, 2011
Nearly 1,000 people from 26 countries are coming to Henderson this weekend for the 2011 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships, which will close parts of roads across Henderson Saturday.
A police chase briefly closed part of Interstate 15 near the resort corridor this morning after motorists complained of a vehicle traveling exceptionally slow on the freeway north of Las Vegas.
Despite a recent spate of high-profile pedestrian-auto accidents, including the death of a 12-year-old trick-or-treater Monday, the number of pedestrian fatalities is down this year in Las Vegas, Metro Police said.
North Las Vegas Police are investigating a Halloween afternoon shooting that left one man dead. Officials said police received 911 calls at about 2:25 p.m. reporting gunfire.
Forget the presidential race. The hottest campaign in Las Vegas this weekend was for the coveted recognition as best Halloween movie poster. The stars of all three posters — featuring Strip celebrities made up for Las Vegas Sun sister publication Las Vegas Magazine's undead issue — were actively soliciting votes on Facebook and Twitter. The winner of the unscientific but fun poll on the Sun's website got the full-page treatment on page 8 of today's paper. And the winner was: Frankenstein and the Bride, starring Terry Fator and Taylor Makakoa.
The traffic near William V. Wright Elementary School has become such a concern for Fred Peters, whose granddaughter attends the school, that he's begun volunteering as a crossing guard there.
A carjacking and stabbing led to a police pursuit involving two police departments this morning, authorities said. The chase ended with a crash that sent two people to the hospital.
Halloween front porches across America feature some sort of traditional jack-o-lantern: triangle eyes, a toothy grin and maybe a small nose. These aren’t that type of pumpkin. Ray Villafane and Andy Bergholtz spent Wednesday afternoon sculpting pumpkins at the Grand Canal Shoppes.
Another round of work on the repaving of Interstate 15 is set to get under way Sunday night. But motorists shouldn't worry — unlike the earlier stages, this phase will have only minimal impacts on traffic.
An interim president was appointed Friday to take over Nevada State College beginning Nov. 1. Bart Patterson, the Nevada System of Higher Education’s vice chancellor of administrative and legal affairs, will replace Lesley Di Mare.
A seventh person pleaded guilty Friday in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently control homeowners’ associations. Mary Ann Watts, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, federal authorities said.
A house fire in the eastern valley Friday morning caused $25,000 damage and displaced five people, officials said. The Clark County Fire Department was called at 8:10 a.m. to a single-story house at 4479 Boston Ave.
Construction on U.S. 93 in Boulder City will pass a milestone this week as work shifts to the north side of the road. The highway has been under construction since August to remove a major bottleneck that restricted traffic on the main route between Las Vegas and Phoenix.
September’s passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport was 8.7 percent higher than last September, the largest such increase this year. The month gives McCarran its ninth straight month of increases in traffic.
The fate of the valley’s public transit service remains in question — and likely again headed for the courts — after the Regional Transportation Commission board was unable to come to a resolution Thursday.
There was nothing spectacular about the intersection — two busy roads, traffic signals, narrow medians, gas stations on two corners and a pizza joint on another.
Gas prices in Nevada fell over the past month, with the average price of a gallon of regular gas now at $3.60 in the state, according to AAA. Today’s average price is 11 cents lower than the price from last month’s report.
Las Vegas motorists can rejoice: The repaving work on Interstate 15 is essentially done. Just a month after the work began creating massive traffic jams and turned the state’s busiest freeway into a sea of red lights, the orange barrels are out of the way and motorists now have a smoother, quieter ride through town.
If everything goes as planned this weekend, the Nevada Department of Transportation said it might be done with the Interstate 15 repaving project on Monday – 10 days early.
Las Vegas has a reputation for providing poor health care, but a report released today says Nevada has made significant strides in the last three years in providing one specialized service for some of the sickest patients.
Been to a buffet lately? Or how about the buffet of buffets? Las Vegas is famous for 24-hour buffets, as well as fine dining, so it might come as no surprise that we’re close to the top of another list: America’s 20 Most Gluttonous Cities.
The repaving project on Interstate 15 has created traffic headaches for motorists, but only on weekdays – until now. Previously, crews were only working – and lanes were only closed – from Sunday night to Thursday morning each week.
In case construction on Interstate 15 near the Strip and in the southern valley and on U.S. 95 in the northwest wasn’t enough, the lanes will soon be closed on U.S. 95 in the eastern valley, too.
LOL. OMG. RIP. Officials are using signs with that message in hopes of getting their point across to all ages: Not only is talking or texting with a cellphone while driving dangerous, it will soon be illegal.