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Nevada inmate denied cataract surgery dies, officials say
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014
An inmate who an appeals court determined was wrongfully denied cataract-removal surgery died today at High Desert State Prison near Indian Springs.
Wet, wild monsoon season comes to end for Southern Nevadans
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014
The monsoon season has left Las Vegans with memories of floods and thunderstorms, and official rainfall totals only tell part of the story.
Police seek to ID suspect in pharmacy robbery
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014
Metro Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in the armed robbery of a central Las Vegas Valley pharmacy. A man held up employees at ...
Inmate, 58, dies at High Desert State Prison
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014
A Nevada Department of Corrections inmate died Sunday of a chronic medical condition. David Mireles, 58, of Clark County died at High Desert State Prison ...
Driver might have suffered medical episode, rams building
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014
A woman who might have suffered a medical episode while driving hit a business in the western Las Vegas Valley, Metro Police said. Police received a call about ...
Police find 300 marijuana plants at North Las Vegas house
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014
Police say they busted a marijuana grow operation this afternoon in North Las Vegas. Officers found about 300 marijuana plants at a house in ...
Coroner IDs woman killed in North Las Vegas crash
Monday, Sept. 29, 2014
A woman who died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in North Las Vegas has been identified as Rose Cherilyn Kelly, 62, of Las Vegas, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office. Kelly died of ...
Power restored for hundreds in western valley
Monday, Sept. 29, 2014
Power has been restored for hundreds of NV Energy customers in the western part of the Las Vegas Valley. According to the NV Energy ...
FBI conducts raid at house owned by rapper Mally Mall
Monday, Sept. 29, 2014
The FBI this morning raided a house that county property records show is owned by rapper and music producer Rashid "Mally Mall" Jamal. The FBI confirmed it was at the home about 6 a.m. at ...
Metro Police will honor people killed in domestic violence, other homicide victims
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014
A balloon release and candlelight vigil honoring all victims of homicide will take place. Victims of domestic violence homicide will have their names read aloud ...
Pot house raided after operators documented operation on YouTube, police say
Friday, Sept. 26, 2014
Police busted a husband and wife today in a marijuana grow operation after the husband allegedly posted videos documenting the plants' growth on ...
Electrical problem prompts early dismissal at Palo Verde High
Friday, Sept. 26, 2014
Students at Palo Verde High School were sent home early today because of an electrical problem, Clark County School District officials said. Students at the ...
Storms across valley knock out power, spawn flash flooding
Friday, Sept. 26, 2014
Scattered storms hammered Southern Nevada on Friday, bringing rain, hail, flooding and lightning that caused power outages and fires around the valley. According to National Weather Service meteorologist John Adair, the highest rain total in the eastern valley was about ...
Las Vegas urologist found guilty in reuse of needle guides
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014
A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas urologist Thursday after evidence indicated he reused single-use needle guides for prostate procedures. Michael Stanley Kaplan, 59, faces up to five years ...
2 babies test positive for TB after Summerlin Hospital exposure
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014
Two babies who were in Summerlin Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during last summer's tuberculosis exposure have tested positive for ...
WestJet flight returns to McCarran over possible fuel leak
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014
A possible fuel leak caused a WestJet flight to return to McCarran International Airport shortly after its departure this afternoon. WestJet flight 1709 departed for ...
Apartment fire off Las Vegas Strip does $400,000 damage
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014
A fire at an apartment building a few blocks east of the Las Vegas Strip displaced 67 people Wednesday and caused about $400,000 damage. Deputy Fire Chief Jon Klassen said ...
Police: Resident shoots at suspects during attempted home invasion
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014
Shots were fired during an attempted home invasion near North Torrey Pines Drive and Vegas Drive this morning, according to Metro Police. A call came in at 11:12 a.m. of ...
Fire damages 32 apartment units at complex near the Strip
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014
A total of 32 units were damaged as a fire broke out Wednesday in a two-story apartment building a few blocks east of ...
Pahrump, northwest valley suffer widespread phone outages
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014
Fiber optic cable damage is to blame for phone, Internet and TV disruptions to the northwest valley and a telephone outage in Pahrump, according to ...
DA drops murder charge against Mojave High student
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014
A murder charge was dropped today against a Mojave High School student arrested in the slaying of a North Las Vegas woman, after new video evidence emerged in ...
Police search for suspect in bank robbery at grocery store
Monday, Sept. 22, 2014
Police are searching for a suspect in last week’s robbery of a bank at a southeast valley grocery store, authorities said. On the evening of Sept. 15, a man walked ...
Traffic backs up after rollover crash on 215 Beltway
Monday, Sept. 22, 2014
A single-car, rollover accident was causing delays this afternoon on the 215 Beltway at Windmill Lane, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Trooper Loy Hixson said ...
Police: Las Vegas man shot to death after fight in backyard
Monday, Sept. 22, 2014
A man died in his backyard in the eastern valley Sunday morning after being shot multiple times, according to Metro Police. The man was at his home in the ...
Police make arrests in robbery, shootings at Summerlin park
Friday, Sept. 19, 2014
Two teenagers have been arrested after police say they connected the pair to a series of robberies and a double shooting earlier this month. An unnamed 17-year-old male identified as ...
Coroner IDs man killed in car, motorcycle collision
Friday, Sept. 19, 2014
A man killed when a motorcycle and car collided Thursday night in North Las Vegas has been identified as Eric James Howell, 19, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office. Howell died of ...
Coroner IDs man killed in double shooting at apartment complex
Friday, Sept. 19, 2014
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died in a double shooting at a valley apartment complex Thursday morning as Arnoldo Hermosillo, 25, of Las Vegas. Hermosillo died of ...
School locked down because of nearby police activity
Friday, Sept. 19, 2014
A school in North Las Vegas was locked down this afternoon as police responded to a barricade situation nearby, authorities said. John Tartan Elementary School ...
Four-vehicle crash slowing traffic on I-15 near Cheyenne
Friday, Sept. 19, 2014
A four-vehicle crash on Interstate 15 near Cheyenne Avenue is causing traffic delays, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The wreck, which occurred just south of the Cheyenne off-ramp, was ...
2 vehicles crash into Boulder Highway motorcycle shop
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014
Two vehicles crashed into a motorcycle shop after colliding on Boulder Highway this afternoon. The vehicles veered to the right after the crash, traveling over the sidewalk and ...
Police find $200,000 of marijuana plants at rental house
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014
A 35-year-old man was arrested today after police say they discovered about 100 marijuana plants valued at roughly $200,000 in his southwest Las Vegas rental ...
Police: Barricade situation might have been related to earlier shooting
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014
A 30-year-old suspect is in custody after a barricade situation near Vegas Drive and North Decatur Boulevard in the central valley came to an end ...
Kohl’s plans to hire 400 seasonal workers in Las Vegas
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014
Kohl's Corp. plans to hire more than 67,000 seasonal workers nationwide for the holiday shopping season, which the company said is a ...
Armed robber in a fedora targets Henderson casino
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014
Henderson Police are seeking help identifying a black fedora-wearing suspect who robbed a casino early Monday. A 35- to 40-year-old black male demanded money from a cage cashier at ...
1 wounded in shooting in northeast valley
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014
A person was injured in a shooting near the intersection of East Owens Avenue and North Nellis Boulevard, according to Metro Police. Metro spokesman Officer Jesse Roybal said ...
Las Vegas faces only slight chance of thunderstorms Thursday
Rain from tropical storm finally begins falling on Arizona
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014
After a week of grim weather predictions, it seems valley residents shouldn’t head out to buy new rain jackets just yet. According to the National Weather Service, the chance ...
Boy, 16, arrested in fatal shooting to be charged as adult
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014
A 16-year-old Mojave High School student arrested Thursday in the shooting death of a woman in North Las Vegas will be charged as an adult. He originally was ...
1 dead in fiery crash at Summerlin Parkway, 215 Beltway
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014
A man was killed and four others were in unknown condition this morning after a crash at Summerlin Parkway and the 215 Beltway. A white Ford F-350 pulling ...
Metro: Youth fires shotgun into home, then is shot
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014
Metro Police say a male youth has been taken into custody after allegedly firing a shotgun through the front door of a home Tuesday in the northern part of ...
Second Pacific storm blast might be kinder to the Las Vegas area
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014
Although showers began to be felt in the Las Vegas Valley late Tuesday, forecasters expect this week's storm system to pack less of a punch than ...
County declares state of emergency; feds to provide $1.5 million in flood relief
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014
The federal government has pledged $1.5 million to aid in repair costs for Interstate 15 near Moapa, and Clark County commissioners declared a state of emergency because ...
Coroner: Man found in flood channel was stabbed to death
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014
A man found dead in a central valley flood control channel in April has been identified, and Metro Police are seeking information about his death. The Clark County Coroner’s Office said ...
Police bust marijuana grow house, credit card lab in southwest valley
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014
Metro Police say they discovered a marijuana grow operation and ID theft lab on Friday at a home in the Spring Valley area. Police served a search warrant in ...
Flood-damaged section of I-15 partially reopened after repair work
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014
A stretch of Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas that was washed out by heavy flooding on Monday has been partially reopened. One northbound lane and one ...
Mojave High School student, 16, arrested in shooting death
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014
A 16-year-old Mojave High School student was arrested Thursday afternoon in the shooting death of a woman in North Las Vegas, authorities said. The boy was arrested at ...
Bicyclist injured in crash with car
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014
A bicyclist was injured in a crash this afternoon near the intersection of North Main Street and Foremaster Lane. The cyclist was transported to ...
Police: Man was arguing with woman before he was shot
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014
Metro Police are still looking for a man who shot and killed another man Thursday night at the Sherman Garden Apartments in West Las Vegas. The incident was reported ...
Man indicted in slaying of 8-year-old Arizona girl
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014
A man accused of killing 8-year-old Isabella Grogan-Cannella was indicted Thursday by a Mohave County, Ariz., grand jury on charges including ...
140 homes damaged in Monday's flash flooding, county says
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014
Assessors say they have counted nearly 140 homes damaged by Monday's flooding in the Moapa Valley region, and more than $1 million in damage has been done to ...
Vacant duplex near downtown catches fire
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014
A fire broke out in a vacant, one-story duplex near downtown Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon. Investigators say it appears that squatters may have ...