A McDonald’s inside a Wal-Mart at Craig Road and Nellis Boulevard was evacuated Tuesday morning after a grease fire at the restaurant, a county fire official said. The restaurant was filled with light smoke, and no one was hurt.
Services for Southern Nevada horticultural expert and longtime Review-Journal columnist Linn Mills, who died Friday morning, are scheduled for this weekend.
As it turns out, Michael Charles Garcia is going against his mother’s wishes and not withdrawing his guilty plea in a 2012 bank robbery case that disrupted the federal court system. But he may have lost a rare opportunity to receive probation for the crime.
Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres’ decision to serve pizza to her famous audience members on Sunday night was, not surprisingly, a boon to the pizzeria she ordered from — causing a spike in the mid six-digits, a representative for the pizza company told Reuters on Monday.
A two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning sent two people to the hospital with critical injuries. The collision on the westbound Harmon Avenue overpass at Interstate 15, occurred just before 3 a.m. when the driver of a 2003 Toyota Camry tried to move from the center to left lane and struck the right side of a 2003 BMW 760Li, according to Las Vegas police.
To the naked eye, not much has changed in the year that passed since Malaysia-based Genting Group announced plans to build the $2 billion to $7 billion Resorts World Las Vegas on 87 acres on the Strip.
A man charged with breaking into a woman’s home, taking her family hostage and trying to rape the woman will be held without bail, a Las Vegas judge ruled Tuesday. Sean P. Cordeiro, 33, faces eight counts, including four counts of first-degree kidnapping and one count of attempted sexual assault. He is being held at the Clark County Detention Center.
U.S. home prices, led by gains of 22.2 percent in Nevada, rose in January after three months of declines as a tight supply of properties likely supported prices despite slower sales.
Nevada’s official flower is a lot like many of the people who call the Silver State home: tough, understated and built to survive in a place where other things just won’t grow.