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FBI to pay for Henderson police overtime as part of crime program

The Henderson Police Department is set to participate in the FBI’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. The FBI will reimburse the city for overtime salary expenses up to $17,753 per officer per year.

Police looking for persons of interest in suspicious death

Police have not yet made an arrest in connection with a suspicious death last week at MountainView Hospital and need the public’s help identifying a man and woman of interest.

 
New UNLV center offers more autism therapy options

Since the UNLV School of Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions opened in July, 350 children have been placed in therapy at the clinic, the center’s director said.

Nevada lawmakers line up to testify against reviving Yucca Mountain

Nevada lawmakers will testify before a House hearing this week in opposition of revising Yucca Mountain as a permanent nuclear waste site, the Energy and Commerce Committee announced Monday.

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Las Vegas city marshals were summoned to Lorenzi Park nearly as often as they were called to the Fremont Street Experience in 2016, a statistic that underscores a growing concern about safety in city parks.

Henderson nonprofit Friends in the Desert plans open house to recruit volunteers

Jerry McCord Jr. was an aspiring DJ in Chicago before he moved to Southern Nevada seven years ago. He said he’s been homeless half that time. He finds solace, however, in the dining room of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 43 W. Pacific Ave., where he sits with other homeless residents and has a meal prepared by Henderson nonprofit Friends In The Desert.