A shooting at a south Las Vegas home on Monday has put one person in the hospital and another in custody, according to Las Vegas police.
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The Henderson City Council on Tuesday will consider approval of a $70,000 community-funded grant to evaluate the needs, programming, feasibility and cost of constructing and equipping a new crime lab for the police department.
North Las Vegas police checking on a mother and daughter reported missing discovered a “gruesome” homicide scene inside a northeast valley home on Monday that has investigators questioning how many bodies are involved.
A court challenge to Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage is no longer at the top of the queue in efforts nationally to legalize gay unions after a hearing date initially set by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for April 9 was postponed but the Nevada case is still in the mix as more courts around the country continue to weigh in on the controversial issue, a lawyer for Lambda Legal said last week.
Sentencing is being postponed at least another month for a Saudi Arabian air force sergeant facing a mandatory minimum of 35 years in Nevada state prison for raping a 13-year-old California boy at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.
The Clark County Republican Party removed language from its platform saying marriage should be defined as “between a man and a woman,” a major change acknowledging a growing gay rights movement, the party’s political director said Monday.
Clark County and its largest union are in the midst of a dispute over whether employees represented by the Service Employees International Union are entitled to a 2 percent boost to their base salaries that were cut during the recession, a proposal that would cost the county $4 million to $5 million.
Mixed-martial artist Shane Kruchten was down on the mat in Las Vegas on Saturday night but not out of his fight for life — and his fallen Marine comrades were there with him, their names tattooed on his back.
UNLV has partnered with the Clark County School District and others to revive an allergen monitoring program that was shuttered by the county four years ago.
North Las Vegas police were investigating a fatal crash Saturday night.
The Science Bowl has rules — no notes, no calculators and no second chances. That’s OK because the team from The Meadows School didn’t need any of those things. In April, five of its upper school students are set to travel to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National Science Bowl Finals. Hyde Park Middle School’s team also earned a spot in the competition.
View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to Viewpoints, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.
Army Spc. Symone E. Harden is one of 200 chefs from bases around the world who gathered March 9-13 for the 39th annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event in Fort Lee, Va., where military food service chefs showcased their best cooking skills. Harden is assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, Fort Stewart, Ga., and has four years of military service. She is the daughter of Myrle G. Williams of Las Vegas and is a 2008 graduate of Desert Pines High School.
Congress last week neared completion of legislation that would assist Ukraine’s new government and impose sanctions to express U.S. outrage over Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
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For four days, starting today, the valley is under an extreme heat warning. The National Weather Service said temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal.
Summerlin South defeated Irmo, South Carolina, in extra innings for its third win of the Little League World Series.
Officials said nearly one in three high school students and about one in six middle school students in Clark County reported having tried e-cigarettes.
Las Vegas was rated as the third most dangerous city in the U.S. for pedestrians in a study released last week by shoe company Kuru.
