Jose Ortiz, 71, was hit by a 1999 Toyota Corolla about 12:20 p.m. while crossing East Bonanza Road east of Marion Drive in his motorized wheelchair, a release said.
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Nevada Highway Patrol troopers will ditch their blue uniforms Tuesday as the agency completes a two-year transition to gray uniforms that began Jan. 1, 2017.
The Las Vegas Valley has been infatuated with the Vegas Golden Knights since the team established itself as the area’s first professional franchise in October 2017. But in 2018 the Golden Knights captured hearts with a remarkable run to the Stanley Cup Final, and continuous community outreach that endeared the players and coaches to adoring fans.
Ondre Wills separated from the Metropolitan Police Department on July 18, police spokesman Larry Hadfield said last week. Metro didn’t release the circumstances of his separation, but Las Vegas Police Protective Association President Steve Grammas said Wills resigned before a Metro administrative hearing on his job.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they said robbed a convenience store clerk at gunpoint last week.
An 18-year-old man was chased and gunned down Christmas Eve in a North Las Vegas parking lot, police said.
Michael Ray Stevens, 43, was being held in Henderson Detention Center on two counts each of domestic battery by strangulation and domestic battery, as well as a count of coercion, jail records show.
The former home of philanthropists Charles and Phyllis Frias in rural Lincoln County will be transformed into a camping haven for Girl Scouts in Southern Nevada and beyond, officials announced Tuesday.
A 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier northbound on Swenson hit the man, who was attempting to cross outside the marked crosswalk.
The remains were taken Friday afternoon from a Las Vegas Cremations employee, who was in the process of shipping them to out-of-state loved ones from the post office at 2675 N. Decatur Blvd., the business said in a release.
Nearly 20 years after a Las Vegas man killed himself and his family after an hourslong standoff, the case has become a staple of the Metropolitan Police Department’s training class for prospective crisis negotiators.
Multiple businesses in the Las Vegas Valley have received email bomb threats that appear similar to “hoax” threats reported throughout the country Thursday, Las Vegas police posted on social media.
A 77-year-old woman’s death in March has been attributed to a crash that sent her to the hospital.
A man washing windows outside Trump International hotel who fell to his death Wednesday afternoon has been identified.
At least two people were hospitalized midday Wednesday after a crash in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
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A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
An 18-year-old was taken into custody after police said he was “doing donuts in the grass area” of a Henderson park.