It took more than a half million tons of gravel and asphalt, more than two years of work and almost a quarter billion dollars, but six miles of traffic jams on Interstate 15 south have become mostly smooth sailing. Transportation officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate completion of the project from Tropicana Avenue to Silverado Ranch Boulevard.
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What should have been a routine traffic stop in 2011 ended in a shootout in which Las Vegas police officer Patrick Burke killed a man who had served more than 13 years in prison for second-degree murder. Burke was one of 18 Metropolitan Police Department officers and 12 supervisors honored Wednesday for going “above and beyond the call of duty.”
Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins is facing misdemeanor charges for unlawfully discharging a firearm within the city limits and disturbing the peace the night of July 3, the North Las Vegas city attorney’s office announced Wednesday.
