An unrestrained and apparently impaired motorist died after colliding with an SUV in the central valley Wednesday evening. Police said speed was also a factor.
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A father claims a local psychiatric hospital failed to protect his 6-year-old son, whose mother set him on fire, when it released the woman despite her “propensity to harm” herself or others.
The latest case comes after positive tests among workers at other stores in the Las Vegas Valley, including those at Smith’s Food and Drug, Vons and Costco.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing man.
On Wednesday, friends and neighbors drove past the home of Tenley Hynds in Las Vegas, holding up signs wishing Tenley a happy eighth birthday.
The worker did not have close contact with others because of social distancing protocols and was on site for one week before leaving April 2, prior to experiencing symptoms.
Las Vegas police have put a stop to a special program that allowed officers to get a trim at department properties this week despite a statewide shutdown.
Timothy Wilkerson, 58, of Las Vegas perished in the blaze at a home on the 1400 block of Betty Lane, near Nellis Boulevard and East Owens Avenue.
In his final days, Edward Turken, 96, serenaded his son over the phone with tunes like “Stayin’ Alive” and “California Dreamin’ ” from his bed in the ICU unit at Summerlin Hospital.
Even before the coronavirus outbreak, nonprofits were seeing an increase in the number of seniors seeking food assistance.
As of Wednesday morning, five students and one instructor with the College of Southern Nevada had reported positive cases of COVID-19, according to the school’s website.
“It’s respiratory arrest in its true form: a sudden type of hypoxia and worsening that requires emergent intubation,” one doctor said of a pattern of rapid decline in COVID-19 patients. Such was the case with a Las Vegas radio host.
The Clark County School District apparently is out of compliance with a Nevada Department of Education directive to track contacts with students to maintain at-home learning.