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Police investigating shooting in central Las Vegas

Metro officers responded on reports of the shooting about 8:20 p.m. to the 2800 block of North Pecos Road, near Las Vegas Boulevard North, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Peter Kisfalvi said.

Man killed in Henderson crash remembered as ‘greatest daddy ever’

Jorge Botello was driving his truck Saturday night to a local fast-food restaurant to pick up food for his pregnant wife and two children. He never came home, after a vehicle crossed the median and hit his pickup in Henderson.

 
Good guy with a gun stops kidnapping

It was habit, not heroism, that caused Justin Pearson to grab his gun. But seconds later, that weapon enabled Pearson to stop a kidnapping taking place just outside his Las Vegas home on Oct. 5.

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Raiders expect to break ground for Las Vegas stadium Nov. 13

A member of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority says the Oakland Raiders have settled on a date for the groundbreaking of its planned 65,000-seat domed football stadium.

Jet fuel tank targeted by Las Vegas shooter will soon be inspected

The giant jet fuel tank struck by rifle fire during the deadly Strip mass shooting has been drained and McCarran International Airport officials are close to hiring a safety expert to inspect it.

Baby drowns in east Las Vegas backyard pool

A 1-year-old baby girl drowned in an east Las Vegas backyard pool Saturday, according to a Clark County Department of Family Services report.

School police use Taser to subdue Las Vegas High student

The unidentified 16-year-old boy faces charges of disturbance and battery of a public official after the incident, which marked the first time district police have used the weapon since they began carrying them in 2015.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim’s surgeon was former neighbor

After Dr. Timothy Dickhudt, a University Medical Center trauma surgeon, operated on Philip Aurich after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, he discovered that their families had connections in his native Minnesota.

Clark County approved to buy Moulin Rouge property

A judge on Thursday approved Clark County’s bid for the former Moulin Rouge property, marking a new phase for the historic West Las Vegas property that housed the first desegregated hotel and casino in Las Vegas.