Jennifer Simms is bipolar, suffers from schizophrenia and has not taken her medication and does not have it with her, police said in a press release.
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North Las Vegas firefighters responded to a structure fire on East Tonopah Avenue Thursday morning.
Santa Claus joined some of the North Las Vegas Fire Department’s firefighters to deliver presents to a family grieving the loss of a loved one.
Santa stepped out of a firetruck in North Las Vegas Tuesday morning to deliver more than 60 presents to four children who lost their home in a house fire last month.
Serafin Calvo’s family braced for a Christmas without much when he was a child, but a neighbor’s generosity sent him on a decades-long mission of giving.
The City Council’s approval brings an end to a lawsuit filed by the family of Fernando Sauceda, who was shot and killed by North Las Vegas police minutes into 2011.
The City Council’s approval will bring an end to a civil rights lawsuit filed in 2014 for the fatal shooting of two pit bulls two years earlier.
Officials are recommending approval of the settlement of Fernando Sauceda’s 2011 death to save money on litigation and avoid “any potential risk of an adverse verdict.”
If approved by council members Wednesday, the payment would be the second settlement since October for a fatal dog shooting by North Las Vegas police.
One person was badly injured early Thursday in an explosion at a North Las Vegas condominium and apartment complex caused by a resident making methamphetamine, officials said.
Forty-two kids and their families received $200 each in free presents on Wednesday, and the kids were treated to a law enforcement parade and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Last year, there were 54,659 cases of graffiti in North Las Vegas totaling 80 acres; that has fallen to 33,398 cases totaling 57 acres through October this year.