A pedestrian was hospitalized Monday morning after being hit by a pickup on East Sahara. Police said “a subject” was crossing the street and was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound on Sahara at Commercial Center. Westbound Sahara remained closed. Crime scene tape blocked off the area and a red pickup sat next to debris and a pair of shoes in front of a bus stop. Police did not have any information on the pedestrian’s condition. Officers do not think the driver was impaired.
A security guard at the Covington at Coronado Ranch apartment complex ended up in the hospital after thwarting a group of mailbox vandals on Monday morning. According to Las Vegas police, about 12:45 a.m. the guard saw a group of people trying to break into mailboxes at the central Las Vegas complex when he confronted them. The group jumped into a vehicle and while trying to flee, struck the guard. The guard was hospitalized with injures that were not life-threatening. The suspects fled and remain at-large.
Daylight Saving Time Arrives Sunday Clocks will move ahead one hour, costing us an hour of sleep. Evenings will become increasingly brighter as the sun will now set around 7 p.m. or later in most parts of the country. For example, New York’s sunset will shift from 5:58 to 6:59 on March 12, while Atlanta moves from 6:42 to 7:43. While it’s true that daylight saving time steals light from the morning,
Henderson police are investigating a possible murder-suicide at Parkway Townhomes.
Police received a call around 5:30 a.m. from the complex at Windmill Parkway and North Pecos Road. When police entered an apartment they found a man and a woman dead with apparent gunshot wounds.
This is Henderson’s first homicide of 2018.
A firefighter was injured and was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening when a fire broke out at a strip mall in the southwest Las Vegas Valley Monday night.
The fire was first reported at 10:52 p.m. on the 3400 block of Jones Boulevard, near Desert Inn Road, and as of 1:30 a.m. Tuesday firefighters and police were still at the scene. At least seven businesses were damaged, including a furniture store at the north end of the mall. The strip mall also houses several restaurants, including Fuku Burger, which was on the opposite end from where the fire broke out.
