The battle-hardened former pilot transformed his plight with PTSD into a quest to aid other veterans with similar experiences.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
Officers responding to a call about a “suspicious vehicle” made the discovery about noon in the 4900 block of Cartier Avenue near Nellis Boulevard and Carey Avenue.
The would-be developer of housing planned for the defunct Badlands golf course is ready to settle its longstanding legal dispute with the city of Las Vegas for $64 million, according to documents prepared for Wednesday’s City Council meeting.
The single-vehicle wreck happened about 10:10 p.m. at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Brooks Avenue, just south of Cheyenne Avenue, police said.
Nevadans ranked fifth in the country among victims who fell prey to cyber criminals last year, according to FBI figures.
The National Park Service said the body of a missing kayaker at Lake Mead National Recreation Area was recovered Thursday morning.
William Dean Whitaker, a Purple Heart recipient and bulwark of the Southern Nevada veteran community, who through his twilight years shared his story at POW/MIA Day Remembrance ceremonies, died on July 14.
The Metropolitan Police Department responded shortly before 7 a.m. to a wash near North Sandhill Road and Spino Avenue.
Clark County officials are looking for people who want to serve on a board that reviews misconduct complaints against Las Vegas police.
Authorities were working to identify human remains found by a bystander at a Lake Mead National Recreation Area beach.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a man fatally wounded in a downtown Las Vegas shooting.
Citing insufficient valid signatures, North Las Vegas rejected a petition to put rent control on the November ballot. The Culinary Union, which authored the petition, has vowed to appeal to the City Council.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Monday identified two more people killed in an airplane collision at the North Las Vegas airport.
While on the Strip late Saturday night, Ronald Balogh and his mother found themselves in the midst of an apparent threat as a sea of people started to rush toward them, repeatedly yelling “shooter!”
A man accused of triggering false reports of an active shooter throughout the tourist corridor had been upset for being kicked out of a Strip property, police alleged in his arrest report.
