A man died after a shooting in the parking lot of an east valley grocery store Wednesday night, Las Vegas police say. Officers responded just before 9 p.m. to the Food 4 Less at Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard. They found a man dead of a gunshot wound, Lt. Barb Schmidt said.
North Las Vegas leaders tabled a medical marijuana licensing ordinance Wednesday, delaying final action on a package of rules aimed at luring pot growers to APEX Industrial Park.
Navy veteran Ron Deanne of Henderson in June retraced steps that Army Pvt. Ed Jennings took 70 years ago on Utah Beach, where Jennings fought during World War II.
Attorney general candidate Adam Laxalt, a former judge advocate general in the Navy, on Wednesday proposed setting up a new division in Nevada’s top law enforcement office to offer free legal services to active duty members of the military, reservists and veterans.
What started as neighborhood kids decorating bicycles with red, white and blue and riding along local streets has since evolved into bigger wheels, vibrant colors, and an expected audience of 35,000 for this year’s Fourth of July.
Authorities are scaling back their search for a Phoenix man who fell into the Colorado River while on a rafting trip in Grand Canyon National Park. Park Service officials said Wednesday there is no sign of 68-year-old Victor Tseng, who was last seen on June 27 below Havasu Rapids.
A murder charge was dismissed Wednesday against a California youth pastor accused in a Las Vegas man’s death, but prosecutors said they’re still in the process of presenting the case to a grand jury.
A 9-year-old girl died and a 6-year-old girl was in critical condition Wednesday morning after a car rolled on Interstate 15. The 9-year-old was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Gabriela Casias, of Las Vegas.
A rural Nevada group is asking a federal judge to block the sale of oil and gas leases they say will be used for hydraulic fracturing and other development that poses a much greater threat to sage grouse and other wildlife than the U.S. government claims.
