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Suspect in 11 Vegas nail salon burglaries nabbed by police

Mervyn Henry, 31, was arrested Thursday morning by detectives from Metro’s Repeat Offender Program. He faces a long list of burglary charges and one count for violation of parole.

NLV police seek pair who shot at police building

North Las Vegas police said Tuesday that they need help identifying a truck and its two occupants who they say fired shots into a police building April 11.

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Inaugural event at Sunset Park to turn sports on its head

Sure, you could go to the park and play soccer, kickball or one of those ordinary sports, but from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 2 at Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, you can enter the Wacky World of Sports to watch and/or participate in six unusual sports, including Human Derby Races, Knockerball or Mud Volleyball.

Former airman gets 10 to 25 years for infant son’s death

A former Nellis Air Force Base staff sergeant was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison Tuesday in the death of his 3-month-old boy who authorities said suffered abusive head trauma at the hands of his father.

Shelter dogs to strut runway at Best in Show

The Animal Foundation’s Best in Show is “the Westminster (Kennel Club) Dog Show meets the movie ‘Best in Show’ with a little Las Vegas flair,” said Animal Foundation representative Meghan Scheibe.

 
Betty Willis, artist behind ‘fabulous Las Vegas’ sign, dies at 91

The designer of the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign, Betty Willis, 91, died Sunday at home in Overton, about 65 miles northeast of Las Vegas. That same day, Brian “Buzz” Leming, 74, also died. Leming worked on neon icons including the signs for the Stardust, Barbary Coast and Westward Ho.

Metro now accepting online crime reports

Las Vegas police now accepts some non-emergency crime reports online, the department announced Monday.

Shares of Caesars fall sharply as debt talks fail

Shares of Caesars Entertainment fell $2.05, or 17 percent on Monday to close at $10. The casino operator said the company’s bankrupt operating division, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., has been unable to reach a deal regarding the restructuring plan to cut “some” debt, Reuters reported.

Police classify shooting that killed 3 as murder-suicide

A shooting that took the lives of three people Sunday at an apartment complex near Maryland Parkway and Desert Inn Road is being investigated as a murder-suicide, Las Vegas police said.