A home invasion and hostage situation that became a standoff in the northwest valley Thursday morning has been resolved, according to Las Vegas police.
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A state official on Wednesday was confident that the problem of mentally ill detainees kept at the Clark County Detention Center because of a lack of residential placements for them can be resolved.
The Las Vegas Valley is expected to receive a half of an inch of steady rain beginning mid-morning on Friday and into the evening.
Police responded to a collision between a van and a sedan about 8:43 a.m. near Russell Road and Durango Drive. The two injured persons were transported to University Medical Center.
City of Las Vegas officials and staff received an ego boost with a new survey which says most citizens are very satisfied with city services.
The Clark County School Board voted Wednesday to shift attendance boundaries for eight elementary schools, one middle school and one high school for 2014-2015. The Clark County School District campuses targeted by rezoning are struggling with enrollments that exceed their capacities.
Hospital emergency rooms throughout the valley are closing their doors to ambulances because the mentally ill are now occupying available beds at a rate higher than in 2004, when the problem prompted then Gov. Kenny Guinn to declare a state of emergency.
The state’s multi-agency investigation of a Las Vegas elementary school for possible irregularities in student test scores is drawing to a close and findings will be written in a couple weeks, State Superintendent of Public Schools Dale Erquiaga said on Wednesday. He will present the investigation’s findings to the Nevada Board of Education in April.
The Nevada Board of Education decided Wednesday to lower the minimum passing score on the math test required to graduate high school to 242 out of 500 possible points for current sophomores and juniors. Previously, these students needed to earn a minimum score of 300.
House leaders agreed to postpone committee votes Thursday on a bill to create a national monument in Southern Nevada after a furor erupted over profits from land sales in the measure, lawmakers said.