Michael O’Brien’s slaying, the 107th in Metro’s jurisdiction this year, marked an unwanted milestone: with two months left to go in 2014, the agency has already investigated more than last year’s total number of homicides.
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Almost a half-century after he was as an infantry soldier in the Vietnam War, Chuck N. Baker salutes all veterans who have served from the Revolutionary War to the post-9/11 era in a new documentary titled simply, “Veterans: A Motion Picture.”
With the Las Vegas 51s minor league baseball team possibly leaving the Cashman Center, Las Vegas officials are seeking ideas for what to do with the 70-acre downtown stadium and convention center site.
Education Initiative opponents didn’t expect such a landslide defeat. Neither did pollsters, whose work showed the proposed margins tax to be everything from a voter favorite to a statistical toss-up.
Beyond the one that prowls the university in Reno, Nevada is not known for its wolf packs. But a national environmental group believes the Silver State could someday support wolves, assuming the animals survive long enough to make it here.
An earthquake swarm that began in a secluded northwest Nevada region this summer has grown more intense in recent days, increasing the chance of a large quake occurring, geology officials said.
Las Vegas visitors might not think of Las Vegas as being overly patriotic, yet the valley organizes the “largest Veteran’s Day parade west of the Mississippi,” according to its organizers.
A 74-year-old woman is dead after a Saturday evening auto-pedestrian accident in the southeast valley, according to Henderson police.
A man is dead following an early Sunday morning motorcycle crash in the south valley, according to Las Vegas police.
Las Vegas police are investigating the shooting death of a man who was found early Saturday morning near Martin Luther King and Lake Mead boulevards.
Providing health care services in a constantly evolving environment requires new approaches for preparing medical students, the leaders of Touro University Nevada said as the private, nonprofit school prepares to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
There’s a Bridge to Nowhere in North Las Vegas today, but if all goes according to plan, it’ll become a Bridge to Somewhere by mid-2016.
Two people were hospitalized after a crash that closed the intersection of Vegas and Rancho drives Saturday night, according to Las Vegas police.
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval was Nevada’s biggest winner in Tuesday’s election — and not just because he earned another four years in office in a landslide victory with more than 70 percent of the vote.
The small package found in front of the Mob Museum that led to an evacuation Saturday evening did not turn out to be anything serious, Las Vegas police said.
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Cold, rainy weather didn’t put a damper on Las Vegas’ quintessential shine this New Year’s Eve. It all came together with a barrage of fireworks and a brand-new show put on with 600 drones carrying colorful LED lights.
Adrian Bailey, 27, is being held without bail and faces two murder charges. Police said he admitted to killing his parents.
For the first time in more than a decade, showers fell in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve as a Pacific storm pushed its way into the region.
