Retired Las Vegas police Capt. Frank Sutton has struck a deal to plead guilty in the high-profile federal investigation of Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations.
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Garrett Vandereecken, a Las Vegas police officer charged with sexually abusing an underage girl, said he was “the one chasing the bad guys and now is the bad guy” during a tense confrontation with the victim’s father last year, according to a police report. The girl told police the abuse began in 2008 on a Memorial Day camping trip when she was 11 years old. She is now 15.
If North Las Vegas officials don’t do something drastic, the city will be left without enough cops and firefighters to keep its residents safe, according to a resolution proposed Wednesday by City Manager Tim Hacker. The City Council is scheduled to vote June 1 on his proposal to suspend the portions of union contracts dealing with pay raises, uniform allowances and vacation buyback programs.
A wildfire burning in Northern Nevada caused smoky conditions in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has taken on its first tenant and plans to lease more unused space at its downtown headquarters. The valley’s wholesale water supplier has about 30,000 square feet of vacant office space scattered throughout the five floors it owns in the Molasky Corporate Center, a 14-story office complex at City Parkway and Ogden Avenue, southwest of the Spaghetti Bowl.
The first-ever Las Vegas Valley Community Convention for the Common Good was equal parts pep rally, revival meeting and town hall gathering. The Tuesday evening event at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas student center ballroom drew more than 1,500 people interested in organizing a broad-based, interdenominational effort to address social problems facing the valley.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered a stay of execution for the dog that killed a 1-year-old Henderson boy. The stops city animal control officials from euthanizing Onion before lawyers fighting to spare him can ask District Judge Joanna Kishner to revisit the case.
A Las Vegas police officer was arrested Tuesday on a recommended felony charge of lewdness with a minor under 14. Police said Garrett Vandereecken, 43, was being investigated by his own department’s Juvenile Sexual Abuse Detail.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas engineering student W.M. Calloway is interested in more than just science. He’s a tae kwon do competitor, and he plays drums and guitar and writes music based on the world of fantasy found in his book series, the Xenton Chronicles. The books follow the adventures of friends on a camping trip who acquire superhero powers. The books started as a comic book venture Calloway took on at 17. For more information on the series, visit thexentonchronicles.com.
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Elementary, middle and high school students will see changes to what time of day their classes will begin and end. The change is aimed to improve academic and health outcomes among students.
A day after a thrilling College Football Playoff national championship Monday night in Miami, officials already shifted their focus to Las Vegas for the 2027 edition of the mega event.
Las Vegas police detectives are asking about payments to the wife of the CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Nevada.
A plethora of festive spectators dotted Fourth Street as more than 200 groups marched, danced or rolled through downtown Las Vegas.
