Jeff and Carrie Olsen, also known as “Mommy and Daddy,” are adopting Daemion, 3, after caring for him for almost two years. The family enters the courtroom and Daemion high-fives Judge Frank Sullivan before the ceremony begins.
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When the city of Las Vegas decided to waive hefty liquor license fees for people willing to open a tavern in the burgeoning Arts District, it was as if fate had smiled on Pam and Christina Dylag.
Robbie Picken sits with perfect posture. His laced fingers rest in his lap as he starts to speak. “Hh-I … h- … hhh-I am uh R-r-r-r.”
A makeshift memorial popped up Saturday at Pebble Rock Drive and Fall Cliff Road in the northwest valley, a day after an 11-year-old girl was struck and killed by a school bus there.
A short police pursuit ended in a crash that shut down the Las Vegas Beltway east of U.S. Highway 95 for more than three hours Saturday afternoon.
A man was found dead early Saturday morning inside a home near J Street and Owens Avenue where a Las Vegas police officer and an 8-year-old girl were shot and wounded.
A Friday night crash left a 25-year-old man dead at the intersection of Sahara Avenue and Jones Boulevard, police said.
Most of the rain has left the Las Vegas Valley, but there are still some rain and snow showers at Red Rock Canyon and in the Spring Mountains.
A Metropolitan Police Department officer and an 8-year-old received nonlife-threatening injuries in a violent incident Friday night near J Street and Owens Avenue.
Friends and family of Ron Kirk, the hiker who died in Red Rock Canyon, gathered Friday to hold a memorial in his honor. See a slide show at lvrj.com/multimedia.
A school bus struck and killed an 11-year-old girl Friday afternoon near Ann Road and U.S. Highway 95, Las Vegas police said.
Add another prominent piece of Las Vegas real estate to the Downtown Project inspired by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.
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The second full week of the new year will bring warmer temperatures to the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
On the heels of a summer visitation slump caused by a myriad reasons, including macroeconomic concerns, negative perceptions around pricing and a significant decline in international travelers, Las Vegas casinos responded with an array of budget-friendly deals and offers.
The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of burglarizing a home in Summerlin in December.
