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As luck may have it, St. Patrick’s Day falls on Saturday this year, with celebrations planned throughout the valley.
The roller derby track should be covered with blood. Skaters should be bleeding profusely, lining up for plasma transfusions after the beatings handed out on the track during a professional roller derby game at Texas Station earlier this month.
Tucked in the back of James Allen’s Bible is the photo of a young man. Allen studies the photo each morning, knowing he can’t make up for what happened to the man, Tony Sylvester, that summer night so long ago.
They spoke of that other Las Vegas, joked about it, but it seemed so far away. Though it was a black-tie gala that aimed to be inclusive, it was, more importantly, a night to feel as grand and important as the new building it celebrated.
A fire tore through a three-story apartment building east of the Strip early Saturday morning, displacing more than a dozen people, authorities said.
A 30-year-old Las Vegas man was killed Friday when his Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle collided with a pickup truck shortly after 1:50 p.m. at Alexander and Bradley roads, Las Vegas police said.
The best advice for fans planning to attend NASCAR races this weekend: Be sure to turn your clocks forward Saturday night, or you might find yourself missing a good chunk of Sunday’s race.
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Construction crews recently started tearing down motel buildings on Fremont Street that had a history of fires and squatters.
A person was found dead and several dozens of homes were evacuated after a brush fire extended to a residential area in Henderson on Wednesday, the city’s fire chief said.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
A missing child was safely located within minutes after Metropolitan Police Department officers deployed a drone to assist in the search, according to a post on X from Metro.
