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With the number of pedestrian fatalities in Nevada nearly double the national average, traffic experts became more aggressive in their attempts to improve not only crosswalk markings but the contentious relationship between pedestrians and motorists.
A 78-year-old driver who struck three girls in a crosswalk last week did not brake, carried one child almost 150 feet and had a clearer view of the intersection than initially reported, according to North Las Vegas police.
At a meeting several years ago, then-Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid asked Sheriff Doug Gillespie about the progress of a new Las Vegas police headquarters.
The message “Stay in school. Don’t do drugs” lost some credibility for Lewis Turner on Wednesday. That is when he discovered police had arrested his daughter’s sixth-grade math teacher at school the previous day with cocaine and a snorting straw in her purse.
The Lady Luck, the shuttered hotel-casino that former Mayor Oscar Goodman once called a “carcass,” will be reborn as the Downtown Grand.
Two teenage boys fled the scene on foot after crashing a Chevrolet Camaro into an area transit bus at 90 to 100 mph Tuesday, Las Vegas police said. The accident happened at Russell Road and Durango Drive about 4:45 p.m.
Charges against a 78-year-old woman have not been filed as North Las Vegas police continue to investigate the Friday crosswalk crash that killed one girl and severely injured two others, police said.
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The city’s mayor started tearing down a building to kick off the project.
One person was killed Wednesday night after a Salvation Army bus stolen in North Las Vegas triggered a police pursuit, then ran a red light in the west valley and collided with a motorcycle, police said.
Though some showed support for reining in federal immigration agents, others in the valley said they feel more positive about ICE’s actions.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto touted bipartisanship as she highlighted provisions in the recent defense spending bill, which increased pay for military service members.
