The mother of the man shot by Las Vegas police late Tuesday after he flashed a handgun at officers says her her son didn’t deserve to be shot. “He’s no angel,” Barbara Sprouse said, “but he did not deserve this.” Her son, 29-year-old Jason Mahe, was shot outside a Dotty’s Casino at Rancho and Vegas drives just before midnight, police said.
NASCAR fans lined Las Vegas Boulevard to watch hauler trucks on Wednesday during their annual parade up the Las Vegas Strip to kick off NASCAR festivities.
The Clark County Commission Wednesday unanimously voted to allow a potbellied pig rescue operator to keep as many as eight porkers for purposes of adoption.
With more than 100 private ambulance employees glaring at his back Wednesday, Las Vegas Fire Chief Willie McDonald told City Council members that he has changed the balance of lucrative hospital transports so his department will handle 50 percent of the calls.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has decided to stay home for his May 3 welterweight title fight with Marcos Maidana.
Animal welfare activists are “aggressively exploring” their legal options regarding the treatment of 27 puppies that survived a Las Vegas pet store fire, said Gina Greisen, founder of Nevada Voters for Animals. “We’re just doing our best to put up a fight against a huge injustice that we believe has occurred on behalf of the puppies,” she said.
The Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday is opening an enrollment center at McCarran International Airport for passengers to sign up for Pre-Check, a program that enables trusted travelers to move through TSA security lines faster.
Company CEO Keith Smith used a fourth-quarter conference call Wednesday to express Boyd Gaming’s interest in the potential Japanese casino market.
Small-business backers of a proposed 2 percent margins tax on Nevada companies on Wednesday launched their campaign to promote the “Education Initiative,” or Question 3 on the Nov. 4 ballot.
The Clark County Commission introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in the county, setting the stage for a public hearing and a possible commission vote on March 19.
