A pedestrian is dead after being stuck by a vehicle that ran a red light Sunday afternoon in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
Alex Chhith

Alex Chhith joined the Review-Journal in November 2019. She covers North Las Vegas, Summerlin and Centennial Hills. She enjoys being out of the office and writing enterprise and hyperlocal stories. A big Vikings fan, Alex hails from the great state of Minnesota, where she previously wrote for several small newspapers.
Las Vegas police investigated a report of shots being fired near Apex Industrial Park on Sunday afternoon.
Two Nellis Air Force Base airmen were awarded the military’s third-highest honor for their service in fighting hundreds of Taliban assailants in Afghanistan.
Since it opened in April, East Las Vegas Library has become one of the city’s most-visited libraries. To prepare for the move, staffers took 10 weeks of Spanish-language classes.
Last year, there were 54,659 cases of graffiti in North Las Vegas totaling 80 acres; that has fallen to 33,398 cases totaling 57 acres through October this year.
A Las Vegas police officer was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuring after a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in the central valley.
Nothing says a holiday is over for motorists traveling between Las Vegas and Southern California like a miles-long traffic jam.
The turkeys, donated by MGM Grand, will be distributed to dozens of Three Square’s agency partners. There, organizers will choose how the turkey is distributed.
Roosevelt Toston knew he didn’t want to pick cotton for the rest of his life in Louisiana. So he decided to move to Las Vegas and made history on broadcast television.




