A woman suffered critical injuries in a crash involving seven vehicles near UNLV, officials said.
Brett Clarkson
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Brett Clarkson was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Humber College's journalism program in 2002. He has lived in various places including Toronto, Los Angeles, South Florida, Northern Virginia, and now, Las Vegas. Before joining the Review-Journal in 2022 he worked at the Niagara Falls Review, Toronto Sun, and South Florida Sun Sentinel, contributing to the Sun Sentinel's coverage of the 2018 Parkland shooting, which earned the paper the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal For Public Service. He is the father of two children and has a dog named Julio.
The local installment of Burro Palooza, an effort by the federal Bureau of Land Management to pair wild burros and horses with worthy homes, took place this weekend in Blue Diamond.
The North Las Vegas Police Department released new details about the officer-involved shooting that left officer Jason Roscow and suspect Alexander Mathis dead.
The North Las Vegas Police Department officer was killed in a shootout that also left Alexander Mathis, 25, dead.
John Steinbeck, who had served as chief of the Clark County Fire Department since 2020, was elected to the state Senate in November.
Police said the crash happened when a Cadillac CTS veered off the road in the Seven Hills Drive and Via Meridiana area just after 12:25 p.m. on Saturday.
North Las Vegas police officers responded to the 2000 block of Daley Street on Thursday night.
The crash happened on state Route 160 and mile marker 25, about 15 miles south of Pahrump, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Police said charges including vehicular manslaughter were expected to be brought against the other driver involved in the crash.
The Metropolitan Police Department was investigating a murder-suicide in south Las Vegas.
Jason Kendall, 35, turned himself in at the Metropolitan Police Department’s headquarters on Friday, police said.
The 34-year-old Las Vegas man was the 76th traffic-related death in Metro’s jurisdiction in 2024, police said.
The Nevada Highway Patrol was responding to the Saturday afternoon crash near Gun Club Road.
People run to safety from a house fire Sunday morning in the Historic Westside.