A Nevada prison inmate serving a sentence of 12 years to life died May 13 at Sunrise Hospital, the state’s department of corrections said.
Jeff Burbank
Former Breaking News Reporter
Lopez worked at the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 10 years. He leaves behind his wife and 4-year-old son.
After a gunman killed five people in North Las Vegas, mourners gathered to remember the victims. About 100 attended the vigil at the Craig Ranch Villas complex.
The injured son of a man killed in the crash on a Las Vegas highway said everyone was “hitting the brakes and swerving” to avoid the wrong-way driver.
Amid the oil embargo, President Richard Nixon asked for stringent energy conservation measures, and Nevada Gov. Mike O’Callaghan asked the resort industry to cut back on power usage.
Michael Guardian’s death in a motorcycle crash came just before his three children were to come over from the Philippines to join him and his mother.
Three bike riders, each suffering from Parkinson’s disease, rode through Red Rock Canyon as part of a mission to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease.
Angel Naranjo died from blunt force injuries in what was considered an accident after striking a metal cable on the ground of the trail, based on a Clark County coroner’s report.
Mary Salamy, newsroom office manager for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, adored by reporters and other staff members died at age 79.
Nevada is the nation’s third-most earthquake active state, behind Alaska and California, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology reports.
Mike Henle was a Review-Journal sports writer who reported on UNLV basketball and motor sports while suffering a decades-long bout with epilepsy.
Officers burst through a Las Vegas apartment window Saturday night and opened fire on a man about to stab a woman with a two-prong fork after the man had told a dispatcher, “I’m ready to die.”
The study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that Nevada ranks low in a number of child well-being indicators.
The wounded man died outside a residence where a party took place in northwest Las Vegas near West Oakey Boulevard.
The fire that started at 12:30 a.m. Sunday damaged or destroyed approximately 15 boats and caused minor injuries at the harbor, according to the National Park Service.