The family of a woman who survived Saturday’s mass casualty crash in North Las Vegas, but was hospitalized with serious injuries, is raising funds for medical bills.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
The Maltese poodle was nowhere to be found after the crash that left nine dead in North Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon, but community volunteers located her on Sunday.
North Las Vegas Police called it the deadliest wreck on valley roads in recent history. Seven members of one North Las Vegas family are among the dead.
Plans for a mountain bike park at Lee Canyon ski resort cleared a significant hurdle after the company settled a federal lawsuit brought aiming to protect an endangered butterfly species.
Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Nathan Hobbs on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count of careless driving, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Explosives stolen from a Northern Nevada construction company turned up at a Henderson hotel earlier this month, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Sharon Williams said she was displeased with a fact-finding review on Monday where authorities presented evidence in the death of her son who was killed by Las Vegas police.
A fight escalated into a shooting that left one dead and another wounded early Sunday outside a downtown Las Vegas nightclub.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Monday reported 14,559 new COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths over weekend.
Amanda Brooks was in a south Las Vegas convenience store when a random shooter killed her boyfriend in her car, before targeting those inside on Nov. 4.
The biannual Las Vegas Market trade show — which gathers buyers and hundreds of vendors — kicked off Sunday and runs through Thursday with pandemic-era masking requirements.
UNLV Police Services sent out an alert about 12:30 a.m. noting that the shooting had occured in the fifth floor of The Degree, 4259 S. Maryland Parkway.
The killing occurred in the 2100 block of East Fremont Street.
The 235 road fatalities in the county comprised the 2,886 cases probed by the Clark County coroner’s office last year.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s traffic bureau announced the arrest on Twitter, but did not provide any details.