The death of the 29-year-old Las Vegas motorcyclist, who was declared dead Tuesday at University Medical Center, was the 134th traffic fatality investigated by Metro this year.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
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.
Las Vegas police have decided not to pursue criminal charges in the death of a 20-year-old UNLV student at a fraternity-sponsored charity boxing match, but the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s chairman said Tuesday that the panel would investigate “every aspect” of the event.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada was reporting a 12-mile backup Saturday afternoon on southbound lanes near the Nevada-California border.
A speeding car slammed into a utility pole late Friday in east Las Vegas, killing its 40-year-old driver.
A 20-year-old UNLV student died days after he stepped into a ring for a charity boxing match organized by a school-sanctioned fraternity.
Clark County reported 326 new COVID-19 deaths and no new deaths during the previous day, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Friday.
No arrest had been made as of Friday morning in what Las Vegas police described as a targeted shooting that killed a man inside a Summerlin restaurant.
The motorist driving a 2019 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible ran a red light, jumped onto a median strip and hit a “landscape boulder” late Thursday.
A woman accused of fatally stabbing a man last year in a drainage tunnel was ordered held without bail Wednesday after she waived her right to a preliminary hearing.
Bond was set at $350,000 Wednesday for a suspect accused of fatally shooting a man outside a west valley tavern this month following what a Las Vegas police detective homicide described a “chance encounter.”
Thanksgiving Day is the busiest day of the year for cooking-related fires across the country, but Las Vegas has fared well.
A man has been arrested in a shooting two months ago on the Las Vegas Strip that left another man critically wounded, according to Metropolitan Police Department records.
Clark County on Tuesday reported 369 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths as most longer term metrics for the disease slid lower or were flat.
The crash happened at about 6:40 p.m. on Nov. 16 in the Fremont Street and Oakey Boulevard intersection.
A Las Vegas filmmaker, who was killed in a random shooting at a convenience store, was remembered by a close friend as a “goofy individual” with a strong work ethic.