In addition, a local player won a six-figure slots jackpot at a downtown Las Vegas casino.
Tony Garcia

From covering prep badminton for the suburban Chicago Daily Herald to Big Ten sports at the University of Illinois, from rodeos in Yuma, Arizona, to the unique police and court files in the Las Vegas Valley for KSNV-TV, Tony joined the Review-Journal newsroom as a copy editor in December 2017. He moved to the RJ's digital desk in February 2019. He misses Chicago family, friends and sports, but not so much the winters.
A pedestrian is facing what were described as “life-threatening” injuries after being struck Wednesday morning in the central Las Vegas Valley by a driver suspected of impairment.
The win was one of several recently across the Las Vegas Valley.
High temperatures are expected to be from 105 to 110 degrees in Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Barstow, according to the National Weather Service.
Northbound Interstate 15 at Silverado Ranch Boulevard was shut down because of police activity.
Police are seeking two men in connection with an armed robbery in the western Las Vegas Valley.
An arrest has been made in connection with a man found dead in April with burns on his body near railroad tracks in Las Vegas.
A 21-year-old woman turned herself in to police Wednesday after a man died a day after suffering a beating at a North Las Vegas residence.
Police say a man was injured after setting items on fire on the roof of a church Wednesday morning in the central Las Vegas Valley.
A man was killed and a woman was injured after a single-vehicle crash in North Las Vegas.
A rare storm left its mark on the valley, dumping rain on many areas, including the Strip and downtown Las Vegas.
A man involved in a suspected DUI crash late last month in the central Las Vegas Valley has died.
Thanks to the jackpot he hit at a Las Vegas Strip casino, a visitor from Indiana has more to celebrate than the Pacers reaching the NBA Finals.
Police are seeking the public’s aid to identify two people responsible for a shooting that endangered numerous lives last month.
The seven-figure win was one of several recent jackpots at casinos across the Las Vegas Valley.