A wild police chase involving a stolen U-Haul truck, with shots fired, through downtown Las Vegas ended at Craig Road and Clayton Street with two suspects being taken into custody and a police officer in the process.
Clark County Commissioners are asking the public to help save more than $1.5 million this election season by registering to receive their sample ballots by email. For more information go to www.ClarkCountyNV.gov/vote.
InterDrone, the International Drone Conference and Exposition at The Rio in Las Vegas
gathered over 3,000 attendees including drone builders, flyers and buyer and more than 85 industry-leading exhibitors (including DJI and 3DR).
Fabian Diaz was sentenced Thursday to 8 to 20 years in prison for his role in the slaying of 71-year-old Dixie Chaney Jones during a robbery in September 2013.
Jerry Santisteven, codefendant of Elijah Alvarado in a skateboard park shooting that left 18-year-old Keaton Belliston paralyzed from the chest down in 2012, was sentenced to 16 to 45 years in prison by Judge Stefany Miley on Wednesday
About 200 residents and dignitaries celebrated with a ceremony and ribbon cutting that reopened F Street after it was closed during the widening of Interstate 15.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday addressed the annual United Steelworkers convention in Las Vegas, where 2,500 delegates were expected to attend.
As a congressional Democratic leader, Pelosi is pushing for her party to pick up more seats in the Nov. 4 general election, although Republicans are widely expected to maintain control of the House this year.
Democrats will need to excite their union backers to help get out the vote in a lackluster year when there’s no presidential race or U.S. Senate contest in Nevada to drive voters to the polls.
Las Vegas police had spoken with future cop killers Jerad and Amanda Miller three times since they moved to Las Vegas in January, but never found any evidence that they hated police or were planning an attack.
Metro police on Wednesday released surveillance video from Wal-Mart that shows the two suspects in Sunday’s ambush and shooting deaths of two Las Vegas police officers and another man. One of the suspects, Amanda Miller, in the foreground, is pointing a weapon at the other suspect, Jared Miller. A video clip from the surveillance video can be seen below this news story.
A Henderson police officer was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he was shot or struck by shrapnel during a fatal officer-involved shooting. Police spokeswoman Kathleen Richards said the officer was in good condition. The incident occurred near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Gibson Road about 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning June 11, 2014.