Rod Pena of the Henderson Police Department provides information about Friday’s triple shooting at the Terrible Herbst Car Wash & Lube in Henderson.
Friday’s headlines: 3 teens killed by suspected DUI driver, LVCVA focused on damage control, and Jerry Lewis’ home up for sale
A head-on collision Friday morning sent four people to the hospital with injuries police say were not life threatening. The crash occurred when the driver of a Honda Accord attempted to turn left onto Flamingo from Swenson Street. Police were not sure if either driver was impaired.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority paid consultants… to help thwart a Review-Journal investigation. One consultant wanted to search campaign records… to discredit a top Nevada politician and LVCVA critic. Thousands went to outside counsel and PR contractors. Authority staff emailed talking points to board members. Authority spokeswoman Jacqueline Peterson called the reporters “charlatan carpetbaggers.” But in the end, the Authority responded to the investigation by making reforms.
State road workers’ mistakes cost taxpayers more than $1 million. About $560,000 in federal funds built tortoise fences along I-95. But the fences were too short to protect the tortoises. And culverts for the tortoises were so poorly designed that a tortoise died trying to get under the freeway.
Three Centennial High School students were killed Thursday morning in Southern California when their vehicle was struck by a suspected drunken driver while they were enjoying their spring break, according to a family member of one of the victims.
Winchester Cultural Center hosted the “Mad Hatter Egg Hunt” event for those over 50. It included a tea party, bonnet parade and bunny hop dance. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Tom Dyer, exhibits manager for the Nevada State Museum at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, talks about the new exhibit, “Finding Fremont: Pathfinder of the West.” The traveling exhibit is scheduled to open Friday April. 6. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting Thursday near downtown Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Morning Update – Thursday, March 29, 2018
A man was shot and killed Thursday morning in North Las Vegas. A police spokesman said a man was taken to a hospital where he died. NLV police blocked off a portion of North Daley Street near East Carey Avenue.
Two people inside a house at 1590 Glassy Pond Drive were hospitalized after a Thursday morning fire. A neighbor who tried to help also was taken to a hospital. Neighbors were able to help rescue a woman, who was in a wheelchair, but couldn’t get to a man on the second floor.
The man was inside the burning home for “quite a while” before firefighters were able to reach him. He suffered life-threatening injuries. A neighbor trying to get to the second floor to help the man was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The fire was contained to the second floor and the cause has not yet been determined.
The 5th Annual Migratory Bird Day was held at the Clark County Wetlands Park. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority crosses the final T’s and dots the last I’s on a stadium development agreement that will bring the NFL to Southern Nevada.
Las Vegas Morning Update – Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Valley High School graduate Zhan Okuda-Lim, who went on to Harvard and Princeton, has returned to Las Vegas to give back, as director of policy at the Public Education Foundation. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Two men were hospitalized after being shotTuesday night at a house party in east Las Vegas. The shooting occurred about 10:50 p.m. at a home on Buck Island Street, near Owens Avenue and Sloan Lane. Police blocked off the neighborhood around Owens Avenue and Sloan Lane while they investigated. Police said all suspects are in custody. The two men ended up at UMC with wounds to their legs, Both were expected to survive their injuries.
Samantha O’Brien, whose three-year-old daughter attended the Calvary Christian Learning Academy daycare, found out Monday night when her daughter’s teacher called about the school closing.
Tya Mathis-Coleman, director of of recruitment at the Clark Coutny School District, talks about a hiring fair held by CCSD at Coronado High School in Henderson. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tuesday’s headlines: Las Vegas parents caught off guard as school, day care abruptly close, Downtown Las Vegas outlet mall to charge for parking, Golden Knights clinch playoff berth in first season (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Massive Shopping Mall Fire in Russia Kills More Than 60 People At least 64 children in a shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo were killed. An entire class of schoolchildren reportedly died in the fire. Some of the children called their family to say goodbye, before dying in the fire. “We are burning, perhaps this is goodbye.” A child victim wrote on social media Investigators said there was no alarm and exists were blocked.
Sen. Tick Segerblom and Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian said during a press conference Monday that money generated by Nevada marijuana sales should be pulled out of the state’s rainy day fund and sent directly to public schools.
Sheriff Joe Lombardo held a press conference Monday to announce that members of the MS-13 gang have killed 10 people within the past year in Clark County, and five suspects are in federal custody.
One person was killed Monday morning in a three-vehicle collision that left one car wrapped around a pole in the central valley. The collision happened about 6:50 a.m. near Rainbow and Lake Mead boulevards. Police are looking for one person who ran from the scene. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Fatal McDonald’s shooting, a man and a woman shot in the head, and a deadly shooting at an apartment complex.
A man was killed after being shot in the face during a Monday morning argument in the 100 block of Sacramento Drive. A man and woman were arguing outside the home when the woman drew a gun and shot the man in the face, police said. The man died at the scene. Police have identified the woman, who was an acquaintance of the man who died, and are searching for her.
An early Monday morning argument has left one man dead and a woman in the hospital. A roommate heard that the pair were arguing and asked a friend to check on the couple at the Woodhaven apartments on Stober Boulevard. The couple were found with gunshot wounds to their heads. The man died at the scene and the woman was hospitalized, police said, adding the woman shot herself. Police could not confirm who shot the man, but were investigating the shooting as a domestic incident.
A man was shot and killed Sunday night in the McDonald’s parking lot at 3885 Blue Diamond Road near Valley View Drive. Las Vegas police think a drug deal went sour after an argument broke out and gunfire struck a man in his 20s. He died at the scene. Police are questioning several witnesses, and they’re searching for the suspect. This is the 48th homicide Metro has investigated this year.
New allegations against North Vista Hospital are raising alarming questions about the lack of mental health services in Nevada.
Gabriel Allred, co-founder of Tokes Platform, talks about his cryptocurrency for use in the cannabis industry. Pisos marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas accepts Tokes for payment for products. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal