The automotive wing of Cox Enterprises has chosen Las Vegas as a test market for new online services to cut time out of car purchases at dealerships.
A Las Vegas homeowner has been fined nearly $73,000 for using Airbnb without a license.
The fines stem from 138 days of unlicensed rental activity at 1925 Silver Ave.
The city says the homeowner collected more than $108,000 in revenue, and the city missed out on roughly $16,000 in room tax.
Five Northern Nevadans have filed a lawsuit saying the drug Abilify triggers compulsive gambling.
They claim the manufacturers and distributors didn’t adequately warn patients about the prescription anti-psychotic drug.
“Pathological gambling” warnings were added to the drug’s label in Canada and Europe in 2012 but not in the US until 2016.
An entire section of US 95 will close in downtown Las Vegas this weekend.
Both directions will close between Martin Luther King and Las Vegas boulevards from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday
The work is needed so that crews can demolish some freeway bridges as part of Project Neon.
Las Vegas police arrested a man sitting in car who was found with guns and ammo in his trunk. The video was captured by Steven Gibson and posted to his Facebook page.
Members of the Clark County Fire Department completed confined space training as part of a plan to bring back the Heavy Rescue program. The team will rescue people at high altitudes, underneath structure collapses and in other high-risk situations.K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wednesday’s headlines: 1 dead, 1 injured in rollover on US 95 near Summerlin Parkway, 1 dead in single-vehicle crash in northwest Las Vegas, Police searching for central Las Vegas shooting suspect, child (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
During the month of February, two victims have been identified by LVMPD Financial
Crimes detectives as being victims of a lottery ticket scam. These victims
were approached by a suspect who claimed to have a winning lottery ticket and needed
legal assistance to cash it.
Har Tej Sawhney talks about why he relocated his company’s offices to Summerlin from Downtown Las Vegas, despite the fact that he lives Downtown.
Residents of Las Haciendas Apartments in North Las Vegas have been evicted.
A spokesman for the city said the majority of people living there were not paying rent, their leases had expired, there were fraudulent leases, or they were squatters. He also said the building is known for gang activity, drug activity, and prostitution.
The city identified several code issues with the property.
A family-owned company has filed a lawsuit against Republic Services of Southern Nevada.
Simple ESG alleges that Republic is actively trying to push Simple ESG out of business by charging a premium to use the only landfill in the Las Vegas metro area — which Republic owns.
Republic has an exclusive franchise agreement with all municipalities in Southern Nevada.
It’s been about a month since Steve Wynn stepped down as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts.
Nevada’s Gaming Control Board announced it will strengthen regulations on sexual harassment policies.
And two lawsuits against Wynn for sexual harassment have reached Clark County District Court. Also, five derivative lawsuits have been filed by investors who say Wynn’s actions and the board’s lack of response devalued their holdings.
Investigations are continuing in Nevada, Massachusetts and Macau.
A woman run over on the Las Vegas Strip was known for her humor and kind heart.
52-year-old Lisa Ann Gori died February 17 when a minivan, driven in reverse by her boyfriend, ran over her. It happened north of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign.
39-year-old John Treese is charged with murder.
A man who raped and killed a woman in 1984 is to be paroled to Las Vegas.
Nearly 34 years after Nancy Menke was bludgeoned and shot, Scotty Sloan publicly admitted his guilt for the first time to the Nevada Parole Board.
The 50-year-old man, who was 16 when he committed the gruesome crime, is scheduled to walk free in less than a month.
A prosecutor who tried to ensure that Sloan remained behind bars for life said he was “stunned” by the board’s decision.
Dead spots remain for many cell customers in the Las Vegas Valley.
According to RootMetrics, the best cellphone companies for making calls from a mobile phone to a landline without the call getting dropped are T-Mobile and AT&T, followed by Verizon, then Sprint.
Work on installing an underground storm drain along Washington Avenue will continue for another six months. (K.M. Cannon)
Sunday’s headlines: Bomb threat triggers evacuation at Las Vegas Walmart, Woman claims ownership of dead woman’s house in Las Vegas, Gaming’s donations are large part of Las Vegas Victims’ Fund (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Saturday’s headlines: Coroner identifies body found near Mount Charleston, Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Grand Canyon helicopter crash, Another student arrested for threats against Clark County school (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Elmo and Abby Cadabby of Sesame Street visited children of Family Promise Las Vegas and Hill & Dale Child Development Center at Community Lutheran Church for photos, singing and dancing. Kevin Cannon/ Las Vegas Review-Journal
Two students at different Clark County schools arrested for guns. The first incident Thursday occurred at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas at 7:30 a.m., just before school started. A male student at the school had left a duffel bag unattended, according to school police. The second incident happened around 1:30 p.m. at Desert Rose High School in North Las Vegas. A 17-year-old female was reported to school administrators.
Friday’s headlines: 2 students at different Clark County schools arrested for guns, Woman dies after tour bus hits her at east Las Vegas bus stop, Residents’ plan could create Nevada’s third-largest city
A billboard near Interstate 15 and Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas was vandalized early Thursday morning, March 1, 2018. A protest group, INDECLINE, claimed credit for changing the Battlefield Vegas advertisement to include ‘Shoot a School Kid.’ (video from INDECLINE)
Thursday’s headlines: Vandalized Las Vegas billboard has ‘Shoot a Kid’ message, Boy, 14, dies after being struck by SUV near Desert Breeze Park, Massage therapist sues Steve Wynn alleging sexual harassment (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bishop George Leo Thomas of Montana is announced as the new Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Las Vegas replacing retiring Bishop Joseph A. Pepe. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
MGM Resorts plans to raise resort fees at some properties.
The timing and size of the increase is unknown. However, executives hinted they might soon push fees up to Caesars’ level.
Caesars recently raised many resort fees to between $35-39.
Officials say the rise helps offset higher labor costs
Officers arrested a woman with a pickax near Williams Elementary School in North Las Vegas.
Neighbors said the woman was climbing the outside of a chain link fence while more than 200 students were outside.
Police said the woman was screaming that she was gonna kill everyone.
Now Kisstal Killough is charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
And the woman who fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the freeway, killing six teenagers in 2000, has made her plea for a fifth early release.
Jessica Williams has served 18 years. Commissioners will issue their decision on March 14.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Ends Sale of Assault Weapons Florida
School Shooting The retailer announced the move in an open letter and an appearance by CEO Ed Stack on ‘Good Morning America.’ Ed Stack, (Good Morning America) Ed Stack, (Good Morning America) Dick’s is also ending the sale of high-capacity magazines and sales of guns to people under 21 years old. The company ended the sale of assault weapons at Dick’s-branded stores after the Newtown, Conn. school shooting
in 2012. However, they were still selling them at its 35 Field & Stream locations. Nikolas Cruz, 17, shot and killed 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Feb. 14.
Nye County officials have yanked the Love Ranch’s brothel license.
Owner Dennis Hof has vowed he would get it back within days.
Hof is accused of failing to obtain permission before modifying mobile homes at the site, but he claims he did not make any changes to the units.
Hof says it’s political retribution because he’s running against Assemblyman James Oscarson.
A Bellagio employee is accused of stealing close to $2,000 worth of lobster tails.
49-year-old Alex Hernandez faces one count of embezzlement.
He is is being held at the Clark County Detention Center on $5,000 bail.
A man is dead after an accidental shooting last night in the desert east of Las Vegas.
Three men were drinking and shooting guns in the desert, police said, when one of the men was shot. He died at the scene.
The man has not yet been identified. It is unclear if anyone will face charges.
A pedestrian has been hospitalized after being struck by a sports utility vehicle early Tuesday morning. The man suffered serious injuries from the crash, which was reported just after 5 a.m. on Craig Road near Puebla Street. The driver of the SUV remained on the scene and was cooperating with police. He did not appear to be impaired, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department started the new year by touting a 0.9 percent drop in violent crime between 2016 and 2017.
Yet that reported dip in crime is insignificant, several criminologists told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. And it charts the change between only two years, which is not considered a reliable trend.
A closer look at Metro’s homicide numbers also reveals a handful of discrepancies and a glaring — albeit admitted — omission: the 58 people killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting.
Two people were killed Sunday in a two-car crash in the western Las Vegas Valley.
The cars collided on Rainbow Boulevard, just south of Westcliff Drive.
One of the cars jumped a curb and hit the side of Silver State Schools Credit Union.
The Las Vegas valley will get another chance at snow.
A storm system Tuesday morning will bring a 40 percent chance of showers and light snowfall particularly in the western side of the valley.
Tuesday’s high is expected to be 54 degrees.
Two people were killed in a car crash Sunday afternoon in the western valley. Two cars collided about 4:45 p.m. on Rainbow Boulevard, just south of Westcliff Drive. A white Chrysler struck a black Toyota as it was turning left into a shopping center, Las Vegas police said. The Chrysler jumped a curb and struck the corner of the Silver State Schools Credit Union office. The Toyota flipped and the driver and the passenger, who was ejected from the car, died at the scene. The driver of the Chrysler suffered minor injuries and police said he was not impaired. It’s unclear if he will face charges.
The Squires Elementary School archery team is the best elementary team in Nevada — for four years in a row. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sunday’s headlines: Man injured after falling from escalator in downtown Las Vegas, Pot amnesty boxes greet travelers at Las Vegas airport (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Saturday’s headlines: Las Vegas Valley gets first touch of white winter, Student arrested over threats against Las Vegas middle school, 51s break ground on Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Spring Valley Area Command Patrol Detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a male who has been responsible for approximately eight burglaries in the area of Oakey Boulevard and Rancho Drive since January 2018. During these incidents, the suspect makes entry through a rear window or a sliding patio backdoor. The suspect is described as a black male between 20 and 30 years of age, slender with an athletic build. A vehicle of interest in these incidents is described as a white Nissan Pathfinder with a red and white bumper sticker.
The Nevada Department of Transportation Thursday announced the third phase of major road closures for “Project Neon,” a $1 billion project to widen and redesign Interstate 15 from the U.S. Highway 95 interchange to Sahara Avenue.