The Uber transportation technology launched in Las Vegas on Friday is a great idea. There has to be a compromise out there that will allow it to stay.
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A 31-year-old man was arrested after attacking 10 people with a sledgehammer Friday night, according to Henderson police.
A 4-year-old girl died and a driver was taken into custody after a two-vehicle car crash that closed the Carey Avenue and Sandy Lane intersection Saturday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police.
Uber drivers were still riding around the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday, despite a court order barring them from providing their ride-sharing service in the state until Nov. 7, said the company’s attorney, Donald Campbell.
Clark County Department of Family Services is “unaware of any data or research that indicates individuals with social work or criminal justice degrees provide better services for children and families,” but at least one federal report suggests that there are benefits to hiring people with a social work educational background.
Henderson police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man Saturday in connection with a death of another man at a homeless encampment on Thursday.
The man killed in a motorcycle crash Friday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Anthony Christopher Gonzalez, 22, of Las Vegas.
Two runaway children who were last seen Friday at the Desert Oasis High School football game were found on Saturday, police said.
Republican Rep. Joe Heck and his Democratic challenger, Erin Bilbray, disagreed Friday on how much leeway to give U.S. intelligence agencies as they track suspected terrorists and on how far Nevada should go in approving online gaming.
The Senate Ethics Committee “never received” a complaint filed almost a year ago against Sen. Harry Reid by a conservative watchdog group that said it has receipts showing it was delivered.
A motorcyclist is dead and a motorist was hospitalized after a crash on a state highway in Nye County.
It didn’t take long for Uber to come to a screeching halt in Nevada. Carson City District Court Judge James Russell on Friday afternoon blocked Uber from offering any rides in the state through at least Nov. 7. A hearing is set for Nov. 6.
Advancing technology is to thank for recent leads in a 2005 unsolved homicide case in Henderson.
Las Vegas police on Friday identified two men they say are behind a string of robberies on the Strip and that two others are still on the run.
Clark County opened up the 18-acre Mighty Mountain Fitness area at Mountain’s Edge Regional Park on Friday.