The Clark County Children’s Festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m April 26 at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.
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Police arrested a man on March 25 in connection with a string of burglaries in Henderson and Las Vegas.
Despite frustration with Obamacare, two dozen labor leaders who met with congressional candidate Erin Bilbray on Monday vowed to back her and other Democratic candidates on Nov. 4 to counter an expected robust GOP turnout.
The Clark County Department of Air Quality has issued an advisory in anticipation of blowing dust due to wind speeds between 25 and 30 mph starting about 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the Democratic whip of the U.S. House, met Monday with representatives of Southern Nevada’s business community, vowing to support infrastructure investment, including efforts for an interstate to connect Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Internationally known painter and sculptor Graham Knuttel of Ireland is teaming up with students from the Las Vegas Academy of Arts to paint a mural to be placed on the Neonopolis building.
Valley Hospital Medical Center plans to open a psychiatric unit that would ease crowding at local emergency rooms taxed by the demand for services from the mentally ill.
Approximately 40 protesters have gathered outside Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters asking for Sheriff Doug Gillespie to intervene and “protect the people” involved in the Cliven Bundy cattle dispute.
Lawyer Robert Draskovich was allowed Monday to continue defending suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones in his federal fraud case despite questions by prosecutors that the lawyer might have a conflict of interest.
A federal jury on Monday found that a former Las Vegas police officer did not assault National Guard Sgt. Mark England during a 2007 altercation at McCarran International Airport.
An “Ice Road Truckers” reality-television star was charged with kidnapping and extorting a Las Vegas prostitute, court documents released Monday showed. Timothy Zickuhr, 40, was arrested in December, but charges weren’t publicized until Monday.
The Animal Foundation’s 11th annual Best in Show event is planned for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 27 at The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave.
A large influx of pirates is headed to Las Vegas, and they’re not in search of buried treasure. The second annual Pirate Fest is scheduled for April 25-27 at Lorenzi Park, 3343 W. Washington Ave.
After a week of above normal spring temperatures in Las Vegas, winds are expected to pick up Tuesday and stir up some dust. Clark County air quality officials released an advisory for dust on Tuesday.
Las Vegas police are investigating the possible suicide of a woman found outside a Dotty’s casino in the southwest valley. Metro said officers found the woman’s body about 11:45 a.m. in a parking lot at Jones Boulevard near Windmill Lane.