A teenage boy was killed when he was hit by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 95 Monday night, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
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Blake Apgar joined the Review-Journal as a general assignment reporter in January 2017 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He interned at the Review-Journal in the summer of 2016, and now covers North Las Vegas and Henderson government. He was raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Smoke from wildfires clogged the sky across the U.S. West, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors.
Las Vegas police said they arrested a dozen gang members and gang associates early Sunday near the Strip after a brief investigation that began that night.
A man was injured Monday afternoon when he was hit by a train near downtown Las Vegas.
A taco-cart worker was shot in the leg Sunday night after he tried to protect his wife from being being robbed by a group of juveniles in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
More than a dozen documented gang members were arrested early Sunday at a resort near the Strip, according to Las Vegas police.
The workweek is expected to start with a 108-degree high and mostly clear skies, according to the weather service.
The officer was responding with lights and siren on to a report of a reckless driver just after 7 a.m. Thursday when his cruiser was sideswiped at the intersection of Pecos Road and Washington Avenue in Las Vegas.
Jacquelynn Pulp, 18, was crossing Charleston Boulevard outside of a crosswalk when a pickup truck hit her and dragged her through the intersection at Nellis Boulevard, Las Vegas police said. She died at the scene.
Maurice Harris, 47, was last seen Monday afternoon in the Utah park at the trailhead of East Rim Trail, officials said. His body was found at the end of nearby Deertrap Mountain Trail.
A small plane went off the runway at Henderson Executive Airport Wednesday morning after experiencing brake issues upon landing, an airport official said.
Police activity on the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge temporarily shut traffic down in the area Wednesday, Las Vegas police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified one of the two people killed Tuesday in a crash on the new Interstate 11 Boulder City bypass .
Three officers at Nevada State College will begin training in the body-worn camera program Wednesday, UNLV Assistant Chief of Police Sandy Seda said. The training marks the first phase of a three-phase plan.
A retail store security guard opened fire on his manager Saturday afternoon after she told him to stop complaining about a customer, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
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