A homeless woman is facing arson charges after authorities accused her of setting fire to a vehicle at the Las Vegas Fire Department headquarters.
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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.
An issue involving magnesium used in the manufacturing process at the plant caused the explosion, local authorities said. Two people suffered minor injuries, but did not require medical treatment, officials said.
Las Vegas police last week arrested another teen in the March 2017 slaying of woman during a purported drug deal.
Monday’s forecast high is 57 degrees, with warming to 60 on Tuesday and 61 on both Wednesday and Thursday, the weather service said. Calm winds will continue through Wednesday afternoon, it said.
Las Vegas police and Clark County officials confiscated more than 550 animals from a northeast valley home Sunday after the animals were found living in “deplorable” conditions, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department released its 2017 statistics Thursday and said they show a decrease in violent crime. The Oct. 1 massacre was excluded.
The woman who died after she was struck by an SUV in the eastern valley last month has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
One person was killed in a crash in North Las Vegas Thursday night.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the victim as Las Vegas resident Mario Tarin, 72. Tarin died two days after he was found unresponsive on the kitchen floor of his central valley apartment on Dec. 29.
A man who was killed in a crash near Kyle Canyon Road on U.S. Highway 95 has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The Las Vegas Valley will remain warm for two more days before a cold front brings a chance of rain and drives temperatures down over the weekend, the National Weather Service said.
A former Las Vegas police officer has been arrested on sexual assault and murder charges in a woman’s 1997 shooting death.
A decomposed body was found Wednesday morning near Bonnie Springs, Las Vegas police said.
Clouds are expected to roll into the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday ahead of a weekend cool-down that will see high temperatures dip into the mid-50s, the National Weather Service says.
Las Vegas police have taken a man who barricaded himself and fired several shots inside an east valley home into custody.