The 360 program was unveiled in November 2015 to help fight the heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid pill crisis. Las Vegas will be the 21st U.S. city to participate.
Katelyn Newberg
Katelyn joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s metro desk in June after graduating from the University of Florida. She previously worked with the paper in the summer of 2017 as an intern on the business desk. Before graduating college she was the editor in chief of the Independent Florida Alligator. She was born and raised in Orlando, Florida.
A fourth suspect was arrested Monday in connection with a Henderson man’s body found in California in a burned car on New Year’s Eve, police said Tuesday.
William Banfield Jr. was last seen about noon Monday, the police said.
A 19-year-old man was shot early Tuesday in Henderson near Warm Springs Road and Green Valley Parkway, the Henderson Police Department said.
As of Feb. 8, there have been 26 reported deaths from the flu in Clark County, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
A seasonably warm weekend will be followed by a breezy start to the work week in the Las Vegas Valley, the National Weather Service said.
After initially declining to release the arrest report of an officer accused of sexual acts with minors, the Metropolitan Police Department on Friday released the report.
Las Vegas police are asking the public’s help finding a man suspected of punching a 71-year-old on a bus last week in the central valley.
A 12-year-old girl last seen Monday in the southwest valley has been found, Las Vegas police said.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association filed a complaint Tuesday alleging the Metropolitan Police Department is restricting vacation days during the NFL Draft.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday said an inmate who died at High Desert State Prison in April died of natural causes.
The Clark County coroner’s office said that the death of 7-day-old Kayleigh Tate, who died in December, was an accident due to positional asphyxia.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man fatally shot in front of a liquor store on Saturday in the east valley as 27-year-old Elliod Engeda.
Juan Dolores, 31, was arrested Saturday in connection with the fatal stabbing of 41-year-old Angel Arellano on Friday, North Las Vegas police said.
Violent crimes overall have dropped in the Las Vegas Valley in the past year, and one type of crime — sexual assaults — had a noticeable decrease in reports.