Las Vegas firefighters treated three construction workers who were injured when lightning hit the ground near them on Friday afternoon.
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.
The Nevada Board of Health voted Friday to require vaccinations for all Department of Corrections employees and workers at state institutions with “vulnerable populations.”
The state reported 1,552 new coronavirus cases over the preceding day along with an increase in the two-week daily average from 859 to 876. It also reported 21 additional deaths.
The Las Vegas Fire Department will kick off 9/11 events on Saturday with its 20th remembrance ceremony to honor those killed in the terrorist attacks.
The victim, who was not immediately identified, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Sept. 3 on a felony warrant of domestic violence charges.
A mountain lion found in a residential area in the far north Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday morning had to be euthanized, officials said.
Homicide detectives across the valley investigated eight deaths over the Labor Day weekend, including five in North Las Vegas.
Families enjoyed Lake Mead during Labor Day, but a park spokesman said crowds appeared lower than normal for a holiday.
North Las Vegas police are investigating a homicide Monday morning in the far northeast valley.
A man suspected in a fatal shooting Friday in North Las Vegas shot and killed himself when he was stopped by police hours later, officials said.
Missing 8-year-old twin boys last seen Friday evening have been found safe, Las Vegas police said.
Man in his 20s killed by gunshots fired from a faded black Ford F-150 truck, with a Tonneau truckbed cover and a Raiders logo on the passenger door, police said.
Updated figures from the Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought totals in the state to 394,595 cases and 6,583 deaths.
A man was charged with attempted murder after authorities accused him of stabbing his brother with the broken handle of a glass beer mug during a fight at a Las Vegas bar.
Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested a third person in connection with the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old North Las Vegas man in May.