A flash-flood watch took effect Monday afternoon as residual moisture from Tropical Storm Rosa brought scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms to the Las Vegas Valley.
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Max Michor covers all things violent and weird after dark in Vegas. He was born and raised in the northwest valley and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2017.
Officers began pursuing the stolen vehicle about 1:30 a.m. Monday before it crashed into a police SUV on Craig Road near Commerce Street, police spokesman Eric Leavitt said. No injuries were reported.
The Lorcin L22 handgun that the 9-year-old boy brought to Helen Smith Elementary last week was in corrections officer Bryan Kline’s possession because he had agreed to clean it for an acquaintance, court records indicate.
The Ford Explorer overturned after hitting the right shoulder of the highway on Wednesday, ejecting both the 22-year-old driver and 20-year old passenger. Neither of the men was wearing a seatbelt, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Las Vegas police are searching for a man who robbed a west valley bank at gunpoint Sept. 21.
Las Vegas police responded Friday morning to a call of a suspicious package in the central valley.
The Las Vegas Valley has seen unseasonably warm highs this week, but that’s set to change with the affects of Hurricane Rosa heading toward the desert southwest.
Las Vegas police are investigating reports of gunshots near the Linq early Thursday morning.
A man suspected of threatening a woman with a crowbar Thursday morning led police on a vehicle chase through the northwest valley before crashing into a palm tree.
The two right lanes of westbound Summerlin Parkway were closed Thursday morning after a vehicle crashed into a pole and caught fire.
Police said 58-year-old Alfonso Diaz shot a woman last week during a domestic dispute at a home on the 5600 block of Tropic Breeze Street, near Ann Road and Bruce Street.
A man and woman were arrested on child abuse charges a month apart after they blamed a 2-year-old for strangling her daughter, causing life-threatening injuries.
No one was injured after a vacant house caught fire Tuesday morning in the southeast valley.
A man is in custody after allegedly stabbing his younger brother Wednesday morning in an east Las Vegas Valley neighborhood.
Traffic on northbound Interstate 15 in the central valley was at a near-standstill Wednesday morning thanks to construction from Project Neon.