A fryer fire at a McDonalds inside a Walmart in central Las Vegas forced Black Friday shoppers out of the superstore on Friday morning.
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Rio Lacanlale, whose work for the Review-Journal ranges from crime reports to video storytelling, joined the newspaper in October 2016. Before that, the UNLV broadcast journalism graduate contributed to newsrooms in central Italy and Washington, D.C. Rio is also a passionate traveler who enjoys living out of a backpack for months at a time.
A suspected DUI driver who authorities say ran a red light on Thanksgiving morning faces two felony counts in connection with the fatal southwest Las Vegas crash.
On Thanksgiving, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada hosted a feast with enough food to feed a thousand men, women and children.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal crash in the southwest valley on Thanksgiving morning where driving under the influence is suspected.
Las Vegas police produced the arrest report of a retired officer after the Review-Journal challenged the agency’s previous denial of a routine request for the document.
This will be Sheilah Johnson’s first Thanksgiving without her oldest grandson, who was gunned down in July.
The National Transportation and Safety Board has launched an investigation into the crash, but recovery efforts are likely to be delayed by weather.
“It’s concerning that when the case involves an apparent friend of the sheriff, suddenly in this instance they’re treating the case differently,” a First Amendment lawyer said.
Kirk Hooten, a recently retired Las Vegas police officer, admitted he thought a 16-year-old girl he allegedly tried to force into his vehicle was a “hooker,” according to his arrest report.
The body of 41-year-old Tara Shapiro was found by firefighters around 9:15 a.m. Sunday inside a bedroom in a residence on the 5900 block of Cancun Avenue.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in September 2018 in northeast Las Vegas, according to jail and court records.
The Clark County coroner’s office says a speeding driver who died in a crash Friday morning was an 18-year-old North Las Vegas resident.
The man who died Friday night has been identified as Thomas Vonbehren by the Clark County coroner’s office, which did not list a city or state of residence.
A man who Las Vegas police say was shot and killed Friday during a drug deal in the Spring Valley area was a 21-year-old valley resident.
The indictments against Casandra Garrett and Lisa Mort were returned by a grand jury Friday.