The Nevada Climbing Center will host a fundraiser this weekend for Las Vegas climber and paraglider Amy Parker, critically injured a week ago in a “ freak paragliding accident.”
Rio Lacanlale
Reporter
Email: rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0381
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 judge set bail at $100,000 Friday morning for a suspect in a vehicle theft who was shot by Las Vegas police when he appeared to reach for a gun as officers approached the stolen vehicle.
Former Las Vegas police Capt. Larry Burns was laid to rest Thursday. He was best known for his committment to policing “with love” in the Historic Westside.
A woman is facing felony charges of battery and domestic battery in connection with the stabbing that occurred early Wednesday.
Following a Review-Journal investigation, a state agency analysis found a lack of communication among agencies overseeing private boarding schools.
“It’s going to be a struggle, but we’re all going to get through it,” said Lucille McKnight, who was already raising another niece’s three children.
Nicholas Eric Escamilla, 42, who was hospitalized after being hit by an ax-wielding woman, is facing charges of battery and assault — both with a deadly weapon,
Ilario Yam, 18, faces charges of battery with the use of a deadly weapon resulting in substantial injuries and discharging a gun within a prohibited structure or area.
The inmate killed last week at a private detention center in Pahrump was allegedly strangled to death by a codefendant in a federal case.
They were found dead July 10 inside a bedroom of an apartment at the Palm Villas in Henderson
Las Vegas arson investigators suspect a Monday morning fire at a vacant fast-food restaurant near downtown Las Vegas was intentionally set.
Terrance Smith, 56, was committed from Clark County in January 2003, and at the time of his death was serving 10 years to life with the possibility of parole.
An 81-year-old man died Saturday following a June 12 crash in southwest Las Vegas.
The death of an inmate Friday at a Pahrump private detention center used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service is being investigated as a homicide.
A construction worker who was crushed to death Sunday has been identified as a 35-year-old Las Vegas man by the Clark County coroner’s office.