Las Vegas police are investigating after possible human remains were found Tuesday morning in a desert area in the far northeast valley.
Rio Lacanlale
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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.
Las Vegas police have arrested a man wanted in a recent series of package thefts in the northwest valley.
After Tuesday reached 61 degrees, Wednesday could come close to a possible record high of 66 at McCarran International Airport, the weather service’s official recording site. The record for the date is 68 degrees, set in 1942.
A car wash fundraiser will be held Sunday morning in northeast Las Vegas for a father of two who died this week in a work-related fall outside Trump International.
A crash near Sam Boyd Stadium involving a police vehicle Saturday caused major traffic delays ahead of the Las Vegas Bowl football game.
Temperatures will continue to climb toward the upper 60s next week, according to the National Weather Service.
Jaiden Lavender, an 11-year-old boy who went missing Saturday morning, was found safe and has been reunited with his family, Las Vegas police said.
A 42-year-old man died early Saturday in a two-vehicle crash caused by a suspected DUI driver, Las Vegas police said.
A Las Vegas Fire Department captain turned himself in Monday, days after his bloodied wife flagged down a car about 50 miles northwest of the city begging for help.
A speeding motorcyclist who died after crashing Thursday afternoon into a construction vehicle has been identified as a 33-year-old Las Vegas man.
A man who died last month after a van struck an overturned semitrailer north of Beatty was a 64-year-old Tonopah man, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
A 15-year-old has been charged as an adult in a shooting that left his father dead and his mother wounded inside the family’s west Las Vegas home, the Review-Journal has learned.
The crash caused congestion Friday afternoon in the area, according to airport officials.
Louis Toomin, a former state lawmaker and Democratic Nevada State Assembly candidate, died last week. He was 83.
Highs in the Las Vegas Valley will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal over the weekend and early next week.