The Las Vegas Valley is expected to welcome its first 100-degree day of the year early in the week, according to the National Weather Service.
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.
A North Las Vegas woman is facing a murder charge after she was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of her roommate late Friday.
A 1-year-old boy died last month after he was found unresponsive at his caregivers’ northeast valley home, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Patrick Lee Dunning, 47, of Logandale, died of multiple blunt force injuries in the Tuesday morning accident east of Losee Road. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the truck after impact, investigators said.
The restrictions apply to areas controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Mount Charleston’s fire prevention district, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service.
Sandra Bonafont, 56, died of blunt force injuries on April 27 when a Chevrolet Trailblazer rear-ended her blue Toyota Camry at high speed on southbound U.S. Highway 95, north of Ann Road, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Born on May 4, 1988, in a Henderson hospital, Rebekah Johnson was the youngest person injured in the historic PEPCON explosions.
Henderson fire Capt. Don Griffie, now retired, was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the PEPCON fire and subsequent explosions. In his recurring nightmares, he’s forced to relive every detail of the May 4, 1988, events.
The 1988 event could be felt throughout the valley and would later be described as the largest domestic, non-nuclear explosion in recorded history.
Billy Joe Williamson II, a 28-year-old minimum-security inmate, was found walking near a highway in Northern Nevada about noon, headed for Lake Tahoe.
Police said 19-year-old Fernando Corales and 27-year-old Hugo Lopez open fired at the party.
A North Las Vegas man killed his 87-year-old grandmother in January before shooting himself in the head, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Nicholas “Mikey” Michaelson was hospitalized Saturday after he was found, Lake Mead officials said. No other details about his condition were immediately available.
Las Vegas homicide investigators suspect that a shooting Friday night that killed a 16-year-old girl was gang-related.
Las Vegas police said that Bradley was crossing Charleston outside of a marked crosswalk.