The Clark County coroner has named the man in a wheelchair who died after he was hit by a car Thursday morning in the southeast valley.
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A bomb threat Saturday morning at a northeastern valley Walmart triggered an hourslong investigation, police said.
The man who was killed Tuesday night when a car he was working on fell on top of him has been identified.
The identity has been released of the 14-year-old boy killed Wednesday when an SUV struck him near Desert Breeze Park.
The malnourished 4-month-old baby who died last weekend has been identified.
The National Weather Service expects more wind in the Las Vegas Valley through Saturday evening.
Las Vegas police said Montes-Chacon was thrown from a Toyota Corolla, driven by 31-year-old Alfredo Flores-Hernandez , when the car was struck by a Chrysler 300 near Rainbow Boulevard and Westcliff Drive.
Las Vegas police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting earlier this month that may have been related to drugs and gang activity.
A Bellagio employee accused of stealing $1,875 worth of lobster tails was arrested early Monday, Las Vegas police said.
Jerry Burns, 65, of North Las Vegas died from multiple blunt force injuries after his SUV was struck from behind and pushed into the car in front. Police suspect the driver who hit him was driving impaired.
Alfredo Flores-Hernandez, 31, of Las Vegas died Sunday at the scene of the collision near Rainbow Boulevard and Westcliff Drive.
A partially decomposed body found Sunday evening near Mount Charleston was that of a man who had been stabbed to death, Las Vegas police said.
Threats circulating on social media this weekend of a planned high school shooting last Monday morning originated in Alabama, Clark County School District police confirmed Sunday.
At about 11:40 a.m., emergency personnel with Clark County and Las Vegas fire departments responded to reports of a propane leak near West Flamingo Road and El Capitan Way.
A brief jump in temperatures will precede another chance at snow in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.