Martha Carbajal, 45, said she was on her way home from shopping when she was shot while driving.
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The city’s fire department responded to a church fire and contained it. No occupants or firefighters were injured.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the department hosted a tree dedication ceremony where each victim’s name was read.
A Clark County School District coach was arrested on suspicion of sexual misconduct, school police said.
Police said that the man, who suffered gunshot wounds, was 66-year-old Russell Vinton of Jacob Lake, Arizona.
The unlicensed driver, a 35-year-old North Las Vegas man, had ran a stop sign and also had 16 prior offenses, police said.
The killing happened Friday afternoon in the east Las Vegas Valley. Two suspects have been taken into custody.
After CCSD revealed a $20 million budget deficit on Thursday, the state department said it was assessing how to move forward.
Roughly one-third of the Welding School of Nevada’s students come from Casa Grande, a transitional housing center for non-violent offenders.
The Las Vegas Community Healing Garden was the scene of a ceremony marking the 7th anniversary of the Oct. 1, 2017 massacre.
John Watson was pronounced dead at 84, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
A special city council meeting on Tuesday saw department veteran Scott Vivier appointed as Henderson Fire Chief.
The public was given a chance Saturday to check out one of the Clark County School District’s electric school buses.
A man who “feared for his life” shot and killed a would-be robber who tried to take his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint early Saturday, Henderson police said.
Project REAL’s former executive director now faces theft charges amid allegations that he diverted money from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Foundation, which he also oversaw.