Volunteers used food to lure some 35 pet rats back into captivity after an unknown owner dumped bins of the animals at the park twice in the past two weeks.
East Valley
Backstage, “queens” representing their heritage waited in office chairs in flashy dresses of sequins, capes, tulle and glitter. The gown portion of the Ms. Senior Universe was about to start, and one could hear founder Kathleen Ray on the microphone emphasizing that the judges will critique not the dress, but the woman in the dress, her poise and confidence, and how she owns the stage.
The Clark County Commission voted Tuesday to rename the cultural center to Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, honoring the county’s first female commissioner, Thalia Sperry Dondero.
Officers arrested Michael Harris, 23, after he allegedly climbed through an apartment window where two girls were sleeping.
A new road in the east valley is expected to open Wednesday morning and should move construction traffic away from a residential area, Clark County officials said.
Las Vegas Valley hosts a frightening flock of family-friendly fun including haunted houses, carnivals and trick-or treat experiences.
A middle-aged woman was found dead inside a burning apartment early Saturday in the eastern valley, marking the fifth fire-related death in Las Vegas this year, fire officials said.
Michael Richard Nash, 47, was riding west on the north sidewalk of Sahara Avenue when the crash happened about 8:35 a.m. Monday, Las Vegas police said.
The crash was reported about 8:35 a.m. after the person on a BMX-type bicycle rode in front of a 2007 International roll-off dump truck near Lamb Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, a Metropolitan Police Department release said.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 43-year-old motorcyclist who died Thursday morning after crashing into a car that failed to yield while making a left turn.
A 2013 Kawasaki motorcycle, driven by a 43-year-old Las Vegas man, was traveling north in the left lane of Nellis Boulevard when it hit a car turning left, police later said.
Hamburger chain In-N-Out opens a new location in the eastern valley Thursday.
A man police said left the scene of a fiery crash this month that led to the death of his 10-year-old relative has been charged with murder.
A vehicle hit her about 11:20 p.m. Friday on Boulder Highway, north of Harmon Avenue, a Metropolitan Police Department release said. A witness told Metro that a beige Chrysler 300 hit the woman and left the scene.
He was shot just before 7 p.m. on the 4900 block of Morris Street, near Tropicana Avenue and Nellis Boulevard, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Chris Holmes said.