The holidays may look a little different this year, but the COVID-19 pandemic won’t stop some local organizations from helping the less fortunate.
Alexis Ford
Alexis Ford covers crime for the Review-Journal. Prior to joining the team in August 2019, she covered Congress for the Arizona Republic and worked on a national investigation into the climate of Hate in America for News21. Ford is a native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and a graduate of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
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Officers were called to St. Rose Parkway and Seven Hills Drive just before 10 a.m. to investigate a three-car crash, the Henderson Police Department said in an email.
Police were called to Brooks Avenue and Revere Street around 2:25 p.m. Friday and found him dead with a gunshot wound.
Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said early Saturday that investigators believe a birthday party in the room led to an altercation when several shots were fired.
The Animal Foundation’s promotion focuses on finding weeklong foster homes for cats over 6 months of age and dogs over 30 pounds. About 20 dogs and 16 cats are available.
The Nevada Highway Patrol’s “ghost” vehicles are on roadways as part of the Las Vegas DUI Strike Team this holiday season with a goal of intercepting intoxicated drivers.
A Clark County Detention Center inmate may face an open murder charge after Las Vegas police said his cellmate was strangled on Sunday.
McCarran International Airport recorded 0.04 inches of rain Thursday, the National Weather Service said, breaking a 240-day dry spell that began April 20 in Las Vegas.
The GoFundMe account identifies the 26-year-old woman killed this week while walking with her two children in central Las Vegas as Andrea Lopez de Casillas.
A 51-year-old Las Vegas woman died on Sunday, four days after she was hit by a car in east Las Vegas, police said.
Phillip Semper, 26, of Las Vegas died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
A man was pronounced dead on Nov. 29 after he succumbed to his injuries from a crash in Henderson more than a week prior, police said Tuesday.
Police are investigating the apparent stabbing death of a homeless man in southeast Las Vegas on Monday morning.
One person is dead after a crash in Pahrump on Sunday night, according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.
The hikers were trapped when the path they were hiking collapsed behind them, the statement said.