Las Vegas police officers have been involved in 18 shootings this year. Eight shootings happened in August, and four of those ended with police killing someone.
Blake Apgar
Blake Apgar joined the Review-Journal as a general assignment reporter in January 2017 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He interned at the Review-Journal in the summer of 2016, and now covers North Las Vegas and Henderson government. He was raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The first couple of bee stings only caused pain and redness. But a family’s yearslong fight to enjoy their backyard and protect their children from bees took another step last week, when the Henderson City Council unanimously approved an ordinance on beekeeping.
Las Vegas resident Silas Anorve, 14, died at the scene between Jones and Decatur boulevards, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
A Las Vegas man who escaped from an Arizona prison and robbed a south valley bank was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, federal officials announced Wednesday.
A Las Vegas man convicted of using file sharing applications to receive more than 600 images and videos of child pornography was sentenced to 12 years in prison, federal officials announced Wednesday.
Masumi Nakamura was walking on the sidewalk along Sahara Avenue near Decatur Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon when a 2001 Toyota Camry struck her as it turned right onto Sahara from a private drive, police said.
Sunny skies are in store for the Las Vegas Valley through the weekend, the National Weather Service said.
The constable shot the unrestrained pit bull in the central valley Wednesday morning while attempting to serve an eviction notice, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved a donation of naloxone from the Southern Nevada Health District.
A woman was hospitalized with critical injuries after she was struck by a car in North Las Vegas late Monday.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection is accepting applications to fill an open seat in Clark County Family Court.
A teenage boy was killed when he was hit by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 95 Monday night, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Smoke from wildfires clogged the sky across the U.S. West, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors.
Las Vegas police said they arrested a dozen gang members and gang associates early Sunday near the Strip after a brief investigation that began that night.
A man was injured Monday afternoon when he was hit by a train near downtown Las Vegas.