Nevada Highway Patrol spokeswoman Ashlee Wellman said at 2:46 a.m. troopers received a report of a wrong-way driver at I-15 and St. Rose Parkway.
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Police said it appeared the the driver of the Toyota was speeding in a 25 mile-per-hour zone at the time of the crash.
Nearly 2,000 customers of NV Energy were without power for a couple hours in central Las Vegas early Thursday.
A man and woman have been arrested in what police said were separate DUI crashes that seriously injured two pedestrians, including one who was dragged after being struck.
Investigators believe the man was struck by a vehicle and that the driver of the vehicle then drove off.
Authorities said Gary Dean Robinson, 59, caused the six-vehicle crash at the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and Commerce Street on Jan. 29.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred late Tuesday night in the northern Las Vegas Valley.
David Biddle Jr., long considered a pioneer in the Las Vegas Valley business community who was also known as the ‘King of Cars,’ died after a long illness at the age of 87, his family said.
Anthony Hurtado’s arrest unfolded after Las Vegas police were notified of a fight on Frontier flight 771 from Denver to Las Vegas, according to a police arrest report.
District Court records show Joanne Harrison requested the restraining order against her son Rick Harrison through her attorney, Liane Wakayama, on Monday.
A central Las Vegas business that was badly damaged by fire in January caught fire again overnight.
A Las Vegas police officer charged with robbing the Rio is now facing federal charges stemming from two more armed heists at the Red Rock and Aliante resorts.
Brian Dewakuku, a Las Vegas man who ambushed and killed two people in a car in 2020, was sentenced to prison on Friday.
Kevin Osborne, 31, pleaded guilty in October to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced Friday to a minimum of six years in prison.
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