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- Henderson house fire displaces family of three
- Investigators estimate blaze caused about $350,000 in damage
- Saturday, July 4, 2009
- Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that displaced a family of three this morning in Henderson.
- Storms dump heavy rain in Clark County
- Friday, July 3, 2009
- Thunderstorms were popping up in the region this evening, bringing locally heavy rain and severe storms to the region. The National Weather Service said minor flooding is possible in urban areas of central Clark County after a storm dumped heavy rain in the Railroad Pass area.
- Metro identifies officer involved in fatal shooting
- Friday, July 3, 2009
- Metro Police on Friday identified an officer who fatally shot a man Wednesday afternoon in the northwest Las Vegas Valley. Authorities said Officer Jeremy Hendricks, 30, fired at the man after he and another detective tried to question him in connection with another case they were working.
- Mother's boyfriend charged in toddler's death
- Metro Police traveling to Phoenix to interview two in toddler's death
- Sunday, June 14, 2009
- The mother of a toddler girl found in a trash bin and the woman's boyfriend have been taken into police custody in Phoenix, Metro Police investigators said Sunday.
- Girl, 8, one of two victims in fatal NLV shootings
- Saturday, June 13, 2009
- A stray bullet fatally struck an 8-year-old girl Friday night in North Las Vegas -- one of two fatal shootings in the city in less than two hours. Investigators said the girl was inside her second-floor apartment when she was struck by a bullet fired from outside the apartment.
- Visitor decline shows smallest drop in 11 months
- Friday, June 5, 2009
- The number of visitors to Las Vegas dropped 2.9 percent in April from the same month last year, but the drop was the smallest year-over-year decline in 11 months.
- Police ID officer who shot man armed with screwdriver
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009
- Police have identified the officer who shot a Las Vegas man Saturday evening at a condominium complex in the southwest valley. The officer involved in the shooting that occurred in the 4800 block of south Torrey Pines Drive has been identified as Officer Michael Thiele, who has been with Metro Police since April 2006.
- Las Vegas man dies in collision on Lake Mohave
- Monday, May 25, 2009
- A Las Vegas man died Sunday in a personal watercraft collision on Lake Mohave.
- Man shot by officer charged with attempted murder
- Sunday, May 24, 2009
- Police on Sunday identified a Las Vegas man shot by an officer Saturday evening at a condominium complex in the southwest valley. Authorities said the man rushed "in an aggressive manner" from the door toward the porch outside where officers were standing.
- Metro officer involved in two-car collision
- Police say two suffered minor injuries after police cruiser ran a red light
- Saturday, May 23, 2009
- A Metro Police officer and a Las Vegas woman suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash Saturday evening after the police cruiser entered an intersection on a red light, investigators said.
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