Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

Fire crews responded to a backyard fire in North Las Vegas on Wednesday after flames spread from a palm tree to multiple properties. The fire was reported around 12:05 p.m. in the 3000 block of Judson Avenue, near Lake Mead Boulevard and Civic Center Drive, according to city officials. When...

Authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured a woman riding an electric scooter in Las Vegas. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 7, near Dotty’s on Boulder Highway just south of Lamb Boulevard. According to investigators, the woman...

Nearly 150 bodies formerly held at McDermott’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Las Vegas have been identified and transferred to Davis Funeral Home, the Clark County Coroner’s Office confirmed. Of the recovered remains, 146 are now under the care of Davis Funeral Home. The coroner’s office praised Davis for...

One of eight individuals arrested in a recent undercover operation targeting suspected child sex predators in the Las Vegas Valley has been identified as a local pastor, according to church officials. Neal Harrison Creecy, 46, pastor at Redemption Church, was arrested as part of a multi-agency sting conducted by the...

Mosquitoes—once thought incapable of thriving in desert environments—are now thriving across the Las Vegas Valley, posing growing public health risks. Experts attribute this unexpected rise to a combination of urban expansion, climate shifts, insecticide resistance, and genetic adaptations that have made southern Nevada increasingly hospitable to these pests. Researchers at...