Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

RENO, Nev. (775 Times, NV Globe) – The Super Bowl is one of the year’s most important gambling events. Casinos are seeing more bets and younger bettors as more states enable mobile sports betting. “It’s electric this time of year, it’s happening,” said Matthew Teixera, the Atlantis Casino Sports Book...

RENO, Nev. (775 Times, NV Globe) – The Spaks Police Department detained two men early Sunday after a business owner witnessed them reportedly attempting to break into automobiles on a surveillance video. Christopher Bruffett, 35, of Reno, and Vincent James Wilks, 25, of Sparks, were arrested. Both are accused with...

RENO, Nev. (775 Times, NV Globe) – A Nevada State Police Trooper responding to an injury incident on westbound Interstate 80 on Sunday morning was rear-ended by one car and then hit by three other vehicles. It was one of a series of accidents that shut down westbound Interstate 80...

RENO, Nev. (775 Times, NV Globe) – Some scientists say, recent snowfalls that fed the Colorado River may have slowed the water level reduction of Lake Mead on the Nevada-Arizona border. Forecasters now predict Lake Mead to finish this year around 1,027 feet elevation, roughly 19 feet lower than its...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (702 Times, NV Globe) – The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is looking into a probable hit-and-run collision that occurred Friday morning and killed one person. LVMPD reports that between 6:50 a.m. At 9:14 a.m., a suspected car-versus-pedestrian incident occurred on Brent Thurman Way north of West...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (702 Times, NV Globe) – Authorities say a Henderson man is out of prison and awaiting his next court appearance after reportedly stealing two automobiles, possessing a pistol while a felon, and attempting to attack three police during his arrest. According to court documents, Victor Burgia, 28,...

LAS VEGAS –  On Sunday afternoon, someone fired a gun into the air near St. Rose Pkwy and Spencer Street. The Henderson Police and Fire Departments went to the scene. At about 12:03 p.m., police showed up in the 900 block of Seven Hills Drive. Both SWAT and CNT were...