Beer truck loses load sending beer flying

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017, 11:11am

Take a look at this dash cam video taken as a beer truck loses its load on Interstate 15 near the Washington exit.

An NHP trooper had a vehicle pulled over for speeding. Just as he asks the driver, "Have you been drinking tonight?" A tidal wave of beer cans and bottles go flying at the officer and driver.

It turns out, a vehicle had cut in front of the truck causing an accident.

Luckily no one was hurt. The trooper did let the driver go without a ticket... Read More

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Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, 11:30pm

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts released Tuesday its highly anticipated 2017-2018 Broadway Las Vegas Series list. Sponsored by Southern Nevada Ford Stores, the upcoming season will feature nine Broadway marvels, including "Hamilton," one of the most revolutionary Broadway musicals to date.

Additional spectacular productions include: the hilarious "Something Rotten!," as well as the critically acclaimed play, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."

Rounding out the season is Broadway veteran "Rent 20th Anniversary Tour," as well as "Love Never Dies" -- Andrew Lloyd Webber's spellbinding sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera," and finally the stunning, re-imagined "The Color Purple."

Subscribers who renew their subscription for the 2017-2018 season will be able to guarantee their seats for the Las Vegas engagement of "Hamilton" before tickets become available to the public... Read More

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Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, 8:27am

Nevada regulators say casinos in the state won just over $1 billion last month.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Tuesday reported the amount represents a 12 percent increase compared with a year earlier, when casinos reported a "gaming win" of $925 million.

The state benefited with $75.2 million in percentage fees based on the taxable revenues generated in January. That's down 8 percent from a year earlier.

The report says that for the first seven months of the current fiscal year, casino winnings are up 3.8 percent.

Downtown Las Vegas casinos saw a whopping 32 percent increase in casino gambling revenue in January compared with a year earlier.

North Lake Tahoe casinos lost almost 30 percent, and Elko County casinos posted a 12.7 percent loss during the same period... Read More

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Wednesday, February 15th, 2017, 6:05pm

Scammers are preying on the kind hearts of Nevada residents, and they're using the Nevada Highway Patrol to do it.

NHP said it had received several complaints from citizens who said they were being solicited for donations on behalf of various police charitable originations.

NHP said the scam artists use a local phone number to conduct the con, and according to some callers, they were solicited from someone posing as a representative of the American Association of State Troopers, along with the Officer Down Charities for the Nevada Highway Patrol and the Nevada Highway Patrol itself.

When a person refuses to donate, NHP said witnesses told them the scammer would threaten unfair treatment from Troopers in the future.

"We want the community to be aware of this fraudulent activity and be sure to protect their personal information," NHP said... Read More

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Friday, February 10th, 2017, 8:13am

Five people were injured and several rescued during an apartment fire in downtown Las Vegas Friday morning.

The fire started around 6:20 a.m. in a second story apartment at the Parson's Place apartments on Stewart Avenue and 7th Street.

Two people were transported to the hospital with burns and three people were treated for smoke inhalation.

Several people have been displaced by the fire.

There is no word yet on what caused the fire... Read More

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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017, 2:32pm

Police say they believe the beating deaths of two sleeping homeless men near downtown Las Vegas are connected, and they're going to need public help to find the killer.

Police Lt. Dan McGrath told reporters Monday that 46-year-old Daniel Aldape was killed Jan. 4 and 60-year-old David Dunn was slain last Friday in a vacant lot area near City and Grand Central parkways.

That's near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, west of the Plaza Hotel & Casino.

Police Capt. Andy Walsh says neither man was robbed, and it's possible the assailant is also homeless.

Walsh says police combed the area after Aldape's death for witnesses and clues, and warned people who live on the streets about the slaying.

He says investigators are doubling their efforts following Dunn's death. ... Read More

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Friday, February 3rd, 2017, 9:46am

Metro Police lifted the lockdown at Matt Kelly Elementary School. Authorities put the school on lockdown as Metro Police searched for three suspects who bailed from a stolen vehicle.

The incident started at 8:47 a.m. on Friday when a vehicle failed to stop for an officer in the area of H Street and Owens Avenue, said police. The vehicle crashed into a light pole when the suspects ran off.

Metro Police requested a lockdown of the school while officers canvassed the area. ... Read More

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