LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- Community members gathered Sunday night for a candlelight vigil to honor the lives lost in last Saturday's mass casualty crash that killed nine lives, seven from the same family in North Las Vegas. The vigil was organized by the Rev. Vance "Stretch" Sanders to unify the community. "It's a chance to show that we can come together. One thing that tragedy doesn't see is race," Sanders said. "When something is tragic, it could come for anybody, so any one of us could be that family and the individuals in the vehicle ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- Local leaders came together on Saturday to honor the seven members of the Zacarias family who were killed in a mass casualty crash in North Las Vegas last week. Drivers met up at the Cheyenne Sports Complex around 4 p.m. Saturday and then drove as a group to the crash site of Cheyenne Avenue and Commerce Street. North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee and Councilman Isaac Brown were in attendance trying to bring awareness to speeding across the valley as this is a chronic problem on our roadways ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- A cousin of one of the victims who got injured in a six-vehicle crash and killed nine people is speaking out in North Las Vegas Saturday afternoon. "You have to drive for everyone. I am really pissed off that this happened," Tameka Henry, the cousin of a crash victim, said. Henry returned to Cheyenne Avenue and Commerce Street Sunday with a dog rescue group to find her's cousin Tiffani May, dog Magic. Magic was in the car with May. 9 killed in multiple car crash in North Las Vegas, police say A total of 15 people were involved. Victims range in age from young adults to middl ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)--Nine people were killed in a Las Vegas car crash Saturday, including a family of three adults and four kids traveling in a Toyota Sienna, police said. “We have not seen a mass casualty traffic collision like this before,” police spokesman Alex Cuevas said. "There have been a total of confirmed nine deceased ages ranging from young juvenile to middle-aged adults.” The driver of a Dodge Challenger was speeding and ran a red light, causing the collision involving 15 people, police said. Some of the vehicles hit were pushed into a vacant lot at the intersection. Other vehicles in ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- Police are investigating a six-car crash with five people dead in North Las Vegas Saturday afternoon. Police were called to a crash shortly after 3:00 p.m near Cheyenne Avenue and Commerce Avenue. "Officers are investigating a mass casualty traffic collision with at least five casualties involved. So far, it involves six vehicles," police spokesman Alex Cuevas said. The driver who caused the crash is among the dead. Speed was a factor as the driver who caused the crash ran a red light, police said. The deceased range from at least one juvenile to middle-aged adults ..read more

LAS VEGAS (AP)-- A pond in North Las Vegas has been partially drained as part of a homicide investigation, police said. Police have not disclosed what detectives and a dive team found at the bottom of Aliante Nature Discovery Park or any details about the homicide case. All police will say is that evidence was located and the pond was refilled. Some visitors at the park saw police in scuba gear and what looked like metal detectors during the water drainage and they had concerns about the wildlife at the park. City officials say water levels were never low enough to harm the fish and wildlife a ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- Police are looking for two suspects who allegedly stole an Amazon delivery truck in North Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon. The truck was stolen in the 1300 block of East Owens Avenue, near Pecos Road, around 12:30 p.m, police said. The preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are believed to be a man and a woman, police said ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- A local dance team honored Martin Luther King Jr. at a senior center in North Las Vegas Saturday. "My kids wanted to dance. I just involved more kids when I first started," Melissa Ross, dance director, said. "It helps keep them off the streets." The team. Priceless Diamonds was started in August 2015. Its mission is to develop talent at both the recreational and competition level.  "I was there with her on the bed when she came up with colors, a name, and her recruitment and I was in her first studio actually," Stephanie Felton, team dance mom, said. So far, the team h ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- A new freestanding emergency center opened in North Las Vegas Monday. The ER at Valley Vista, an extension of Centennial Hills Hospital, opened for patient care at 7 a.m., located on the northwest corner of Decatur and Elkhorn. The facility will have 24-hour emergency care and an on-site laboratory, CT scanner, and imaging equipment. “We are excited to extend our emergency services to the residents of North Las Vegas and surrounding neighborhoods,” said Sajit Pullarkat, CEO of Centennial Hills Hospital. “We can diagnose and treat the same types of emergencies and illnesses t ..read more

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- Two suspects were arrested in Texas with a North Las Vegas shooting last Monday. The two men, Antwoine Sconiers and Tyrell Sharp, were taken into custody Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, in connection with a shooting of a Home Depot employee, Fort Worth police said. 2 suspects arrested following North Las Vegas Home Depot worker shooting Credit: Fort Worth Police Dept. "Due to local charges in Texas, it is ​unknown when they will extradited back to Nevada," police spokesman Alex Cuevas said. The shooting was reported around 11 a.m. in the 1200 block of West Craig Road in North L ..read more