Local News

Actions

Las Vegas breaking news for January 10, 2018

Posted at 3:54 AM, Jan 10, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-11 09:46:33-05

This is a roundup of all the breaking news from around the Las Vegas valley for January 10, 2018.

4:31 P.M.

Las Vegas Search and Rescue sent a helicopter to rescue an injured hiker that fell into a gorge at Sunrise Mountain. The hiker is located south of Lake Mead Boulevard between Los Feliz Street and the Frenchman Mountain trailhead.

4:27 P.M.

A car crashed into a home at 7972 Rye Canyon Road, near Windmill Lane and Pollock Drive. Police say an elderly woman drove the car into her own home around 4 p.m. No one was injured.

11:20 A.M.

The power just went out in an exhibit room at the Las Vegas Convention Center and hundreds of CES attendees have been left in the dark. READ MORE.

Some people are making the best of a bad situation.

4:25 A.M.

A 23 year-old man was driving a stolen Porsche SUV on Veterans Memorial Drive, near Washington Avenue and Main Street when he lost conto of the vehicle and collided into a tent that was partially in the roadway.  

A 48-year-old man was inside the tent and sustained non-life threatening injuries.  The man in the tent was transported to the hospital.  

The driver was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle but was not impaired.

12:55 A.M.

Police are looking for a man who robbed the New York-New York Hotel & Casino. It's still not clear how much money the suspect got away with, but police say no one was hurt.  

OVERNIGHT

At 11:35 p.m. on Jan 9, the Clark County Fire Department responded to a fire at 1000 Dumont Boulevard, near Maryland Parkway and Desert Inn Road. Personnel reported light smoke coming from the roof of an apartment in the Townhome Villas complex. Upon closer investigation, firefighters were able to identify apartment #213 as the location of the fire. Crews were able to knock down the fire at 11:50 p.m.

Three adults, one child, and two dogs were displaced as a result of the fire but no injuries were reported.