This is a roundup of all the breaking news in the Las Vegas valley for August 17, 2017.
4 P.M.
A pickup truck drove into a first-floor apartment at 3950 S. Mountain Vista Street, just north of Flamingo Road. Three people are injured, including the driver, who is being investigated for impairment. READ MORE.
3:40 P.M.
Henderson Police are searching for an 80-year-old Henderson woman who went missing yesterday. Janine Cassidy was last seen on Aug. 16 around 11:45 a.m. driving in the area of St. Rose Parkway and Interstate 215. She was driving to Saint Rose Dominican Hospital – Siena Campus, to meet with a family member, but never arrived.
Cassidy is driving a tan 2007 Lincoln Town Car with Nevada license plate 40C 519. She is described as a white woman, about 5'2" and weighing about 145 pounds with short blonde/gray hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing black pants, a black sweater and carrying a black purse. Cassidy’s family is concerned for her safety due to possible early onset of dementia.
6:30 A.M.
A car has flipped on its side near Durango Drive and Elkhorn in the Centennial Hills area.
5 A.M.
A crash on southbound Interstate 15 north of Sahara has resulted in traffic delays to the Spaghetti Bowl.
Crash on southbound 15, just north of Sahara causing a big #traffic jam all the way through the Spaghetti Bowl #GMLV pic.twitter.com/gRojlj3qXs
— Yasmeen Hassan (@YasmeenTV) August 17, 2017
3:30 A.M.
2 people were arrested after shots were fired early this morning. It happened near Harrah's Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. No one was injured.
Shooting on the strip. No one was hurt. Two people are in custody. @KTNV pic.twitter.com/8ExeHKdQFt
— Parker Collins (@parkercollinstv) August 17, 2017
2 A.M.
There was a small fire in an apartment near Twain Avenue and Boulder Highway. 2 people were displaced. No one was injured.
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