Marian Green

<p>About 70 people clad in various shades of orange braved brisk winds and chilly temperatures Sunday night to participate in a downtown Las Vegas walk commemorating the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., and honoring survivors and victims of gun violence.</p>

A 51-year-old North Las Vegas man has been arrested in connection with the fatal crash that claimed the life of a 2-year-old girl last Sunday, according to North Las Vegas police.

<p>The Peccole Ranch Community Association in the west valley dedicated a bench Saturday in honor of the local victims killed in the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip.</p>

Ted Jelen, a professor credited with helping raise the profile of the UNLV politics science department over the last two decades, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 65.

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a single-car crash that left the driver dead and a passenger critically injured Saturday night on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Jones Boulevard.

A hotel guest struck it rich Sunday, hitting a $13.2 million Megabucks jackpot after just a couple of minutes of play on a machine at Sunset Station in Henderson.

Frederick Williamson was most recently the airport manager for Pearson Field Airport in Vancouver, Washington.

The female pedestrian’s death marks the first traffic-related fatality this year in the Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction.

Pete Rose, O.J. Simpson, Lois Tarkanian, federal judge Larry Hicks, TV reality star David Murphey and former UNLV football coach John Robinson were among the notable Nevadans who died this year.

Clark County officials said more firefighters from the Las Vegas Valley are heading to the Los Angeles area to battle the deadly wildfires there.