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Detectives believe a stray bullet that hit a Las Vegas school employee last week was fired from about a quarter mile away, documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained and reviewed Tuesday said.

A campus school monitor shot outside of a Las Vegas middle school on Monday was possibly struck by a stray bullet, sources told the 8 News Now Investigators.

Lawyers for the estate of late Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh have included a photo of the tech visionary holding a nitrous oxide canister in new court documents as they continue to say the former Zappos CEO was in no state to conduct business transactions in his final months alive.

Brothels are legal in some parts of Nevada but not in the state’s most populous county, which is home to Las Vegas – one man hopes to change that with the will of the voters.

Fans who gathered for Golden Knights watch parties Thursday night said they are still optimistic, despite a loss in game three. 

A company that places teachers from abroad into classrooms across the country is looking to break its contract with the Clark County School District, citing the lack of accreditation from some schools.

Las Vegas police arrested a man on several burglary charges during a sting operation set up by Paris Hotel security after he allegedly stole over $5,000 from multiple hotel rooms in the span of nearly two hours, according to an arrest report.

Mia Browning is settling into her new 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhome in North Las Vegas, despite a mortgage rate that has more than doubled since she first began looking for a home.

The midwestern native says she’s lived on and off in Las Vegas for 10 years, and in 2019, began the hunt for a property of her own.

“You’re talking, putting offers in sight unseen, there’d be like 26 offers,” Browning said inside her nearly 1800 sq ft townhome Thursday morning. “It was stressful. Tears were shed.”

Back then, she says mortgage rates were in the “high twos, low threes,” which she thought was too high. Now, that rate hovers between six to over seven percent.

“I kick myself for doing that because obviously I would have been able to get more house or less of a house payment,” Browning said. “It’s worth it, but it is taxing.”

Her purchase comes as Las Vegas RELATORS (LVR) reports home, townhome and condo prices are trending upwards from the Spring. But, according to the most visited real estate website in the U.S., Las Vegas is among the top metro cities with the largest declines in home value.

Just before midnight on April 30, skywatchers across several western states saw a bright fireball streak through the sky. A police officer working in part of the Las Vegas valley caught a glimpse of the colorful fireball on his body cam.

For some, street vendors are a symbol of the American Dream, a way that anyone can make a profit doing something they love.

Things are heating up at Chef Bradley Ogden's kitchen. 

"We got some order in already, so we are preparing lunch for our guests," Ogden said. 

Guests will be dining at Marche Baccus for Restaurant Week.

An agreement on funding for the A's stadium on the Las Vegas Strip will have to wait until next week after lawmakers shut down until Monday after a long day of behind-the-scenes negotiations.