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UPDATE: Suspect named in tire slashing spree

Officers have named Allen Herle as a suspect in the rash of tire slashings in a housing community near Vegas Drive…

UPDATE: Suspect named in tire slashing spree

Street Dogz helps woman find a new home

Street Dogz helps woman find a new home

Couple delivers backpacks to kids in Mexico

Couple delivers backpacks to kids in Mexico

Golden Retrievers given to 1 October survivors

Golden Retrievers given to 1 October survivors

Air conditioning company helps out man in need

Air conditioning company helps out man in need

UPDATE: Viewer wants to help family in need

A valley family is getting a much needed lifeline to help them make ends meet, thanks to a donation from a group of former inmates.

UPDATE: Viewer wants to help family in need

Las Vegas family wants to send crosses to FL

A Las Vegas 15-year-old put her father to work making 17 crosses in honor of the victims of the Parkland, Florida, attack. She says it…

Las Vegas family wants to send crosses to FL

CASA volunteers take oath to help children

Over a dozen new volunteers are opening up their hearts to help children who've been abused and neglected.

CASA volunteers take oath to help children

Yard sale to help local boy with brain tumor

The community is coming together to help a little boy fighting cancer.

Yard sale to help local boy with brain tumor

Abandoned German Shepherd gets second chance

A German Shepherd is living happily ever after being abandoned in his backyard.

Abandoned German Shepherd gets second chance

Man finds military burial flag on road

A Las Vegas man who found what appears to be a U.S. military burial flag is trying to find its rightful owner.

Man finds military burial flag on road

Family gets new furniture after house fire

A local mother, who lost everything in a fire, got the gift of a lifetime Friday.

Family gets new furniture after house fire

House of Blues hosts 12 Days of Giving

The House of Blues in Las Vegas is helping out homeless youth through their 12 Days of Giving from December 12-23.

House of Blues hosts 12 Days of Giving

Black Friday campers helping burglary victim

Bruce and Barbra Reeves have been camping out for Black Friday for years. But this year they're not doing it for themselves.

Black Friday campers helping burglary victim

Home for the Holidays enters 30th year in Vegas

Ambulance employees in Las Vegas are helping at least 40 patients in assisted living spend time with their loved ones over Thanksgiving and…

Home for the Holidays enters 30th year in Vegas

Special bike helps disabled child

A child's first tricycle is usually all about just enjoying the ride, but for 4-year-old Aylin Teran every push of the pedals moves her…

Special bike helps disabled child

Students plan to fix teacher's truck

A group of students at Northwest Career and Technical Academy is surprising their favorite teacher with an amazing gift.

Students plan to fix teacher's truck

Local veterans receive Quilts of Valor

Veterans Day is just around the corner and some vets in our area are receiving more than just a 'Thank You' for their service.…

Local veterans receive Quilts of Valor

Woman adopts 3 blind dogs, gets community help

After a North Las Vegas woman adopted three blind senior dogs, her community stepped up to help when one of the dogs got sick.

Woman adopts 3 blind dogs, gets community help

Vanderburg Elementary raises money for Houston

The victims of Hurricane Harvey aren't being forgotten by students at Vanderburg elementary school in Henderson.

Vanderburg Elementary raises money for Houston

Las Vegas car club collecting Hot Wheels

A car club is collecting Hot Wheels for the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation.

Las Vegas car club collecting Hot Wheels

Students get special gift delivered by bicycle

A Clark County elementary school got a special delivery of books on Friday.

Students get special gift delivered by bicycle

School collects items for Harvey flood victims

Burkholder Middle School in Henderson is stepping up to help flood victims in Texas. They're also challenging every other school in the…

School collects items for Harvey flood victims

Teen gives school supplies to kids after fire

A huge fire near Bonanza and Nellis left 11 people without a home.

Teen gives school supplies to kids after fire

Teens didn't expect credit for helping man

Two young men getting positive attention for a good deed to a homeless man in Las Vegas remained nameless until 13 Action News viewers stepped in.

Teens didn't expect credit for helping man

Bikes given as rewards to students stolen

When someone stole from a bunch of children, some Good Samaritans stepped up. Several brand-new bikes and scooters were in a storage…

Bikes given as rewards to students stolen

UPDATE: Teacher finds stolen car, gets donations

A Las Vegas teacher recovered her car and received numerous donations after thieves targeted her.

UPDATE: Teacher finds stolen car, gets donations

Fundraiser for daughter whose mom was murdered

The community is rallying around a young girl after her mother and brother were killed in a double murder-suicide, last week.

Fundraiser for daughter whose mom was murdered

Las Vegas firefighters stand by boy with cancer

A young Las Vegas boy has formed a bond with local firefighters after they found out that he has cancer.

Las Vegas firefighters stand by boy with cancer