West Las Vegas resident Veronica Dunn-Jones points out an old, rundown house on Hassell Avenue, just east of Martin Luther King Boulevard. Photo by John Gurzinski.
Harold Sobel was a retired dentist when he fled the United States in early 1992, shortly after a federal grand jury in Las Vegas indicted him on charges of structuring financial transactions to avoid currency-reporting rules.
Residents fed up with neglect
Veronica Dunn-Jones stood at the gate of her favorite eyesore -- a seafoam-colored house that's been boarded up for as long as she can remember.
JANE ANN MORRISON: Chandler lands in Denver, McShane helps homeless, Buzard still operates
It's time to catch up with two good guys and one not-so-good guy from previous columns. Care to know whatever happened to the former Republican congressman who wanted to teach in Clark County, the priest who fell out of favor with Catholic officials and the eye doctor busted for cocaine use? Read on.
UPDATE: Boy suffering from rare genetic condition has leg amputated
Bryce Cichocki, a 12-year-old Green Valley youth who has been praying with his parents that a miracle will save him from a rare and often fatal genetic condition, is recovering after having his left leg amputated at the hip at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles.
CURRENCY LAWS: Fugitive fighting charges
Harold Sobel was a retired dentist when he fled the United States in early 1992, shortly after a federal grand jury in Las Vegas indicted him on charges of structuring financial transactions to avoid currency-reporting rules.
Tribe opposes BLM ruling on mine plan
ELKO -- Tribal leaders and environmentalists are challenging federal approval of an exploration project for a gold mine in Northern Nevada, citing the cultural significance of the land.
Pier lights to be checked
RENO -- Regional regulators have agreed to look into the possibility that night lights burning on Lake Tahoe's piers could be contributing indirectly to the lake's loss of clarity.
NORM: Dion finds purpose in comforting 'gift'
A husband and wife who lost two sons in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York wanted Celine Dion to have a badge that belonged to one of the slain siblings.
Celesta Lowe, former writer for R-J, dies at 87
Celesta Lowe, a former Review-Journal book reviewer and the first paid employee at the institution that would eventually become UNLV, died Thursday in Henderson.
NEON MONDAY: House of Blues goes metallic
The metal bands Papa Roach and Still Live Projector invade the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay tonight for an all-ages show.
