Before John Paul Hambleton was shot in the back by a Las Vegas police detective last week, he was a U.S. Army veteran, UNLV student — and convicted criminal.
The Clark County School Board considered a proposal to increase the cost of school lunch and breakfast by 25 cents but did not take action Thursday.
When U.S. Sen. John Ensign’s parents heard he was having an affair with his best friend’s wife, they gave his mistress and her family $96,000, a lawyer for the Nevada Republican said Thursday.
When Mariano Lemus Gas heard that two local “natural medicine” stores were ordered to cease operations last month because of allegations of unlicensed surgeries, the consul for Mexico in Las Vegas wasn’t terribly surprised.
Dozens of government agencies spread across the state last month in search of dangerous fugitives during a sting that netted a record-breaking number of arrests in the five-year history of the effort led by Federal and Local Cops Organized Locally, or FALCON.
A month before he died, Michael Jackson had committed to attending the unveiling of his ceremonial star on the Strip.
A social services office that aids the homeless will close July 15 despite Clark County commissioners expressing a desire earlier this week to save it.
Rap-rockers Limp Bizkit will play a free show at The Pearl at the Palms on July 18.
The recession may have slowed the flow of new restaurants but it hasn’t completely stopped it. To wit:
During the California Dreamin’ Giveaway, Cannery, Eastside Cannery and Rampart players can swipe their cards every day except Mondays in July to win up to $10,000 in cash and prizes. All members get one free swipe per day and can earn additional swipes for every 50 points earned on their cards ($17-25 coin-in at the Cannery and Eastside Cannery, $100-$200 coin-in at the Rampart; no point redemption required). At 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, each casino will draw 16 names to win $250-$5,000 in cash. There will be grand prize drawings on July 31 for a convertible Ford Mustang or $20,000 in cash. Every day, players get one free electronic entry by swiping their cards (same time as the above promotion) and earn additional swipes/entries with every 100 points earned on their cards.
In some ways, he’s got it easy. People seem to set the bar so low for Carrot Top, it’s not hard to clear it.
Jose Pasillas remembers cheesing off the metalheads like it was yesterday.
Daylife, that entertainment concept centered around a hotel swimming pool, was meant to fill in the gaps left by local nightlife, helping clubbers while away the hours until they could hit the dance floors.
Next time you see one of those extravagant production shows on the Strip, take a moment from all of your oohing and aahing to consider this: Who does all the laundry? And, come to think of it, whose task is it to do the sewing, the darning, the dyeing of everything from the most basic undergarment to the flashiest headdress?
More than 15 years in the competitive world of Las Vegas restaurants? That’s long enough for old-school status.
On Saturday night, Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar face each other in a rematch UFC fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. But it was just a month ago when Mir’s wife gave birth to a son — and one day later, Lesnar’s wife gave birth to their son.
Spend a few minutes chatting with the awesomely irrepressible human adrenaline shot that is Charo, and you feel kind of like one of those winded NFL players you see sitting on the sidelines on TV, sucking on an oxygen tank.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Three larger-than-life men with strong ties to Las Vegas have died in much the same horrible way. They abused prescription drugs, lived beyond the realm of normal life and were surrounded by a select circle of family, friends and employees who either enabled their demise or tried in vain to prevent it.
For decades it’s been assumed poor people and minorities are likely to live shorter, sicker lives, and are likely to die earlier from a host of illnesses (including many cancers), because poor people and minorities get inferior care.
Have you heard the one about the vegetarian in Colorado (or pick a state) who wanted to advertise her chosen lifestyle by purchasing a vanity license plate?
Casino investor and Las Vegas 51s owner Derek Stevens is asking Nevada regulators to approve his ownership stake in the financially troubled Riviera, a request his attorney admits may be “superfluous.”
An article in Thursday’s Business section quoted a Fontainebleau Las Vegas bankruptcy filing that incorrectly said that Bank of Nevada was seized by the federal government.
Fewer meetings and lower attendance at two large conventions drove local visitor numbers down again in May.