 Johnny Lee Wicks
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Johnny Lee Wicks’ violent streak showed itself long before he walked into the federal courthouse in Las Vegas on Monday and opened fire with a shotgun.
The 66-year-old, who was shot dead after a running gun fight with authorities, served time in prison three decades ago for killing his brother with a shotgun in Memphis, Tenn.
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Twenty-four hours after a deadly shooting, the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse reopened for business this morning.
ARLINGTON, Texas — For an entire year, the Dallas Cowboys have had to deal with the fallout from a crushing, season-ending loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Some underdogs play dead and are riddled with fleas, and the NFL has seen more than a few of those this season. But the Green Bay Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers qualify as bloodhounds going into a wide-open playoff race.
The Wranglers weren’t as sharp Sunday at the Orleans Arena as they had been the night before, and the Utah Grizzlies had a real goalie in the nets.
The Las Vegas woman who became infamous for her role as the key whistle-blower in the Tiger Woods sex scandal says it wasn’t worth the $25,000 payday.
ELKO — After years of talks between environmentalists and mining interests, the controversial effort to change the more than century-old law that regulates mining in the United States might finally come to fruition in Congress in 2010.
Clark County saw 141 homicides in 2009, the lowest number in at least eight years. Twenty-four of those deaths, including one double homicide, remain unsolved because North Las Vegas and Las Vegas police have no suspects or leads. Henderson police reported no unsolved homicides.
Mary B. Smith, a philanthropist and a moving force behind the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, died Saturday of heart failure, her family said.
