Class 4A Northern Region Football Standings

Follow the link for the Class 4A Northern Region football standings through Oct. 18, as compiled by Northern Region commissioner Ron McNutt.

Class 4A Northern Region Volleyball Standings

Follow the link for the Class 4A girls volleyball standings through Oct. 18, as compiled by Northern Region commissioner Ron McNutt.

Hoover Dam bypass bridge opens

Motorists traveling between Arizona and Nevada now find themselves being whisked across the Colorado River via the O’Callaghan-Tillman bypass bridge, which allows drivers to avoid the more dangerous and time-consuming switchbacks near Hoover Dam. The 1,900-foot-long bridge opened to traffic late Tuesday night.

City workers going to four-day week as part of contract changes

Beginning in January, most city employees will go to a four-day, 9.5-hour-a-day work week under contract concessions approved Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council. Some departments will continue to operate on Fridays, including the Municipal Court, public works, parks and recreation, and graffiti abatement and code enforcement.

Ex-agent: I almost shot LBJ hours after JFK murder

NEW YORK — A former Secret Service agent says in his new book that he nearly shot President Lyndon B. Johnson hours after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

Reluctant Florence Henderson leaves ‘Dancing’

LOS ANGELES — It took Florence Henderson 11 seasons to join “Dancing With the Stars,” and now the TV icon has done her last tango. The 76-year-old actress, a fan of the hit ABC show since it premiered, was dismissed from the ballroom Tuesday. Henderson shocked many of her “Brady Bunch” fans with her sassy antics during her five weeks on “Dancing.” She flashed her bra and abs during the season’s premiere episode.

Police say robbers beat teacher who died after being struck by vehicle

Dedicated to his craft and community, Timothy VanDerbosch, an Eldorado High School science teacher, lived in an apartment a mile from campus and walked to work early each morning to get a jump on daily lesson plans. That is where he was headed at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday when he was struck by a passing vehicle after being targeted in what Las Vegas police described as “a brutal and violent robbery.”