Proposed budget cuts to education threaten to increase some class sizes in Las Vegas to more than 50 students. Principals at every level agree it will hurt students.
Although Angela Foucher has been named the New Teacher of the Year at Gene Ward Elementary School, her position is being eliminated due to budget cuts and her lack of seniority.
Las Vegas plans to celebrate its western heritage this week during the annual Helldorado festival. Proceeds from Helldorado will be donated to several local charities.
Elvis Costello and The Imposters are slated to perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Pearl at the Palms. Known for his eclectic genre-crossing, Costello has been performing and producing music since 1977. Tickets range from $61 to $96. For more information, call 942-6888.
Matthew Ryan Kindell, 14, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.
Jud Wilhite, senior pastor at Central Christian Church, is the author of several books — “Eyes Wide Open: See and Live the Real You,” “Stripped: Uncensored Grace on the Streets of Vegas” and his newest, “Throw It Down: Leaving Behind Behaviors and Dependencies that Hold You Back.”
Reader questions whether marriage is necessary to heal childhood wounds
Stephanie Waite, 36 and a mother of seven, traded in her career as a criminal defense attorney to be a full-time mom after her first child was born in 2001.
Rose Stewart Woodbury, 66, is the mother of seven and considers raising her children to be fine citizens and a benefit to the community to be her greatest achievement.
A $10,000 reward has been offered for information regarding the murder of Amanpreet Singh Mander, who was fatally shot March 30 outside the Wells Fargo Bank near Sunset Road and Eastern Avenue.
Thousands of wheeling wonders around the valley are taking their daily commutes by bicycle. Agencies around Southern Nevada have added avenues to make it easier to incorporate bicycles into a healthy lifestyle, but they want riders to play it safe.
Las Vegas resident Shannon Carmichael hates salons.
In fact, like malls, he dreads them.
“I drop my wife off when she has her hair cut,” he said. “I just can’t take the smell. I’m a barber kind of guy.”
That was until Carmichael discovered American Male, 6070 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 5, a grooming lounge designed specifically for men.
