Bieber electrifies elementary school with private concert

Young pop star Justin Bieber performed a private concert and donated $100,000 to Whitney Elementary School on Friday, a gift he announced for the at-risk school in late October.

Judge steps into legal fight as child welfare cases await

Chief District Judge Jennifer Togliatti has stepped into a feud between Family Court Judge Steven Jones and the district attorney’s office that has left the lives of foster children hanging in the balance during the holidays.

Students at elementary school receive early Christmas surprise

Over Thursday and Friday, all 400 students at Wendell Williams Elementary School were given gifts — brand-new tennis shoes and socks — and a stocking full of goodies, provided by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Shooting details revealed in standoff with disabled veteran

Las Vegas police on Friday released details showing that plans to safely resolve a standoff with a disabled veteran this week went awry, ending with an officer firing seven rounds into the unarmed man’s car, killing him.

High court rules against Gibbons in records case

Former Gov. Jim Gibbons must give a description of the contents of each of the 98 email messages he refused to give the Reno Gazette-Journal in 2008.

Yucca funding remains zero in 2012

WASHINGTON — Congress for the second consecutive year is zeroing out spending for the Yucca Mountain project, the nuclear waste plan that continues to recede as government policy.

‘At Last’ singer Etta James terminally ill

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — “At Last” and “Tell Mama” blues singer Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill, and her live-in doctor is asking for prayers.

Reno man accused of using bait to kill black bear

RENO — A Reno man who killed the first black bear during Nevada’s inaugural hunt for the animals has been accused of using apples and bacon grease as bait.

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