The history of Las Vegas runs through the iconic figures who built the city. Bugsy Siegel. Frank Sinatra. Elvis. Steve Wynn. Debbie Harris. Debbie who? Here, let’s introduce you.
David Clayton was looking forward to covering a peaceful protest march that night, “maybe listening to some speeches.”
Much of that night is a blur to Lew Roberts, who at the time was part of the Metropolitan Police Department’s gang unit.
John Edmond had a bad feeling that evening as dozens of angry people began gathering in front of the Big 8 Market on Owens Avenue at J Street. The market was part of the Nucleus Plaza shopping center Edmond owned.
Anthony Manor was 12 years old and living in a public housing complex with his parents and 10 brothers and sisters. The family’s home was directly behind the Nucleus Plaza shopping center that was targeted by rioters.
On a warm spring night 20 years ago, West Las Vegas was burning. A day had passed since the acquittals in California of four white police officers involved in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King.
RICHMOND, Va. – Kyle Busch capped a perfect weekend by winning the spring Sprint Cup race at Richmond for the fourth consecutive year.
LOS ANGELES – Less than two years ago, a few hundred fans were drawn to a small town in Colorado for a chance to see the future. Bryce Harper, something between a myth and a teenage legend, was making an appearance.
This year’s primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, even the Secret Service and Donald Trump were targets for President Barack Obama’s scattershot humor at Saturday night’s celebrity studded White House Correspondents Dinner.
This week, Sin City looked a bit more like Tinseltown, as some 5000 folks from virtually all walks of the film universe gathered for the theater operators’ convention known as CinemaCon. Among attendees were dozens of major and emerging movie stars who like to meet and greet exhibitors in hopes of getting their new releases into more cineplexes.
The last day of little Jeremiah Eskew-Shahan’s life started out as one of his best. He spent it celebrating his first birthday with his father, grandmother and other family members in their spacious Henderson home.
Brandon Marshall (Cimarron-Memorial), Korey Toomer (Shadow Ridge) and Juron Criner (Canyon Springs) were selected in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday.
