Kristol Holmes passed all her classes with B’s and C’s and was rarely absent. But she’s back in school this summer because one test still holds her diploma captive. Three other seniors were in her classroom, and 1,256 others are in schools across the Clark County School District.
A Nellis Air Force Base doctor who broke his leg while hiking in Northern California, then ended up saving the life of one of his rescuers, who was struck by a helicopter rotor blade, said he still feels guilty about the incident. “This never would have happened if I hadn’t broken my leg,” said Maj. Jeremy Kilburn, a critical care pulmonologist.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Melky Cabrera and Pablo Sandoval sent the National League to a big early lead. Matt Cain and the rest of an imposing pitching staff finished off a Giant blowout in the All-Star Game.
At least seven gunshots were fired from Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins’ North Las Vegas property the night of July 3, according to a witness. The man said he heard two shots, and then five more were fired quickly in succession. Collins is under investigation by law enforcement for an “illegal shooting.”
One out of every five Nevada children lives in poverty, according to the 2011 installment of an annual report that tracks the well-being of children. The increase is a marked one from 2001, when one out of 10 children lived in poverty.
Because poker star Phil Ivey made a $5,000 campaign donation to the judge who granted his divorce, the Nevada Supreme Court is considering whether judges must sit out of cases involving their contributors.
Ten-year-old Ferious Nieves was among 100 children of Nellis airmen who participated in the USA Basketball Hoops for Troops clinic at the base’s 3-month-old Warrior Fitness Center. “It was fun,” said Nieves, the son of Tech. Sgt. Jason Nieves. Legendary NBA coach Lenny Wilkens said the program “shows young people we have a lot of interest in them.”
Wayne Newton’s relationship with estranged business partner Steven Kennedy has deteriorated to the point where they need a judge’s ruling to decide where to store hay for the horses. But a more serious issue emerged Tuesday at a court hearing over a $1 million to CSD LLC, which owns and is redeveloping the Casa de Shenandoah ranch that has been Newton’s longtime home.
Aspiring Las Vegas stadium developer Chris Milam shouldn’t have to pay a $1.1 million fraud judgment because he didn’t understand the court proceedings that led to the decision against him, his lawyer told the Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City on Tuesday.
Rep. Shelley Berkley of Nevada said Tuesday she has no plans to alter her campaign for U.S. Senate despite falling under a House ethics investigation that figures to linger through Election Day.
Las Vegas councilman Steve Ross continued his crusade to change the name of McCarran International Airport at Tuesday’s board meeting of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
In the last week, two new projects have been unveiled for the block of Fremont Street between Las Vegas Boulevard and Sixth Street, an area that has been slowly filling with bars and lounges.
Latino households suffered greater loss of wealth during the economic downturn than their white counterparts, housing analysts said at the National Council of La Raza annual conference at Mandalay Bay. In the past three years, Latinos have lost two-thirds of their wealth, compared with 16 percent for whites.
After he broke his leg and needed to be evacuated from a national forest in Northern California, Nellis Air Force Base doctor Jeremy Kilburn was called on to save the life of his rescuer.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather’s attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing.
