Elementary students flip pages for Rebel Reading Challenge

The month-long Rebel Reading Challenge kicked off Wednesday with 7,000 screaming fourth- and fifth-graders at the Thomas & Mack Center, pitting the classes of 37 elementary schools against each other to see whose students can read the most pages.

ROAD WORK ALERT: Southbound I-15-U.S. 95 ramp closure announced

The Interstate 15 southbound ramp to southbound U.S. Highway 95 will be closed from 2 to 4 a.m. Thursday to repair signs that were damaged last month by an oversized load, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced.

ROAD WORK ALERT: I-15 lane closures start tonight

Northbound and southbound Interstate 15, between Lake Mead Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue, will have changing lane closures from 9 p.m. today to 5 a.m. Thursday as construction of the North Fifth Street Bridge over the freeway continues, the city of North Las Vegas announced Wednesday.

Grand slam event: Denny’s to open in downtown Las Vegas

Denny’s, home of Grand Slam breakfasts and other low-cost comfort food, will begin serving customers Thursday afternoon at its “flagship” diner in Neonopolis. The 24-hour restaurant features Denny’s standards, plus a few Vegas extras.

Historian: Seceding illegal under Nevada law

Nevada’s constitution blocks people from trying to secede from the United States and the more than 8,000 people who have signed a petition to secede could be guilty of “sedition,” a longtime Nevada historian said Wednesday.

Bon Jovi daughter recovering after heroin OD in New York

CLINTON, N.Y. – Authorities say Jon Bon Jovi’s 19-year-old daughter is hospitalized after overdosing on heroin in a dorm at her upstate New York college.

Reid reinstalled as Senate leader

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid was reinstalled Wednesday as Senate majority leader, from where the veteran Nevadan will continue to run the body and exercise influence on national policy for another two years.

Police: Woman runs over husband for not voting

GILBERT, Ariz. – Police in Arizona say a Mesa woman injured her husband by running over him with an SUV because he didn’t vote in last week’s presidential election.

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