Coats for Kids drive kicks off

Comedian George Wallace takes a moment to add a jacket to the Coats for Kids collection box Sept. 20. Residents will find Coats for Kids boxes at Albertsons stores and are asked to donate children’s gently used coats, sweaters, sweatshirts and adult coats. Aramark Uniform will pick up the coats and drop them off at Al Phillips the Cleaner, which has cleaned all of the coats free for the past 13 years. Coats are then distributed to children in need through The Salvation Army’s Family Services. Anyone who donates a coat will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for one of 14 pairs of free tickets to see George Wallace. Entry forms are available Albertsons service desks. The drawing is set to take place after the conclusion of the coat drive, which runs through Nov. 3. (Special to View)

Court suspends law license of former lobbyist Harvey Whittemore

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily suspended the law license of Reno attorney Harvey Whittemore, who was sentenced to two years in prison last week by a federal judge.

Small plane crashes at airport in northern Arizona

Two people were seriously injured after a small plane went off a ledge at the end of a runway at the Sedona Airport in northern Arizona.

Culinary feast: Life Is Beautiful festival food

The Culinary Village at the Life Is Beautiful festival during the last weekend of October will have 40 vendors. Which doesn’t have the ring of “logistical nightmare,” until you consider that they’ll be set up on vacant lots on either side of Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas.

Small plane from Henderson rolls off Arizona runway ledge

Two people were seriously injured after a small plane from the Henderson Executive Airport went off a ledge at the end of a runway at the Sedona Airport in northern Arizona.

NYPD cop arrested in motorcycle-SUV assault case

An off-duty undercover police detective was arrested late Tuesday after investigators said he was shown on video hitting and kicking an SUV when a biker rally spiraled into violence.

Crowd Funding Roadmap to host session at M Resort

Crowdfunding Roadmap, which seeks to teach the best practices to investors and entrepreneurs, will host its second annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp Oct. 14-16 at M Resort in Henderson.

 
Actor Tom Hanks says he has type 2 diabetes

Actor Tom Hanks has said that he has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the metabolic disease.

 
Police: Rail commuters on phones oblivious to gun, shooter

A man flashed a gun several times on a crowded commuter train in San Francisco, but passengers were so absorbed in their phones and tablets they didn’t notice until he randomly shot and killed a university student, authorities said.

Randy Black out as COO of Mesquite Gaming

Randy Black, the face of Mesquite’s casino industry since the 1990s, is no longer associated with the casino company that he founded.

 
Obama, Boehner trade barbs, hints of compromise

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner traded heated rhetoric yet also showed signs of compromise Tuesday, a frustratingly inconclusive combination that left an eight-day partial government shutdown firmly in place and the threat of an unprecedented national default drawing closer.

Favorite Sons and Daughters Oct. 8-14

Aaron Reitenour-Lee has graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego as a Marine Corps private first class E-2.

Indiana dog that crashed half-marathon gets medal

Boogie Butts navigated most of the 13.1 miles of the Evansville Half Marathon on Saturday, but rather than having a medal bestowed upon him as the other 2,000 runners and walkers did, Boogie was locked up.

In Vegas, security cameras guard money, not guests

Las Vegas casinos — some of the most closely-watched spaces in the world — don’t have video cameras in guest room hallways, an absence that hotel workers, patrons and prosecutors say can act as a green light for crime.

 
Memo: Stowaway on Las Vegas flight known to Minnesota child protection staff

A 9-year-old boy who evaded airport security and stowed away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas has also stolen a car and sneaked into a water park, and he is known to child protection investigators, according to a confidential county government memo.

Broncos biggest NFL favorite ever in Vegas books

It’s official. The Denver Broncos are the biggest favorite ever in an NFL game in Las Vegas, a whopping four-touchdown pick Sunday at home against the hapless Jaguars.

Steubenville rape case grand jury issues charges

An employee in the same district where two Ohio high school football players were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl was charged Monday with interfering with a criminal matter, the first charges brought by a grand jury investigating whether other laws were broken in connection with the rape case.

Streaking UNLV eager to keep it going vs. Hawaii

The trip to Hawaii last football season felt like anything but a visit to paradise for UNLV. Even though the Rebels were 3½-point favorites, they were never in the game in getting blown off the field 48-10.

Like their kids, US adults score poorly on global test

It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either.

Two accused sovereign citizens plead not guilty

A man and a woman charged with conspiring to kidnap, convict and execute a random police officer in their own court of law as part of a domestic terrorist movement pleaded not guilty Tuesday.

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