Las Vegas police Assistant Sheriff Joseph Lombardo is planning to enter the race for sheriff, the Review-Journal has learned
Steve Fezzik squares off against Frank Betti in Week 10 of the Friday Football Showdown.
You’re a pretty big kid.
This week’s literary event highlights include a Las Vegas Romance Writers workshop and a presentation by poet Derek Henderson as part of the Black Mountain Institutes Emerging Writers Series.
A man was indicted on drunken driving charges for striking a vehicle with two plain-clothed police officers, prosecutors said Friday.
Ethel M Cactus Garden’s annual holiday lighting ceremony, Coffee & Cars, and a fundraising event for the Puerto Rican Association Scholarship Fund top the list of events scheduled this week in Henderson and Anthem.
In this week’s neighborhood news the dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine is set to speak at a Henderson Chamber breakfast and the Desert Newcomers plan a luncheon.
Nurse Cassaundra Veenendaal helped her longtime friend by becoming a surrogate mother of twins.
The Foundation for Positively Kids received a donated van to help provide services to medically fragile and developmentally delayed children.
Southwest/Spring Valley neighborhood news, Nov. 12-18
Things to do in Southwest/Spring Valley, Nov. 12-18
Question: I had a 3-year-old mesquite tree in my front yard that just blew over in the wind today. The landscapers planted it in the grass without a drip system. I was told watering the lawn would be enough for the tree. Today, the landscapers told me it fell because of the roots being at the surface. Do you recommend putting in the drip line for a new tree?
Behind every successful pet adoption is a successful pet rescue. Behind some of the Las Vegas Valley’s most extreme rescues is North Las Vegas’ Adrienne Breen.
Not many of the dozens of dogs Cathleen McCall has adopted out with Centennial Hills’ A Home 4 Spot have been older than puppies.
A 33-year-old man was indicted on one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon for shooting his friend in September, prosecutors said Friday.
While untold numbers of Southern Nevada parents stare at the spinning blue wheel on healthcare.gov’s homepage, Fred Schultz is looking to insure his kids the old-fashioned way: with a lot of people and a lot of paper.
The newest Goodwill of Southern Nevada store opened to lines of shoppers waiting at the doors. The store at 741 S. Rainbow Blvd. is No. 12 for the charity organization and has 17,000 square feet of selling space.
Protesters and civil rights groups are calling for justice after a suburban Detroit homeowner fatally shot a 19-year-old woman on the porch of his home.
Read about news and events happening in the Sunrise/Whitney area.
Area seniors are in line for President Barack Obama’s Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, a program designed to engage Americans in exercise to better enhance their lives. At senior living facility Atria Sunlake, 3250 S. Fort Apache Road, some seniors took the challenge to heart.
The annual Macy’s Believe campaign is running now through Dec. 24. Participants of all ages are invited to bring letters to Santa to Macy’s at the Fashion Show Mall, 3200 S. Las Vegas Blvd. or Galleria at Sunset, 1300 West Sunset Road, Henderson. Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish, up to $1 million. Visit social.macys.com/believe.
Read about news and events happening in the Summerlin area.
Gather up those old prescription bottles lying around your medicine cabinet, or maybe stuck away in some drawer. Pack them into a plastic bag but do not remove the contents from the bottles. Then take them to the closest Metropolitan Police Department substation. For most Summerlin residents, that is the Northwest Area Command, 9850 W. Cheyenne Ave.
Trevor Stojanovich, 17, a senior at Chaparral High School, has been selected to the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band.