Katelyn Newberg began covering the courts and legal affairs for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in October 2021. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
When Dr. James McMillan became the first black dentist in Las Vegas in 1953, he wasn’t allowed to stay at a Strip hotel. Seven years later, McMillan, one of the first presidents of Las Vegas’ chapter of the NAACP, would lead the effort to end such segregation in the city.
A one-vehicle crash caused “extensive road debris” and a road closure in Henderson on Saturday evening, police said.
An American Airlines flight on its way to McCarran International Airport made an emergency landing at Nellis Air Force Base on Saturday afternoon, apparently because of fuel and weather concerns.
After flurries dusted parts of Summerlin on Saturday night, more snow may be on the way Sunday in some parts of the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
