Jim Rogers, the former chancellor of Nevada’s university system and owner of KSNV-DT, died on Saturday, according to a report from KSNV. Rogers had been battling cancer.
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The U.S. demographic of children who are born in other countries or who are being raised by an immigrant parent is growing. In 2012, there were 57,000 such children living in the city of Las Vegas, according to the latest numbers available from the Kids Count data center, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation based in Baltimore. That represented 40 percent of the 142,000 Las Vegas children under the age of 18.
Slain Metro officer Alyn Beck was remembered at his memorial service Saturday as a loyal husband and dedicated father to three children, a mentor for fellow officers, and a kind-hearted jokester.
A man sitting on a ledge shut down traffic for hours in Henderson Saturday afternoon.
Las Vegas police have arrested Marvin Moran, 36, in connection with Friday’s homicide near South Durango Drive and Sahara Avenue, a killing detectives say was domestic related.
Henry Eric Williams, 45, was a Henderson resident who died of multiple blunt force injuries after being trapped inside of a minivan during a three-vehicle collision on the northbound U.S. Highway 95 off-ramp at Auto Show Drive.
A charter school fighting to overcome a troubled history will award diplomas to 90 seniors on Saturday. Beacon Academy of Nevada, an online charter school established in 2008 to serve students who have struggled or failed in conventional schools, was threatened with closure earlier this year. The State Public Charter School Authority Board cited low graduation rates and poor performance.
Henderson is opening two new parks Saturday that are part of the Lake Mead Parkway Trail and Wetlands Trails Connections project.
Bellagio housekeeping supervisor Elicea Monte was one of three women who joined Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday for a forum on how women can succeed.
May was Stroke Awareness Month, but a stroke can strike at any time. According to the American Stroke Association, someone in the U.S. has a stroke roughly every 40 seconds, and about every four minutes, someone dies from a stroke.