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The Clark County School District will increase class sizes in grades four and above as it attempts to alleviate an estimated $52 million shortfall in a $2.3 billion budget for the 2015-16 school year that trustees approved Wednesday.
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include a presentation by Writer’s Block co-founders Scott Seeley and Drew Cohen on the independent bookseller’s mission and role in the community.
“Discovering Vintage Las Vegas: A Guide to the City’s Timeless Shops, Restaurants, Casinos & More” leads locals and tourists through the past and present at sites such as Frankie’s Tiki Room, the Gamblers General Store, Freed’s Bakery, the Guardian Angel Cathedral and more.
In the new book “Lizzie and the Last Day of School” by Trinka Hakes Noble, illustrated by Kris Aro McLeod, an ending is just a beginning.
The Las Vegas police force just got bigger. In a ceremony at the Orleans Hotel on Wednesday, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department welcomed 68 graduates from the Police Officer Academy Class 11-2014.
Three aging sailors attending a USS Utah convention in Las Vegas retell their stories about the day Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, to start World War II.
The new North Las Vegas chief of police was sworn in by an enthusiastic City Council on Wednesday night. Alexander Perez is the first Hispanic to officially serve as the city’s top cop.
Northbound traffic on Boulder Highway, near Russell Road, has reopened after a fatal crash Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
Oscar Madera-Diez woke to a soft knock on his front door early Monday. When he opened the door, he saw his teenage neighbor. “He just mumbled, ‘You guys should probably get out because I set a fire in our apartment,’ ” Madera-Diez said in Spanish.
