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Newsmakers, July 16-22, 2015

Joi Goynes, a 2011 Faith Lutheran High School graduate and North Las Vegas resident, graduated May 9 from Vanguard University of Southern California in Costa Mesa, Calif., with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. During her four years at Vanguard, Goynes participated in women’s track and field. She maintained a 3.6 GPA during her senior year, was crowned the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics champion in the 200 meters and captured the school record and earned a qualifying time for NAIA Outdoor Nationals.

Man hit by car near Strip
By Kimberly De La Cruz / RJ

A man was hospitalized Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle near the Strip, according to Las Vegas police.

Former beauty queen’s bail set at $10,000
By David Ferrara / RJ

A judge set bail at $10,000 Wednesday for Katherine Nicole Rees, a former beauty queen stripped of her Miss Nevada USA title, who is facing a series of drug charges.

Metro seeking man who robbed same bank twice
By Ricardo Torres / RJ

Metro is seeking the public‘s help in identifying a man they said robbed the same bank in May and again earlier this month.

NHP: DUI played role in Sunday crash that killed 2 people
By Ricardo Torres / RJ

A driver injured in a crash that killed two people at the Lamb Boulevard and Interstate 15 intersection Sunday was booked on DUI charges, according to a Nevada Highway Patrol arrest records.

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Former director of Latin American group sentenced in CCSD theft
By Neal Morton / RJ

A Las Vegas judge sentenced a former director of Nevada‘s League of United Latin American Citizens to five years of probation for his part in a scheme to steal thousands of dollars from the Clark County School District.

Man arrested after Henderson stabbing
Ricardo Torres/ RJ

Henderson police arrested in a man suspected of stabbing a person he didn‘t know in the neck Monday afternoon, police said.

Man dies in jump from downtown Las Vegas parking garage
By Cassandra Taloma / RJ

A man jumped to his death from a parking garage across from the Clark County Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.

Henderson public works chief named city manager
By Eric Hartley / RJ

Henderson‘€™s new city manager will be a familiar face: the city’€™s public works and parks director, Robert Murnane, who has worked for Henderson for nearly 20 years.

Downtown Las Vegas may have own ‘bridges to nowhere’
By Knowles Adkisson / RJ

Ed Butler noticed the pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks about two months ago while walking along Bonneville Street toward downtown. A solitary walker who doesn‘t own a car or a bicycle, Butler likes to go from his job at University Medical Center to the downtown casinos once every other week.

Coroner: B.B. King died of natural causes
By Ricardo Torres / RJ

The late blues artist Riley "B.B." King died of natural causes and not foul play, the Clark County coroner‘s office announced Monday.

EPA moves radiation lab out of Las Vegas
By Keith Rogers / RJ

Two tractor-trailer rigs rolled out of the Environmental Protection Agency‘s gated lot across from UNLV on Monday on a journey to relocate equipment for gauging radioactive contamination to an EPA facility in Montgomery, Ala.

Man gets 18 to life for killing of National Guard Specialist
By David Ferrara / RJ

A mother described frantically trying to contact her son, not knowing he had been shot dead in an east valley parking lot, as a row of stoic men in dress blues wiped tears away.

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