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Las Vegas barber returns to Normandy and D-Day memories
 

Seventy years after the D-Day invasion of Normandy to liberate France from the grip of Germany’s Nazi regime, Las Vegas barber Gaetano “Guy” R. Benza, part of the Allied Expeditionary Force, returned there today to reflect on his life-changing experience.

 
Clark County hearings start on medical marijuana dispensaries

Clark County commissioners made history Wednesday when they launched public hearings for medical marijuana dispensaries, hearing from 18 of 81 applicants they’ll hear from by Friday.

 
Las Vegas Speedway serves as lab for crash testing

The 13th annual ARC-CSI conference began with crash test day on Monday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This is the 12th year the conference has been held in Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas Academy honored as Grammy Signature School

Twelve schools nationwide have been named Grammy Signature Schools for 2014. The program gives money to public high school music programs based on excellence, financial need or both. Las Vegas Academy was one of two gold-level schools to receive $5,000.

 
Cause of downtown apartment fire undetermined

A vacant downtown apartment complex was heavily damaged by fire Tuesday night, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.

 
Ex-POW from Las Vegas remembers comrades lost in the Korean War

Today, as veterans and families across the nation pause for Memorial Day, Gene Ramos of Las Vegas will be thinking about the comrades he lost in the Korean war and another friend who endured POW hardships with him.

 
Wet ‘n’ Wild Opens Its Shores

The 36-foot high Tornado is the first slide of its kind in Las Vegas. It opened this weekend.

 
New water slide unveiled at Wet ‘n’ Wild

Staff members became Splash Test Dummies as they tested out the new Tornado water slide at the Las Vegas Wet ‘n’ Wild water park.

 
Federal report: Las Vegas police shootings down, department reforms up

Las Vegas police shootings are trending down and Metro reforms are on the rise. It’s looking good for Metro after the U.S. Department of Justice released its final progress report Wednesday after a wide-ranging, multi-year study of Metro’s policies related to deadly force.