They know their history; it’s gospel to them.
They drop names like Thomas Dorsey, the father of black gospel, or Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the first to combine church hymns with rock and roll — long before Elvis Presley swiveled on scene.
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The city of Las Vegas will start accepting applications for firefighter trainees on Monday, following a cheating scandal involving recruits in the city’s last firefighter academy.
Who says Las Vegas has no more vintage shows? Rich Rizzo’s Las Vegas Follies plans to perform “Sass With Class” at 7 p.m. June 15 and 2 p.m. June 16 at the Starbright Theatre, featuring about two dozen acts such as impersonators and a magician.
Education news from across the valley.
The Salvation Army says it’s not hard to make chef-quality meals out of food pantry items. To prove it, it presented The Salvation Army Culinary Challenge May 16 at Technique restaurant inside Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. All of the ingredients were those typically found in a charity’s food pantry.
People baring a skin is nothing new in Las Vegas, but on June 18, it will be for a good cause.
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Tyson Gierhart, 13, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.
An excessive heat watch in Las Vegas is expected to peak over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures in the valley and at Lake Mead are expected to reach between 108 and 110 degrees during the weekend before lowering to 100 degrees Monday.
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The American Public Works Association recently named the Mob Museum in Las Vegas as a 2013 Public Works Project of the Year.
While gun owners await Gov. Brian Sandoval’s pledged veto on a bill requiring background checks for private sales like laws in other states, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department statistics show a spike in local firearms registration.
An informational meeting on the new driver authorization cards will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave.
As the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning through Sunday for the valley, additional cooling stations opened to the public.
Nicholas Burns was named prom king and honored at a graduation ceremony May 23 while his mom, dad and grandmother cheered and held up signs when his name was called. His mom, Jennifer Burns, removed her glasses and wiped away tears with her free hand. Parents crying at graduation is not unusual, but this ceremony meant more to her than it does to most parents.