It’s been 16 months since Joseph Pinkney lost his teenage daughter to a stray bullet at a rowdy house party.
Although more than 80 people were at the party and many witnessed the shooting of Betty “Jay” Pinkney, Las Vegas police didn’t have enough evidence to arrest the man suspected of firing the fatal shot — until now.
Both of the teachers up for a Ward 1 North Las Vegas City Council seat — Jared Hardy and Isaac Barron — are election rookies. Early voting starts Wednesday.
The story told Monday by Patty Aspinwall mirrored fellow victims’ recollections about what happened to their bodies after they visited Dr. Dipak Desai’s Las Vegas endoscopy clinics.
What good are used bathmats? Plenty, according to 8-year-old Lexie Wilder, who collects them from hotels and donates them to The Animal Foundation and Nathan Adelson Hospice. For her efforts, she was named a Huggable Hero semifinalist in Build-A-Bear Workshop’s annual contest.
This year’s Helldorado Days Parade parade is slated to travel down Fourth Street from Gass Avenue to Ogden Avenue at 5 p.m. May 18. Helldorado Days also offers a locals’ rodeo, four days of pro rodeo, a carnival, a whiskerino beard and mustache contest, a poker tournament, a golf tournament, an art show and auction, a trail ride, exhibits, food and more May 16-19 in downtown Las Vegas. For a complete schedule, visit elkshelldorado.com or call 702-870-1221.
“ ‘Son of a Gambling Man.’ That’s who I am, and I wear the label with pride,” former Gov. Bob Miller shares in his memoir “Son of a Gambling Man: My Journey From a Casino Family to the Governor’s Mansion.”