76°F
weather icon Clear
Westgate CEO plans sweeping changes for newly acquired LVH

The new owner of the LVH-Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has confirmed that David Siegel, king of timeshare developers, has acquired the off-Strip, 3,261-room property. Siegel said Monday he plans to convert a portion of the hotel into a timeshare development.

Raise a glass to the return of ‘Drunk History’

The Comedy Central series is hopefully the only place you’ll ever see the words “ ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic as Adolf Hitler.”

Las Vegas man charged in fatal May shooting

A Las Vegas man is facing a murder charge after a fight led to a shooting last month, Las Vegas police said. Christopher Dillon, 28, is accused of shooting Isiah Boggess on May 9.

July is here, and (surprise!) intense heat has arrived

The temperature is rising again but isn’t expected to reach the bar set by last year’s heat wave. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for today and Wednesday, forecasting temperatures of up to 111 degrees, which would be the high so far in 2014.

 
Prime minister vows ‘tough action’ in dead Israeli teen case

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed tough action. “Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay,” he said in a statement, adding the teenagers “were kidnapped and murdered in cold blood by human animals.”

Southwest Valedictorians

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA HIGH SCHOOL WEST, 6375 W. CHARLESTON BLVD.

Mountain lion tranquilized at Utah shopping center dies

A mountain lion that was shot with tranquilizer darts and captured outside a shopping center in suburban Salt Lake City has died, Utah wildlife officials said Saturday.