Evie Oquendo thought the worst was over when her son’s violent outburst ended outside their east valley apartment Tuesday as he finally became calm after swallowing a handful of her anti-anxiety pills. But the confrontation had been reported to Las Vegas police, setting in motion a chain of events that ended with the teenager dead at his mother’s feet.
The Alzheimer’s Assistance Foundation made its debut on the charity scene with a fundraiser Aug. 17 at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.
Do you fret about whether you’re raising your child correctly? Not to worry. Even if you’re deeply involved in your children’s lives and happy with their social development, you have an eager partner in rearing your offspring: the Clark County School District.
Say what you want about organized labor in modern America, at least the unions are always there for the little guy who’s just looking for honest work.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Jones ordered the County Commission to reconsider bids for a Las Vegas Beltway project — and then Commissioners Tom Collins and Steve Sisolak said they won’t participate.
On Aug. 20, Kenny MacAskill, cabinet secretary for justice, announced the nation of Scotland’s release on humanitarian grounds of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi. To date, Megrahi is the sole person convicted of a dire act of terrorism — the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of a commercial airplane which crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.