Those who miss the mustached mascot say it’s time to bring him back. But Indigenous groups who spearheaded efforts to remove the frontiersman say Hey Reb!’s presence does more harm than good.
Spencer Levering
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Spencer Levering is a breaking news reporter for the Review-Journal. He was previously an intern on the Metro and Business desks. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2025, where he worked for The Pitt News, the university's student-run newspaper, and previously interned at PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom in Pittsburgh. He was born and raised in Henderson.
The Nevada Department of Corrections announced two inmate deaths on Wednesday: one at Southern Desert Correctional Center and one at High Desert State Prison.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights claims the Reno college discriminates against women with policies that allow students to participate in sports based on their gender identity.
Video footage from J.E. Manch Elementary School showed the aide dragging a student 30 feet down a hallway after refusing to leave a classroom, police said.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
California Highway Patrol troopers arrested the 21-year-old one day after police say he shot and killed a man in the central valley. Now, he’s an inmate at the Clark County Detention Center.
A $15 million grant program passed during the 2025 legislative session can help Nevada teachers purchase classroom supplies. See who qualifies and how to apply.
A trustee was elected by the School Board to be its new president for 2026 in a sparsely attended meeting that also saw two other board members elected into new officer roles.
Mayor Shelley Berkley paused Wednesday’s City Council meeting for a moment of silence to honor two parents that police have said were beaten to death by their son.
The complaint claims a downtown casino and railroad company’s failure to repair a hole in a fence allowed a California man to crawl through and be hit by a train.
Henderson police said they are investigating an officer involved shooting after a man stole a construction vehicle and rammed it into patrol cars.
This will be a year of seeing if new leadership and new laws will improve education for the valley’s students.
Police arrived to a bloody house with two dead parents inside after the son called law enforcement and asked to be arrested, according to his arrest report.
Between AI in classrooms, mosquito labs and a storm-damaged retirement home, here are the best articles this year from Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Spencer Levering.
CCSD’s Central Kitchen is the school district’s hub for producing and distributing meals that fed students an average of 238,000 meals per day last year.