The Clark County Museum wants people to walk a mile in other people’s shoes — and hats. As a matter of fact, it wants people to explore more than a century’s worth of American footwear and headwear with its upcoming exhibit.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Henderson and Las Vega announced July 10 that they are planning to merge into the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada with Ken Rubeli as director.
Johnnie Walker RV, a local family-owned recreation vehicle business, recently attracted national attention on Animal Planet’s cable television show “Tanked.” On the show, Las Vegas-based Acrylic Tank Manufacturing constructed a fish tank inside a trailer to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary.
Kick. Push. Coast. Turn. Heels down. Chest up. Jump. Hands out. Bend knees. Land. Hands down. Kick. Push. Coast.
North Las Vegas 22-year-old Arthur D. Whigham makes his writing debut with the novel “Exodus.” The book follows the adventures of Jack Russell, a young man who always knew he was different. Jack was intellectually advanced, could read at 2 and was watched over as a child by a transparent man in a top hat whom no one else could see. Jack’s uniqueness was confirmed in high school when he was thrown into a supernatural world full of angels and demons.
It took awhile, but officer Jacquar Roston admitted his mistakes in the November shooting of an unarmed man.
Literary announcements of note include Henderson author Ken Hinman planning to bring the tractor that inspired his picture book “Jimmy John the Tractor” on a visit from 10 to 10:45 a.m. July 24 to the Gibson Library, 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway.
Peter Dixon was driving his car north on South Jones Boulevard just past Alta Drive when he hit a loose water valve cover. The 7-inch metal discs that rest atop water valves usually are level with the street. Not this one.
As rain sluiced through the valley for the second night in a row, and more rain and wind expected in the coming days, Las Vegas can find some relief in cooler temperatures.
Alden Grant has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas has been selected to host the NAACP national convention in July 2014.
Wearing white T-shirts and light-colored jeans, they listened to a teacher on a recent afternoon.
Vehicles fueled by alternative means — like hybrid or electric sources — wouldn’t bear the brunt of Clark County’s proposed fuel tax increase.
Former Las Vegas showgirl Janice “Cinnamon” Steen Fahey, who perform alongside Bob Hope, Liza Minella and Sammy Davis Jr., has died at age 67.
More drenching rain and powerful winds swept into the Las Vegas Valley late Saturday night.