Sawyer Middle School’s advanced drama program will present an anti-bullying play called “The Weight of Your Words.” Two performances Oct. 9 are open to the public.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-2921
Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
Getti Kehayova — a rigger for Cirque du Soleil’s “Ka” show and a hula hoop fitness instructor — broke the Guinness World Record last year for the largest hula hoop spun.
Hilton Hotels leader and philanthropist Barron Hilton played an influential role in Las Vegas gaming history, helping to bring “real legitimacy” to the industry on Wall Street, a retired company executive said Saturday.
After a cool Saturday, temperatures are expected to hover around normal for this time of year over the next few days in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
A Las Vegas-area couple started working in February on launching Remember The Babies Foundation to help those grieving after a miscarriage, a stillbirth or an infant death.
Teens at the Ralph & Betty Engelstad Club who are volunteering as “junior staff.” It’s the first of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada’s 13 clubs to launch the offering.
Teena Acree wiped tears from her eyes Saturday during a rally as she talked about watching body camera footage from the day her uncle died in Las Vegas police custody.
A Las Vegas police officer was hospitalized Saturday after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle in the central valley.
The Las Vegas Valley is in for a fire weather watch on Monday, with dry conditions, low humidity and wind gusts up to 35 mph.
Police responded to the crash at 6:58 p.m. Friday on South Pecos Road, south of East Flamingo Road.
Todd Curry, an associate professor of political science at the University of Texas, El Paso, will present “A View from El Paso: The Immigration Crisis in Context” Sept. 17.
Natalie Winslow will compete in December at the Mrs. World pageant, held in Las Vegas. Mrs. America is a pageant in which participants are married women.
Above average temperatures are expected to continue through Saturday, with a high of 105, but relief is expected starting Sunday.
A 19-year-old woman died Friday night after being shot in North Las Vegas, police said Saturday. The victim’s family had reported her missing earlier in the evening.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating and sending notices to some Summerlin residents after mail was stolen from the Summerlin post office.
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