It took only four deals for one local player to win a hand of a lifetime.
Tony Garcia
From covering prep badminton for the suburban Chicago Daily Herald to Big Ten sports at the University of Illinois, from rodeos in Yuma, Arizona, to the unique police and court files in the Las Vegas Valley for KSNV-TV, Tony joined the Review-Journal newsroom as a copy editor in December 2017. He moved to the RJ's digital desk in February 2019. He misses Chicago family, friends and sports, but not so much the winters.
The win was one of several recently across the Las Vegas Valley.
A man was killed Sunday night after crashing into a concrete jersey barrier in the western Las Vegas Valley.
A probationary police officer with the Henderson Police Department was arrested late Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence.
The pedestrian’s death marked the 44th traffic-related death in Metro’s jurisdiction this year.
Don’t worry, big jackpots were also won at other casinos in the Las Vegas Valley.
A bicyclist suffered injuries that were described as critical after a crash with a vehicle Friday morning in the central Las Vegas Valley.
For the third time in three months, the Primm Valley Lotto store sold a winning six-figure Fantasy 5 ticket.
The death marks the 42nd traffic-related fatality in Metro’s jurisdiction this year.
Midweek jackpots can be just as entertaining as those won on the weekend.
Police say the pair of men took between $150,000 and $300,000 in merchandise in a robbery at a local business late last year.
A former office manager is facing charges of forgery and theft after police say she issued herself unauthorized checks totaling nearly $500,000 over a five-year period.
Las Vegas police investigated a shooting death after the victim was dropped off at a North Las Vegas hospital.
A fugitive from Pennsylvania for nearly four years was apprehended by Las Vegas police, according to an Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.
A video poker player had no reason to fear the Ides of March at Caesars Palace.