Dee Wirth overcame her substance abuse disorder at the Westcare Women’s and Children’s campus and worked her way up to become the Director of the facility.
The Regional Transportation, American Heart Association and elected officials go on a bike ride through historic West Las Vegas to promote healthy living and learn about cycling in the city. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
French Fashion Icon Hubert de Givenchy Dead at 91 The house of Givenchy paid homage to its founder in a statement. House of Givenchy Givenchy was famous for designing Audrey Hepburn’s “Little Black Dress,” shipping it to her overnight for the funeral of her husband. He was a trailblazer in the world of ready-to-wear fashion. Not only was he one of the most influential fashion figures of our time, whose legacy still influences modern day dressing, but he also was one of the chicest most charming men I have ever met
Inmates tried to tip over a prison transport van in southwest Las Vegas this morning.
Police say three inmates threatened guards and rocked the van back and forth. The van was carrying nine inmates.
No one was injured.
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A shooting injured a woman in the parking lot of a Las Vegas strip club this morning.
Police say a man confronted a woman at Cheetah’s when she became verbally aggressive and advanced toward him.
He fired a warning shot into the ground and the woman suffered an injury to her leg.
The man was taken into custody.
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And Highway 95 has reopened in downtown after a portion of the freeway was shut down for construction over the weekend.
Now the ramp linking 95 to southbound I-15 will close starting tonight through mid-April.
Twenty-six-year-old Jeremy Renbarger suffered two cardiac arrests that damaged his brain so badly that doctors thought he would live in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. His loved ones, including girlfriend Janeth Lopez, 25, never gave up. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A fire on Sunday at the King Richard Court apartments near Russell and Paradise has left 10 people without a home. Even though the fire was contained in 20 minutes, there was enough damage to prevent the 10 from being able to spend the night in their own beds. Nobody was injured and the cause of the fire was not known as of early Monday morning. The American Red Cross of Southern Nevada was on the scene to help those displaced.
Former Rep. Cresent Hardy filed to run for his old District 4 seat. Hardy, a Republican, won the seat in 2014 and held it for one term before losing to current Rep. Ruben Kihuen. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sunday’s headlines: Missing Rolex helps Las Vegas police ID suspect in man’s death, Mountain West looks for answers for dwindling crowds in Las Vegas, Las Vegas-based Hakkasan targets entry into hotels (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Saturday’s headlines: Las Vegas Sands properties raise daily resort fees to $45, UNLV dentist used single-use implant piece on multiple patients, Ex-Air Force tech sergeant found guilty in wife’s death (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County School District Police Chief James Ketsaa and Emergency Management Director Michael Wilson talk about school safety in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs David J. Shulkin visited the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to learn about the research conducted there and its potential application to veterans.
A UNLV dentist used a single-use implant piece on multiple patients. Now UNLV is notifying 184 patients that they may be affected. The reuse of a healing abutment might increase the failure of a dental implant. The dentist who reused the abutments, Dr. Phillip Devore, resigned. UNLV is offering follow-up examinations free of charge.
Daylight Saving Time Arrives Sunday Clocks will move ahead one hour, costing us an hour of sleep. Evenings will become increasingly brighter as the sun will now set around 7 p.m. or later in most parts of the country. For example, New York’s sunset will shift from 5:58 to 6:59 on March 12, while Atlanta moves from 6:42 to 7:43. While it’s true that daylight saving time steals light from the morning,
OJ Simpson at a cafe across from the Las Vegas courthouse on Friday, March 9, 2018. (David Ferrara/ Las Vegas Review Journal)
Friday’s headlines: Officials offered to give Amazon 84 acres in downtown Las Vegas, Wynn Resorts agrees to settle with Universal for $2.4B, Two-time convicted felon nominated to Nevada’s Black Book (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
At least one person was injured in a rollover crash early Friday morning at Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway. A woman was loaded into an ambulance around 5 a.m. A portion of Maryland Parkway was closed as was eastbound Sahara Avenue. The woman’s condition was unknown.
Kats on the red carpet for the VIP screening of “Believer,” the documentary by Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds about how the Mormon Church treats its LGBTQ members.
The automotive wing of Cox Enterprises has chosen Las Vegas as a test market for new online services to cut time out of car purchases at dealerships.
A Las Vegas homeowner has been fined nearly $73,000 for using Airbnb without a license.
The fines stem from 138 days of unlicensed rental activity at 1925 Silver Ave.
The city says the homeowner collected more than $108,000 in revenue, and the city missed out on roughly $16,000 in room tax.
Five Northern Nevadans have filed a lawsuit saying the drug Abilify triggers compulsive gambling.
They claim the manufacturers and distributors didn’t adequately warn patients about the prescription anti-psychotic drug.
“Pathological gambling” warnings were added to the drug’s label in Canada and Europe in 2012 but not in the US until 2016.
An entire section of US 95 will close in downtown Las Vegas this weekend.
Both directions will close between Martin Luther King and Las Vegas boulevards from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday
The work is needed so that crews can demolish some freeway bridges as part of Project Neon.
Las Vegas police arrested a man sitting in car who was found with guns and ammo in his trunk. The video was captured by Steven Gibson and posted to his Facebook page.
Members of the Clark County Fire Department completed confined space training as part of a plan to bring back the Heavy Rescue program. The team will rescue people at high altitudes, underneath structure collapses and in other high-risk situations.K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wednesday’s headlines: 1 dead, 1 injured in rollover on US 95 near Summerlin Parkway, 1 dead in single-vehicle crash in northwest Las Vegas, Police searching for central Las Vegas shooting suspect, child (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
During the month of February, two victims have been identified by LVMPD Financial
Crimes detectives as being victims of a lottery ticket scam. These victims
were approached by a suspect who claimed to have a winning lottery ticket and needed
legal assistance to cash it.
Har Tej Sawhney talks about why he relocated his company’s offices to Summerlin from Downtown Las Vegas, despite the fact that he lives Downtown.
Residents of Las Haciendas Apartments in North Las Vegas have been evicted.
A spokesman for the city said the majority of people living there were not paying rent, their leases had expired, there were fraudulent leases, or they were squatters. He also said the building is known for gang activity, drug activity, and prostitution.
The city identified several code issues with the property.
A family-owned company has filed a lawsuit against Republic Services of Southern Nevada.
Simple ESG alleges that Republic is actively trying to push Simple ESG out of business by charging a premium to use the only landfill in the Las Vegas metro area — which Republic owns.
Republic has an exclusive franchise agreement with all municipalities in Southern Nevada.
It’s been about a month since Steve Wynn stepped down as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts.
Nevada’s Gaming Control Board announced it will strengthen regulations on sexual harassment policies.
And two lawsuits against Wynn for sexual harassment have reached Clark County District Court. Also, five derivative lawsuits have been filed by investors who say Wynn’s actions and the board’s lack of response devalued their holdings.
Investigations are continuing in Nevada, Massachusetts and Macau.
A woman run over on the Las Vegas Strip was known for her humor and kind heart.
52-year-old Lisa Ann Gori died February 17 when a minivan, driven in reverse by her boyfriend, ran over her. It happened north of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign.
39-year-old John Treese is charged with murder.
A man who raped and killed a woman in 1984 is to be paroled to Las Vegas.
Nearly 34 years after Nancy Menke was bludgeoned and shot, Scotty Sloan publicly admitted his guilt for the first time to the Nevada Parole Board.
The 50-year-old man, who was 16 when he committed the gruesome crime, is scheduled to walk free in less than a month.
A prosecutor who tried to ensure that Sloan remained behind bars for life said he was “stunned” by the board’s decision.
Dead spots remain for many cell customers in the Las Vegas Valley.
According to RootMetrics, the best cellphone companies for making calls from a mobile phone to a landline without the call getting dropped are T-Mobile and AT&T, followed by Verizon, then Sprint.
Work on installing an underground storm drain along Washington Avenue will continue for another six months. (K.M. Cannon)
Sunday’s headlines: Bomb threat triggers evacuation at Las Vegas Walmart, Woman claims ownership of dead woman’s house in Las Vegas, Gaming’s donations are large part of Las Vegas Victims’ Fund (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Saturday’s headlines: Coroner identifies body found near Mount Charleston, Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Grand Canyon helicopter crash, Another student arrested for threats against Clark County school (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Elmo and Abby Cadabby of Sesame Street visited children of Family Promise Las Vegas and Hill & Dale Child Development Center at Community Lutheran Church for photos, singing and dancing. Kevin Cannon/ Las Vegas Review-Journal