Las Vegas' Dominic Clayton, center, celebrates with teammates Josh Zuehlsdorff, left, and Dillon Jones after hitting a two-run home run off Chicago pitcher Cameron Bufford during the fourth inning of a baseball game in United States pool play at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Las Vegas won 13-2. (AP Photo/Gene J. PuskarLas Vegas' Brad Stone, top left, crosses the plate after hitting a grand slam off Chicago pitcher Brandon Green during the first inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. PuskarLas Vegas' Justin Hausner (5) leaps on home plate and celebrates with teammates Austin Kryszczuk (21) and Brad Stone, right, after all three runs scored on a double by Drew Laspaluto off Chicago's Joshua Houston in the first inning of a United States Championship game at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Saturday, … [Read more...] about Mountain Ridge Little League stole Las Vegas’ heart 5 years ago
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Man expected to plead guilty in fatal DUI crash in Las Vegas
Alexander Brewer, charged with DUI in a crash that killed Garrett Meriwether, the son of a retired Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, appears in court during his preliminary hearing at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfayeAlexander Brewer, charged with DUI in a crash that killed Garrett Meriwether, the son of a retired Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, enters the courtroom during his preliminary hearing at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfayeAlexander Brewer, charged with DUI in a crash that killed Garrett Meriwether, the son of a retired Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, appears in court during his preliminary hearing at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfayeSteve Meriwether, a father of Garrett … [Read more...] about Man expected to plead guilty in fatal DUI crash in Las Vegas
Mom, sister hold on to memories of Las Vegas teen killed in 2007
Cory Iascone was gunned down in 2007 in a northwest valley neighborhood. His case had gone cold until police arrested a murder suspect earlier this month. (Courtesy Ashley MacClatchey)Cory Iascone and his sister, Ashley MacClatchey pose for a picture in this undated photo. Police arrested a murder suspect in his 2007 shooting death earlier this month.(Courtesy Ashley MacClatchey) A decade might as well have been an eternity. Shannon Capri’s doubt grew stronger as the years passed, the detectives assigned to her son’s cold case changed and the obstacles to solving his 2007 killing seemed to grow ever taller. After nearly 12 years without an arrest, Capri admits she had given up hope one would ever come. “It’s in God’s hands,” she recalled thinking. “If it’s meant to be, it will.” The answer to her prayers was waiting at the bottom of a suburban Las Vegas lake. On Dec. 1, divers with the Metropolitan Police Department’s search … [Read more...] about Mom, sister hold on to memories of Las Vegas teen killed in 2007
Las Vegas student filmed singing lyrics with racial slurs
Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) A Palo Verde High School student filmed singing song lyrics with racial slurs and the phrase “they can burn in hell” is the second racist incident to go public in the Clark County School District this week. The video shows a male student singing lyrics from a profanity-laced song that uses racial slurs in its chorus, throwing curses at Rosa Parks and saying Martin Luther King Jr. deserved to be killed. The section of the song that the student quoted uses expletives and racial slurs directed at African-Americans, noting, “They can burn in hell” and “(Expletive) Rosa Parks, I slap that (expletive) as well.” In a message sent to parents on Wednesday, Principal Darren Sweikert said he received several SafeVoice messages about the video. “Behavior like this will not be tolerated at our school nor anywhere in the Clark County School District,” the principal’s message said. … [Read more...] about Las Vegas student filmed singing lyrics with racial slurs
Allergy sufferers in Las Vegas Valley can blame ragweed
A woman sneezes because of an allergy to ragweed. (Getty Images)UNLV graduate student Hongbin Jin checks a pollen monitoring machine which collects samples on the roof of the White Life Sciences building on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Once collected, Jin looks at the samples on slides under a microscope counting the different kinds of pollen and molds collected. The pollen monitoring project is funded in part by the Clark County School District. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)UNLV graduate student Hongbin Jin looks through slides to identify and note down various kinds of pollen and molds in a lab in the White Life Sciences building on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. A machine on the roof of the building collects the samples for analysis. The pollen monitoring project is funded in part by the Clark County School District. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) If you suffer … [Read more...] about Allergy sufferers in Las Vegas Valley can blame ragweed