by Staff Writer ~
Dec 15, 2011
"With the self-inflicted gunshot death of ten year old Kameron Asgari and the attempted suicide by a thirteen year old girl, local residents are concerned with what could be a tragic trend in Las Vegas. There is no evidence that the two shootings are related, but locals are worried that the problem with teenage suicide could be in their own backyard..."
by Nathan Nau ~
Dec 8, 2011
"For the past three decades, the State of California has banned the development of new nuclear reactors inside its borders. Green groups and environmental advocates have pulverized any effort to overturn the ban, and have now launched a major offensive on California’s two remaining nuclear power plants that could make the state virtually impossible to inhabit..."
by Staff Writer ~
Dec 5, 2011
"Las Vegas radio station 99.5 KWNR hosted country music megastar Leann Rimes as she took time out of her busy schedule to perform in Las Vegas to help raise money for the Stand Up For Kids program. Stand Up For Kids is a local and national non-profit program that helps find, stabilize and assist homeless and street kids to improve their lives..."
by Jeff Bearden ~
Nov 26, 2011
"In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare said, 'What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' This has never been truer than when it was announced Wednesday that the Las Vegas Hilton could be changing its name to LVH or LVH- Las Vegas Hotel and Casino..."
by Staff Writer ~
Nov 25, 2011
"Las Vegas has had a lot of bad ideas for entertainment lately, but it seems like the people at Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club have come up with the one to outdo them all: The Sapphire Adult Pool. The pool, which is pending approval from the city, will ostensibly be a separate but adjacent property to their 64,000 square foot gentlemen’s club with 'perceivable benefits' in their partnership..."
by Brittany Walters-Bearden ~
Nov 23, 2011
"In Las Vegas, there seems to be a complete lack of courtesy among drivers and a complete lack of common sense among pedestrians. Both parties are incredibly negligent in their attention to anyone but themselves, which has resulted in a tragic epidemic in Las Vegas..."
by Staff Writer ~
Nov 16, 2011
"Jealousy and a love gone wrong went terribly wrong when 36 year old Phillip Wells was murdered at The Garage bar, on Maryland Parkway and East Flamingo Road, by his jilted ex-lover, 50 year old Tracy Dale Kauffman..."
by Jeff Bearden ~
Nov 11, 2011
"What a magical and lucky day for so many people; today is not only November 11, 2011 but 11/11/11. Although they may not be as lucky as stringing together 7s or 11s, there are only two more of these 'lucky' days that can happen in our lifetimes: one being a numerical order sequence and one being a 'triple double,' 10/11/12 and 12/12/12..."
by Staff Writer ~
Nov 5, 2011
"On November 1, 2011, NV Energy sauntered into a boardroom and boldly requested another price hike that would bring $250,000,000 into their pockets and out of the pocketbooks of Las Vegans who are already suffering from previous price hikes and an unemployment rate that is in the double digits. I guess it takes a lot of guts for a corporation that profited $1 billion last year to waltz into a meeting with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada and ask for an increase that would bring them another $250 million in additional revenues..."
by Jeff Bearden ~
Oct 29, 2011
"With the Las Vegas economy teetering towards all-time lows and the unemployment rate reaching all-time highs, Las Vegas is in desperate need of cash infusion. As a result of the economic woes of the nation, the Las Vegas tourism industry, upon which most of the town is supported, has suffered dramatically in the past few years; however, there are early signs that things might be making a turn towards the better..."