The Henderson Detention Center’s contract to house inmates for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement generates $9 million to $10 million per year, a moneymaker city officials steadfastly defend as essential to offsetting costs and bolstering coffers.
Anastasia Lorenz didn’t expect to be in the delivery room, and in labor for 48 hours, so soon. But little Jacob Copeland wouldn’t wait the full term.
Jacob was born a month premature and weighed 2.5 pounds. He dropped to as low as 1.5 pounds 10 days later and had trouble digesting Lorenz’s breast milk.
Jessy Hernandez looks out the window of his new apartment and remembers his life across the street. As a child, he and his parents lived in a van for a week in an Albertson’s parking lot at Boulder Highway and Tropicana Avenue. Hernandez, 22, graduated from Nevada State College on May 5 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.
Henderson City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to eliminate its Citizens’ Advisory Committee.
The annexation of approximately 800 acres adjacent to west Henderson was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Henderson City Council.
The theater production during which an actor had a heart attack and later died has canceled the remainder of its performances, the show’s director wrote in an email early Tuesday.
The Henderson Police Department is investigating a threat made to Basic Academy, formerly known as Basic High School.
Andre Carrier saw the potential in Mesquite as a hotbed for youth sports, and the Henderson resident envisioned an all-in-one resort that caters to those teams. He helped open the Rising Star Sports Ranch Resort, 333 N. Sandhill Blvd., in October.
Kent Stork, 66, died in the hospital Sunday after suffering a heart attack onstage 10 minutes into his lead performance at Theatre in the Valley in Henderson. Nine hours after he died, his second grandchild was born in the same hospital.
Henderson has five of the 50 most expensive ZIP codes by property value in Nevada, with two listed in the top 20, according to a recent study. According to the report by real-estate website PropertyShark, the 89052 ZIP code is the 15th most expensive in the state, with a median price of $329,000. It’s also the fourth most expensive area in Southern Nevada.
Henderson police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a convenience store robber.
At least one Henderson resident is hopeful noise at McCarran International Airport will significantly decrease as the Federal Aviation Administration studies whether to modify flight paths as soon as December 2019 in what’s known as the Las Vegas Metroplex project.
The Henderson Police Department is set to participate in the FBI’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. The FBI will reimburse the city for overtime salary expenses up to $17,753 per officer per year.
Jerry McCord Jr. was an aspiring DJ in Chicago before he moved to Southern Nevada seven years ago. He said he’s been homeless half that time. He finds solace, however, in the dining room of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 43 W. Pacific Ave., where he sits with other homeless residents and has a meal prepared by Henderson nonprofit Friends In The Desert.
Last year, SB Architects was tapped to create one of six showcase homes in Ascaya, a Henderson luxury community, to stimulate buyer’s imagination.
