Sometimes when students come to school, they are carrying obstacles that distract them from doing their best in class and prevent them from being prepared for life after high school. That’s where Brandon Singleton and the Jobs for America’s Graduates program steps in.
On Oct. 17, the Junior League of Las Vegas presented a number of Clark County School District teachers with checks to allow them to pursue projects that otherwise wouldn’t be part of their school’s budget.
Actress Pia Zadora wants families in the valley dealing with autism to know that “it’s going to get better.” Her now 19-year-old son was diagnosed with autism 15 years ago, and she was on hand Oct. 13 to celebrate the opening of the UNLV Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions.
Martin Gillen “was welcomed into people’s homes under the guise of being a devoutly religious man,” according to Clark County prosecutors. “He befriends parents and then victimizes their children.”
The First Friday arts festival is Nov 3 at venues throughout the 18b Arts District. In celebration of the upcoming election, the theme for November is Suffrage, the right to vote.
The PGA and its golfers are a wonderful lot.
Calling birds, rushing water and delicate lighting surround a patio littered with fallen leaves at The Angry Butcher inside Sam’s Town’s Mystic Falls park. Though the atmosphere is artificial, it lends to a cozy, high-end dining experience at the a la carte locale, whose offerings include a range of delicacies from surf to turf, sure to please even the pickiest of palates.
The Henderson City Council has approved an interlocal agreement between the city’s police department and the College of Southern Nevada to provide mutual aid assistance for five years.
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View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. Contact each individual agency for more information.
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The rhyme is irresistible, evocative of a hip-hop tune in “Books do not Have Wings,” by Brynne Barnes with illustrations by Rogério Coelho.
Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, the book “Conserving America’s National Parks” by local author Scott R. Abella tells the story of challenges and successes in conservation efforts in the United State’s more than 400 national parks.
