New Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Las Vegas Summerlin about bringing an insider’s perspective to the position and said the district needs to focus more on academic results.
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Will B (his real name is Will Brandon Whitesell ) has already hit the jackpot at age 10. The Southern Highlands resident has been touring the United States as part of the cast of “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.”
County investigation of group home for foster children, juvenile offenders centers on A Brighter Day
The rooms were colorful, clean and quiet. The girls staying at the northwest valley group home operated by A Brighter Day Family Services had gone bowling Friday. But two officials from the Clark County Department of Family Services’ licensing division were on-site reviewing camera footage of public areas throughout the home.
A Henderson SWAT officer was suspended last month pending an internal investigation into shenanigans with a SWAT co-worker. The Review-Journal has learned that suspended officer shocked a fellow cop with a handheld stun gun while clowning around at the office.
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Amy Montoya of Las Vegas has qualified to represent Nevada at the 2013 Veteran World Fencing Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, in October.
For ninth-grader Cristian Lopez, visiting the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was “like a whole other world.”
At this Guatemalan/Mexican/Salvadoran restaurant, the house specialty is rib-eye steak, ribs, sausage, stuffed bell peppers, refried beans, sour cream, cheese, rice, Russian salad, fried plantains and onions. Now that’s a meal.
For the past several months, the Bronze Cafe in the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada was a nice little secret. Not anymore.
A state lawmaker on Thursday called on Clark County officials to investigate conditions in group homes for foster children and juvenile offenders and was told that a county investigation already is underway.
A fire near U.S. Highway 95 and Charleston Boulevard injured two people and damaged two houses Thursday.
Another person has quit the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Use of Force Board.