The excited sounds of children eating and chatting filled the Boulder Highway Boys Girls Club on a recent Thursday morning.
Mia Sims
Upon receiving a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Mississippi, Mia has worked as a copy editing intern with the Seattle Times and recently joined the the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a reporter. She’s had several years of experience as a freelance reporter for The Daily Mississippian, and served some time as a copy editor for the paper as well. In her spare time, she works as a part-time English tutor for Brainfuse, an online tutoring service for high school and college students.
Vegas Voices is a weekly series featuring notable Las Vegans.
The abandoned remnants of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition — also known as the Chicago World’s Fair — come to life with a morbid twist in a new scare-filled virtual reality experience on the Strip.
Zabraa and her sisters London, 13, and Midnight, 10, were separated from their brothers James and Henry years ago.
Faced with a domestic violence case unfolding in their emergency room, Alexis Mussi and her team acted quickly — calling in members of Trauma Intervention Program.
Las Vegas woman and her niece will host the fifth annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand to raise money for childhood cancer research.
The 16-foot-tall lady who angel that once stood atop the Blue Angel Motel cast her gaze over 100 people on Thursday at the Neon Museum’s opening reception of “Blue Angel: Between Heaven and Earth,” an exhibit honoring the decades-old sculpture before its restoration.
Gerald Griffin had no desire to go to prom last year. “But I signed up for this, and there was a free suit,” he said. “So I told myself, ‘I’m going to prom in a suit.’ ”
LaTesha Watson never planned to be a police officer. In fact, she had dreams of either becoming an attorney or a fashion designer.
It all started with a conversation between siblings 10 years apart.
Two Las Vegas entrepreneurs — one a doctor, one a former gaming company executive — are embracing technology in two distinctly different quests to promote good health.
Lauryn Guerrissi was an 18-year-old college dropout working in the hospitality industry when she realized she wanted more from life.
Myesha Wilson is a woman of many roles. She’s a wife, mother, mentor, advocate for at-risk children and lover of Kendra Scott jewelry. Most important, however, she’s a survivor.
Jason Mendelsohn was pondering a question during a financial exam in 2014 when his fingers grazed his neck, making him notice a bump he hadn’t felt before.
The walls of Bertha Ronzone Elementary School are adorned clothed with art — paintings of mountains, miniature stick people, skies full of clouds.