Henderson - Las Vegas Sun

Kyle Hansen

Members of the Blue Star Mothers organization listen to Henderson City Councilwoman Debra March give the keynote address Saturday at the Henderson Veterans Day Ceremony.

Henderson honors families in Veterans Day event: Sat, Nov 7, 2009 (3:44 p.m.); By Kyle Hansen; Henderson held a Veterans Day Ceremony a couple days early on Saturday morning to honor people who served in the military and add six names to the Veterans Memorial Wall.

The Del Sol High football team celebrates winning the Henderson-based Southeast Division championship with a 46-26 victory against Coronado Friday night at Del Sol. The winner annually receives the Henderson City Championship trophy.

Del Sol rallies without top rusher to win Southeast title: By Ray Brewer; Running back Dezerick Reed has been the Del Sol High football team’s No. 1 option offensively every game this fall. But in one of the Dragons’ most important games of the season on Friday night, they had to rally without their top performer. Reed was benched after drawing a personal foul on a late hit in the second quarter against a player from visiting Coronado.

Green Valley upsets Silverado, 23-17: Friday, November 6, 2009; By Case Keefer; Entering Friday night’s game, Silverado had everything to play for. Green Valley had already been eliminated from playoff contention.

Foothill loses to Basic, still makes playoffs: Friday, November 6, 2009; By Case Keefer; This year’s Battle for Boulder Highway certainly lived up to its billing.

With revenues falling, city of Henderson likely to see layoffs: City says layoffs, program cuts probable early next year; Thursday, November 5, 2009; By Erin Dostal; In Henderson, consolidated tax revenues continue to be lower than projected, and the city is likely to implement layoffs and program cuts early next year, a city spokesman said. Consolidated tax revenue — sales and other taxes allotted to Henderson by the state — for August were about 23 percent lower than those reported in August 2008. It was the largest month-over-month decrease on record.

Hearing delayed for man accused in relay runner's death: Tuesday, November 3, 2009; By Tiffany Gibson; The preliminary hearing has been delayed for a 25-year-old Henderson man accused of driving under the influence of alcohol last month and fatally striking a relay runner.

Attic fire does $50,000 damage to house in Henderson: Sunday, November 1, 2009; By Sun Staff; A fire in the attic of a two-story house in Henderson Saturday night did about $50,000 damage, but the occupant of the home escaped without injury, officials said.

Mother of accused teen says she didn't know of pregnancy: Tuesday, October 27, 2009; By Tiffany Gibson; The mother of a 19-year-old Henderson woman accused of suffocating her newborn son testified this morning she didn't know her daughter was pregnant. Angela Camero said she was home at the time but didn't know her daughter was giving birth to an 11-pound baby on Aug. 23. She said in Henderson Justice Court today that she neither saw nor heard a baby in the home. When she arrived home the next evening on Aug. 24, she testified she saw police surrounding the family's house on Desert Pond Avenue in Henderson. It was at that time she learned her daughter had ...

Findlay Prep point guard Cory Joseph runs drills during a practice at the Henderson International School.

UNLV target Joseph visits UConn when athlete slain: Findlay Prep top-10 prospect Cory Joseph wasn't near dance where football player stabbed to death; Friday, October 23, 2009; By Rob Miech; Findlay College Prep star guard Cory Joseph, who is still considering UNLV, wasn’t anywhere near the slaying of a Connecticut football player early Sunday morning. If a meeting at Huskies basketball coach Jim Calhoun’s home hadn’t gone long Saturday night, though, Joseph might have wound up outside a school-sponsored dance on the UConn campus, the scene of the tragedy, with some of its basketball players.

Carmela Camero, who is accused of killing her newborn son, appears in Henderson Justice Court Wednesday with attorney Kristine Kuzemka.

Autopsy inconclusive in alleged smothering death of baby: Wednesday, October 21, 2009; By Tiffany Gibson; An autopsy failed to confirm the cause of death of a newborn baby whose mother is accused of smothering the child to death after giving birth at home, the Clark County coroner testified on Wednesday. Coroner Gary Telgenhoff said he filed the report as undetermined because he couldn’t find any abnormalities with the infant. He said the baby was not stillborn. “There are cases where people just die, but that’s rare,” Telgenhoff said. “People have been giving birth at home safely for years. My impression is he took many breaths.”

Henderson, Boulder City newspapers to suspend publication: Wednesday, October 21, 2009; The Henderson Home News and Boulder City News will suspend weekly publication effective with this week’s editions, the latest result of the worst economic and advertising downturn since World War II, which has slammed newspapers across the country.

Henderson, Boulder City newspapers shared common history: Wednesday, October 21, 2009; In much the same manner that their communities share a desert heritage, the Henderson Home News and Boulder City News come from a common ancestry.

Completion of loop trail celebrated: Wednesday, October 21, 2009; By Jean Reid Norman; More than 30 people took a train ride and a brisk stroll Oct. 17 to celebrate the completion of the portion of the River Mountain Loop Trail connecting Boulder City and Henderson.

Maps provide another layer of knowledge: Genealogy:; Wednesday, October 21, 2009; By Stefani Evans; I'm a visual learner. I learn best when I can picture the topic under discussion. When I want to learn about places I turn to maps. Maps provide visual tools that enable me to learn about a locality.

Some devilish plants can make a ghoulish garden: Desert Gardener:; Wednesday, October 21, 2009; By Angela O'Callaghan; Festivities at the end of October include more than just Nevada Day; it is also the time to send out young people in great costumes to get candy. Halloween is a relatively tame holiday now, in comparison with its earlier roots. All Hallows Eve was once the night when specters, ghosts, witches and other unpleasant characters were on the prowl looking to torment unsuspecting people.

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Where the beautiful people live

July 29, 2009 • 6:51 p.m.

Over the weekend, I went to a church dinner with my husband’s family. They live on the other side of the valley, in Las Vegas. At our table were a couple of people I did not know. My husband, who spent his teenage years in Las Vegas, seemed to know them. The woman asked where we live. “Out in Henderson,” my husband said. “Oh....Henderson,” the woman answered. “That’s where all the beautiful people live.”

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