Jenny Davis

Stories

Police urge first-time landlords to screen tenants: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008; Apartment complexes have tightened their tenant-screening process, causing searchers with criminal backgrounds to target lackadaisical landlords and especially eager homeowners desperate to rent out extra properties.
Centennial High School Performing Arts Department is finalist for grant: Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008; The continual success of the Centennial High School Performing Arts Department is manifested by being selected as a 2009 GRAMMY Signature School Finalist.
Decision on new International Church facility delayed: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008; The International Church of Las Vegas has a vision to build a church with an 85-foot tower drawing people to pray. But planning commissioners fear the tower will draw criticism for blocking views of the La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area in the northwest part of the valley.
Scout gives students map on playground: Friday, Dec. 5, 2008; It will be a little easier for Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School students to learn geography with a new 30-foot map of the United States painted on their blacktop.
New planning commissioner takes seat: Friday, Dec. 5, 2008; Residents or business owners within the Ward 6 boundaries of Las Vegas have had a new face representing them on the Planning Commission board since Oct. 23.
Summerlin group celebrates the season with dance: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008; Marking the spirit of the season through dance, the International Dance Education Academy Pas De Deux will perform its annual holiday show at the Summerlin Library at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 and 13.
Cancer group helping families with holidays: Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008; Last December, the Garcia family's empty Christmas tree sat in the corner, but the family of three didn't expect presents — they were just happy to be on the road to cancer recovery.
Road construction continues despite economic downturn: Friday, Nov. 21, 2008; Construction of new homes and resorts may have slowed down, but road work in Las Vegas continues to boom.
Officer teaches life lessons: Friday, Nov. 21, 2008; After a long night of work and without any sleep, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police K9 officer Duwayne Layton walked into a cafeteria of hundreds of students Nov. 7 at Marc Kahre Elementary School.
Church members find home without a building: Friday, Nov. 14, 2008; The church isn't the building it meets in. That is a philosophy for the northwest-area Daybreak United Methodist Church, which recently celebrated its one-year anniversary.