John Taylor

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John, who is the Sun's copy chief, grew up in a family of eight and now is married with two children. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Taylor joined the Sun in 2012. He likes to say he halfway followed a path blazed by his grandfather, who in the early 1900s ran both a Polish-American newspaper and a tavern.

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One Republic and its frontman spin entertaining tales at Planet Hollywood shows: Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021; The storytelling wasn’t solely in song this past weekend when One Republic performed a pair of concerts at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater. The group’s frontman, Ryan Tedder, kept audiences …
Harry Styles and his fans share in the love at his long-awaited return to the stage: Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021; “Love on Tour” in support of his second studio album, “Fine Line,” originally was supposed to kick off in the summer of 2020 in Philadelphia with a stop in Las Vegas on Sept. 5, 2020. The scheduling, of course, all had taken place before the onset of the worldwide pandemic in early 2020. Noting that Saturday’s show was the kickoff concert of the once-postponed tour and his first appearance in front of an audience since, Harry Styles told his Las Vegas audience, “I don’t know about you, but I’ve been …
George Strait delivers a 2-hour show in his two-night return to T-Mobile Arena: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021; Dressed in blue jeans, a black shirt and cowboy boots, and decked out with a black cowboy hat, Strait did what he’s been doing since the 1980s: He entertained with …
Usher sings, dances and romances to an adoring Colosseum audience: Wednesday, July 21, 2021; An anxious and lively crowd stood on its collective feet from the moment Usher entered the theater from the Colosseum’s lobby, drawing loud cheers as he walked down an aisle on the orchestra level to the stage — appropriately enough to his tune “My Way” — until he took his final bow. …
The Sun’s July Nine: A look at some of last month’s notorious crimes: Friday, Aug. 1, 2014; From deadly fights and deadly home invasions to a hit on a Las Vegas Strip casino, crimes in July kept police hopping throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Here’s a look at some of the headline-grabbing crimes of the month.
UNLV lecturer has a million reasons why you should like Cappuccino potato chips: Thursday, July 17, 2014; Chad Scott, who came to UNLV in January but is still working on his doctorate in sociology at Texas A&M University, is one of four finalists still competing for a $1 million grand prize in …
New study warns of even hotter summers in Las Vegas, across U.S.: Tuesday, July 15, 2014; Think summers in Las Vegas are sweltering now? By the end of the century, they’ll be more like those now experienced in the Arabian Desert if greenhouse gas emissions remain the same, according to a new study. Average summer daytime temperatures here will soar to 111 degrees, which is what summers are like now in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to Climate Central, a Princeton, N.J.-based research and journalism organization. Climate Central last week released...
The Sun’s June Nine: Highlighting last month’s top crimes in Las Vegas: Tuesday, July 1, 2014; A midday ambush at a pizza restaurant took the lives of two police officers, and before the event came to an end five people would be dead. Homeless on homeless crime. A mother overtaken by voices and throwing two ...
With no rain on horizon, Las Vegas flirts with extended dry spell record: Wednesday, June 25, 2014; Not since Feb. 28 has measurable precipitation fallen at McCarran International Airport, where the National Weather Service makes its official observations for Las Vegas. Only 13 other ...
Newest Strip casino SLS Las Vegas moves opening up a week to Aug. 23: Tuesday, June 17, 2014; The newest resort on the Las Vegas Strip will open ahead of schedule. Officials with SLS Las Vegas said in a statement today the hotel and casino would open...
Police say jealous former husband brutally beat woman to death: Monday, June 16, 2014; The anonymous call to 911 was ominous: “All right, pay attention: 2606 S. Durango, apartment 873. There’s a (woman) dying. Go help her out. Ain’t no joke.” Metro Police say...
The D settles with unions; 5 downtown casinos face prospect of strike: Friday, May 30, 2014; Negotiators for the Culinary and Bartenders unions and the D Las Vegas reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract today, leaving five downtown casinos still facing a strike by union workers this weekend. News of the agreement with the D was announced on the unions' website. The settlement contains the same key elements as earlier announced deals with the...
Mother charged with shooting son, 11, wanted to take her family to a ‘better place,’ police say: Wednesday, May 28, 2014; Shavon Jacklein Carrillo, also known as Shavon Jacklein Aguilar, 31, Las Vegas, told police after the shooting she had attempted suicide shortly after her breakup with …
Guy Fieri, Caesars team up on restaurants in Laughlin, Atlantic City, Baltimore: Wednesday, May 28, 2014; After last month’s opening of Guy Fieri’s Vegas Kitchen & Bar at the Quad, the Food Network celebrity’s relationship with Caesars Entertainment is …
El Cortez agrees to terms with union workers; strike still possible at six downtown casinos: Wednesday, May 28, 2014; Culinary said about 1,200 more restaurant workers, hotel housekeepers, cocktail servers, bartenders and other members remained without contracts at ...
Mother charged with attempted murder in shooting of son, 11: Tuesday, May 27, 2014; The mother of an 11-year-old boy fighting for his life after a shooting Monday is under arrest in the incident. Shavon Aguilar, also known as Shavon Carrillo, 31, faces …
The D casino unveils ATM that will exchange Bitcoin for dollars: Thursday, May 22, 2014; Las Vegas-based Robocoin is the first company to introduce a Bitcoin ATM in the United States, and the D Las Vegas is just the seventh U.S. property to …
Sands president to retire at year's end; Adelson to remain as CEO: Thursday, May 22, 2014; As Michael Leven, president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands, prepares for retirement at the end of the year, CEO Sheldon Adelson says ...
Unions call for June 1 strike at nine downtown casinos: Wednesday, May 21, 2014; In a news released posted today, the Culinary and Bartenders Unions said its restaurant workers, hotel housekeepers, cocktail servers, bartenders and other members would walk off the job at 5 a.m. June 1 and start …
Frontier adding nonstop flights from McCarran to Washington Dulles: Tuesday, May 13, 2014; To kick off the new destinations from Washington Dulles, Frontier sold seats on round-trip flights from 14 cities, including Las Vegas, for $15 each way. By 5 p.m. today, however …
Las Vegas among nation’s cheapest cities for renting a car, survey finds: Tuesday, May 13, 2014; Renting a car in Las Vegas is cheaper than just about any other top destination in the nation, according to a survey from CheapCarRental.net. The website, in a survey released last week, put Las Vegas at No. 47 among 50 cities, with an average daily rate of …
Grandfather died from knife wounds to neck, police report says: Wednesday, May 7, 2014; Steven Dale Woodard used a box cutter and knives in attacks this week that left his grandfather dead and his father severely wounded, a Metro Police arrest report …
Las Vegas Sands says it's not selling its Pennsylvania property: Friday, May 2, 2014; In a news release today, Las Vegas Sands said also named Mark Juliano as the property’s new president.
Wynn reiterates: Despite what George Clooney says, I didn't call Obama an (expletive): Friday, May 2, 2014; In an interview with Bloomberg Television's Stephanie Ruhle, Steve Wynn again denied George Clooney’s version of a stormy ending to a dinner at Botero that …
Report places Las Vegas among nation’s most polluted cities: Wednesday, April 30, 2014; Add a less-than-desirable ranking to Las Vegas’ portfolio: A top-10 ranking among the most polluted cities in the United States. In its annual “State of the Air” report, the American Lung Association gave Las Vegas-Henderson...
Nation’s comics set their sights — and songs — on rancher Bundy: Friday, April 25, 2014; Forget that he’s made live appearances shows on the Fox cable network and CNN since his public fight with the BLM. Now the 67-year-old Bunkerville resident has captured the attention of …
Bundy says, like MLK and Rosa Parks, he’s standing up against bad laws: Friday, April 25, 2014; In a signed posting on the Bundy Ranch Facebook page, Clark County cattle rancher Bundy defended his comments and invoked Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks...
Website’s commenters take issue with Las Vegas’ listing among world’s most disappointing destinations: Wednesday, April 16, 2014; Maybe the nearly 40 million people visiting Las Vegas annually are wrong? The website smartertravel.com this week ran a story listing...
Las Vegas is top trade show destination for 20th consecutive year: Friday, March 28, 2014; Las Vegas’ status as the nation’s top trade show destination was reaffirmed again this week. For the 20th consecutive year, Las Vegas found itself atop the Trade Show News Network’s …
Clark County population tops 2 million, new census report estimates: Thursday, March 27, 2014; Clark County’s population grew by an estimated 30,209 people, a modest 1.5 percent rate in the year ending July 1, 2013, but enough to push the county past 2 million residents, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. With the influx...
In jailhouse call, pet shop owner says fire-starter can't be ID'd in store's surveillance video: Friday, March 14, 2014; Gloria Lee was adamant during the phone call. Authorities already had shown her surveillance footage of the Jan. 27 fire at her Prince and Princess Pet Shop that almost cost 27 puppies their lives. Lee is clearly visible on the surveillance tape, but it is a hooded person who is seen …
Cuban national in custody in 2009 slaying of former partner in Las Vegas marijuana operation, police say: Friday, Feb. 28, 2014; Leandro Lopez-Turatiz, 29, was booked Thursday into the Clark County Detention Center after being extradited from Canada. He is being held in the 2009 slaying of...
McCarran reports solid start to 2014 with increase in January passenger traffic: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014; McCarran International Airport kicked off the first month of 2014 with a healthy increase in passenger traffic. Nearly 3.3 million passengers passed through the airport’s gates in January, up 5.3 percent from January 2013, according to figures released this afternoon by the Clark County Department of Aviation.
Sex workers keep secrets, brothel assures potential GOP conventioneers: Friday, Feb. 21, 2014; A Nevada brothel has a message for anyone who thinks legalized prostitution will keep the 2016 Republican National Convention from convening in Las Vegas. It’s time to reassess.
Light rain at McCarran brings end to Las Vegas' dry streak: Friday, Jan. 31, 2014; The National Weather Service’s official Las Vegas station at McCarran International Airport recorded a trace of rain shortly before 4 p.m. today, according to NWS meteorologist Ryan Metzger.
Sin City doesn't crack top 10 among America's least Bible-minded cities: Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014; Maybe — just maybe — Las Vegas isn’t as sinful as we’ve been led to believe. The American Bible Society’s annual listing of the nation’s 100 most Bible-minded cities, released last week, ranks Sin City at 90th. The ranking means Las Vegas didn’t even crack the top 10 of the nation’s least Bible-minded cities. "We conducted this research because we know that cities are complex, and guesses and hunches about them are often incorrect. But we also know that God is at work in every city, and we are encouraged to see that the Bible has strong advocates in Las Vegas," said Andrew Hood, American Bible Society's director of marketing.
For Las Vegas, it’s a record-setting, windy day: Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014; Winds blowing this morning into the Las Vegas Valley had a hitchhiker: record warm air. During a 40-minute period today, the temperature at McCarran International Airport rose from 57 to 70 degrees.
Wife’s insistence on divorce preceded horrific stabbing, husband’s confession, police report says: Monday, Jan. 13, 2014; Richard Magdayo Dahan said he grew so enraged when his wife told him she wanted a divorce, he killed her before showering, driving to a police station and turning himself in, according to Metro Police arrest report.
D.A.'s office clears officers in fatal 2013 shooting of suspected gang member wanted for attempted murder: Friday, Jan. 10, 2014; Metro Police officers who returned fire and killed suspected gang member Roberto Torres in February 2013 were justified in their actions, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office determined.
Real estate website ranks Las Vegas among America's 10 best cities: Monday, Dec. 23, 2013; as Vegas isn’t America’s funniest city, the nerdiest, preppiest or the most exciting, but according to the real estate website Movato.com, it is among America’s 10 best cities for 2013.
Nevada's drivers worst in the U.S.? Far from it, website reports: Friday, Dec. 20, 2013; Forget the stories about how bad drivers are in Nevada; a new ranking says drivers in 11 other states are worse than those here in the Silver State. The website Carinsurancecomparison.com says the nation’s worst drivers are in Louisiana.
NWS says today is the wettest day so far in 2013: Nearly half an inch of rain measured at McCarran; heavy snow expected on Mount Charleston; Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013; A storm system over the region saturated Las Vegas with nearly a half an inch of rain on what is officially the wettest day so far in 2013. And the precipitation isn't expected to clear out of the area until late this weekend.
Group pans healthy-eating options at McCarran, ranks it near last among nation's busiest airports: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013; Getting a healthful meal at McCarran International Airport is more difficult than it was a year ago, according to a new survey by a Washington, D.C.-based health group.
Strip has seen its share of headline-grabbing crimes in past year: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013; When violent crime occurs on the Las Vegas Strip, it makes headlines around the world. Monday's shooting outside Drai’s nightclub at Bally’s, in which one man was killed and two security officials were shot, was no different.
Court-appointed guardian used wards' funds to stoke gambling addictions, authorities say: Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013; A Clark County Family Court-appointed guardian is accused of stealing nearly $200,000 in cash and jewelry from four of her wards.
Gusts up to 50 mph expected Saturday across Las Vegas Valley: Friday, Sept. 20, 2013; Get ready for a breezy Saturday in Southern Nevada. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory in effect from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday for Clark County, including the Las Vegas Valley and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Fire sprinklers – not fire – displace apartment residents: Friday, Aug. 16, 2013; Residents of a Las Vegas apartment unit were able to avoid fire damage this morning by throwing a burning mattress out of a window, but they couldn’t avoid being displaced when fire sprinklers activated and damaged their apartment.
Thunderstorms briefly close water park, more storms could be coming: Friday, July 26, 2013; A thunderstorm passed over southwest Las Vegas Friday afternoon causing swimmers at Wet ‘N’ Wild to clear out of the pool for safety.
Officials estimate Mount Charleston wildfire won't be contained until July 19: Monday, July 8, 2013; The estimated containment date – 11 days away and nearly three weeks from when the fire started – was included in an update from the Joint Information Center to area media.
Passions spill out of control at 'El Super Clasico' in Las Vegas: Thursday, July 4, 2013; El Super Clasico --the soccer rivalry between Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Club America -- was renewed Wednesday at Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium. Maybe it was the triple-digit heat. Or maybe it was the free-flowing alcohol. Or maybe it was just the inflamed passions of Chivas and America fans on hand to see the longtime foes play in a "friendly," or exhibition, on U.S. soil. Whatever the reason, this was no ordinary soccer game, as those in the stadium, others watching on television and those on social media could tell.