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Las Vegas. 1977-02-24. Labor leader kidnapped from Las Vegas airport, body discovered in the desert with six bullet wounds. Jesse Bishop. Las Vegas. 1977-12. Convicted of the murder of David Ballard during a robbery at a Las Vegas Strip casino; executed in the gas chamber in 1979. Murder of Gwenn Story. Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas Sun. Jeffrey Michael German (August 23, 1953 – September 2, 2022) was an American investigative reporter who wrote for the Las Vegas Review-Journal [ 2 ] and the Las Vegas Sun, his career spanning four decades. He was stabbed to death in 2022. Elected Clark County, Nevada Public Administrator Robert Telles ...
Nationality. American. Occupation. Journalist. Children. 1. Parent. Ned Day Sr. (father) Edward Gately Day Jr. (April 5, 1945 – September 3, 1987) was an American journalist and newspaper reporter who was known for taking on mobsters who dominated a number of Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s and '80s. [ 1][ 2]
Killing of Jonathan Lewis. On November 1, 2023, Jonathan Edward Lewis Jr., a 17-year-old student at Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., was attacked by a mob of students at the school. Lewis had been standing up for a friend who was bullied by the students. He succumbed to injuries from the assault on November 7, 2023.
On May 4, 1988, a fire followed by several explosions occurred at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada. The disaster caused two fatalities, 372 injuries, and an estimated $100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas Valley within a 10-mile (16 km) radius of the plant ...
After he left office O'Callaghan became the executive editor of the Las Vegas Sun, a job he held until his death in 2004. He was also the publisher of the Henderson Home News and Boulder City News. In the 1990s, O'Callaghan monitored elections in Nicaragua and northern Iraq, and was a strong supporter of the nation of Israel.
Ronald Ebens was born on October 30, 1939, in Dixon, Illinois and raised in Oregon, Illinois.He served 2½ years in Army Air Defense School. [3] On August 25, 1965, Ebens started work at Chrysler Corporation's plant in Belvidere, Illinois, [4] and was promoted to salaried trim foreman on November 8, 1965. [4]
5 ft 11 in (180 cm) At midday on December 13, 2009, Steven Koecher (born November 1, 1979) parked at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Anthem neighborhood of Henderson, Nevada, United States, and got out of his car, an action recorded on a nearby home's security camera. After returning shortly afterwards, Koecher retrieved an unknown object from ...