Today's News

Las Vegas officials are taking a second look at a top federal housing official after one of his former subordinates accused him of trying to “torpedo” the local housing authority.

The official, Floyd Duran, had planned to speak to the City Council on Wednesday, but he told the city that he had a last-minute scheduling conflict that prevented him from attending. He has said that he can be at next Wednesday’s meeting.

Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, parent company of the Las Vegas Optic, announced this week that, because of difficult credit markets, it has largely suspended the process to sell its remaining businesses.

The process was launched in January and led to the sale in September of The Weather Channel Companies and some smaller sales. Landmark announced earlier this month that its agreement to sell WTVF-TV in Nashville was canceled because the buyer lost its financing.

Frank Batten Jr., Landmark’s chairman and CEO, cited the economy as the main reason for the decision.

Starlings make an awful racket. They start at dusk when coming home to roost. Unfortunately the elm tree was in my front yard in Illinois was that roost. Under the elm tree on the sidewalk and grass, layers of bird droppings reminded us of the floor of a bat cave.

But it was bird squawks and cries that finally got us on the phone with our local Department of Agriculture. They hooked us up with Dave, the bird man.

Authorities on Wednesday charged six former Robertson High School football players in connection with alleged assaults during a team camp in August.

The three 17-year-olds and three 16-year-olds have already been barred from attending Robertson. Five of them are on one-year suspensions, while the other is expelled.

They are accused of sodomizing at least six underclassmen with broomsticks.