Today's News

Robertson High School students are celebrating homecoming week as they usually do, with a wacky theme each day where the campus is filled with crazy costumes and a lot of spirit.

The 2008 Rockin’ to Homecoming began Monday with Punk-Emo Day where kids dressed in tight jeans and dark shirts emulating their favorite rockers.

On Tuesday, the school grounds was a splash of color with students making a statement with hot pink, neon green and highlighter yellow outfits on Techno Day.

Las Vegas’ three banks have about the same reaction to the nation’s financial crisis: They’re doing just fine.

Keith Tucker, president of Community First Bank, said his institution hasn’t made the risky loans that are in the news these days.

“Ninety-six percent of our loans are right here. We look at the land and the houses when we make loans. We are a small-town, conservative, risk-averse bank,” he said.

Highlands University is poised to acquire the old Las Vegas hospital property at its regular meeting Friday.

President Jim Fries said the $6.5 million purchase would be a good investment in several respects. He said its closeness to the university’s athletic fields and Wilson Complex, which is across the street from the site, could ease parking congestion in the area during athletic and other events, and the building itself would be an asset for future growth.

A motorcycle rider was arrested for drunken driving after he crashed into another rider recently.

Andrew Baca, 29, 636 El Creston Circle, was charged with aggravated DWI, reckless driving and racing on highways, among other offenses, according to a criminal complaint filed in Magistrate Court.

A couple of weekends ago, police responded to the crash in the 500 block of Grand Avenue. They found the two riders laying on the street.