Remembering Senator Harry Reid: December 2nd, 1939 – December 28th, 2021

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I knew Harry Reid. He was one of my mentors in a way. We re-met in 1966 when I was the featured sports columnist for the Las Vegas Sun. Harry loved going to the fights, be it a major championship bout at the Las Vegas Convention Center, or the fights promoted by Bill Miller at […]

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Remembering the Frontier Strike: 30 Years Later

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The Neon Museum, 770 N. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, Nev. 89101, will host a panel discussion, “Remembering the Frontier Strike: 30 Years Later” on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in-person at the museum and virtually via livestream on Facebook. In September 1991, one of the longest labor strikes in U.S. history began as […]

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Plaza Hotel & Casino Commemorates Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Led by its CEO, Jonathan Jossel, the Plaza Hotel & Casino will commemorate October as Breast Cancer Awareness month with special offers at Oscar’s and in its bingo room, the only one in downtown Las Vegas, all to benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS). Supporting breast cancer research is personal for Jossel, whose mother is […]

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Four Planes Started Only Two Finished – Paperback and Signed Editions Now Available

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This is the true story as told to me (Norm Johnson – the author), by three of the actual participants, when we met in the mid-sixties. The reason I was able to meet the pilots, and get the behind the scenes stories was because of my grandfather Zelotis Morse, who worked for Donald Douglas at the […]

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Tony Bennett Exclusive Engagement, “I Left My Heart in Las Vegas” At The Venetian Las Vegas

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Tony Bennett, the 19-time GRAMMY Award-winning musician whose music spans over six decades, will headline an exclusive Las Vegas engagement, “I Left My Heart in Las Vegas,” at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas inside The Venetian Theatre September 25, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m.  Bennett’s daughter, Antonia Bennett, will open the performance with a collection of jazz/pop standards.  Bennett’s fan […]

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Fall Weekend 2018

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The city of Las Vegas will be well-represented during four consecutive days of NASCAR racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this week. In addition to Kurt and Kyle Busch competing in Sunday’s South Point 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs kickoff race, five other local drivers will turn laps at LVMS over the course […]

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