Browse past news stories for Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, NV.

• Vegas fusion center fights terrorism, street crime (The San Francisco Examiner)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 08:15:14 am
  LAS VEGAS — When a tip arrived about a threat of violence at a southern Nevada high school football game, a Clark County School District police officer helped plan a response.
• Valley's brightest high school students learn at Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum (KVBC Las Vegas)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 01:34:56 am
  More than 1,000 of the area's best and brightest high school students played hooky Tuesday. Seniors and a few juniors from across the valley convened at the Convention Center for the Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum. It's more than just an event, it's a tradition.
• TO PROTECT AND DEFEND (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 11:08:12 am
  Instead of dorm rooms, there are barracks. Instead of parties, there are strenuous physical training sessions. Instead of an escape from parents' rules, there is increased discipline and structure. While most teens head off to college at 18, some choose a different route: the military.
• Sports Briefs: 11-21 (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 12:56:22 pm
  Miami ends BG’s volleyball season TOLEDO — Miami defeated Bowling Green, 25-22, 25-23, 25-20 ending the Falcons’ season in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament. BG finishes 13-20. BG’s leaders were: Corey Domek, 14 kills, two aces; Allison Kearney, 31 assists; and Alex Zlabis, 20 digs.
• Sports Briefs: 11-21-09 (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 07:11:01 am
  Miami ends BG’s volleyball season TOLEDO — Miami defeated Bowling Green, 25-22, 25-23, 25-20 ending the Falcons’ season in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament. BG finishes 13-20. BG’s leaders were: Corey Domek, 14 kills, two aces; Allison Kearney, 31 assists; and Alex Zlabis, 20 digs. Falcon softball adds three The Bowling Green State University softball team has added ...
• Veterans Day activities around the Valley (KTNV Las Vegas)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 03:08:18 pm
  Action News would like to thank our veterans and their families for their service. Here is a look at how Veterans Day is being recognized around the valley. -The Veterans Day parade kicks off at 10 a.m.
• Reno's Julianna Erdesz wins Miss Nevada USA (Reno Gazette-Journal)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 06:39:01 pm
  Julianna Erdesz, Miss Nevada, competes in a preliminary swimsuit competition for the 2009 Miss America Pageant. Julianna Erdesz of Reno won the Miss Nevada USA pageant on Saturday at the Horn Theatre at Community College of Southern Nevada. She reigned as Nevada's Miss America winner last year.
• Clark County School District suing teen over fire (KVBC Las Vegas)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 03:04:56 pm
  The Clark County School District is suing a teenager and his parents over a 2008 fire that was set in the boys' locker room at Palo Verde High School in northwest Las Vegas.
• School District sues teen over Palo Verde High fire (Las Vegas Sun)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 10:24:35 am
  The Clark County School District is suing to recover damages from a 2008 fire that was set in the boys' locker room at Palo Verde High School in Summerlin. The district on Monday sued a youth who was arrested in the blaze as well as his parents in hopes of recovering damages it said totaled $71,318.20.
• Privett's Dad: Might-Have-Beens Haunt Me (FOX 5 Las Vegas)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 12:20:35 am
  The Palo Verde shooter is sentenced to life in prison.
• Teen sentenced in 2008 shooting death (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 09:48:15 pm
  A teenager who pleaded guilty in the 2008 shooting death of a Las Vegas high school freshman has been sentenced to up to life in prison.
• Teen sentenced in 2008 shooting death (The San Francisco Examiner)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 09:15:15 pm
  LAS VEGAS — A teenager who pleaded guilty in the 2008 shooting death of a Las Vegas high school freshman has been sentenced to up to life in prison. Under a plea agreement, the earliest 17-year-old Gerald Davison could be released from prison is in 28 years.
• Shooter in death of Palo Verde High student sentenced to life (KTNV Las Vegas)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 07:17:26 pm
  17-year old Gerald Davison was sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole in 28 years.
• Killer Shrugs: 'Sorry Ain't Going To Cut It' (FOX 5 Las Vegas)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 06:04:37 pm
  The 17-year-old killer of a Palo Verde High School student smirks at the boy's parents and offers a halfhearted apology at his sentencing.
• Durango, Clark win run titles (Pahrump Valley Times)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 11:22:05 pm
  LAS VEGAS -- Pahrump Valley's boys were fifth and the Lady Trojans seventh in the Sunset Region Southwest Class 4-A Division cross country championships Saturday, at Palo Verde High School.
• Trojan spikers close to playoffs (Pahrump Valley Times)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 11:20:03 pm
  Pahrump Valley clinched at least a tie for fourth place -- and a possible playoff berth -- with a 3-0 conquest of homestanding Las Vegas Desert Oasis, in Sunset Region Southwest Class 4-A volleyball Monday.
• Missouri safety finds success at new school (Columbia Missourian)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 05:10:53 am
  COLUMBIA — When Jarrell Harrison was a senior in high school, his plan was to play quarterback for his hometown University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels. Four years later, he is more than 1,000 miles away playing for Missouri. And he’s playing safety. Harrison was a run-first quarterback at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas. He was named the Southern Nevada offensive player for his senior year ...
• Judge: Teen's Guilty Plea Will Stand (FOX 5 Las Vegas)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 02:49:37 pm
  The teenager who shot and killed a Palo Verde High School student will go to prison after his attorney failed to convince a judge he was confused about his guilty plea.
• Judge: Teen's plea in Vegas shooting will stand (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 01:18:54 am
  A Clark County District Court judge has ruled that a teenager's guilty plea entered in the 2008 shooting death of a Las Vegas high school freshman will stand.
• Progress made: Men's basketball lands two top recruits (The DePaulia)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 05:41:59 pm
  Things are finally moving in a positive direction for the DePaul men's basketball team.
• College Roundup: Swarm Day runs raise money for scholarships (Rapid City Journal)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 05:38:59 am
  Black Hills State University and the Yellow Jacket Foundation hosted the Second Annual Yellow Jacket 5K/10K Run on Sunday to conclude the Swarm Week festivities. The event raised about $1,000 for scholarships to Black Hills State student-athletes.
• Recruiting spoils on the line (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 12:02:39 pm
  LAS VEGAS — The University of Hawai'i and Nevada-Las Vegas football teams play in the desert tonight, but what they are also playing for is a piece of paradise in the Pacific. Of all the teams on the Warriors' 13-game schedule this year, only with UNLV is there a two-front recruiting tug-a-war with both teams' backyards in play.
• D-line depth taking hits (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 11:32:00 am
  Keeping track of who he'll have in position drills has been part of the challenge for George Lumpkin so far this season.
• Heun looking to KO UNLV's spread offense (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 11:31:50 am
  Wish we could say the Hawaii defense has lessons learned the hard way at The Swamp last year to draw upon as it tries to stop an attack similar to Florida's -- in scheme, anyway -- tomorrow night at Sam Boyd Stadium.
• UH wary of UNLV option (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 11:47:43 am
  Hawaii coach Greg McMackin scheduled time in the afternoons and evenings for the Warriors to address their classroom assignments during their 11-day stay on the mainland.
• Young special-teamers are making some noise (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 11:47:24 am
  If you want to get a glimpse at a college football team's future, keep an eye on its special teams. That's where young players usually get their first chance to make an impression.
• Las Vegas teacher who died saluted (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 09:30:14 am
  As the sun rose Friday over the Las Vegas Valley, students and members of Palo Verde High School's Air Force Jr. ROTC paid tribute to foreign language teacher Barbara Edwards, who was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 when it slammed into the Pentagon eight years ago.
• Palo Verde: We Will Remember Ms. Edwards (FOX 5 Las Vegas)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 10:34:37 pm
  On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, students and staff at Palo Verde High School pause to remember a teacher on board American Airlines Flight 77.
• Las Vegas firefighters honor victims of Sept. 11 attacks (Las Vegas Sun)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 04:16:44 pm
  It was an emotional morning for Las Vegas firefighters as they gathered at flagpoles outside their stations, listening as bells chimed at 6:59 a.m. in memory of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
• Vegas Teacher Remembered At 9-11 Service (FOX 5 Las Vegas)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 04:05:16 pm
  Students and staff at Palo Verde high school paused Friday morning to remember a teacher killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.