🌱 Woman Stole $100K, Cash, Casino Chips + UMC No. 1 Transplant Center
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Hello all. I'm back with your new edition of the Las Vegas Daily. Here's all the community news you need to know right now.
But first, today's weather:
Mostly cloudy and cool. High: 60 Low: 37.
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Here are the top three stories today in Las Vegas:
- Las Vegas police arrested a woman for stealing over $100,000 in cash, casino chips, and more from a Las Vegas Strip hotel room. Officers responded to the theft report at Caesars Palace on Jan. 25. Taelar Durbin and her friend offered a witness a neck massage for $100, so he took them to his friends' hotel room to "put their breasts in the friends' faces." However, once they got to the room, the friends were asleep, so the witness went back to the casino floor – leaving the women. Durbin stole a Rolex Submariner watch valued at $39,000, a gold chain valued at $15,000, $12,000 in cash, and $52,000 in casino chips. (News3LV)
- City council members unanimously approved the "Vision Zero Action Plan," a new initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries on the road by 2050. The plan is a partnership between the Las Vegas government, police, and school system to improve roads and educate on safety. The city now sees one fatality and about three serious injuries per week. (News3LV)
- The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada's Center for Transplantation was ranked the top kidney transplant program in the country. According to data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, the hospital outperformed 256 other nationwide programs to earn the No. 1 spot for its one-year kidney survival rate and offer patients the shortest wait for a transplant. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
From my notebook:
- Take advantage of this weekend's warmer temps before it turns cold again! The area will see higher temperatures today (Feb. 3) through Sunday but is expected to drop again on Monday following a possible snowstorm. (US National Weather Service Las Vegas Nevada via Facebook)
- The city will host hiring fairs for seasonal job positions for summer camps, aquatics, and Safekey this month.here. (News3LV)
- The Los Angeles Police Department believed it stopped 25-year-old Braxton Johnson, who was in the planning stages of a mass shooting, similar to the 2017 Las Vegas massacre that killed 60 people and wounded over 400 more. (FOX News)
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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you soon!
— Lauren Kubiak
About me: Lauren is a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. She graduated from Rowan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism. She is a full-time editor at an association management firm, editing peer-reviewed nursing journals, textbooks, and newsletters.
